VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
Oh that is a Great idea!
Should There Be New Villagers for Future AC
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In short : no.
Why ?
There are more than enough right now. Maybe bring a few more from the GCN game that went MIA since Wild World, but I wouldn't add new ones.
The priority should be to bring back all of them in future Animal Crossing games. The 2.0 version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons sports 413 villagers. If you keep adding more, and more, at one point Nintendo will just start axing villagers because there are too much to bring back every single game, and the dev won't see it as worth the effort to bring all of them back.
That's exactly what happened with Pokémon. The latest Pokémon games started axing Pokémons because there are simply too much. We've all lived through the disapearance of several villagers when Wild World released. Two of my top 3 villagers went MIA for a decade after Wild World (Nintendo only brought them back in Welcome Amiibo!)
Some are still MIA, and I don't want to live through that again.
Why ?
There are more than enough right now. Maybe bring a few more from the GCN game that went MIA since Wild World, but I wouldn't add new ones.
The priority should be to bring back all of them in future Animal Crossing games. The 2.0 version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons sports 413 villagers. If you keep adding more, and more, at one point Nintendo will just start axing villagers because there are too much to bring back every single game, and the dev won't see it as worth the effort to bring all of them back.
That's exactly what happened with Pokémon. The latest Pokémon games started axing Pokémons because there are simply too much. We've all lived through the disapearance of several villagers when Wild World released. Two of my top 3 villagers went MIA for a decade after Wild World (Nintendo only brought them back in Welcome Amiibo!)
Some are still MIA, and I don't want to live through that again.
That is exactly what I don't want.
VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
Hmm when you bring up pokemon I can see the issue there. I know thats a topic for another thread but it relates to the issue of how they cut out the original villagers from GameCube and they never came back since then. I mean yeah some of them did come back but not all of them. I guess maybe adding new villagers would bring this fear of the older ones being replaced, but I still think they can make it work if they indroduce new species of animals and ne personalities that way it will create more variety so the villagers don't talk the same way as each other.
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VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
If they do that with AC that is bound to cause a lot of controversy.
I actually don't necessarily agree with this. For starters, the Dexit controversy had as much to do with corporate deadlines and a, er... rather transparent attempt to resell a portion of the missing Pokémon in the form of DLC... as it did with the actual amount of Pokémon being overwhelming for a series that is intended to release annually. Not to mention, Pokémon is a very different beast than Animal Crossing. Pokémon is an RPG that requires its mechanics to be balanced for both a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer, whilst the villagers in Animal Crossing have been criticized since New Leaf as being little more than palette swaps of one another. So even if there were thousands of different villagers, I would find it rather difficult to empathize with Nintendo if they started complaining that they couldn't bring back older villagers in a manner similar to Pokémon.
Rather, I think there's something deeply troubling with the philosophy that the games should be built to accommodate for as many villagers as possible. That was always Pokémon's core issue, in my opinion. Its selection of Pokémon, whether old or new, was always dictated by tradition and obligation, rather than how it services the plot, gameplay, and setting of each game. So in theory, I don't actually mind that some Pokémon are not transferrable to later games if it means a greater focus on the single player campaign. Of course, Game Freak didn't actually do that, so I can more than empathize with players who are put off by recent entries simply because they can't transfer their favorite creatures to the latest installment.
If I'm honest, I think a good remedy would be to simply make it so that every new installment has only new villagers, with legacy villagers only making cameos or only being brought in based on whatever gimmick the next game has to offer. Essentially, rephrase the question from "which villagers will be in the next installment?" to "what type of villagers will be in the next installment?" If it becomes an issue that the number of villagers is so overwhelming that they can't all make the cut and exist perpetually together, then I feel like we're essentially prioritizing Animal Crossing as little more than a trading card game than an actual life simulator.
Basically, I'd rather play a Pokémon game with fewer Pokémon that compliment the overall game than one that is sterile because every single Pokémon needs to be accounted for. Likewise, I'd rather play an Animal Crossing game with fewer villagers but with more memorable interactions and social features, rather than simply praying that my favorites that were abandoned in the GameCube era eventually return. However, that ultimately leads to the question of whether or not I trust Nintendo to deliver that instead of just putting something out as quickly and cheaply as possible. And the answer to that is a resounding no.
nightglow
Little can stop the sun and moon from thier dance.
Yeah, but it would be a super long time before something like that would be a concern, and by that time, games maybe more online focused and not constantly "remade" and pushed out. Nintendo shows interest in something like that for the possible future in my opinion. Pocket camp is very successful in nin's eyes.
I'm just saying ac is a lot slower at adding villagers than pokemon adding pokemon. Not to mention villagers are way more simple than a pokemon is.
VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
I suppose you do have a point, but I digress there needs to be more new personalities and new species with the villagers. Its fine to keep the older ones so as long as they have more character done to them that makes them stand out.
AC ≠ Pokémon. I fail to see the comparison. Pokémon is required to have more than 50 new mons every gen for marketing sales, anime, manga and TCG content. ACNH has failed to even give us even 30. We need more animal types and maybe even more personalities, though I feel the current ones can be expanded further more.
oath2order
#Porygon2024
Everybody here is forgetting that "Dexit" for Animal Crossing already happened. There's the notorious Animal Forest-exclusive villagers/ https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Removed_villagers
VanitasFan26
I'm just a ghost.
That still blows my mind how nobody called out Nintendo for this and yet when Pokemon did it with Sword and Shield everyone noticed.
oath2order
#Porygon2024
Animal Crossing wasn't that big back then.
Millysaurusrexjr
yeah
I still hold out hope for bat villagers! Toucan villagers could be reeeealllly cute too 
Also because Animal Crossing is a different type of game than Pokémon. You don't transfer progress from game to game. So even if you luck out and get the same villagers in the next game, you will still be starting from zero with them. When Dexit happened, it locked players from using Pokémon they had potentially been raising since Gen 3 and then charged them an arm and a leg to hold them perpetually in the cloud until a day when maybe hopefully if they're lucky they'll be usable again. So, very different from what Animal Crossing did.
I think the species we have now are good enough, though I wouldn’t mind some new villagers for the existing species being introduced.
Although I’m not a big fan of out-of-the-ordinary villagers, I’m pretty sure some more of that type would have fans excited.
Like, we have Stitches. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a big bear villager just like him? That’d be cute. Or maybe breed off the dog villagers into a new type where they’re smaller in size. We have wolves that are big, and the regular dogs are medium in size, so it’d definitely work to have a small-sized dog breed villager type.
And maybe, just maybe, Rover and Katie could be unique villagers, but you could only have them for certain periods of time as both are constantly on the move. Either could stay at a hotel or campsite depending on the theme of the next game, and can give you unique gifts if you befriend them in the time frame given. Rover would be the easy one to befriend as he gets along with pretty much anyone, and Katie would be the harder one as she’s a bit more on the shy side; being apart from her mother and all in a big open world.
In the end, I’d definitely love to see more villagers, but I also want to see certain special characters come back with bigger roles than before. Currently, Digby is the character I want to come back the most. He’s Isabelle’s twin brother, and he needs the spotlight too.
Although I’m not a big fan of out-of-the-ordinary villagers, I’m pretty sure some more of that type would have fans excited.
Like, we have Stitches. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a big bear villager just like him? That’d be cute. Or maybe breed off the dog villagers into a new type where they’re smaller in size. We have wolves that are big, and the regular dogs are medium in size, so it’d definitely work to have a small-sized dog breed villager type.
And maybe, just maybe, Rover and Katie could be unique villagers, but you could only have them for certain periods of time as both are constantly on the move. Either could stay at a hotel or campsite depending on the theme of the next game, and can give you unique gifts if you befriend them in the time frame given. Rover would be the easy one to befriend as he gets along with pretty much anyone, and Katie would be the harder one as she’s a bit more on the shy side; being apart from her mother and all in a big open world.
In the end, I’d definitely love to see more villagers, but I also want to see certain special characters come back with bigger roles than before. Currently, Digby is the character I want to come back the most. He’s Isabelle’s twin brother, and he needs the spotlight too.
QueenCobra
asleep for so long and terribly thirsty
New species I’d like to see:
—sharks
—bats
—snakes
—possums
—sloths
I’d also like to see more villagers of the existing species, with some the break the current gender lines. For example, what about a boy peppy villager or girl lazy villager?
—sharks
—bats
—snakes
—possums
—sloths
I’d also like to see more villagers of the existing species, with some the break the current gender lines. For example, what about a boy peppy villager or girl lazy villager?
My biggest hope for the next main installment is that all of the characters (shop owners, villagers, all the cut characters from NH like Pelly and Pete) in the game age like how they had the whole bit in NH with CJ, Flick, and Daisy Mae taking over for their older relatives. I think it would be absolutely awesome if some villagers kind of "grew up" and adopted some new personalities - and if this included some of them retiring altogether. Also I think this could include some villagers getting "makeovers" - not necessarily changing everything about them, but someone like Harry could clean himself up, or be even more bearded lol. Just something to show that time is progressing and even villagers can grow older.
I think this would be a fresh way for new villagers to enter the scene, and would offer a great time for even more personalities to be introduced. It could really shake up the breakdown of how many villager of each personality there are, and again allow some villagers to grow and evolve. Personalities like lazy could be broken up to be more multi-faceted, like what if "Lazy" still existed as a category, but now some villagers were lazy in the sense that they live a more work-less, hippy lifestyle, and others are lazy in the sense that they are messy and like being dirty or playing video games. There are already A and B subcategories, but they could be way more differentiated.
All in all, I do hope that the next game brings back as many cut villagers as possible while also adding a good amount more to personalities and species that are lacking right now. And that they limit the amount of new villagers in species that already have a lot, like cats, rabbits, bears, and birds. They already get enough love, lol. It would be awesome to see a couple new species, too, although I'm not sure what kind of animal I would prefer... I quite like that they can make certain species appear to be another, like Savannah being a Zebra in appearance but still fit into the Horse species. Another couple Zebras would be cool! And I know there are other species that do this, too.
Crossing my fingers for a lot of cool new friends next game, and that they shake things up to really refresh the villager system! (I truly think they know how lots of fans felt about the villagers in NH)
I think this would be a fresh way for new villagers to enter the scene, and would offer a great time for even more personalities to be introduced. It could really shake up the breakdown of how many villager of each personality there are, and again allow some villagers to grow and evolve. Personalities like lazy could be broken up to be more multi-faceted, like what if "Lazy" still existed as a category, but now some villagers were lazy in the sense that they live a more work-less, hippy lifestyle, and others are lazy in the sense that they are messy and like being dirty or playing video games. There are already A and B subcategories, but they could be way more differentiated.
All in all, I do hope that the next game brings back as many cut villagers as possible while also adding a good amount more to personalities and species that are lacking right now. And that they limit the amount of new villagers in species that already have a lot, like cats, rabbits, bears, and birds. They already get enough love, lol. It would be awesome to see a couple new species, too, although I'm not sure what kind of animal I would prefer... I quite like that they can make certain species appear to be another, like Savannah being a Zebra in appearance but still fit into the Horse species. Another couple Zebras would be cool! And I know there are other species that do this, too.
Crossing my fingers for a lot of cool new friends next game, and that they shake things up to really refresh the villager system! (I truly think they know how lots of fans felt about the villagers in NH)
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