Process of Receiving Villagers' Photos Are Longer Through Amiibo?

[Venn]

Well over a month ago, I have moved Bones in through Amiibo and have been giving him 3 Non Native Fruits Wrapped in a bag ever since he was able to receive gifts and have yet to give me a photo. I have done this process with villagers that I have moved in from islands and/or campsite (non-amiibo) and got their photo way earlier than this.

To give an idea, Bones agreed to move in on December 13th. By estimation, probably got gifts by the 15-17th of that month. As you can see it has been well over a month.

Did something change, or does moving in villagers through Amiibo take longer to get their photos? Or am I just being so unlucky for some reason.

 

[JKDOS]

I feel the data miners would have discovered this while putting together the friendship point guide. Since the photo received is based on random chance once you reach a certain friendship level, I'd say it all comes down to luck.

In my second town, I adopted Poppi from someone, and later used an Amiibo for Carmen. Coincidentally, I got Poppi and Carmen's photo on the same day after gifting them 2-wrapped non-native fruits for a few weeks.

 

[Jam86]

i never actually thought about this
i got judy through the campsite and stitches on an island then almost instantly got their photos (i TT of course)

but i got maple through an amiibo, i've had her a while now and have gifted her loads of furniture, clothes etc
and yet i never got her photo, i just bought it in the end

so maybe amiibo villagers do take longer to give their photos but that's a pretty weird thing, it should be the same whether they're amiibo or not

 

[ForeverSoaring]

No, it has nothing to do with them being amiibos, you just have bad rng for that particular villager. Basically, whenever you get to best friend level with a villager and give them a gift, you have a small chance of getting their photo. (This counter resets after getting that villager’s photo.)
I got some amiibo villagers’ photos faster than my starter peppy’s photo (who was there for more than a month earlier)! c:

 

[tajikey]

No, it has nothing to do with them being amiibos, you just have bad rng for that particular villager. Basically, whenever you get to best friend level with a villager and give them a gift, you have a small chance of getting their photo. (This counter resets after getting that villager’s photo.)
I got some amiibo villagers’ photos faster than my starter peppy’s photo (who was there for more than a month earlier)! c:

I'm of this opinion/experience as well. I'll take it one step further and suggest that once you know you're at the level in which they can potentially gift you a photo, then save scum (is that the right term?) until you get it. Way back in the day, I was waiting for photos from Rizzo and Cyrano, and I ended up getting both on the same day due to this trick.

 

[ForeverSoaring]

I'm of this opinion/experience as well. I'll take it one step further and suggest that once you know you're at the level in which they can potentially gift you a photo, then save scum (is that the right term?) until you get it. Way back in the day, I was waiting for photos from Rizzo and Cyrano, and I ended up getting both on the same day due to this trick.

Yep! I save scummed with Megan so I could get her photo before she moved out.

 

[Venn]

I'm of this opinion/experience as well. I'll take it one step further and suggest that once you know you're at the level in which they can potentially gift you a photo, then save scum (is that the right term?) until you get it. Way back in the day, I was waiting for photos from Rizzo and Cyrano, and I ended up getting both on the same day due to this trick.

I'm not sure what you mean here for this trick..

 

[meggiewes]

I'm not sure what you mean here for this trick..

Save scumming is resetting. Make sure it saves right before you give them a gift. Gift them. If they don't give you what you want immediately turn it off to reset the day and do it again.

 

[corlee1289]

What I tend to do is that once I know I was at max friendship, I save scum to get their photo when they’re sick. I know, it’s cruel of me, but it works. Because I know they will be in their house all day long and I don’t have to run around looking for them.

I had hoped we would have gotten Bianca for April’s Fool to get their photos, but that didn’t happen and I was a bit bummed out about that.

 

[Serabee]

It's totally random- being an Amiibo has nothing to do with it (that'd be a totally bizarre thing for Nintendo to put effort into coding).

Personally, I get all my photos through the stack method- max their friendship through gifts (I like to give my villagers multiple clothing items, so that's how I do that part) then give them coconuts off a stack (with a full inventory otherwise) so they send me gifts in return. There's a slightly higher chance of getting a pic that way, last I checked, and I've gotten them all through it.

Also, "save scumming"? Is that a new term? I've literally never heard it... "resetting" is shorter to type, too. I'm confused.

 

[meggiewes]

It's totally random- being an Amiibo has nothing to do with it (that'd be a totally bizarre thing for Nintendo to put effort into coding).

Personally, I get all my photos through the stack method- max their friendship through gifts (I like to give my villagers multiple clothing items, so that's how I do that part) then give them coconuts off a stack (with a full inventory otherwise) so they send me gifts in return. There's a slightly higher chance of getting a pic that way, last I checked, and I've gotten them all through it.

Also, "save scumming"? Is that a new term? I've literally never heard it... "resetting" is shorter to type, too. I'm confused.

No. Save scumming isnt a new term. It is just used in different gaming communities. Personally, I ran into it through Zelda and Pokemon, but it is probably older than that.

 

[Serabee]

No. Save scumming isnt a new term. It is just used in different gaming communities. Personally, I ran into it through Zelda and Pokemon, but it is probably older than that.

Weird, I've played games since I was a kid and have never heard of it. What a weird term

 

[meggiewes]

Weird, I've played games since I was a kid and have never heard of it. What a weird term

It is a really weird term. I have no idea where it came from! I haven't really heard many people use it now.


EDIT: I had to look it up. Apparently it comes from the old roguelike community and it does have a reputation of being "cheaty" which is why the word "scummy" is used. Some old school Japanese RPGs practically required resetting for 100% completion because of RNG on really hard bosses.

 

[Etown20]

As others have mentioned, it is most likely just unlucky rng. I don't recall the exact number of days, but I feel like there are some villagers who have given me their photo in around 4 weeks and others that have taken 2 months.