Do you guys think we’ll be able to customize villager exteriors?

[StarlitGlitch]

I don't think so but it's a cool idea! I miss the harmony of past games where each town was randomly assigned a theme for exteriors and if a villager moved to someone else's town it'd stick out a bit. I liked that.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

This is a pure speculation thread. As we all know, the new DLC will allow us to customize the interiors of villagers living on our islands. We also know that certain features won’t carry over to our islands, like being able to expand room size.

What I’m wondering is, do you think we’ll also be able to customize the exteriors of their houses as well? I personally would love this feature, as it would make it so much easier to plan out neighborhoods with cohesive house styles. But also I’m not getting my hopes up that this will be the case.

what about you guys? Do you think this is a feature we’ll see, or do you think the customization ends at villager interiors?

I'm not sure! I'd truly love it if we could though! The one thing that makes me think that we may not be able to do this though is the whole roommate boarding thing now. If two villagers live under one roof, then how does one split the house or decide who gets what furniture? I honestly think interiors may not play a role because of this but I'd still love to see it as an idea.

 

[azurill]

I'm not sure! I'd truly love it if we could though! The one thing that makes me think that we may not be able to do this though is the whole roommate boarding thing now. If two villagers live under one roof, then how does one split the house or decide who gets what furniture? I honestly think interiors may not play a role because of this but I'd still love to see it as an idea.

As far as I know the roommate thing is only for vacation homes. I would love for some of my villagers on my island to be able to have a roommate.

 

[Licorice]

Wait we can customize their interiors?? I knew we could with the dlc but I thought it was purely happy home designer style.

 

[Red Dust]

I think we will be able to. At this point I would be more surprised if it was only interior, or only exterior, rather than both.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

I’d love to, but I doubt it

 

[Bugs]

Wait we can customize their interiors?? I knew we could with the dlc but I thought it was purely happy home designer style.

Yeah they say in the video that after you've designed a certain number of vacation homes, you can suggest remodels for your villagers on your own island as well via Tom Nook in resident services

 

[Corvusrene]

I hope we can. There are a lot of villagers I really like that I end up not inviting because I dislike their exterior.

 

[Kg1595]

Since it appears we have to go to Tom for their interiors, and we currently go to him for our exteriors, I would think it would be possible. It won’t be like the bird’s eye view we saw for the HHP exteriors, but theoretically, we should have a similar customization screen as we do now for resident exteriors.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

As far as I know the roommate thing is only for vacation homes. I would love for some of my villagers on my island to be able to have a roommate.

Exactly! Which is why I'm curious as to how you can transfer that interior as the transfer starts at HHP. I was wondering how dual rooming works with individualistic villagers' homes.

 

[shellbell]

I'm leaning no. Purely because it seems like villager exteriors give context of the villager. Their aesthetic, personality, and appearance.

 

[rip]

ahh, idk why i assumed this was definitely a given after the direct. probably because this is something i’ve been yearning for ever since the game came out, lol so i really really hope they allow us to do it. as others have said i don’t see why they wouldn’t let us change the exteriors whatsoever if we can basically have a free-for-all on the interiors. i guess we’ll just see!

 

[Khaelis]

I find it unlikely, at best (if we're lucky) we'll be able to change the exterior's style but not the colour(s).

 

[Stikki]

I sort of got the impression it was a possibility with the DLC, once you've done enough vacation homes, BUT now I'm thinking it was just the interiors. That would solve the gift giving problem, where they ruin their house by just displaying everything.

 

[Fridaynightcatlady]

I sort of got the impression it was a possibility with the DLC, once you've done enough vacation homes, BUT now I'm thinking it was just the interiors. That would solve the gift giving problem, where they ruin their house by just displaying everything.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's just limited to the interior. I wonder how much of the interior we can modify. Like, could we add walls or columns? And while I'm kinda sad we probably won't be able to customize the exterior, I'm so happy we can change the interiors for many reasons. First, it'll be pretty cool to visit other people's islands and check how their villagers interiors are decorated (and more so if we share the same villagers!) but also because of this! It always scares me how they'll place their items lol. But also, I'm sure this is a big relief for those who still have their starter villagers and were thinking of trading them because their starter homes are very bare.

 

[Kg1595]

I sort of got the impression it was a possibility with the DLC, once you've done enough vacation homes, BUT now I'm thinking it was just the interiors. That would solve the gift giving problem, where they ruin their house by just displaying everything.

I am sure we could wipe any gifts on display at the time we redo the interior, but I am not quite sure we will be able to wipe their entire storage of gifts, so there is a possibility they will pop back up in the interior later. It would be F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C if gift storage was wiped, because I am sick and tired of seeing the weird gifts villagers received from other villagers (Someone gave Sherb a creepy baby romper that he constantly wears and displays, and I can’t get it out of his inventory for the life of me).

 

[ChaosKitten]

I'm leaning towards no. If they do allow it, I expect severe limitations like being able to change the style but not the colour, to keep some original individuality.

 

[Pig-Pen]

Yeah, with the update it'll be nice to change the building design....but full customization would be amazing.

 

[Stikki]

I am sure we could wipe any gifts on display at the time we redo the interior, but I am not quite sure we will be able to wipe their entire storage of gifts, so there is a possibility they will pop back up in the interior later. It would be F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C if gift storage was wiped, because I am sick and tired of seeing the weird gifts villagers received from other villagers (Someone gave Sherb a creepy baby romper that he constantly wears and displays, and I can’t get it out of his inventory for the life of me).

I hate that so much, ESPECIALLY the baby rompers and instant muscle suits. I've started telling the recipient that it doesn't look good, so they at least never wear it, but annoyingly they still display it in their house. Like ffs guys, at least put your clothes into the drawers that are sitting RIGHT THERE!