Do you ever feel villager regret?

[MelodyRivers]

When I let Rhonda move. It was what my island needed at the time. She was normal number 3 (I have Melba and Nan)and I needed an uchi. I had grown kind of attached to her so it did make me feel sad when I said yes. Phoebe moved in after her and I like her quite a bit but I do miss Rhonda.

 

[Bluebellie]

I sometimes let a villager into my villager...and later regret that.

 

[Le Ham]

I let Astrid go when Yuka showed up at my campsite for two pretty dumb reasons: 1, I was doing poster trades with someone and they had Yuka's poster on their wishlist, and 2, Yuka actually has a house/aesthetic that befits a snooty where Astrid doesn't.

I immediately felt bad as soon as I had Yuka boot her out. Astrid may have not been what I wanted for my island, but then again Yuka's not perfect or a keeper either and I really could've stuck with Astrid a while longer. She would sing a lot and I gave her a bunch of cool jackets to wear and while her snooty dialogue makes no sense with her aesthetic, I kinda liked her weirdness. She's unique.

 

[wanderlust//]

not yet, because none of my villagers have moved out yet, but im 100% certain that i will once any of them leave.

 

[Dreamcloud]

I'm missing Mint. I swapped her for Greta a while back and I love Greta but sort of wish I'd kept Mint too. I have her amiibo so I might invite her back some time if my latest move in (Sprinkle) doesn't work out..

 

[Nightfall]

Going to copy this from a thread I posted on another forum. To save me some time typing.
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Ok, so yesterday I had a chance to get Raymond. I really wanted Raymond. Me and so many other, right? Well I had to loose a villager. I had a couple that I was ok with letting go of. I had their Framed Photos and took good care of them. They would have been missed but I was ok with there leaving.

Tangy was not meant to be one of them. I mean I had her Photo (she was the first to give me one). She is my second favorite villager. She makes the cutest face when you give her a gift and she is like, "Willy, I can haz." I gave her a green cheerleader uniform that she would wear all the time.

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Try as I might. I could not get anyone else to leave and time was running out and.... and... I told her it was ok to leave. "You go be a super star. Follow your dreams Tangy. Your going to go far kid." I have had Tangy in every Animal Crossing game I have played and she has left me before, but this time. This is the first time I gave her permission to leave.

I said my goodbyes and got Raymond. He's great, I love him but today. I stopped in at the Service Center. Just checking for Rusted Parts cause Guliver was on the island the day before. As I am looking I saw an outfit. It was a Cheerleader Uniform. It was a green Cheerleader Uniform.

She forgot it as she was moving out and I am on the floor of the service center crying like a baby. Why did I do it? Just to get Sassy Cat. I mean sure, I really like him but WHY! Why couldn't Marina or Skye said they wanted to move? Why not Ankha? Sure Ankha is my favorite villager, but I have her amiibo so I can get her back easy. No, it had to be Tangy.

God my heart hurts right now. I am going to make a little memory shrine for Tangy until the day she comes back. On that day I will give her back her Cheerleader Uniform and beg her to never leave me again.


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You should look into Amiibo cards. You can get Tangy’s and she will appear at the campsite, where you can get her to stay.

 

[Blood Eclipse]

I want to let Audie go, but I have this feeling that I might regret it. Every other villager is easy to get (and cheaper), but Audie would be a pain to get back. The thing is I have too many wolf villagers and I'm kind of bored of her design and want to try out a new peppy character.

 

[John Wick]

I recently did something I really regret and don't feel much like playing anymore.

Got rid of Shep, Flora and Claude, for Raymond, Cookie, and Lucky.

Wish I hadn't done that.

The game is boring enough without the NL items, and I don't see them coming back, so I'm almost at quitting point.

If I do quit, I won't ever play another AC game again.
NH has been the worst experience in gaming I've ever had.

 

[Bluebellie]

Before the game game came out, I bought Luckys and Raddles amiibo because I really wanted them in new horizons. Once I had them in my town, I couldn’t really connect and let them leave. Now I’m starting to have doubts. I might bring them back to try them out again.

 

[MapleSilver]

I'm going to feel regret when I get rid of Poncho. I want Sprocket since he's one of my favorites but I like Poncho as well. Ah, the joys of only being able to choose 10 villagers.

 

[smonikkims]

I usually feel this for a little while after letting go of any villager who I had for more than like a day. I usually let campsite villagers come in and replace anyone who I wasn't planning on keeping forever, but even knowing they will be moved out abruptly one day, I still allow some of those villagers to have an impact on me! I actually have Rizzo staying at the moment and I am trying to avoid him mostly as I'm pretending he's basically the town thief... Even that kind of a relationship is going to have an impact when he eventually leaves!

 

[Loreley]

I feel bad when I let a villager go that was on my island for a while. However, I found something that makes it a lot easier for me:

Setting up a photoshoot at Harvey's island for the villager that is about to leave. I decorate a room with the leaving villager's interior in mind and a lot of cardboard boxes, since they're moving soon. Then I invite some villagers that I think are close with the leaving villager and take a group photo. I often stage a scene where my villagers offer a cake to the leaving villager as a parting gift as well.

It's cheesy I know but I really like how the pictures turn out in the end. When I discover these photos in my camera roll I can't help but smile.

 

[visibleghost]

i regret letting frita move ): she gave me my first villager picture and i really liked her but i switched her out for pashimna...

 

[Pyoopi]

I kind of miss my uchi gang I had living on my island which consisted of: Reneigh, Renee, and Pashmina. It was a lot at first but it was sorta cool since uchi personalities are one of my favorite. It was also just kind of funny how I had two villagers with the same name, lol.

But I'm on a mission to collect villager photos, so I had to let two of them leave.

 

[CrankyCupcake]

I don't regret letting anyone go. It's how I've always played AC: I like having new villagers move in while others move out. Besides, goodbye is not for ever. The game allows me to re-invite a resident back if I want to (and can find him again). So it's okay. Every goodbye is really only goodbye for a little while.

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

Absolutely. Hazel recently moved out, and I was dying for her to leave because she was my 'enemy' since New Leaf. Now's she's gone and I remember how much I enjoyed love/hating her.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

Ah, so I should give each villager an iron wall lamp every day until they give me their picture? Or do I reset before the conversation finishes and keep gifting them it until they decide to give their photo?



I, too, take this game way, way too seriously. Sadly, I had to make room for a villager trade so my poor baby Eloise was voided! How do I reconcile that? By going back to this thread and reading everyone’s words of encouragement.



That was me! I almost lost it reading Eloise’s letters she sent me before she asked to leave — but I only read after she left. I’ll share them with you guys here:

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For getting photos, this guide is great! @Sharksheep is an expert!

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www.belltreeforums.com

As and FYI, though originally it was believed the wall lamps didn’t effect the houses, they do eventually. They don’t get displayed, but each one adds to the villagers inventory, and eventually furniture items will start disappearing from their houses. Gift wrapped stack of 2 coconuts or 3 foreign fruits is my go to, though people really love the full pockets trick. This is mostly if you are concerned with villagers being ‘original’ though

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As for villager regret. I initially feel sad every time I let someone move, even if I wanted them to move out for a while. I always take a picture with them while they are in boxes - crying and smiling. It’s very silly, but I like it as a little ritual. The only one i regretted longer term was Ruby. I let her move out to move in Dotty from the campsite. I would probably have moved Ruby out eventually, but I wasn’t really read to let her go, and I think that I didn’t become more attached to Dotty because of it, or just didn’t like her as much (even though I really really like Dotty, she’s adorable and also gave me her photo after like 3 weeks before I even knew we were at a high enough level). It’s not something that still bothers me, but yeah, I missed my cute moon bunny for quite a while

will probably have some again, because I am trying to experience a lot of different villagers before I settle everyone as permanents (if I ever do)

 

[Aurita]

Chevre for me ): I needed a jock at the time bc I was missing the final reaction for jocks and I needed to replace one of my normals bc I had 3 at the time. I let Chevre go since she was the only one out of the 3 normals that I had gotten a picture from at that point but she was so sweet and I wish I kept her I’ll maybe get her into my second island in the future

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

I don't experience villager regret per se. That isn't to say that I don't miss my villagers whom I've let go. To me, part of the fun of the game is being able to experience new villagers.

I probably miss Goldie the most, but I recently got her Amiibo, so I will definitely move her back in as a near-permanent villager once I've exhausted my long list of villagers that I think I would enjoy having on my island. I also miss Becky and Mint a tonne, but snooties are one of my favourite personality, and there are simply way too many well-design villagers in that personality group.

I also related to Graham a lot because I work in the tech industry, so one day, I'd like to have my little comp sci nerd back on my island. :>

 

[saucySheep]

oh, oh.,.h.hddt[]sd same dude

i let Tybalt go bc i was like "get outta here bro" and replaced him with Lucy from the campsite. instantly regretted it and Lucy and I haven't even really clicked though I've had her for a while.

I'm scared to let Genji go even though I've had him for AGES and it's probably time for him to leave, im scared if i let him go i'll just be immeasurably sad for no good reason lol