So, the max villager limit?

[isabll]

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

Guessing it'll be nine + one that can move on from the campsite or something, like in NL.

 

[kkfenrir]

I feel like 15 would be my happy number! But I would gladly accept ANY increase up from 10.

It's really hard to decide who I want in my towns with just 10 slots, I always have to give the axe to a lot of villagers that I think are unique and interesting, for those who are my favourites. And since my core favourites are missing a few personalities, it's a bummer that I don't have the slots to make up for the personalities lost (while still keeping my favourites around!)

 

[sierra]

I think since shops will actually be in our living area and not separated from us, the town will feel alive and bustling with 10 villagers.
Especially with being able to place the houses yourself, creating that community atmosphere is very doable.

 

[CalSamurai]

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.

I'd love to see the source on this leak? Is it a reliable source?

 

[Utsukishi]

10 would be fine IF the NPCs like kicks or sahara were walking around more often. that'd give the villagers something other than walking to do. if not, 15 would be nice. since we place the tents, I can imagine we can have however many we want. i mean arent the videos showing oldwr playthrough with museums showing barely any villagers? meaning nintendo had the choice of whether thwy wanted those villagers?

 

[Kairi-Kitten]

Just putting in my two cents haha so take it as you will, I feel 10 is just the right amount and although the GC 2001 version had 15; I feel like 10 is not only perfect but, it feels personalized as it is just the right amount to not only think on and fit your dreamies into but I can't even begin to fathom 25+ villagers and the sheer nightmare of someone doing a 25 animal cycle to get the lost villager back lol. It almost feels like the villager limit is becoming a conspiracy xD I still think in my very own opinion it'll at least be 10 as we have had in New Leaf : ) If they do 15 I have no problem that could be very nice tbh <3 but anymore feels overwhelming when I simply want to be close with the few villagers I feel close with and simply want to relax :'3 Overall guess we'll see when it releases.

 

[Shawna]

It is speculated to be 10. However, is is not confirmed. But there is a clue: if you look at the map that Isabelle has in front of her in the town hall, you will see 10 villager house slots.

 

[CalSamurai]

It is speculated to be 10. However, is is not confirmed. But there is a clue: if you look at the map that Isabelle has in front of her in the town hall, you will see 10 villager house slots.

I don't believe that Isabelle's map is necesarrily an indicator, it's just basically a copy of the map UI, which also shows player characters in those slots too. So if that was the case it'd mean that by using 8 human players, we could only have 2 villagers.

 

[coffee biscuit]

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

Oh that's right, I totally forgot that the shops can be added to the island now. It looks like 10 is the max from what we've seen so far, which is still fine with me~

 

[Dewy]

Anything more than 15 would be overwhelming imo. I thought 10 was a good amount in NL... It’s easy enough to maintain friendships with that number of villagers while still feeling like there’s a variety of folks in town.
If there’s 20, there’s no way I would be able to keep track of all villagers let alone try to maintain friendships with them all

 

[Holla]

Considering you can have up to 8 human villagers I wouldn’t be surprised if the animal villager cap is still 10. Sure in the very first game the cap was 15, but with how big and open that game was it worked (remember now we have tons of buildings and outdoor furniture that takes up space).

 

[cIementine]

i'm pretty happy with 10, but even a small increase, such as to 12 villagers, would be a fun addition

 

[Bluebellie]

15 is a good number. 10 is ok. Less than 10 is horrible and more than 15 is too stressful.

 

[Soot Sprite]

I hope we have more than NL just because there's definitely not going to be 8 people in my town and I really hope the villager limit wasn't cut to make room for that many person profiles. I doubt a lot of people are going to have eight people playing with them on their island, but I'm staying optomistic that they'll at least be the same or more villagers compared to NL.

 

[Amilee]

i would be really sad if the number of villagers is under 10, im having a hard time figuring out which villagers i want already. i would love for it to be 12 or 15 but most realisticly its 10 again which is fine i guess

 

[FaerieRose]

Ten villagers sounds just about right, since we'll also have a camper, special characters, and perhaps other tourists. That's enough for one of each personality type, plus a couple extras.

 

[Amilee]

im not sure if thats been mentioned but i just found this screenshot

which shows 9 villagers. so im pretty sure the limit is at least 10

 

[Rosewater]

I'd love around 15 villagers. It's how much you get in Gamecube and New Leaf had me abandon the game very quickly when it first came out because it just felt dead with 10. I just hope they don't want to move in and out as much and have better dialogue trees than New Leaf.

 

[MorningStar]

It'd be nice if we could have 15 like in the original game, but the mat on Isabelle's counter at Resident Services, and the previous games... All that seems to imply we'll be getting ten. New Horizons is also pushing HARD for people to have multiple profiles within the same island (local co-op) but I think Nintendo vastly overestimates how many people playing are going to NOT have their own Switch.

Personally, 15 would be fine with me, but no more than that. I do agree that ten seems to be a pretty small amount, but considering how we're basically told "This is a deserted island. Make it look nice." I kind of feel that they don't WANT it to feel heavily populated, and any more than 10-15 villagers (and a max of 8 player characters) might make it seem overwhelmingly crowded.

 

[Mothership]

I'm planning on being the only human on my island so I'm hoping for 15-16 animal villagers so it won't seem so empty.