I don't like to think about villagers being overrated. If you like 'em, you like 'em! Good for you! Everyone's tastes are different, liking a niche villager vs liking a popular villager doesn't really matter in the long run. If I had to look at the hot topic of this thread, Raymond, I wouldn't say he's overrated. He's popular for sure, but saying something is overrated is entirely subjective from person to person. Now, the obscure and ridiculous prices for him? That's a different (and semi-infuriating) story. But, I don't really agree with saying that villagers are overrated.
Overrated Villager
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cheezu
Senior Member
I have many:
Marshal, Julian (though I think his popularity has gone down quite a lot), Beau, Diana and the latest one, Raymond.
I do kind of get the appeal of these villagers because some are unique (especially Raymond with his business cat attire and heterochromia) but with some of them, I do also see the "jump on the bandwagon" mentality that some players cave into.
However; at the end of the day, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we all like different things so if you so badly want Raymond on your island, so be it.
Marshal, Julian (though I think his popularity has gone down quite a lot), Beau, Diana and the latest one, Raymond.
I do kind of get the appeal of these villagers because some are unique (especially Raymond with his business cat attire and heterochromia) but with some of them, I do also see the "jump on the bandwagon" mentality that some players cave into.
However; at the end of the day, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we all like different things so if you so badly want Raymond on your island, so be it.
ayeeprill
The Hash Slinging Slasher
Raymond and Marshal by far. I just don't get it.
Also Zucker, who I think is the least appealing of the three octopi.
Also I LOVE Audie but I think she's a bit overhyped too.
Also Zucker, who I think is the least appealing of the three octopi.
Also I LOVE Audie but I think she's a bit overhyped too.
jreamgardner
pimp
the big 3 aka raymond, audie, & judy
N a t
In the name of the Moon, Indeedaroo!
I love Raymond, but I also think he's overrated because while his design is really nice, he is still just another smug villager... This sounds hypocritical but here is why I say that despite liking him so much. As much as I like any villager, like Raymond, I would not go through the same stress and trouble that some people do to obtain him. Or any villager for that matter. I'm willing to even overpay a tiny bit for amiibo but I still have my limits there too. If you're someone who is okay with spending a ton of time island hopping or resetting for a villager, that is totally okay and I support you, but I could never do that to myself. It sounds too painful. I can see why he is popular but I don't think he's worth what he's going for. No villager should be worth that much imo.
Blueskyy
You gotta know that the sky belongs to no one.
I can agree with you about Lucky. I never liked him. He’s probably one of the few top tier villagers I don't have an amiibo for.Audie's design is a ripoff Freya honestly. The story behind her is so cute
Erik was overhyped in NL days. Fauna's eyes are weird. Lucky's uninteresting. Judy's eyes are too much for me.
I think Marshall, Raymond, Ankha, Marina, and Lucky are all overhyped. Meanwhile I can confirm that Sherb’s popularity is justified!
smug villager
aaaaaaaaahh
I wouldn't say they're "overrated" necessarily, but most of the food villagers like Merengue aren't for me, personally.
I think Julian is overrated definitely. I have to agree on the food villagers. Most of the food villagers are not for me. I’m aware that doesn’t make them overrated, I don’t get the hype.
Lucky isn’t that interesting. I love the dog villagers. They’re my favorite species, but Lucky is one of my lesser favorite dogs. I have dog villagers that I like more than Lucky.
Lucky isn’t that interesting. I love the dog villagers. They’re my favorite species, but Lucky is one of my lesser favorite dogs. I have dog villagers that I like more than Lucky.
VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
Well I will still say that Raymond is the most overrated villager. I don't think he's bad or good, but man people were so obsessed with him last year and the reason why he became the face of scamming when it got out of control.
I agree. Mac is my favorite.
I loved his island aesthetic he had in past iterations of this game. The jock personality doesn’t exactly help. Jocks are underrated in general. 
Coco seems way too popular for a creepy looking cookie. I suppose her house is popular with cottagecore folks, but I couldn't tolerate looking at those hollow eyes every day. People seem to sometimes say she's a gyroid, but I think she's a biscuit/cookie (which would make sense with her name being like Cocoa), so I would be concerned if she got caught in the rain haha.
Beau is way more popular than I thought he would be. I had him in NL and he was just meh to me.
Beau is way more popular than I thought he would be. I had him in NL and he was just meh to me.
ayeeprill
The Hash Slinging Slasher
I still dislike Zucker and Raymond the frat bro, but Marshal has grown on me. Most of my other least favorite villagers are not popular at all, but two at least semi-popular villagers I've recently grown to think are overrated are Beau and Flurry, Beau just doesn't do anything for me, Erik is miles cuter and more appealing. As for Flurry, I think my main issue is those bright blue eyebrows. They bother me.
I also got Lolly as a recent campsite villager on my island and moved her in, but I'm just not seeing the hype? She's cute and I love normal villagers, but her house interior is disappointing. This may be because another normal cat (Kiki) lives on my island and is my #1 of all time, though.
I also got Lolly as a recent campsite villager on my island and moved her in, but I'm just not seeing the hype? She's cute and I love normal villagers, but her house interior is disappointing. This may be because another normal cat (Kiki) lives on my island and is my #1 of all time, though.
Yes, the reason I love Mac. You can’t go wrong with a bulldog.
Millysaurusrexjr
eeeeternity
Definitely Raymond.. I also feel like Diana is a bit overrated. She's got a nice color palette but her face is just meh
Sacrilege! Actually, while he is my fav, I get why some people are over him. I felt the same about Raymond.
I really don’t get Judy though. Her design is aimed at a certain demographic, and I’m clearly not it.
While people are entitled to opinions, this thread is just kind of dumb, lol.
It screams pick-me girl. I don't like this villager everyone else wants, I want the villagers everyone hates so I'm quirky.
Maybe I'm just tired of the eye rolls and pshaws people get for wanting a villager they just want, lmao.
And all the people saying a villager has less personality than every other villager with that same personality ... wot?? They're scripted to pull from the same pool of dialogue. Come off it.
There is no overrated villager.
There is only greedy people taking advantage of designs people find more aesthetically pleasing.
It screams pick-me girl. I don't like this villager everyone else wants, I want the villagers everyone hates so I'm quirky.
Maybe I'm just tired of the eye rolls and pshaws people get for wanting a villager they just want, lmao.
And all the people saying a villager has less personality than every other villager with that same personality ... wot?? They're scripted to pull from the same pool of dialogue. Come off it.
There is no overrated villager.
There is only greedy people taking advantage of designs people find more aesthetically pleasing.
No, there is. It's Coco.
WaileaNoRei
Once and forever
I see why you might think she looks like a cookie. I think her name in English was changed to maybe sound like coconut?
but her original name, in Japanese, is Yayoi - which is the historical period associated with haniwa, a type of Japanese funerary sculpture which both Coco and the gyroids are based on (in Japanese I think the gyroids are also just called haniwa)
i don’t want you to sound like I am trying to make you feel bad for your alternate theory, or ruin it or anything. I am just a nerd and I think the Japanese cultural elements in the game are really fun. Clay is actually also based on ancient Japanese statuary, the doguu, which is from the Jomon period.
as for overrated villagers, I think pretty much all the very popular villagers could be considered overrated from an objective standpoint - popularity is a fickle and flimsy thing, there are literally hundreds of great villagers, and none of them are rare or objectively ‘better ‘ than any others (even if, of course, personally I feel differently)
But there’s nothing wrong with liking any villager, underrated or overrated or anything in between though. If you like them you like them!
For me its Sherb, Marshall and Raymond ofc.
While I do understand that Raymond got pretty unique look with his heterochromia. Sherb is one huge mystery to me, he's a simple blue goat. That's all. Marshal.. I still see him almost everywhere, quickly got boring. Popularity makes those villagers less attractive to me. But I want to say, that it's totally normal to enjoy company of any villager you like, doesn't matter what anyone else says. Listen to your preferences only.
While I do understand that Raymond got pretty unique look with his heterochromia. Sherb is one huge mystery to me, he's a simple blue goat. That's all. Marshal.. I still see him almost everywhere, quickly got boring. Popularity makes those villagers less attractive to me. But I want to say, that it's totally normal to enjoy company of any villager you like, doesn't matter what anyone else says. Listen to your preferences only.
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