So, the max villager limit?

[Brookie]

Your opinioon is valid, but to me, 16+ villagers is far too many to keep track of. I want to be besties with all of them. Plus the island is already crowded: shops, 8 players, already 10 villager - that's simply already too much. 15 is the max I'd be comforable with, 12 preferable, and 10 minimum

 

[Azrael]

I don’t think I want more than 12, honestly. I don’t want my island to be cluttered with residents. Personally I like the more woodsy/isolated feel. I feel like adding 15+ villagers will make it feel too populated and too city like for me personally. I plan to make my island similar to my main New Leaf town which is like a small woods/witchy town.

But I can certainly understand people wanting bigger city types.

I’d rather use island space for decorating rather than houses.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oooh. I just thought of something. It would be nice if you could pick your villager cap. Like you had the option to choose 10-20 villager cap. That’d be nice and would satisfy a bigger range of people!

 

[Candy83]

Is anyone else feeling that the maximum villager limit could be kinda make or break for this game? We've seen how you can make beautiful and intricate scenes and locations on your island with furniture, and in the screenshots they always seem pretty bustling, which is awesome.

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If we had a max limit of at LEAST 20-25 villagers that'd feel good to me, you could actually have a relatively bustling civilisation where all the stuff you've built is being constantly utilized or appreciated by someone. Maybe the max villager cap could be raised as you progress the game?

I am guessing the game will have a design to it that keeps in mind maximum space for possible housing of villagers and humans combined.

We were able to have up to 4 humans in ?New Leaf.? We can have up to 8 humans in ?New Horizons.?

We were able to have up to 10 villagers in ?New Leaf.? We question how many villagers we can have up to in ?New Horizons.?

I am guessing the capacity of what we players are dealing with in ?New Horizons,? compared to ?New Leaf,? may be double. So, if we are dealing with a game whose scope is pretty much doubled, it would not surprise me if the maximum number of villagers turns out to be 20.

 

[meo]

I'm kind of hoping it goes back to gamecube days with 15 villagers. But much more than that feels like too many to me.

 

[John Wick]

I thought it was ten again.

Hopefully that's it because we now have the shops on the island.

 

[ayeeprill]

I'd like 15, or at least 12. 10 didn't feel like enough to me.

 

[zeroFLUX]

Yeah, I guess the big reason for me to want the limit increased from 10 is that I like too many normal villagers! I like to have a villager of every type which leaves only 2 to overlap... even making it 12 would be such a big upgrade when planning your town

Couldn't agree more! You need one of each just for diversities sake. 12 would be perfect for me!

I'd like 15, or at least 12. 10 didn't feel like enough to me.

Definitely the games biggest shortcoming.

 

[moo-kun]

Hoping for 20-25!!! With a flexible cap everyone can enjoy! If they only want 3 villagers, they can just have 3 and anyone who loves more can have more and we can all be happy hehe ☆

 

[CalSamurai]

I'm honestly just interested by how the community here seems so divided on how many villagers they want, really shows how people have their own ideas about their ideal island~

 

[HoennMaster]

I wouldn't say it is make or break it, but there is literally no reason we can't have more than 10. I get why the portable games didn't have more than 10 (memory), but if the Gamecube could handle it, there is no reasons Switch can't. I hate it being limited at 10. I never rotate villagers because I'm afraid I'll won't like new villagers so I always keep the same 10. I want to have 15 so I can keep my 10 favorites and then rotate the other 5.

I think more than 15 is too many and takes up too much room, but I don't agree with people who saw more than 10 is too many. GCN had 15 and I never felt like it was hard to keep up with villagers.

 

[Stevey Queen]

There?s a leak saying the villager cap is a 10.

But the most we?ve ever seen in one picture is 9 and I?m kinda paranoid it will be 9m

Honestly I?m fine with 10. I wanted more but I don?t think the island is large enough especially because there?s so many things I want to do with the new crafting and decorating your island feature.

 

[Carole]

I would rather have a maximum of about 2-3 villagers.

 

[QueenOpossum]

I would rather have a maximum of about 2-3 villagers.

So 1/3 the amount of NL villagers? Just 3 on the whole island?

I don't obsess about dreamies but I want more villagers to see!

 

[KeatAlex]

10, 12, MAX 15.
Although that might overwhelm me. I know everyone has many favs but for me I just prefer to cycle them out. I can't handle too many.

 

[Fey]

I agree with the general premise of the OP, but not those specific numbers?as in, I also think the Island might end up being a bit emptier than I?d like, but wouldn?t want to add that many additional villagers. An extra 5 would definitely be more than enough for my preferences.

Rather than having a much higher villager cap, I?d love an option to ?re-invite? previous animals. That way I could more comfortably let Dreamies go and keep the Island fresh by rotating between new and old favorites. Ahh wishful thinking *sigh*

 

[thundershot]

12 is perfect. 10 is what I expect.

 

[coffee biscuit]

I may be wrong, but isn't the island in this game much bigger than the other Animal Crossing game maps? I think 15 max would be okay, I wouldn't like it if it felt too empty. Sure, it starts off as a deserted island but that doesn't mean it can't be made into a bustling resort.

I was always moving villagers in and out of my town because I love so many of them and can never decide who I want. 2-5 extra villagers would be great, at least in my opinion. The max is most likely still 10 but we'll see.

 

[John Wick]

I may be wrong, but isn't the island in this game much bigger than the other Animal Crossing game maps? I think 15 max would be okay, I wouldn't like it if it felt too empty. Sure, it starts off as a deserted island but that doesn't mean it can't be made into a bustling resort.

I was always moving villagers in and out of my town because I love so many of them and can never decide who I want. 2-5 extra villagers would be great, at least in my opinion. The max is most likely still 10 but we'll see.

This time though, we have the shops on the island to take up space, plus allowances for eight players.

 

[tajikey]

What is a dreamie? Is it simply a neighbor you dream to have?

 

[Khaelis]

What is a dreamie? Is it simply a neighbor you dream to have?

Basically a desired villager the player wants