Developers say why there are not-so-cute villagers in the game...

[Zerokii]

I'm glad they didn't make every villager cutesy, lovable as well. One of the fun things about animal crossing is the wild variation of faces and looks and uh... background personalities. Cute, creepy, cool, pretty, ugly, scary... Each is unique and interesting, good and bad. Even if you don't like a villager, I believe being able to groan about your bad luck adds something to the experience. Plus, who would the developers be to deem which villagers are cute if it came down to it? XD Ugly can be cute to a lot of people.

 

[Rachy]

I think there has to be a mixture, it makes residents more 'worth it' and gives people flexibility in wha they like.
I love residents like Flurry but enjoy the company of the gruff lion Elvis, it makes it more true to life... (Despite the fact we are running a town filled with talking animals!'

 

[Bambi]

This might make sense to me if personalities weren't limited. If I can have a cute "grumpy" personality instead of an ugly one what could possibly differentiate the two besides how they look?

 

[MadisonCrossing]

This is so true! I can't help but judge their villagers by their looks, though; I'm still getting used to the real meaning. My sisters thought it was bad I had Rasher in a former town, and I told them it didn't really matter. Then they said I was trying to convince myself, but I told them that I wasn't and they were just judging Rasher by his looks. Overall, he's a really nice villager, although there's lots more I'd rather have than him.

 

[Cranky Squirrel]

I think I judge the villagers by their looks as much as anyone, but the vilagers I like may end up being very different from what's popular. For instance, I'd love to have Pietro move into my village. He may look freaky, but I like it. I recently had Tabby move into my second village. When I first saw the name, I knew she was a cat. I thought, "how boring." Then I went to her house and she's the craziest looking cat--I love her design. Not what I was expecting at all. It's all a matter of individual taste.

 

[ben_nyc]

Some things need to be out of our control, for the game to remain interesting.

Ha, so true! A little chaos is fine. Being bombed by pigeons sucks though...

 

[Lurrdoc]

I love Hazel. Yeah, the unibrow one. Ugly villagers can be awesome.

 

[Nymph]

I'm pretty glad they didn't decide to make every village "super kawaii". To me they'd all just feel like clones.

"Sometimes we meet someone we may not get along with, but we may find out about their good personality through spending time together so that we may change our minds about the person who we did not warm up to in the beginning. We would like to see similar things happen in the Animal Crossing world as we experience in our real world."

And this ^^^ A+++

 

[princelio]

"Sometimes we meet someone we may not get along with, but we may find out about their good personality through spending time together so that we may change our minds about the person who we did not warm up to in the beginning. We would like to see similar things happen in the Animal Crossing world as we experience in our real world."

This is exactly what happened with Frita - I thought she was weird looking, and she was rude to me once, so that cemented my dislike for her. I hit her with my net and pushed her around and basically tried to annoy her into leaving. Then one day she was wandering around my house...and planted a rose near my garden! I know they're not real, but it made me feel pretty crappy for mistreating her. Now we're best buds.

 

[Nymph]

This is exactly what happened with Frita - I thought she was weird looking, and she was rude to me once, so that cemented my dislike for her. I hit her with my net and pushed her around and basically tried to annoy her into leaving. Then one day she was wandering around my house...and planted a rose near my garden! I know they're not real, but it made me feel pretty crappy for mistreating her. Now we're best buds.

Wow this is really touching... ;____; I'm glad you both get along now~!

 

[CrankyCupcake]

For instance, I'd love to have Pietro move into my village. He may look freaky, but I like it.

I can't decide if I like Pietro or not but I certainly would love for him to move in so I can get to know him better. I didn't know about Pietro until I read about him on this forum, how people wanted him to move out, how they think he's too freaky-looking, etc. Then, one day, he was among the out-of-towners who turned up at my cafe to get coffee! I was like, oooooh, so this is Pietro! He doesn't seem so bad! I don't mind the way he looks or sounds. I wish the out-of-towners who turn up for coffee would hang around my town for at least a day, so I can talk to them some more.