Do you have a villager that holds a special place in your heart?

[LuluLove]

It doesn’t have to be your favorite, just a villager that has a special meaning to you. For me is Benedict, which is surprising because I dislike all the chicken villagers. The story dates back to Wild World days, my first ac game. I was 9 years old and Benedict was in my town. I don’t know why I grew so fond of him but he was my favorite. Maybe it was the name, that I really liked for some reason(I’m Italian and back then I played the game in my native language. His name in Italian is Biagio btw). Maybe it was the fact that he was one of the kindest villager to me(in WW villagers were mean sometimes) or maybe it was his relaxed design. I only know that when he moved it kinda broke my heart so badly I cried. I remember writing him letters pleading him to stay and his last letter was genuinely lovely, something like: we may be far apart but our memories will keep us close. I don’t have him in my current island because I don’t want to spoil this lovely memory I have since childhood, now that I’m 23 and I am more keen on cute villagers(look over personality I guess, given the fact that villagers don’t have a personality anymore in nh) but he will always have a special place in my heart.

 

[Hsn97]

I’m sure I’ve told this story on here before but....

Chow. Chow was an original villager I had back in my first copy of Wild World. Id never played an AC title before. He was so mean, grouchy and ugly. 11yr old me tried everything to get him to move away. I dug holes round his house, destroyed his flowers, sent him hate mail, whacked him with nets, pushed him around. But nothing I did could make him leave. In the end I decided to befriend him. I found that he was actually really interesting to talk to. He was sassy and snarky and he really grew on me. My proudest WW moment was when, after a lot of effort, he finally gave me he’s picture.
I’m just so sad that Nintendo striped all the personality from the characters in NL & NH. Villagers like Chow aren’t the same now.

 

[Punchyleaf]

Punchy. He’s the first villager I met when I loaded up my GameCube game. We became fast friends and I have had him in every single game except city folk. But I had a friend who had him and would let me visit almost daily.

 

[Livia]

Curt was in my town in wild world. I don’t know why, but I got really attached to him. I pretended that one of my characters, Katy, was in love with him. I would write him letters with gifts attached every day. Then one day he was packed up and moving away. After he left I was really upset and I destroyed my town by chopping down all the trees.

I bought his amiibo so I can eventually bring him to Goose Isle.

 

[Licorice]

Billy the goat. When I was in 5th grade he lived in my gamecube town. I remember his house was by the ocean and I would visit him after school. Idk why I was so attached to him. So every time I see someone with Billy I remember my gamecube Billy.

Also Rocco has always been one of my favorites. He was my bff on city folk and now I have him on my acnh island.

 

[BigBadButterfree]

I didn't think so, I'm usually not that sentimental about them, but I saw Puddles in my campsite and waves of nostalgia hit me cuz I had her in my original GC town. There are a number of villagers I remember that way, like Bob, Aurora, Piper, etc. But for some reason I didn't really remember Puddles and seeing her just made me want to have her back.

 

[Dunquixote]

Punchy. I think part of the reason he became a favorite is because he looks a little like a friend’s cat. He has been my favorite since NL; I believe he was one of my starters. Him and Puddles were my BFFs. Punchy will always have a special place in my heart; sadly, I can’t remember what specifically bought him this place since I hardly remember my time playing NL :/. I cherish him though because I love his design, sassy expression and his expressions, the non-bug related stuff he says like, his play hobby, and the fact he is a cat and I love cata. Punchy is life .

Sorry that I couldn’t explain it very well. I really wish I could dig deep and pin point what made me so attached to him.

While I don’t appreciate the “big” part of the comment, this comment warmed my heart. I really have a low self esteem and even repeated dialogues like this make me happy, or at least the first time I heard this and was not skipping the dialogue.

 

[Venn]

Aurora. I remember having her in one of my early towns. I don't think it was Gamecube, but probably Wild World? She reminds me of the days back then playing Animal Crossing.

 

[John Wick]

Only, and always, Wolfgang.

 

[Slaxmax]

Lily and Tangy. They were in my AC town on GameCube <3

 

[Dustygirl]

I became bff's with Hooper in Wild World. He just made me laugh, especially when he would fire up all the other villagers. It was memorable. I have had him in every game since. In NH Nintendo took the edge off the characters personality. I wish they had left it alone.

 

[Xara]

i’ve got a few, actually!

tangy
other than being one of my favourite peppies and cat villagers, tangy was actually the first villager that i met ever! wild world was my first ac game after receiving it for christmas and while i don’t remember much of my time with it, i do remember snippets from that first night, one of them being meeting tangy for the first time. i didn’t think much of it for a while but now that i’m older, tangy is incredibly special to me for that reason and i just love her a lot c’:

bones
i may or may not have tried to date him in wild world lmao. he’s not one of my favourites, now, but he’s still a cutie and i can definitely appreciate younger me’s fondness for him even though trynna date him was a bit sus-

beau
i think beau might be my #1 favourite of all time. don’t get me wrong, i have so, so many favourite villagers, but beau has meant so much to me since new leaf. even before the game released in NA and all i had was a list of villagers, i was absolutely obsessed with beau and despite my constant fluctuating dreamie list and embarrassing town name ideas, i knew that having beau was a must for me. now, i still love him with all my heart and he’s just,, the sweetest lil guy <3

 

[Moonlight.]

lolly, poppy, and lily were the first animal crossing characters i ever saw, their cute designs are why i checked out the series in the first place. they just radiate animal crossing energy to me, super friendly faces and pleasant color schemes

 

[McMuffinburger]

Goldie I had her on GameCube she moved away I started over and I had got her again and I was so scared she was going to move again. Then in new leaf she randomly moved in only days after getting the game I was so happy I loved just hanging out in her house to listening to kk bossa. I’m disappointed she hasn’t shown up for new horizons however

 

[Nefarious]

It's always been Bones. He's been a recurring face for me since the gamecube days. I was a really lonely kid, lack of friends, aloof parents, picked on at school, the whole nine yards really, and I took comfort in that villager. Probably really silly now as an adult but I still feel sentimental attachment to that cute bunch of pixel and code. If I ever get a beagle I'll name it after him.

bones
i may or may not have tried to date him in wild world lmao. he’s not one of my favourites, now, but he’s still a cutie and i can definitely appreciate younger me’s fondness for him even though trynna date him was a bit sus-

I've tried dating him too.
I guess he just seemed real dateable back then I suppose.

 

[YueClemes]

My silly boy Erik, all the time xD Clay - Beau - Bam right behind him xD

 

[jiny]

pate!!! she's so special to me because i dont think a lot of people like her..? but i had her in my NL town and i had set up plots with design squares and she moved into the spot that i wanted beau to be in, which was right next door to me because silly me forgot to cover up that one plot but i ended up growing really fond of her being my next-door neighbor <3 she's in my nh island too, the first villager i asked for from someone else's island and she's so precious! she's my best friend on the island and she sent me this super sweet letter that almost made me tear up tbh

 

[Rosch]

Sterling. I really liked his design. I think he looks cool and the concept of a bird knight great, so I became a huge fan. It also helped that I love the jock personality.

Every time I restarted a file in New Leaf, I always made sure I got him as a villager.

 

[Skunk]

Wolfgang, he was the first villager i became suuper attached to, new leaf was my first AC game so I had no clue what i was in for! I don't really know how it started? I just loved his design and the way he talked, so I just seriously loved talking to him, every day, over n over again, id also stay inside his house till it kicked me out LOL, he was the first villager to ever give me their picture too and he just means so much to me :[ I kept the same gyroids he had in his house in mine too LOL even tho i hate gyroids! - eventually though due to my extreme time traveling, he moved out, and into a friends town, which made me so sad! (he's still in that friends town to this day btw!) then Genji moved in, and kind of filled the void Wolfgang left, gave me another villager to love and befriend.. :'0

Wolfgang is in my NH island thanks to lovely @/Mello <3!! but anyways, too bad they made his dialogue horrible, and hes just a turbo boomer, still love him so much tho. he also again was the first villager to give me his photo :]

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I really love these stories guys! I think I am too new to the game to have this kind of experience which really is unfortunate. I get very attached to them, even am silly enough to talk to them. I really do love a few of my favorites, especially Bangle and Tabby who are probably the closest. Lately I have realized that despite not liking certain aspects of her design I really do love flurry too. And Genji I am at the weird point where sometimes I feel like he doesn’t fit my aesthetic and I don’t always go out of my way looking for him, even considered letting himmmove on just cause I have had him since the beginning and am trying to keep rotating villagers in and out, but at the same time he’s so my little buddy, he was my first villager, I totally redesigned his starter home and i don’t think I can best to ever let him leave.

so I am still kind of trying to discover who my true, lasting favorites are, but reading this thread I do wish I’d had a longer history of playing AC, to build these kinds of experiences. Such lovely stories.