Villagers will never move out unless you confirm with them first.

[galactickat4240]

This is really good news!! Once in New Leaf my favorite villager Velma moved out without saying anything or warning me, and I cried all night because I couldn't stop her from leaving. :'( I'm so happy that experience won't happen again

 

[Ras]

One question: is it still like NL where you have to move out a certain number of villagers before you can get the same one a second time, or is that gone, too?

 

[oiwa]

I feel like I'm the only one who isn't happy with this change. Of course I'm as sad as the next person when a villager moves out without letting me know, but I'm a huge fan of the randomness and spontaneity that happened more often in older games. I don't like getting to pick and choose what happens to my island/village, I like having fate decide who will come and who will leave. I was able to look past being able to choose where the villagers live (I wasn't too fond of that, again, I like the randomness, even if it comes with some downsides.) Plus it's sad when a villager leaves but it's really exciting when another moves in. Not only that, but I'd really hate to just tell a villager to move out, just saying "bye!" it feels kinda rude. Maybe it's because I'm fickle or because I'm a veteran player so I prefer the way the older games handled things, but, I don't know. Just a little rant from me.