New Villagers/Special Characters!

[tajikey]

Seems I'm the only one that favors the red, dragon-lookin' chameleon thing.

 

[John Wick]

Seems I'm the only one that favors the red, dragon-lookin' chameleon thing.

I like it!
Anything reptilian is ok by me.

 

[Corrie]

That cub is going to be my favourite new character so far!!

 

[Brookie]

Why is no one talking about that beautiful blue shade goat?! I love his design! Matches with my blue aesthetic totally. Is it cuz his eyes are really big? lmao

 

[galactickat4240]

I am loving all these new designs! The blue goat is adorable and the little turnip seller is cute too! I love the cat with the glasses and just AAHHH I'm so excited to see these designs up close

 

[moo-kun]

I bet these are only a few of the new characters guys! Watch when the AC team surprise us with moar (?艸`*)*｡:ﾟ+―◇︎*

 

[John Wick]

I bet these are only a few of the new characters guys! Watch when the AC team surprise us with moar (?艸`*)*｡:ﾟ+―◇︎*

Yes. I expect to see BATS!

 

[moo-kun]

Yes. I expect to see BATS!

I would love to have bat villagers!!! I keep watching those lovely ladies taking care of those darling baby bats! So cuuute ₍ᐢ⸝⸝› ̫ ‹⸝⸝ᐢ₎ ♡♡♡

 

[Soot Sprite]

I like them! They're much more colorful and bright than I as expecting, and I guess some of the non villager characters are going to be replacing some of the older chracters but they all look good to me! I can't wait until we see some better res images of them.

 

[AlyssaAC]

Seems I'm the only one that favors the red, dragon-lookin' chameleon thing.

No, you are not the only one. I love the lizard too. His design actually very much rocks.

 

[Stephanie92]

Tbh that red one seems like a dragon to me. I hope so at least. The little bear cub is adorable too!!

- - - Post Merge - - -

Also, that wolf seems like a wolf version of Cheri, the bear cub.

 

[Twisterheart]

At first I thought the red thing was a sea horse, but a lizard makes a lot more sense.

 

[returnofsaturn]

The orange wolf omg!!!!!!!!! She can stomp on my neck.
I <3 that purple bear too aaaaah!

 

[Licorice]

Woah the dodo birds are so cute! I'm excited to see if we have new smug and uchi villagers since previously we didn't have a big selection.

 

[cicely]

When I saw the red chameleon I was hoping it's a new villager type, but it's probably Nat's replacement like everyone said I want lizard villagers so badly.
The new villagers are pleasant enough, they have nice colors. I hope the orange wolf is uchi...

 

[MysteriousSpirit]

I love that player render of a purple wigged one and she has a kiki's wand sorta duh hopefully we'll get a high res photo soon

 

[Boccages]

The orange wolf omg!!!!!!!!! She can stomp on my neck.
I <3 that purple bear too aaaaah!

That’s funny and weird at the same time. It reminds me of my grand father who used to talk about Raquel Welsh in those words : I would let her pee on my toothbrush. As a child I found it funny, and did not see the sexual undertones of what he was saying. It did not go over well when I used the sentence myself as a teenager. People were understandably disgusted by my liberal use of that sentence my grand dad used.

 

[HoennMaster]

Yeah, I'm going to need the goat and possibly that pink and blue cub.

 

[isabll]

Super excited about Joan's apprentice/niece or whatever, she looks super cute! The new villagers look nice as well, but does anyone else think they seem too cartoon-ish? The big eyes, bright colors and so on. Still, the orange wolf and the horse look interesting, as well as the blue goat and the new sheep. I'm shocked that they added new villagers tbh, definitely wasn't expecting it.

 

[jiojiop]

Super excited about Joan's apprentice/niece or whatever, she looks super cute! The new villagers look nice as well, but does anyone else think they seem too cartoon-ish? The big eyes, bright colors and so on.

I agree. The bear cub is a little too kawaii for me, and others have commented here and elsewhere that they're a bit too neon (though I love the goat). I think this is what gets me about Nat Jr. They've cutefied him to the point that people can't even recognize what animal he is! I don't blame anyone for not seeing at first that he is also a chameleon and mistaking him for another type of lizard, pokemon, dragon, or dinosaur! To me he looked like a devil at first (with the hooves)! I think if you've made your character so cutesy that they don't resemble their animal anymore, or don't really look like a real animal, you've gone too far.

I'm probably a bit more tolerant than others are about animals not having natural coloration – I know that some people gravitate toward cartoony naturalistic villagers like Beau, Goldie, Roald, Poppy, Eunice, Savannah, Winnie, Molly, Lolly, Apollo, Melba, Ruby, Flora, etc. I do like fun weird ones like Ribbot, Mira, Ankha, Kabuki, Bluebear, Lucky, Tia, Gigi, Eugene, Merengue, Willow, Hopper etc. But I still find some a bit too much for me (Chrissy, Francine, Julian, Apple, Cookie, Fuschia, Stitches, Charlise, Gayle, for a few).

I'm slightly worried that this emphasis on the cutesy + the younger NPCs + the manga means they're aiming this game squarely at preteen elementary school kids. I hope that doesn't mean bland cutesy personalities, simplified systems, and a lack of depth.