those who started with NL/NH: do you want rude villagers?

[fairyring]

i have absolutely no interest in my villagers being mean to me. ac is my escape and it’s such a happy little paradise. i’m pretty sensitive and while i can take a bit of light/playful teasing, i don’t like people being mean like in those screenshots in real life, so why would i want that in my utopia?

also i work in customer service so that adds another layer of “too real” to the mean villagers. i just want everyone to be nice and kind and sweet and encouraging to each other and since i can’t control that in real life at least i can have that happy paradise on my island.

edit: that said, i think for the people who want to be insulted, maybe they could implement a friendship difficulty setting. put it on easy if you want everyone to love you off the bat, medium if you just want a little edge, hard if you want them to be mean/distrustful, and very hard if you’re sadistic and want everyone to loathe you and call you a waste of space rofl

 

[jenikinz]

I’d definitely enjoy some more edge, but maybe more an in-between if what we have now and the earlier games. Of the comments I’ve seen in screenshots some were snarky and hilarious, while others seemed a bit too mean for my taste. Calling a player an “utter waste”, “lonely loser” or “burden on society” seems...against the purpose of the game. The thought of someone playing AC to escape real life issues only to have those labels thrown in their face makes me very sad and even a bit worried. I wouldn’t want an impressionable kid or depressed/anxious person to be confronted with that tbh

I definitely agree that some of the things they said should not have been in the game. Those examples you gave are prime examples and I would hate for people to feel bad over something like that. But I do wish they had more sass like they used to. The name calling definitely could be left out, or toned way down, but I do wish they brought back an edge to them so getting that friendship level up felt like an accomplishment to be proud of, like hey Gaston didn't like me at first and now he not only tolerates me but he thinks I'm ok and is actually a softie kind of thing.

 

[sunfish]

I started in NH! I do like the idea of having to work for your villagers' friendship rather than having them immediately warm up to you. I also have a pretty high tolerance for edginess and insults, and I can't help but laugh at the early dialogue. But at the end of the day, Animal Crossing's a game for kids, and I can see how the early insults may push the line too much. If they were going to add meaner dialogue, I'd rather they strike a balance between the tone of the old games and the tone of the new games.

 

[Babypink]

Yes. Because it adds weight to the friendship level, and can bring loads of laughs, especially when you're being rude to those villagers you hate and want off the island.

How fun it was in WW being mean to the villagers you really didn’t like. In NH, I’ve been hitting Quilsson 300 times with the net and all I would get was: oh, you hurt me! I don’t really want to talk to you now. Come on, are you serious?

 

[Sencha]

Yes! Or at least, if they started off rude and then became nicer the more friendship points you have with them. It would also make sense if villagers you ignore/hit with nets/give garbage gets more irritated and treats you worse

 

[NatsumiSummer]

I want them to put me in my rightful place.

"How DARE you place that damn godforsaken chair there, you freaking idiot! Your sense of design TOTALLY sucks! You are the worst when it comes to designing this island!" XD

 

[Babypink]

I do understand, for example, that the level of rudeness in the Game Cube version was definitely too much for a game that was born for kids and was aiming for kids. But WW and to a certain extent CF did a great job combining the vanilla with the spice. In those games, if you were looking for villagers that would only say nice things you’d get normals and lazies and avoid crankies and snooties. The problem is that NH really feels bland when it comes to villagers depth. Like it still surprises me when a cranky that just moved in my town compliments me! That would take ages. And it was so much more, I don’t know, accomplishing when you’d get to that point. In this game, in all reality, what is the point of building a frindship with your villagers if not only getting the pictures? I think that’s it. They are always lovely to you, you just unlock couple of more things and that’s it. There’s no growth, no development. And although everyone plays differently, some for collecting, some for landscaping etc, I feel that the people that played because of the villagers have been left out. It almost has no purpose to have them around.

 

[Blueskyy]

I actually loaded up one of my 2 files yesterday and caught up with my old enemy Jane. The joke is on her. She no longer exists in the AC universe.

 

[Fey]

I definitely agree that some of the things they said should not have been in the game. Those examples you gave are prime examples and I would hate for people to feel bad over something like that. But I do wish they had more sass like they used to. The name calling definitely could be left out, or toned way down, but I do wish they brought back an edge to them so getting that friendship level up felt like an accomplishment to be proud of, like hey Gaston didn't like me at first and now he not only tolerates me but he thinks I'm ok and is actually a softie kind of thing.

Yeah that’s kind of my stance on it too. I think there’s ways for them to be sassy without it coming across too personal. The screenshot with Bunnie on Page 1 is a good example—it’s so ridiculous that almost nobody would take it seriously.

 

[Babypink]

"How DARE you place that damn godforsaken chair there, you freaking idiot! Your sense of design TOTALLY sucks! You are the worst when it comes to designing this island!" XD

You: push a villager on a pitfall
Villager: eeeeek! Go away, you jerk! There’s nothing to see here.
Ah, the nostalgia is real!

 

[peachmilke]

WW felt like the perfect balance to me

 

[Strawberryllama]

Not really, it’s funny but I think I’d enjoy the game less if I kept getting insulted. Maybe they could have an option to have nice villagers or mean villagers? Idk how that would work but it’d be nice to be able to choose.

 

[Uffe]

I don't recall theme being flat out rude. Well most of them, anyway. I do recall the cranky and snooty characters having sort of a rude, unfiltered kind of personality, however. And I recall them getting upset if you constantly spoke to them. I didn't start with NL/NH, but I thought I'd just put that out there for anybody who has never played the original or Wild World.

 

[meggiewes]

I don't want in your face mean. I wouldn't mind them being more standoffish at first and then warming up to you. Especially cranky and snooty characters. I guess, I would want more characters like Victoria Chase from Life is Strange or Miranda and Courtney from As Told By Ginger or even Angelica from Rugrats.

 

[Misuzurin]

I'm really surprised that Cranky and Snooty types are so friendly in this game. Snooties have been progressively made nicer over the last few games, HHD included. But in NL Cranky types still took a while to warm up to you. Now day 1 after unpacking they are more like friendly old men than anything. Hell, Walt even gave me a DIY on his first day. I like when you get close to an unapproachable character in a game or even in real life. Not every person who is initially rude that you meet is the epitome of evil. Some people have trust issues, are in a hurry, going through something, etc..

 

[Feraligator]

Yeah, I think having the cranky villagers like Shane from Stardew Valley would've been great. He doesn't flat out insult you the first time you meet him but he tells you to leave him alone and asks why you're speaking to him, but when you speak to him and gift him things he becomes one of those friends you can't live without. I feel like WW was like this with their cranky villagers and I don't remember the snooty villagers being that mean on WW either.

I can understand the GC dialogue never making it back because that was on a whole new level lol

 

[Poltergeist101]

I wouldn’t mind having rude villagers, kinda think it would be funny.

 

[BeezyBee]

I definitely want villagers with more attitude. CF apparently was the last game to have any rude dialogue, and honestly, I don't remember it.

The gamecube version is over-the-top though, not in an offensive way, but you ran into rude dialogue so often that you didn't take it seriously.

I wish that cranky and snooty villagers were stand-offish when you first meet them and then gradually warm up to you.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

I wish they were mean It seemed so much funnier and interesting to talk to villagers back then, I'm really sad I never got to experience that.

 

[issh0mans]

i want the rudeness back tbh, i thought it was funny.
i also feel like people don't realize that you had to actually be mean to the villagers for it to happen most of the time. you had to push them around, hit them with your net, talk to them over and over again. they wouldn't call you a dumb oaf if you walked up to say hi lol.​