Has anyone else felt really sad about a villager moving out?

[~Kilza~]

At the beginning I definitely felt sad whenever I decided to replace one of my villagers. It was tough since there was a fair amount of emotional attachment to them, and I definitely would've preferred keeping all 10 of my original villagers if it wasn't for the fact I didn't have a snooty as part of that 10, which meant I had to replace one of my original 10 no matter what. It definitely cut deep at the beginning and I felt regret over letting any of my villagers go, but it's definitely a lot easier these days. I still don't like seeing them go as I still grow somewhat attached to them, but since I've replaced my villagers 13 times now, it's now just part of the never ending cycle of keeping my villagers fresh.

 

[Hopeless Opus]

oh, yeah. absolutely hurt me when i had to let go of bob, freya and kiki. i wish we could have 15 villagers instead of 10. it would make life so much easier.

 

[Louise_]

Not really it is not like new leaf if you don’t play for a while a villager will just leave that was very sad

 

[Bloodflowers]

I wish Tabby could have stayed on my old island but I had two cats on my dream villager list already and I wanted a variety of species plus I wanted Ruby for my peppy so regretfully I let Tabby go. I do have her amiibo so I will definitely invite her to my new island. I’m less rigid this time around. If my island ends up full of only cats and wolves then so be it.

 

[KittenNoir]

I wanted to make room for Ed who is my favourite islander to move in as I had just got his amiibo card and I had to kick someone out and it suggested Coco. For a while I found that her eyes creep me out but soon as I did I really started to miss her I had actually made a friendship with her as she was 1 of the first 4 on my island. I will have to get her back again someday

 

[moo_nieu]

i was really sad to let sylvana go, but i spent a few weeks considering it and decided i couldnt handle 3 normal personalities with the dialogue being so repetitive. i knew for sure i wanted to keep chevre and nan and i still feel the same way about my choice, but i do miss that cute squirrel and feel a little sad when i see photos of her since i let her move. if i had a second island id probably want her again

 

[Foreverfox]

I kicked Bubbles out for Audie a while ago. Bubbles was my original peppy and I really liked her. Since Audie doesn't have an amiibo though, I jumped on the chance. I felt really sad when I checked my mailbox the next day and I had a letter waiting from her saying how we were besties and stuff. Kicked me right in the heart and gut lol. I have her amiibo, but I haven't found anyone that I'm willing to kick out to bring her back.

 

[Meadows]

I did when I moved Eunice out. She was my favorite character in every past title, but she was just boring in NH. Still, it made me sad because of how much I loved her.

 

[xlisapisa]

I had to kick Zucker out a couple of months into new horizons cause he was one of my starters and had a basic house set up but after I kicked him out I realized the basic house interior looked better than his original interior and then regretted giving him the boot.

 

[Flicky]

I felt bad kicking Sheldon out. He was one of my two starters, but I already had his photo and didn't really feel attached to him outside him being a starter. Unlike Claude and Audie, I also didn't care much for his starter home.

I also felt a little bad giving Cleo the boot, considering I didn't even have her photo at the time. But I really wanted a villager from the campsite, so...

 

[EMLY]

You for sure are not alone in this - I've gotten attached to villagers I never thought I would, and I have realized it after they leave. It's wild how much you can grow to enjoy some of the characters in this game.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I was kinda sad when I let Sherb go last year. I still kinda miss him. Hopefully they come out with his Amiibo card someday

 

[Rosch]

I don't really feel sad for villagers that I can call back with amiibo. But for those I don't have an amiibo, it's bittersweet because I want to keep them but I want new villagers at the same time. If only I could have 20 villagers at a time...

 

[Snek]

If a villager if moving out, chances are that I am very happy that they are. Most of the time. There were only two that I felt bad moving out.

1. Kid Cat - my island was getting stale and I had the same villagers for months so when Kid Cat said he wanted to move. I said yes. I sort of regret it since I love cat villagers and there weren't many jocks that I actually like.

2. Julian - this was very recent. Someone forced me to have Cyd and since he was the "newest" villager I had a difficult time to move him out. When Julian thought bubbled I said yes for him to move out and moved in Jitters for him to become the "newest". I was reluctant to move out Julian but in the process I got Jitters and my long sought dreamie Drago after I finally moved out Cyd.

 

[melonbread]

same, yes! for me i can remember two-- there was violet the gorilla, and then there was timbra the sheep - they both left but i had gotten pretty friendly with them in playing new leaf in the past...and i felt kind of sad that they left...there must have been some others too, but i honestly forgot : - 0

and now willow, the snooty sheep, who i sort of like and am slowly getting attached to even though i wouldn't have expected it

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I feel sad every time. I am always sure I have made a mistake, and many of my villagers I still do miss having around and think of reinviting some day.

even villagers I am not crazy (have never had any I really hated) about I am sad to see go, I just get pretty attached to my little island buddies.

I do think it is fun to keep letting villagers you go despite the bit of sadness, because island hopping is fun and finding new villagers to love is also fun.

yes!!!! literally me! i think this is more often the case for me than i realized... i actually don't even have any villagers i don't like and i don't think i ever did? so yea, i relate to this so much!! i mean, even the super "ugly" / hated villagers like Barold...i don't hate any of them haha - though yes there are some that i prefer to have on my island/town more than others! (or maybe it's just i can never decide my "aesthetic" for villagers to begin with lol)

 

[KatKarma]

Yes, Bangle! She was one of my first villagers and I became very attached. I was still relatively new to the game and I didn't realize you could say no if a villager asked to move out. I let her go and really regret it. She was great!