Wouldn't it be great to have a create-your-own-animal-islander feature?

[GameFaceClive]

And you'd be able to design your very own AC denizen to live on your island. You choose the animal model, colors, facial features, personality, hobbies, outfit, house exterior & interior. It's totally doable since all of those details/features are available in-game anyway!

I think that's another avenue, beyond customizing your island, which allows NH gamers to foster an even deeper personal connection with the AC experience via the creation of an actual in-game character.

 

[InstantNoodles]

That would be awesome! If they were to do this, they could also host popularity competitions where people vote for their favourite designs to be added to the 'official' lineup!

 

[Xara]

this would be so cute!

 

[lulu9956]

Oh I would love this! Such a cute idea!

 

[Fendi]

This is a pretty cool idea! Though I think introducing this would pretty much make island hopping obsolete for some, including me since I would probably be more inclined to just design ALL of my villagers.

Hard to imagine how they would implement it though, but it would be such an innovative idea.

 

[Xeleron]

I could be wrong, but I feel like they tried this with Blanca and it didn't end up very well. When you give people the power to create, they take it to the extreme... I can already imagine people hacking the game and giving their villager 6 arms .-.

Personally, I think that would be really cute~

 

[Alicia]

If I could make a villager, I'd probably just end up making my cat.
It's a really cute idea and I feel like there would be a lot of unique villagers that would come from this!

 

[GameFaceClive]

This is a pretty cool idea! Though I think introducing this would pretty much make island hopping obsolete for some, including me since I would probably be more inclined to just design ALL of my villagers.

I was thinking that maybe you are only allowed to design one character - like after getting 5 stars or something like that.

 

[Mr_Persona]

It would be nice. It is actually a thing in New Leaf but only the hacking way and hackers can only see other custom villagers which is weird.

 

[DeltaLoraine]

Honestly, I really enjoy having neighbors that are already created. Makes them seem more like real characters since you can't entirely change how they look or talk. That's just me though! I totally get wanting to customize stuff!

 

[toadsworthy]

I was actually just thinking about this idea the other day.... that definitely could be doable. Especially when the personalities can be easily recreated. Seems like a good event for rover or blanca to host

 

[-Blue-]

What would stop people from just creating a clone of an existing villager? Like how Raymond can only be found via island hopping and doesn't have a card? Someone could just create a fake him and people wouldn't realize they'd be duped until they have the fake. Thus the trading community would be even more botched.

It sounds cool, but I already am thinking of ways people would abuse it.

 

[GameFaceClive]

What would stop people from just creating a clone of an existing villager? Like how Raymond can only be found via island hopping and doesn't have a card? Someone could just create a fake him and people wouldn't realize they'd be duped until they have the fake. Thus the trading community would be even more botched.

It sounds cool, but I already am thinking of ways people would abuse it.

I'd imagine that you wouldn't be able to trade this resident. He/she would only be able to live on your island, and if you wanted them gone, they'd move out but be un-adoptable.

 

[ceribells]

I'm not sure I'd use this feature. I kind of like meeting these individuals and learning their quirks, through their interests, house interiors, etc. They're not perfect, but they are who they are, and sometimes they surprise me! I like Biff and Gruff much more than expected.

I probably would have gone for this more in NL. I've been more laid back in my approach to NH.

 

[Aisland]

And you'd be able to design your very own AC denizen to live on your island. You choose the animal model, colors, facial features, personality, hobbies, outfit, house exterior & interior. It's totally doable since all of those details/features are available in-game anyway!

I think that's another avenue, beyond customizing your island, which allows NH gamers to foster an even deeper personal connection with the AC experience via the creation of an actual in-game character.

This is such a cool idea!

 

[fluttershy300]

I see this as being a spinoff.

 

[Ananas Dragon]

What would stop people from just creating a clone of an existing villager? Like how Raymond can only be found via island hopping and doesn't have a card? Someone could just create a fake him and people wouldn't realize they'd be duped until they have the fake. Thus the trading community would be even more botched.

It sounds cool, but I already am thinking of ways people would abuse it.

I was thinking about this too
fake raymonds being traded ruining the economy and stuff

and also what about inappropriate villagers being a thing? :/ anyone thought of that

 

[cicely]

It's a cute idea, and I'd love to make a custom villager but I don't think it'd fit in the main game. It'd have to be in a spinoff where you're not playing a person living in a town, and instead you're like an unseen "god" like in Sims. Otherwise it gives you way too much control in a way that breaks immersion.
I don't see any in-universe justification for somehow creating a villager out of parts like you're Frankenstein. Like, does Tom Nook take you to a lab?

 

[Bloobloop]

i don't know, so many proposed features i've been hearing about kind of take what is so unique about animal crossing and just turn it into another generic sims game but with a cuter art style. i like the quirks of each pre-created villager! it would honestly kind of ruin the game for me if i had the ability to just change whatever i didn't like about my villagers. too much control, like what cicely said, would just break the immersion.

 

[Sheep Villager]

I feel like this kind of feature would be awesome in something like the next happy home designer game or a new spin-off.
I do feel it would be kinda weird to implement in to a main game. Maybe I just lack the imagination but I can't figure out how you could do something like this and have it not break immersion.

I do fear something like this would spawn some really inappropriate creations though. ​