"i've moved out" villager glitch!

[Bunlily]

I too recently experienced this glitch. I was TTing to get another villager to move out and just realized that the plot reset. I don't know how much TTing I did but it was enough to move out about 2-3 villagers using the 15 day method with an unknown amount of added days. I also attempted to TT to October to remove the plot but that didn't work. ;A;

 

[stargurg]

How long did you end up waiting before they moved out? Friday will be 2 weeks with this glitch for me.


I may have to if they don't fix this soon. I have reported it already and all they said was they would send it to the proper department/development team or something along those lines.

i think mine was also around two weeks or a week and a half. i was so upset i wanted to restart my game, but i waited for a fix but eventually my glitched villager actually just moved out and was replaced w an actual villager. just keep an eye out for it, hopefully what worked for me works for you!

edit: i had also TT'd just a couple day like 1-4 maybe that might have helped too?

 

[Moon Cake]

I'm really surprised this hasn't been fixed yet. I hope we'll get a patch soon.

 

[heyitseman98]

Has anyone found a solution yet or is Nintendo still “fixing” it? Currently I has Raymond on “I’m Moving” status even though I adopted him from someone online, I tried the TT 4 days and re-locating his house with no luck. It’s weird because when I’m my wife visited me he had that message up, but when I closed the gates he appeared again, it wasn’t until I closed the game and get back in it where he has not appeared at all. (Trust me I checked EVERYWHERE) I really hope when they fix this one he stays on my island, I understand with the “____ reserved” plot glitch the character disappears however, this glitch is different the character data is on your island (appears in pictures, re-locate house, Harv’s island, and on the map) but they are somehow locked to not appear.

 

[ChrisNewLeaf]

Customer support doesn't get any updates from the developers on whether the bug is being fixed or where it is in development. They literally have no information to give you.

Yeah but "follow tom nook" is insulting at this point. They can at least show a bit more empathy in their response if they have nothing to give.

 

[dragonair]

Yeah but "follow tom nook" is insulting at this point. They can at least show a bit more empathy in their response if they have nothing to give.

"Follow Tom Nook" is the only solution they can really provide but I do agree that there's no empathy in the message at all. TT v TT It may be a pre-written one but even their pre-written ones usually have a little empathy.

 

[Lady Timpani]

Speculation over on reddit now is that it has to do with playing online after adopting a villager. People have noticed that, after going days without playing online, villagers have suddenly left after they had friends over again. I don’t think it’s been confirmed, but it may be best to avoid going online if you adopt a villager you really want to keep.

 

[Calysis]

Speculation over on reddit now is that it has to do with playing online after adopting a villager. People have noticed that, after going days without playing online, villagers have suddenly left after they had friends over again. I don’t think it’s been confirmed, but it may be best to avoid going online if you adopt a villager you really want to keep.

I don't believe that's the cause for all cases. I have not adopted a villager from anybody at all, and after playing locally with my bf, he got a glitched Diana plot from me. He doesn't play online at all. I also managed to give my friend a glitched Kiki plot after visiting her (online) to give her K.K. Bubblegum, and neither of us had adopted villagers from other people.

 

[Lady Timpani]

I don't believe that's the cause for all cases. I have not adopted a villager from anybody at all, and after playing locally with my bf, he got a glitched Diana plot from me. He doesn't play online at all. I also managed to give my friend a glitched Kiki plot after visiting her (online) to give her K.K. Bubblegum, and neither of us had adopted villagers from other people.

Oh for sure, I agree! It seems that there’s a bunch of different stuff that’s causing it, unfortunately. :/ I’ve even heard people say that regular villagers they got without trading moved in and then shortly after glitched out, so it’s hard to say what’s going on. Just wanted to add some more info to the thread and put forth a possible solution for some people, if they were willing to try it.

 

[petaI]

i just experienced this glitch :/ i got a random villager who i don't remember inviting. i don't tt or use amiibos..

 

[ChrisNewLeaf]

I can't believe the glitch isn't on more youtube channels etc. I did actually contact GameXplain but they didn't really read my message properly because they suggested reporting to Nintendo even though I had said I had done that already. I was trying to see if they were willing to do a brief video on it to use their platform to raise awareness.

 

[Sr.Bowz]

Hi there! I just made an account so I can give my few cents on this topic by giving my recent experience.
It happens that today I got Megan from a nice person. Everything went and seems pretty normal so far.

This person was trying to force Megan to move out trough TT, wich of course, it ended happening and I went to invite her to my island without issues. I just only went to talk to Megan and I left, nothing more.
I came back to my island and checked the plot, and indeed, it was sold to Megan.
Because reasons, I time traveled just one day forward. Isabelle told me Megan arrived. I completely forgot to check if Megan was there in boxes, that day.
I came back in time to the actual date, and I found that Megan was strolling around my island, eating a sandwich; pretty normal, so I guess I didn't got a glitch after all.

I wanted to share this mostly because I tought that if you completely ignore the villager in his "moving in" boxes state, not even checking the house, may help in not getting the glitch at all. Another thing that I tought was probably time travelling 2-3 days after you got the plot sold, because at that point a new villager should be already stablished.

Another info that I would like to share in case it worths for research:
-The plot was completely new, it was recently installed. No villager was using it before.
-Playing in Southern Hemisphere
-I have a physical copy of the game.

Hope this helps for some research. I really hope this glitch gets fixed soon with the Earth Day update
It makes me feel weird to play the game now.

I'll try to update you if Megan gets weirdly glitched or something happens tomorrow, since I have read that some people get their villagers glitched even after they behave normally in their towns.

 

[ramyeon]

Cross posting from another thread.

Yesterday I received Raymond from a friend. He was obtained via trade with an IRL friend. He had been forced out by a campsite (Not amiibo) villager. I TTed to get someone to move out, but my friend was not time travelling at all.

He was fine for a day real time. I time travelled to speed up and move him in, I then came back to normal time and he was still fine. Woke up this morning and he was still there. My girlfriend came to visit my island over local co-op and that's when it triggered. He now was nowhere to be seen and his house had the "I've moved out" glitch. I left the dialogue box open for a few minutes while my girlfriend was in my town. As soon as I closed it after a few minutes, Raymond came out

See video 1:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1250676466901061633

He was interactable, had normal conversations and I could even gift things to him. My girlfriend left via airport and after the loading screens he was gone again, plot still glitched.

I decided to try to recreate it. I got her to come back, again over local co-op, interacted with his house again and left it open for a few minutes again. Once again he came out

See video 2:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1250684807928922112

He is interactable again, I can see him fine. But my girlfriend cannot see him at all on her Switch. My character is just standing still with thin air next to them when I talk to him. She ran around and she clips through him on my instance of the game

See photo:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1250686556274192384

Another photo:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1250685052427448320

This is just super weird as I've seen no one else report this and it seems to be recreatable every time I try so far. I know people have been reporting glitches to Nintendo US but I'm not sure how to do that from Australia - would be useful for them to know this.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

another variation of the glitch? omg it's getting weird.... what is this

 

[AshdewCrossing]

I don't believe that's the cause for all cases. I have not adopted a villager from anybody at all, and after playing locally with my bf, he got a glitched Diana plot from me. He doesn't play online at all. I also managed to give my friend a glitched Kiki plot after visiting her (online) to give her K.K. Bubblegum, and neither of us had adopted villagers from other people.

It doesn't matter if it's online or local, as the glitch is thought to be related to a glitched void. Perhaps either you or your bf recently played with someone who had Diana or Kiki in their void?
A similar glitch happened to me when I let someone in my town to adopt Fang. He turned up in their town as Shari and his house said "I moved out". The exact next day Elise replaced his house and told me she came from a third party whose town I went to a few days prior.

 

[Calysis]

It doesn't matter if it's online or local, as the glitch is thought to be related to a glitched void. Perhaps either you or your bf recently played with someone who had Diana or Kiki in their void?
A similar glitch happened to me when I let someone in my town to adopt Fang. He turned up in their town as Shari and his house said "I moved out". The exact next day Elise replaced his house and told me she came from a third party whose town I went to a few days prior.

I'm aware of this; the entire point of my comment was that it does not matter if you play online or not - you can still get the glitch by visiting anyone, locally or online. As was the case with my bf who has never played online with anybody (including me), has only played locally with me, and wound up with a glitched plot from me just by visiting my island.
I already know that it was my game that gave him a glitched Diana and my friend the glitched Kiki as they both came from me; I had them originally. My void is broken and every villager I get rid of gives people a broken plot.

 

[AshdewCrossing]

I'm aware of this; the entire point of my comment was that it does not matter if you play online or not - you can still get the glitch by visiting anyone, locally or online. As was the case with my bf who has never played online with anybody (including me), has only played locally with me, and wound up with a glitched plot from me just by visiting my island.
I already know that it was my game that gave him a glitched Diana and my friend the glitched Kiki as they both came from me; I had them originally. My void is broken and every villager I get rid of gives people a broken plot.

Ah I see. My bad, I thought you were saying playing online doesn't cause the glitch.

 

[Splinter]

Why is that "I've moved out" line of diologue even in the game if it's a glitch?

 

[brockbrock]

Why is that "I've moved out" line of diologue even in the game if it's a glitch?

Because it happens when you adopt a villager from someone else's town. Normally as soon as someone adopts the villager and once they've left the town, the person in charge of the island will have that empty plot with the "I've moved out" on the door.

 

[Senor Mexicano]

Just had this glitch happen to me.

I had traded for Tangy yesterday and had a plot open for her. I was expecting her to move in today, but for some reason Fauna moved in instead. I visited her house and yep, she had moved away. I have no idea if she's interactable or not as I have not encountered her. I don't time travel and don't really have any intentions of doing so. She appears on the map and on the Nintendo Switch Online app. I'm hoping I still get Tangy the next day.