first camper locked? and, are island-visit villagers only for the first 3?

[Alix]

I've just unlocked the campsite, and I am given Elise. I have tried tt twice now, and she's there -- Nook and Isabelle say 'it's the first day' for a 'new' camper, but that's obviously not true.
Is there a way around this? I already have a monkey villager that I hate - to get Elise on top of that would really bug me.

Secondly, I have tried visiting islands post-three villagers (that you furbish/get items for), and there is no new villagers since, on these islands. It has been resource islands only.

help ;;

 

[Boccages]

From what I read in other threads, you have to invite the first villager that shows up in your campsite.

 

[Bosca]

Anyone attempted the old campsite visitor trick from NL using a new human villager to check out a villager each time and then save when you get a favourite?

 

[Swablu]

Hello! From my experience, you HAVE to invite that villager in your campsite. I (sadly) got stuck with Rodney.

It seems from then on after building a plot for that first camper, Nook will allow you to "sell land", in which you can place plots of land for sale. When I didn't have any land for sale I visited FIVE islands like a fool, and none of them had villagers, but when I put a plot down today the first island I visited had a villager!

Short form: you need to invite the first campsite villager in order to unlock plots, and once you set some plots villagers on islands should appear again

 

[Blades]

You don't have to invite the first one. I didn't. Would you like to know how? Take one look, see that they are awful and don't talk to them! I got Skye my second go and went with that.

 

[Umbre]

You don't have to invite the first one. I didn't. Would you like to know how? Take one look, see that they are awful and don't talk to them! I got Skye my second go and went with that.

You're talking about villagers you encounter on a Nook Miles island, not through the campsite on your own island, right? I haven't found a way to avoid inviting the first campsite villager, whether I talk to them or not.

Appreciate the info from Swablu, I had suspected that that's when villagers would start appearing on islands for me again but it's nice to have it confirmed.

 

[Swablu]

I can't 100% confirm if you have too, but after TTing 4 days and still having Rodney, and talking to him you literally have two options of saying yes, it seems like its a mandatory step in order to unlock the rest of Nooks plans