How villager dialogue works

[trashpedia]

On reddit, someone on Reddit made a guide on why the villager dialogue is repetitive

The guide was made by u/cakeblock941
I decided I would share this since there seems to be a lot of complains about repetitive dialogue so yea c:
Not really a big fan of having of having contextual dialogue first though

 

[dino]

mhm, i've definitely noticed this. i agree the algorithm for contextual prevalence should be adjusted. i guess the game devs thought that it would feel more "real" for villagers to always talk about current ongoings first, but when all of the villagers do, AND its accompanied by the 'wow you're talking to me so much today' dialogue - it becomes frustrating.

does anyone actually enjoy being told by their villagers that they are talking to them a lot??? lmfao. my uchis and smugs dishearten me so much over it, tbh. i just wanna talk to y'all! quit acting like i'm being horrible by asking after you 4 times

 

[Bethboj]

I’ve made a habit of talking to them without holding any tools or anything because I was sick of hearing how cool my vaulting stick was!
This is interesting though, I wish after a couple weeks or so of playing they would stop mentioning what you did the day before. It’s like well done Nintendo, you’re able to make the Ai pick up on things I do. I get it. Very clever. But kinda sick of it now.

 

[frogslime]

Ah, this is so helpful! Maybe the contextual dialogue should be cut back a bit, though.

 

[Dewasa]

This helps. I get butt hurt when they tell me that I'm stalking them or talking to them too much so move on, lol

 

[Feraligator]

I noticed this recently! I always just talk to them like once or twice at a time a day (because of being busy recently) and was just sick of getting the same things over and over. But now I'm playing more and just talking to them like 4/5 times a day and you get some interesting stuff out of it.

 

[trashpedia]

mhm, i've definitely noticed this. i agree the algorithm for contextual prevalence should be adjusted. i guess the game devs thought that it would feel more "real" for villagers to always talk about current ongoings first, but when all of the villagers do, AND its accompanied by the 'wow you're talking to me so much today' dialogue - it becomes frustrating.

does anyone actually enjoy being told by their villagers that they are talking to them a lot??? lmfao. my uchis and smugs dishearten me so much over it, tbh. i just wanna talk to y'all! quit acting like i'm being horrible by asking after you 4 times

Yeah I’m hoping that maybe in the future that dialogue could be adjusted because the introductory dialogue gets annoying having to go through along with adding more to it because I am getting some repeat dialogue after talking to them +3 times now.

 

[greenvoldemort]

This is so interesting thanks for letting us know, a shame dialogue can b so repetitive tho

 

[chlostick]

People might give up talking to them because they kinda act like they don’t want to talk to you at lest some of the personalities act annoyed lol
My Peppy villager loves attention though.

 

[Nefarious]

I honestly don’t mind the snarky remarks. It makes sense. I too would be confused if someone started a conversation with me every half a step I take (I always talk to them 4 times in a row, looking for tasks).

As for contextual dialogue, I don’t really mind them. I do wear the same outfit everyday, it is weird haha.
The only one I really have a problem with is villagers talking about visitors that only stayed for less than five minutes and didn’t interact with any aspect of my island. Them talking about my friends or guests watering my flowers: great! Visitors that came by for a quick trade and didn’t walk as far as the airport entrance: how did you know they were even here?

Get pass the starter dialogues and you get some really awesome stuff. My favorite is the self-aware lazy one. Had me bursting with laughter the first time getting it.

 

[Snowifer]

Yeah, the first thing I see when I talk to my villagers is usually about the morning followed by something about someone I traded with or my other character. After that is when they start talking about other stuff.

 

[sfelix]

Yeah like I don't mind to a point but when EVERY DAY my villagers are saying "I heard about those fossils you dug up yesterday" it's like.... ok, don't you know I dig up fossils EVERY day? Stop commenting on it like it's something out of the ordinary haha. (Though in that example it gets doubly, or rather quadrupedaly annoying for me because I have 4 normal neighbours who ALWAYS comment on it with the same line)

The only one I really have a problem with is villagers talking about visitors that only stayed for less than five minutes and didn’t interact with any aspect of my island. Them talking about my friends or guests watering my flowers: great! Visitors that came by for a quick trade and didn’t walk as far as the airport entrance: how did you know they were even here?

Get pass the starter dialogues and you get some really awesome stuff. My favorite is the self-aware lazy one. Had me bursting with laughter the first time getting it.

Oh yeah this bugs me as well, like "How's your friend So-and-So from Such-and-such-town" like IDK, they dropped a DIY and then left 2 seconds later. I really think they should adjust that so they don't comment on people who came via dodo code, only the ones who are on your friend list. ANd don't comment on someone who they didn't speak to themselves.

And yeah that lazy self-aware one had me in stitches

 

[mushfrogs]

ah i just posted this and realised you got to it before me lol!

 

[Ghostt]

I just wished the villagers would interact with one another more often. I think walking into a villager house on a rainy day/night and seeing 4 of them playing a game of card would be a hoot.

 

[trashpedia]

I just wished the villagers would interact with one another more often. I think walking into a villager house on a rainy day/night and seeing 4 of them playing a game of card would be a hoot.

That would be interesting! Imagine if villagers could hold small parties and stuff like that...

 

[Sheando]

Great information! I've noticed this as well, it's just a bit frustrating that all the good dialogue is "buried" when my villagers already seem so annoyed that I'm talking to them more than a couple of times a day.

 

[Figment]

This is interesting information!

On the topic of villagers appearing upset if you talk to them too much, I feel like for as negative as people seem to feel about jocks and peppies, they seem to be the least "offended" if you do talk to them several times a day. Jocks tend to say "You seem pumped as ever!" if you talk to them twice. I think they come off as the most easily approachable. I think that may be part of the reason I find them easy to connect with.

 

[Sloom]

thank you for this!

I don't think I've ever interacted with a villager more than 2 times in a row (usually wanting to gift them and then realising I don't have the thing I was gonna gift lol).

I do wish they'd be a bit less rude about talking multiple times, I know it doesn't affect friendship even if they get the lil squiggle over their head but damn they really make you feel like they're doing you a favour by letting you talk to them. like excuse me knob would you prefer if I stopped caring about your existence?

 

[YunaApple]

Thanks a lot for this. I usually stop around two times since the first time they say something boring and the second time they get kinda passive aggressive, so I don't bother.

 

[Xara]

i noticed this a while back - i don’t really care for the contextual dialogue or the constant talk about my alt characters or visitors i’ve had on my island lmao. yes, guys, i know what my alt characters like because i created them lmaoo