What new type of animal will be a villager now?

[carackobama]

I definitely agree that more aquatic/island dwelling animals would be likely! Though I would LOOOVE bats <3

 

[Akira-chan]

I hope they do not add more villagers. There are more than 450 villagers as it is.

Game making is all about managing ressources and I'd rather Nintendo spends the talent of its artists and creators refining several aspects of the villagers :

• Adding more animations for villagers, so they interact with the player and the environment in more ways. We can see villagers sitting on the ground or carrying sticks in the trailer, but they could do even more, they could interact with fountains, try to catch bugs (not just wander around with the net) or swim.
• Make villagers more unique: add more personnalities, which also means adding more lines of text
• Have a more complex system of relationship, something convenient (it doesn't need to be in your face like in The Sims). For example, the ones you spend more time with or help out more will be more keen to interact with you than the ones you ignore.

Adding more villagers would probably mean more hollow shells of characters. Nintendo now needs to deepen the villagers instead of multiplying them.

this is an interesting take . I do get your point tho. if they do go the route of fleshing out the animal's more, maybe we'd get more animals in the form of DLC once they freshen up things. I don't feel like they will for some reason. But i really like this take and would love to see more lively villagers

 

[Speeny]

Honestly, I think a spider villager would be very cute.

 

[DJStarstryker]

I do wonder how non-armed villagers would work. I've seen people suggest snakes in the past. How can you give them an item? Fish and sharks might work though, if they make the arms look like their fins.

I want to see fox villagers. Redd shouldn't be the only fox in Animal Crossing.

 

[thrillingprince]

aquatic villagers would be cute, i like the idea of lemurs too! i think i'd like bats as long as theyre cute and not ugly

 

[Mink777]

Sharks or squids maybe. I expect a couple more octopi because of the main theme of the game. I'd also like bats, snakes, and DRAGONS. Yes, Drago exists, but I'd like to see an entire dragon species.

 

[Kirbyz]

Omg yes thank god I'm not the only one that thought sharks lmao. They would look so cute! And @Mink777 I also really want dragons

 

[jim]

i can never get enough of the deer and goat villagers!

 

[watercolorwish]

more aquatic villagers would be cute but it would feel inhumane to go fishing

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I do wonder how non-armed villagers would work. I've seen people suggest snakes in the past. How can you give them an item? Fish and sharks might work though, if they make the arms look like their fins.

I want to see fox villagers. Redd shouldn't be the only fox in Animal Crossing.

HAHSHAHAAH this makes me want snake villagers so badly. i imagine when you give them an item they take it with their mouth and just put it in their pockets or something. i also imagine the clothing fitting on them but the sleeves would just hang off. I WANT THIS SO BADLY

 

[Villager Fan]

Definitely Bats, Lemurs, Turtles and Sharks.

 

[Mint]

I'm hoping for lemurs, red pandas, and sloths.