"I found Marshal while hunting down my dream villagers. I took him in hopes of liking him again since I failed the other times the past years, it didn't work out. Soo i'll be selling him later today it seems."
"Yeah but that ain't all. I found Judy by pure luck while campsite hunting. I wasn't even looking for her, I was looking for Cashmere. But I suppose she isn't too much to fuss over getting.
Well, since I moved her in I thought about the fact that yeah, I could try to like her. So i'll keep her in town and warm up to her. Still, lucky find."
That was me yesterday, today I time traveled to make some room and on island number three there was... Zucker...
Ten villagers is really too little. I'm having to make tough choices, here.
I feel like I'm going to get thrown in a river for all the villagers I passed over.
I ran in to Dobie on my third island. Spent a long while considering taking him in just to give him away, but I already have Sherb on my island and he's also only there to be eventually adopted out. I just.. couldn't bring myself to have more 100% temporary villagers.
Next notable one was Hazel, who I would have taken in but I have two uchis right now. Kind of upset I took Fuchsia from my campsite last week, hah.
Kyle and Skye also happened. I have two permanent smugs so passed on Kyle. Skye falls in to the same pitfall as Hazel did. If Gayle had moved out I would have taken Skye.
The big shock for me was Vesta. I considered her a dreamie in New Leaf, but somehow her New Horizons look just... did not do it for me. I sat for a long while considering Vesta even though I have two normals. Had to move on in the end. I'm sorry Vesta.
In the end I ran in to Avery who I've always found cool and he's cranky! I picked him up and am looking forward to having a cranky I like!
For some odd reason, I always run into the same villagers at least 3 times when im island hopping.. For example, I always seem to encounter Octavian and Patty numerous amounts of times in a 2-3 hour span and I get annoyed by it lol
From what I have read about the way the random generator works is it chooses species first, then the specific villager. So by that octavian would make sense, since if it ‘draws’ octopus, there are only 3. Not sure how many cows there are, that one could just be pure luck. No accounting for randomness! I see people using hundreds of nook miles tickets trying to find stitches, yet last time I went I ran into him twice using around 25 tickets. Wish I could have shared that random luck!
I feel like I'm going to get thrown in a river for all the villagers I passed over.
I ran in to Dobie on my third island. Spent a long while considering taking him in just to give him away, but I already have Sherb on my island and he's also only there to be eventually adopted out. I just.. couldn't bring myself to have more 100% temporary villagers.
Next notable one was Hazel, who I would have taken in but I have two uchis right now. Kind of upset I took Fuchsia from my campsite last week, hah.
Kyle and Skye also happened. I have two permanent smugs so passed on Kyle. Skye falls in to the same pitfall as Hazel did. If Gayle had moved out I would have taken Skye.
The big shock for me was Vesta. I considered her a dreamie in New Leaf, but somehow her New Horizons look just... did not do it for me. I sat for a long while considering Vesta even though I have two normals. Had to move on in the end. I'm sorry Vesta.
In the end I ran in to Avery who I've always found cool and he's cranky! I picked him up and am looking forward to having a cranky I like!
I know what you mean about feeling like people will want to throw you in the river! I’ve passed over Audie, stitches twice, as I mentioned above, ankha, and marina, just to name a few.
My husband just added Avery to his island. I agree that he is really cool! And I don’t even really like any of the rest of the eagles.
I feel like I'm going to get thrown in a river for all the villagers I passed over.
I ran in to Dobie on my third island. Spent a long while considering taking him in just to give him away, but I already have Sherb on my island and he's also only there to be eventually adopted out. I just.. couldn't bring myself to have more 100% temporary villagers.
Next notable one was Hazel, who I would have taken in but I have two uchis right now. Kind of upset I took Fuchsia from my campsite last week, hah.
Kyle and Skye also happened. I have two permanent smugs so passed on Kyle. Skye falls in to the same pitfall as Hazel did. If Gayle had moved out I would have taken Skye.
The big shock for me was Vesta. I considered her a dreamie in New Leaf, but somehow her New Horizons look just... did not do it for me. I sat for a long while considering Vesta even though I have two normals. Had to move on in the end. I'm sorry Vesta.
In the end I ran in to Avery who I've always found cool and he's cranky! I picked him up and am looking forward to having a cranky I like!
I had Avery in my City Folk town (technically he's still there, but I just don't play that much anymore!) and he's a great villager. Although Rolf is the cranky man of my heart, Avery is for sure a close second (along with Bruce because I love deers!!)
I actually really enjoy island hopping, even when it is frustrating. For me, the chance element enhances the game and so when I think about trading for the villagers I want most, or using amiibos, it feel less fun for me. That’s just me though, and I’m still developing what villagers I like anyway.
All of that to say, I look forward to island hopping, even knowing I probably won’t find my top choices.
However!
Because I am a bit crazy about this game at the moment, instead of going to 10-20 island like I hoped, I went to 80!
It’s funny how it always happens that the people who want a certain villager never find them, while when you don’t want them you constantly find them. Audie was the first peppy I ever found on an island and I saw her twice on my recent adventure. RNG is so mean!
By the end I was so tired I worried I had forgotten to invite the villager!
so in case anyone is interested I’ve included my (unedited and increasingly sparse) notes from my adventure. I ended the day with 30 miles, btw.
Island 1 - circle river - Merengue (gold nugget)
Island 2 - short river and pond island - Renee (fossil) (2 gold nuggets)
Island 3 - short river island - Audie (fossil)
Island 4 - curly river island - Punchy (fossil)
Island 5 - short river and pond island - Ozzie (fossil)
Island 6 - curly river island - Annabelle (fossil)
Island 7 - short river and pond island - Vivian (bottle message) (fossil)
Island 8 - bamboo island - Mira (message bottle)
Island 9 - short river island - Limberg (message bottle) (fossil)
Island 10 - curly river island - Maddie (cutie) (fossil)
Island 11 - waterfall island - Jeremiah
Island 12 - short river and pond island - Huck
Island 13 - bamboo island - Alfonso
Island 14 - short river and pond island - Diva
Island 15 - short river island - T-Bone (fossil)
Island 16 - money rock island! - Lionel (fossil)
Island 17 - short river island - Lobo (fossil)
Island 18 - waterfall island - Norma (message bottle)
Island 19 - curly river island - Jitters (fossil)
Island 20 - short river island - Leopold (fossil) (message bottle) (gold nugget)
Island 21 - bamboo island - Nibbles
Island 22 - curly river island - Peewee
Island 23 - sister fruit island! - Shari!
Island 25 - short river island - Apollo (message bottle) (fossil)
Island 26 - sister fruit island! - Teddy (so cute!) (message bottle) (fossil)
Island 27 - short river island with pond - Astrid (ew)
Island 28 - money rock island! - Norma(bottle message) (fossil)
Island 29 - short river island - rhonda (message bottle)
Island 30 - mountain island - Beardo (hilarious and fairly cute) considering him
Island 31 - curly river island - Fang (message bottle)
Island 32 - sister fruit island - number 2 (fossil)
Island 33 - short river island - puddles (didn’t look for stuff)
Island 34 - sister fruit island - Timbra (didn’t look)
Island 35 - bamboo island - Ken (didn’t look)
Island 36 - short river island - Plucky (didn’t look)
Island 37 - curly river island - Benedict (fossil)
Island 38 - bamboo island - Julia pretty cute, and not a bad type. Torn
Island 39 - mountain island - Elise
Island 40 - scorpion and money rock island (yabai!)- Jay
Island 41 - short river island (?) didn’t like
Island 42 - curly river - Camofrog
Island 43 - short river - Allie
Island 44 - curly river - Henry
Island 45 - sister fruit - Coco - so cute and weird! This one is really hard! But 4 is too many normals I think. I might regret this one
Island 46 - waterfall island - poncho. V. Cute
Island 47 - short river - Paula. Sisterly. Kind of cute, and her Japanese name is Rachel. But fitness hobby
Island 48 - curly river - marina
Island 49 - curly river island - Vivian
Island 50 - bamboo island - plucky
Island 51 - short river island - shep
Island 52 - curly river island - ketchup
Island 53 - short river - bitty - very cute, almost a yes
Island 54 - short river - deena
Island 55 - curly river - Apple!!!!!
Island 56 - short river - Mott
Island 57 - short river - Hornsby
Island 58 - short river- Bree- unexpectedly cute mouse!
Island 59 - money rock island - Rodeo
Island 60 - short river - Audie
Island 61 - Bamboo island - Fuschia
Island 62 - curvy river - Elmer
Island 63 - bamboo island - Becky
Island 64 - mountain island - bruce
Island 65 - short river - Patty
Island 67 - short river - bud
Island 68 - short river - cyd
Island 69 - short river - Bianca
Island 70 - short river - Astrid
Island 71 - curly river - Frank
Island 72 - waterfall island - Wendy
Island 73 - short river - pate
Island 74 - curly river - Elmer
Island 75 - bamboo island - Julia
Island 76 - curly river - pierce
Island 77 - curly river - big top
Island 78 - waterfall - octavian
Island 79 - bamboo island - tammi
Island 80 - money rock island - graham
Every time I island hop I have like a post adventure hang over where I feel like maybe I made the wrong choice, and think about how much time I spent. This time was the same. I didn’t know if I would like graham (even though I like almost all the hamsters.) I needed a sisterly or a smug, and I wanted to avoid getting a normal, because I have 3 currently. I like the sisterly types more than the smugs, so that is what I planned to get.
Didn’t see any of the sisterly types on my list (the top of which is Agnes and Ursala) on my trip, though I did like fuschia a lot. Saw both Lionel and Shari, who recently moved away.
(Last time I went, looking for a cranky, I saw Ursala twice and fell in love with her, this time nothing)
Oh well!
the next day when I went to see graham, I was happy to realize that I find him adorable and he’s now just a cute little golden baby wandering about my island and living in his weird tech bro house. And tomorrow is his birthday.
sorry so wordy, and hope the spoiler thingy works!
I just finished nearly eight hours of island hopping today. I was able to use 184tickets in total.
The result was okay. I didn't get any of my dream villagers. But I saw some that did catch my eye.
I also discovered that it allows me to farm a lot of message in a bottle. I was able to get a few wreath and crown recipes. Overall, it's a tiring process and requires a lot of small breaks. Your insanity might get the best of you if not careful. So please ensure that you do this on a quiet weekend.
Just posting here to vent because I've been island-hopping for 3 days and, after around 400 NMT, I... still haven't found the villager I'm looking for (Chrissy).
I could try to adopt her on here, but I've spent so much time searching for her that it'd feel like a waste.
I'm so tired of this but at the same time I can't stop lol
I know I have Amelia in my move in queue because her amiibo doesn't work and says that she is buying moving. So I potentially have to deal with 3 other villagers until Amelia moves in and she might not even be originally! So I won't have a chance to hunt for a new villager for a while
I know I have Amelia in my move in queue because her amiibo doesn't work and says that she is buying moving. So I potentially have to deal with 3 other villagers until Amelia moves in and she might not even be originally! So I won't have a chance to hunt for a new villager for a while
I have no idea. You would need to go on a lot of island tours and record every villager you encountered and let the next four villagers move in and check them against the list. You would have to be careful and not spam through their dialogue and see if they were true random move ins or they were voided by another player
So I saved upNMT to island hop to get my first 10 villagers completed, obviously I got the campsite villager which I got SUPER lucky with... and then I got my other villagers naturally through island hopping~
My campsite villager was Raymond which I was super happy with he made up for my starter villagers ribbot and Mira
For the first 3 villagers I got melba as my normal which I was happy with, I got Erik as my lazy who I love and I got audie as my peppy, it took less than 10 tickets to get these which I thought was really lucky
My 7th villager was Skye who is my 2nd favourite villager in the entire game so I was buzzing getting her
My 8th villager was fauna she’s not one my favourites but she’s super cute and I had her on new leaf so I like her
My 9th villager was sherb, he’s cute and blue and a lazy so I love him❣
My final villager was merengue, she’s another normal meaning I have 4 but I don’t mind because normals are in my top 3 personalities
Personally I think i was super lucky with my villagers especially considering I used barely any NMT and it was all natural. The only problem was the fact that I ended up with a bunch of normals and now I have no crankies or snooties but I don’t mind as my villagers are pretty good I think
Ribbot, Mira, melba, audie,Erik, Raymond,Skye,fauna,sherb and merengue sounds like a pretty good bunch of villagers lol
Celia moved out so I had a spot open for any female villager. Didn't want a second peppy (one per town is enough for me), didn't really want a second sisterly either. So that left normal and snooty to search for. Sixteenth ticket was Cleo. I stared at her for quite awhile trying to decide if I wanted to take her. I haven't had her in a town since my Game Cube days. Finally decided to choose her since she's really cute
I went island hopping with 5 tickets today (lmao I grinded for em for four hours)
I was looking for either Raymond, Marshal, sherb, marina, or any of my other dreamies ;;;
Who I found (in order!):
-Lucy
-Violet
-Snooty
-Sherb!! I invited him, lil beb ;-; I cant believe it I’m so excited!!!
Resetting today after letting go of Norma. No particular villager in mind so let's see how this goes.
EDIT: 7:50pm [BST]
Ticket
Name
Species
Personality
01
Biff
Hippo
Jock
02
Greta
Mouse
Snooty
03
Cashmere
Sheep
Snooty
04
Maelle
Duck
Snooty
05
Bertha
Hippo
Normal
06
Cranston
Ostritch
Lazy
Haha, that didn't take long! I regretted passing up on Cranston previously so was glad to encounter him again. He'll be my third lazy so guess it's time to let go of Sherb.
but I don’t mind because normals are in my top 3 personalities
I’m mainly looking for Diana or Ankha, but I will take Caroline, Marshal, Julian, Fauna, or Lolly. Wish me luck! 
