Shiny Villagers

[Dim]

I see a lot of threads here for potential new in-game mechanics that seem reasonable. But why don't we discuss one that's completely outlandish, but I still think would be very interesting? I've raised this in the Discord a couple of times to very little appeal, so I figured I'd see what the forums think.

What would be your thoughts if Nintendo were to introduce the concept of shiny villagers into New Horizons? Much like shiny Pokemon, these would be villagers with a different texture than their usual appearance. They would however have a higher occurrence rate than shiny Pokemon. Let's say 0.5% to 1% of every Tom is a shiny Tom.

I also thought this might just be a fun thread to kill some time with and share concept art for what a villager with different texturing, but otherwise similar appearance, might look like. I'm not an artist so I used an online tool to make Shiny Tom, the red flaming cat villager:

Islands that get the shiny version of a villager are said to exist partially in an alternate dimension from the rest of the world. It is also said that using an Amiibo has a low chance of making a shiny villager show up on the shores of your island that you can invite to live there.

This feature, of course, has no other purpose than to drive you absolutely crazy chasing that rare Bob... speaking of which, what does shiny Bob look like? Or the shiny of your favorite villager?

He looks like Purrl

 

[jefflomacy]

A twisted Purrl / Olivia hybrid.

 

[Tianna]

Not too sure about this one... I feel like it would split the AC community in half tbh. Plus oh man that would make me waste more of my life into the game than I already did in NL before I quit.

 

[AlinaBanana]

Now, I'm certainly no artist. But the talk of pokemon made this impossible to resist.
(One last note, I did this by mouse D: )



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Also: Molly is in my one and only town, she's been for years. My absolute favorite! She's just too cute

 

[neoratz]

i for some reason am REALLY into special alternate colors for things so i LOVE THIS IDEA. i dont think it really makes sense in the animal crossing world but man would it be cool.... what about a black and white mime pietro or chrissy and francine with swapped colors??? or tangy as a different fruit... or etoile but PINK

 

[SheepMareep]

I actually think this would be fun!!!!

Maybe instead of having a "shiny" version to keep everyone sane enough and prevent a million resets/terrifying inflation there could be a chance the character will ping you and ask if they should try a new look. There could be a few options like "no way you're perfect!" , "maybe something cuter..." , or "go crazy try something new!" . Depending on the option they will either stay the same or set up an appointment with Harriet then have a new look the next day. They could be small like maybe merengue getting a different fruit on her nose (banana, mango slice, pineapple triangle, etc) or Bob coming back as a different color completely.you could then say if you like it or not and that's that. If you don't they'll go back and of you do they keep it!

 

[Paperboy012305]

I think this would be a great idea, just not on villagers.

I could see it being done to insects and fish, just not villagers.

It really wouldn't make sense.

 

[AlinaBanana]

I think this would be a great idea, just not on villagers.

I could see it being done to insects and fish, just not villagers.

It really wouldn't make sense.

That does sound better, but I agree with the people who said it'd mess with the relaxing nature of AC.
I'm not one to go crazy over collectibles, (at least I hope!) but this would end up in people fishing for hours on end for sure.

 

[twinkletoes]

I actually think this would be fun!!!!

Maybe instead of having a "shiny" version to keep everyone sane enough and prevent a million resets/terrifying inflation there could be a chance the character will ping you and ask if they should try a new look. There could be a few options like "no way you're perfect!" , "maybe something cuter..." , or "go crazy try something new!" . Depending on the option they will either stay the same or set up an appointment with Harriet then have a new look the next day. They could be small like maybe merengue getting a different fruit on her nose (banana, mango slice, pineapple triangle, etc) or Bob coming back as a different color completely.you could then say if you like it or not and that's that. If you don't they'll go back and of you do they keep it!

This would be brilliant.

 

[Halima]

I actually think this would be fun!!!!

Maybe instead of having a "shiny" version to keep everyone sane enough and prevent a million resets/terrifying inflation there could be a chance the character will ping you and ask if they should try a new look. There could be a few options like "no way you're perfect!" , "maybe something cuter..." , or "go crazy try something new!" . Depending on the option they will either stay the same or set up an appointment with Harriet then have a new look the next day. They could be small like maybe merengue getting a different fruit on her nose (banana, mango slice, pineapple triangle, etc) or Bob coming back as a different color completely.you could then say if you like it or not and that's that. If you don't they'll go back and of you do they keep it!

Ooo, this is such a good idea!!

 

[iExist]

Maybe, but in a different way.
Such as when you get 10,000,000 bells stored in the post office or something, you have to erase your town, then they will ask on the boat or plane or whatever "That town name sounds like it's from a different dimension! Are you sure you're not going to a magic world?" You can answer "What are you talking about?" which makes your island normal, or "Actually, I am going to a different world!" If you select the latter, your first 20 villagers will be shiny.

 

[Halima]

Maybe, but in a different way.
Such as when you get 10,000,000 bells stored in the post office or something, you have to erase your town, then they will ask on the boat or plane or whatever "That town name sounds like it's from a different dimension! Are you sure you're not going to a magic world?" You can answer "What are you talking about?" which makes your island normal, or "Actually, I am going to a different world!" If you select the latter, your first 20 villagers will be shiny.

Hmmm, it’s a good idea but I just don’t think it’ll work ):

 

[Blood Eclipse]

I don't think it would make sense to add shiny villagers to Animal Crossing, but I wouldn't mind either, I'm nuetral on the matter. I know how complicated trying to find a shiny in Pokemon is and in Animal Crossing, it'd be an even bigger headache, I imagine, especially if the villager moves out by accident. If Nintendo did decide to add them in, I'd probably just ignore the addition to not lose my mind over trying to find the perfect shiny villager, only to drop the game when I get bored of it eventually and they end up moving out.