Probably Elmer! I love that villager so much, he's my favourite. He somehow became my favourite in NL; he showed up in my campsite, and grew on me quickly after.
However in NH, Marina has become the second villager with the same status. I let her go after I got her photo, but invited her back when I found her again and I haven't let her go since I have her amiibo now too so she can follow in all future iterations as well.
Marshieboo my BFF since NL. We started as enemies because he plotted his house on what was supposed to be my yard in NL. He was also a new villager in that game so I had no idea who in the world Marshal was when I saw the sale sign. I had every intention to hate the living daylights outta him and make him move out ASAP so I can get my yard space back. The next day he moved in and he was this cute whittle marshmallow boy. Long story short, he won me over. He lived so close to my house that my daily routine started and ended with looking for him or hanging out at his house. Other people who played in my town showed me screenshots of him telling them he was my bestie and he loved me the most. When I gave him stuff he bragged about it nonstop to the other players too. I’ve never turned back ever since. Even if his popularity skyrocketed and he got branded as basic and overrated. To me that’s never the case. Marshal is my bestest guy and I had to have him beside me in every single town I made in NL. In fact, I pretty much enjoy secluded spaces for my house but his house is the only one allowed near mine. He doesn’t just have to be in town. We HAVE to be NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS like we’ve always had been in NL. It carried over to every NL town I made. In NH, he turned out to be my first camper in this new island I have when I reset for a new island. I guess we’re fated to be besties for life. He’s my bestest boy and to me he’s not just a tier one villager or one of the most popular villagers, I still see him as Marshal...my frenemy who became my bestie for life. ❤
He's my main man. My number one. It would feel real weird if I didn't have him on my island.
I became attached to him back in New Leaf, and I can't let go of him now. He is super under appreciated I feel like, but I love him and his chonkiness.
These photos are from a while back. I haven't taken many of him recently for some reason.
Mitzi and Rizzo! I bought Mitzi's Amiibo card shortly after they launched as a safeguard in case she ended up moving out of my NL town randomly, which had already happened to two of my other villagers, and I bought Rizzo's Amiibo card shortly after I got New Horizons so I could get him into my town as quickly as possible (after Mitzi, of course).
I don't have to play the game with her, but I guess for me it's Kiki.
She was a starter in my first New Leaf town and I've been attached to her ever since.
I was somehow lucky enough to get her Amiibo card from a random pack, so she's also in my second New Leaf town and also on my New Horizons island.
She also reminds me of my irl black cat who passed away in-between the time I got the second town and the time I got New Horizons.
For me, it's Bangle. She was in my sister's new leaf town, (then moved for some reason)and I love her design. I really wanted to see her agian when i learned about new horizons. Lucky for me, when I looked for my first villager to fill the first plot, who do I find? Bangle! She's staying on my island forever. (Untill I get her picture at least) https://nookipedia.com/wiki/Bangle
The link should work if not I'll try agian.
Tabby is the first that comes to mind. She is the first villager where I looked at her while scrolling through the list when I first got the game and was obsessively looking stuff up and I thought ‘she is perfect’. And she has lived up to my imagination and is my favorite villagers and will never move away from my island.
But - Bangle took me by surprise. She was my first peppy, invited from an island as I worried about passing on Audie and didn’t have many tickets since it was early in the game and my first animal crossing experience.
I wasn’t sure how much I liked her. I planned to move her out. I kept planning to move her out, until one day I just...realized I didn’t want her to move.
For me, though my island does not exactly have a theme, Bangle has become the spirit/ mascot of my island. I think of her as the villager rep. I can’t imagine the island without her.
I just could not live without Hornsby he’s just my favorite I just couldn’t without him he was my very first villager I ever found I just love him so much he’s just so sweet and loving and kind and he loves snacks just like me I got him some best buds like Erik fits right in with him and he’s a good friend with my og villager Rory they just love to hangout he’s so sweet and positive about life in the game and he complements the other villager and makes villagers happy if I had him leave I would regret it so much I just would have to get a amiibo or buy him from someone else but he’s one of the villagers I’ll never get rid of and the next if I buy it I will get Hornsby immediately
New Horizons is my first AC game, so I didn't really have any nostalgic connections to villagers coming in, or any sense of popularity, but Dom just stole my heart. He's the only villager I'd seriously consider having on both of my islands simultaneously and permanently, and is also the only villager that I've deliberately hunted for after getting his photo on my first island.
I just think he's so cute and his big worried eyes and his wibbly chin make all his jock statements so much funnier.
Tangy, I'm always really happy to stop and chat to her, she's just so sweet and I love it when she's singing around the island and gets others to join her.
I have her amiibo now too so she can follow in all future iterations as well.
