Would you like if AC incorporated relationships and romance in the game?

[Croconaw]

I’m not referring to anything dirty, just casual dating. I was thinking what it’d be like if villagers referenced dating or having feelings for another villager, or if villagers could develop crushes on the human character or other villagers.

Would you like if Animal Crossing incorporated dating in this game? I think it would be interesting and it could work if done correctly. What do you think?

 

[tiffanistarr]

I kinda do lol, I have this theory that Lobo and Shari are married in my games. I had them both in New Leaf and they were always hanging out and i would see them talking, sitting on benches together, around each others houses. Then in pocket camp they were always interacting with same furniture like an example if an item is a picnic blanket and two people can sit on it, it was always them sitting on it. Or the other things that can include two villagers they're always hanging out together. In NH they once again hang out at each other's houses, talk to each other a lot, always hanging around the other's house, he looks at bugs and flowers while she plays around right next to him. So in my mind they have been a married couple for years so why not make it official!

 

[GuerreraD]

Well, considering that everyone is an animal and you're the only human around (unless you make more players)... sorry to be so crass, but the mere idea sounds distasteful to me

 

[pumpkinpuppy]

Nope, I just want to chill without worrying about relationship drama between fictional characters.

 

[Aminata]

I think it would be cute and cool.

 

[Stikki]

Well, considering that everyone is an animal and you're the only human around (unless you make more players)... sorry to be so crass, but the mere idea sounds distasteful to me

Thanks, this genuinely made me laugh hahahahasha

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I do like this idea yeah. But maybe keep it between the villagers. Heck, maybe even keep it within the species and it can only happen if you have more than one of the same species, if anyone's concerned haha

It wouldn't even have to be exclusive to dating, it would be cool if the villagers had proper friendships with each other. Or realistic relationships like being polite, but not really liking someone that much. Or full on avoiding them.

I would like this a lot, but seems unlikely haha

 

[Croconaw]

It wouldn't even have to be exclusive to dating, it would be cool if the villagers had proper friendships with each other. Or realistic relationships like being polite, but not really liking someone that much. Or full on avoiding them.

I would like if they had proper friendships with each other, with added drama here and there. I think it’s unlikely Nintendo updates their dialogue, but it would be cool. I think dialogue could be improved on because it’s boring at it’s current state.

 

[b100ming]

Ahh too late, I already married Wade, and we have two adorable children. Roald and Aurora.

 

[AccfSally]

It would be funny to see those folks on Social Media who ship those same villagers together because of big accounts (Marshal and Poppy* for example), will freak out because the two 'lovers' aren't dating or hinting to have a crush on the other and then go to the extreme to 'break up' everyone (like kicking villagers out of town) in order to get them together. lol

I did vote no the first time, but now I low-key want this.

*=No, I don't ship them (don't see the appeal other than he's cute and she's cute, let's ship them!); they just live on my island.

 

[Croconaw]

I also wonder if this were to happen, how long would it take for Nintendo to add same-sex crushes or relationships?

Up until New Horizons, the human characters were strictly white. I don’t count being able to get a tan because being tan doesn’t change your race.

 

[Xara]

i mean, i wouldn’t be opposed to the villagers dating or having crushes on each other, but i certainly wouldn’t want them crushing on me or vice versa lol.

 

[deana]

Personally I don't think I would want dating relationships in the game. I feel like it doesn't suit the villager personalities.
If there was something implemented like where the villagers would have a best friend (another villager who they were closer with than the rest) I think that could be super cute and add a lot of interesting dialogue. But I would rather leave that at purely a friend level rather than dating.

 

[b100ming]

Personally I don't think I would want dating relationships in the game. I feel like it doesn't suit the villager personalities.
If there was something implemented like where the villagers would have a best friend (another villager who they were closer with than the rest) I think that could be super cute and add a lot of interesting dialogue. But I would rather leave that at purely a friend level rather than dating.

But my husband!

 

[Jewli]

I got back into playing Wild World recently and some of the dialogue you get with villagers you're VERY close to is ... kind of date-ish?
Moe was one of my favourite characters since he came to my town when I was little (I'm not sure the exact time, but it was well over 5 years ago, when my sister and I got city folk he was already in my town so my character is friends with him for long) and sometimes he asks me weird questions like "how far apart do you think our hearts are" with like a blushing emotion? With a slider for me to say what distance, and things like this (Here's a picture of it I took) :

I don't really want to date villagers personally (no offence to anyone who does) but I would like if like someone else said friendships can have more depth in New Horizons. Generally I feel like dialogue in older games was more lively.

Also off topic I had also kind of assume Poppy and Marshal are together in some way, in my town since New Leaf once in one of the joint-conversations the player can listen on, they said they went out somewhere together and Marshal said something like "I'm just spending time with the beautiful things of earth" or "enjoying beautiful things of earth" which I thought was that lol (No screenshot, I looked it up at the time and I seen someone mention that conversation between 2 villagers in their town but I can not find that post now when I look it up, most results are about NH .) Plus in New Horizons their rain outfit is similar, both green it's cute to me Even though I still think maybe they're best friends too, and a best friend system would be cute.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I’d prefer to not have that aspect added. To me it just doesn’t fit in the game, and I don’t personally like thinking of my villagers, who are all animals (and of different species), in a romantic way. I also think that if added that aspect would take the focus in the game away from what it is now, and I prefer the way it is now.

I think I am in the minority on this, but to me one of the positives about the villagers is that their personalities are open/ simple enough that we can all imagine our own versions of them. (repetitive dialogue and all) We can ship them or not and create richer stories for them than they would ever have in the game, no matter how elaborate they made it. And it is what makes my own villagers special to me.

I also just feel like not everything needs to center romantic relationships as the most important/ meaningful, especially in media for children (not because it is inappropriate for them, but because I don’t think the end all be all of life needs to be finding a love interest.

 

[Croconaw]

I’m honestly surprised the votes are that close. Currently, the poll is 10:12:1. I thought the votes would be more lopsided. I think there can be arguments made for both sides.

Dialogue definitely needs to be improved though. I think you should be able to build more meaningful friendships and connections with the villagers. The current dialogue is extremely repetitive and it doesn’t feel genuine. The villagers should be able to form friendships with each other and the human character(s). A little drama would be nice, too. I’d love to see villagers that don’t like each other, but not too much. I wouldn’t want my villagers to have poor chemistry, especially since none of them are leaving.

 

[Stikki]

their personalities are open/ simple enough that we can all imagine our own versions of them. (repetitive dialogue and all) We can ship them or not and create richer stories for them than they would ever have in the game, no matter how elaborate they made it. And it is what makes my own villagers special to me.

This is actually beautiful, aww

Makes me appreciate it all in a new light haha

 

[CylieDanny]

I might? I only have male villagers on my main island, so there would probably be no romance for me. (Knowing Nintendo). Id also rather not date an animal,

I already have my pairings, and they do underlying flirt with each other already. The smugs are always flirty with anyone who breathes. Some dialogue, and how they blush while giving gifts, super nervous makes it seem flirty, or flustered

But I don't think it needs direct romance, just implied is fine for me

 

[Dunquixote]

I might, but honestly I’m more concerned about the stuff that is missing in the game than adding anything else. Once they give us more furniture sets whether it is new or old and hopefully not recycled, add some good qol updates, nook final upgrade and better house upgrade (to name few of my grievances), then I’ll consider what extra things could enhance the game. Right now, if this was added but nothing done about what a lot of us wants, my play time would probably would continue to decrease.

 

[TheWildShadow55]

Would it be cute? Potentially. Would it fit in an AC game? In my opinion, no. That's just not what AC is about really