If you could only bring back 3 villagers from past games to NH with a new update, which would you choose ?

[Olimar]

If it were somehow possible and there weren't any licensing issues or whatever, considering they were from a different Japanese company's products back in 2002, I would love to see Bow and Meow return. Reason being, I love all of the robot villagers in the series and would like to see a robot villager for all of the species someday, so these villagers with digital screens for faces would be cool twists on the concept. Additionally, their faces being digital screens, they could have neat, unique facial expressions show up on their screens that you can't do with villagers that have actual, physical facial structure.

They would be really cool to see back! And they would definitely offer a kind of novelty like Julian or Flora where they are really unique within their species. I think Meow would really be a standout in a species that has a lot of standout villagers.

On a related note, I think it would be really cool to see Filly and/or Holden return, but also think that licensing would prevent that from ever happening, unfortunately.

 

[PacV]

Tarou and Champ!

 

[VanitasFan26]

Sue E
Cupcake
Chuck

 

[-Blue-]

Probably any of the amiibo features that didn't make it over to NH. The Zelda ones, Splatoon ect.

 

[Akeath]

Wolf Link, Medli, and Cheche. I like the cross overs. Also it would be cool if Iggy could come back, but as a Cranky.

 

[AuroraFox]

Felyne is at the top of my list. This adorable little cat-like character was always so charming and sweet, and I loved helping him out with his various tasks around town.
Inkwell is another character that I really miss. He's a friendly and somewhat forgetful squid who always managed to make me laugh with his antics.
Wolf Link is another character that I would love to see make a return in New Horizons. As a fan of the Legend of Zelda series, I was thrilled to see this beloved character appear in Animal Crossing new leaf and was hoping he would be added to New Horizons.

 

[Firesquids]

Meow/Bow: (Yeah I know I'm kind of cheating by saying both but they are a pair, and you can't have one without the other, would be like if Chrissy and Francie got removed but you only brought back one, sacrilege.)
I understand that Meow and Bow were only introduced as kind of a publicity stunt, as were my other picks listed below, some sort of Japanese tamagotchi thing, but I think that Meow and Bow's designs are generic enough that they transcend the nicheness of their inspiration. I think it would be fun to have a full town of robot villagers At this point we only have like four robots, being Sprocket, Ribbot, Cephalobot, and to some extent, Del. I would love to see what a modernized version of what Meow and Bow's designs would look like, especially all of their expressions.

Inkwell: Similar to the point that I made above, We literally only have 4 octopuses, It was nice that we got cephalobot, but 4 octopuses does not a whole town make. Also I absolutely love Inkwell's name, though I'll admit his design leaves something to be desired. It would be fun if they did a design more like Squilliam from SpongeBob. To me, the name "Inkwell" evokes an image of a pompous rich guy.

W.Link: To be honest, I really wish they would have just called him Link or given him a different name entirely. Twilight princesses one of my favorite Zelda games of all time, so wolf link is a bit of a guilty pleasure villager for me. He doesn't match the aesthetics of any other character who lives in my town, but I love the dummy anyway. It would have been interesting if they had a Midna inspired character to go along with him as well, so I'm not sure what kind of animal would represent her very well, perhaps a squirrel and the hand can be represented by her tail? I don't know, just bring Wolf link back. (And give me a Twilight princess remaster on the switch.)

Honestly feels kind of sad that with New horizons' long since being confirmed for getting no more updates, We won't see any crossover DLC characters like New Leaf did. I'm curious how the series is going handle DLC characters moving forward. They cut a lot of corners on New horizons, and the lifespan of the game was so short.
But with how well the game sold, and Splatoon 3 being out already, I have a feeling we'll get the next main series animal crossing game in the next 3 years, maybe they'll even give us a decent amount of updates for it, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Corrie]

Cece, Viche, and Felyne but especially Cece.

 

[FaeLeaf]

I really just want to say all of them... it sucks that any villagers are left behind.

But I'd probably say Quetzal (my original bff), Nosegay, and Marcie.

 

[Goldi Locks]

Poko, for Ike's sake. Cupcake and Aisle for my sake.