Then if there were other people saying it, why not quote them as well?
EDIT: I've never seen or gotten Uchi or Smug as a starter. I dont believe you can. Until I see photo proof, since those who say they've gotten then never provide a screenshot to show it, then to me, it's not true.
yes when i started my game three months ago, i took a screenshot of my villagers, because i knew uchi villagers were rare when starting, yup.
also, i'm sorry i didn't realize i'm not allowed to quote you specifically my mistake.
i'm out.
Try to find a town with no normal villager, then look for a normal villager plot the next day. It took me about 20 minutes to find Merengue's plot.
Otherwise, before Merengue became extremely popular, she was my starter normal villager in my main town. I wasn't too fond of her at first, I let her move, but cycled through 16 villagers and won her through an auction.