Anyone else get bummed out over virtual animals?

[N a t]

Kind of. I'm never mean to villagers and even when I deny them a request I feel a little bad, though they're programmed to always be nice about it and find a silver lining in the end. I could never bring myself to torture or abuse the ones I dislike and seeing comics about villager abuse saddens me so much even though it's a game. I recently saw one about Canberra that legit made me feel like crap even though none of it is real and I'm never the one doing it. This game has a bit of an impact for sure lol.

 

[Annika.]

No, I don't bond with them instantly. But when someone's been on my island for weeks I do feel guilty about being unkind to them.

 

[brockbrock]

Yes, I definitely do. I feel genuinely really awful and sad when a villager enthusiastically asks me to sell an item in my inventory to them, or asks me to deliver a present to another villager to make-up for a tussle they had, and I have to say no because I don't want them cluttering their wardrobes or interiors.

I also occasionally accidentally bat one with the net, and as much as that hurts, the worst of it all was when I by mistake turned around too quickly and hit precious Judy as she ran up to me and looked all cheerful. It made her forget and she walked away, almost like I gave her a concussion.

 

[chriss]

One of my starter villagers Rudy moved out today. Didn't like him much at first but that guy really grew on me. Super silly cat. He asked me to move multiple times and I kept saying no. Decided to let him go live his best life. I didn't expect to actually get sad when he moved. Like when a friend in real life moves away.


Let somebody who wanted him take him though so it's a little bittersweet.

 

[Shydragon]

I don't really feel bad when I pass up villagers on mystery islands. I mean, they're just vacationing, so it's not like you're leaving them to die when you don't invite them to live with you. But what I do feel bad about is failing villager quests. The other day Piper asked me to catch her a stump insect, so I went and caught a violin beetle. Then I guess my brain just registered the quest as complete even though I didn't actually give her the bug yet, and so I went to bed and then woke up and saw the bug in my inventory, which is when I realized my mistake. I felt so bad, I did the apologetic reaction to her even though she's programmed to forget that she even asked for a bug in the first place.

Another thing that happened, is a while ago I had an open slot in my town, but before I could find one of my dreamies on a mystery island it got taken up by my friend's voided Rooney. So I was a little bit upset, and decided to use the method of just ignoring him and only talking to him when he has a thought bubble that could mean he wants to move out. But then this morning one of my villagers mentioned that he got sick, and I guess something just switched for me. I mean, I still don't intend for him to be a permanent resident of my island (I don't need a third cranky) and when he wants to move out I'll let him, but that doesn't mean I should just shun him! So, I got him his medicine and for however long he stays here he's gonna get treated like any of my other villagers.

 

[Arckaniel]

Yes I know that feeling, on my 25NMTs trip where I found no one I like, but notable villagers were Octavian (he's my first and last villager I met on that run, I would have taken him if I didn't have Chief), Kyle, Zucker (he's very cute but he's not who I'm looking for), Gayle, Bella and Eugene (I have Bella and Eugene before in NL but I decided not to take them in this time around), I felt quite bad especially for the ones I had before in NL but decided to leave behind, I felt like they were looking for me to be on my island but ultimately decided not to take them anymore and leave them which is kinda heartbreaking but hey, sometimes we just have to move on you know...

 

[Rasha]

My Island consists of only wolves and two deer, if I could have 20 villagers I'd just add the rest of the wolves and deer lol

 

[Elmasquerado]

I don't really feel bad when I pass up villagers on mystery islands. I mean, they're just vacationing, so it's not like you're leaving them to die when you don't invite them to live with you. But what I do feel bad about is failing villager quests. The other day Piper asked me to catch her a stump insect, so I went and caught a violin beetle. Then I guess my brain just registered the quest as complete even though I didn't actually give her the bug yet, and so I went to bed and then woke up and saw the bug in my inventory, which is when I realized my mistake. I felt so bad, I did the apologetic reaction to her even though she's programmed to forget that she even asked for a bug in the first place.

Another thing that happened, is a while ago I had an open slot in my town, but before I could find one of my dreamies on a mystery island it got taken up by my friend's voided Rooney. So I was a little bit upset, and decided to use the method of just ignoring him and only talking to him when he has a thought bubble that could mean he wants to move out. But then this morning one of my villagers mentioned that he got sick, and I guess something just switched for me. I mean, I still don't intend for him to be a permanent resident of my island (I don't need a third cranky) and when he wants to move out I'll let him, but that doesn't mean I should just shun him! So, I got him his medicine and for however long he stays here he's gonna get treated like any of my other villagers.

Not related but when you have a voided villager they have a chance to show up on a friends island?