Feeling Unaccomplished

[Togekiss]

Before I found this site, I really wanted Julian, and by random chance, I got him! I restarted the town he was in, and completely regret it. When I found TBT, I was able to get a lot of my dreamies, but I don't feel like I really got them. I got Julian in a giveaway, but for some reason, I don't eel the same connection we did as when I first found him.

Do you guys ever feel this way or am I just being...dramatic?

 

[Twinrova]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I was friends with Victoria on Wild World, and was very happy to see her amongst my starting villagers in New Leaf. However, I carelessly and accidentally let her move from my town. I plan on getting another Victoria back into my town, but I'm worried that it won't feel the same, that we won't have the same connection (like you say).
Haha, yeah it sounds kinda dumb, but idk these games do have an effect on us lol

 

[Togekiss]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I was friends with Victoria on Wild World, and was very happy to see her amongst my starting villagers in New Leaf. However, I carelessly and accidentally let her move from my town. I plan on getting another Victoria back into my town, but I'm worried that it won't feel the same, that we won't have the same connection (like you say).
Haha, yeah it sounds kinda dumb, but idk these games do have an effect on us lol

Yeah, who knew these digital animals could make us feel so many emotions. xD

 

[Xanarcah]

I don't think you're being dramatic at all. o:

For me, Animal Crossing is not necessarily about the end goal. It's about the journey you took to reach it.

When I first joined the forums, I set out a few rules for myself to keep the game fun, the first of which was "Can't buy/trade for/otherwise receive any villager that I intend to keep for myself". I could buy villagers for friends, but anyone I wanted for myself had to come from one of my own towns. It's made my town mean so much more to me; it's the sum of all my achievements in this game. I can remember how I felt when I saw someone's plot randomly appear or saw them for the first time in my campsite. I remember the pains I took when I lost someone and had to fight to get them back.

I'm not against people buying/selling villagers. Heck, I'm a pretty major seller myself. If someone wants to buy a villager they really want, then I'll more than support them in their decision. But I've found that sometimes when things are too easy, they get boring fast. It's more satisfying to do things yourself, even if it's difficult or tedious or aggravating or repetitive.

 

[Pirate]

I got all my villagers myself, but some of them I haven't had a connection with. I'm not feeling at all connected to Julian or Maple no matter how much I talk to them. D;

 

[AppleBitterCrumble]

Yea... I only got Katt from here but the rest of my other five cats I got as my starting villagers or campsites.

 

[Togekiss]

I don't think you're being dramatic at all. o:

For me, Animal Crossing is not necessarily about the end goal. It's about the journey you took to reach it.

When I first joined the forums, I set out a few rules for myself to keep the game fun, the first of which was "Can't buy/trade for/otherwise receive any villager that I intend to keep for myself". I could buy villagers for friends, but anyone I wanted for myself had to come from one of my own towns. It's made my town mean so much more to me; it's the sum of all my achievements in this game. I can remember how I felt when I saw someone's plot randomly appear or saw them for the first time in my campsite. I remember the pains I took when I lost someone and had to fight to get them back.

I'm not against people buying/selling villagers. Heck, I'm a pretty major seller myself. If someone wants to buy a villager they really want, then I'll more than support them in their decision. But I've found that sometimes when things are too easy, they get boring fast. It's more satisfying to do things yourself, even if it's difficult or tedious or aggravating or repetitive.

This is exactly how I feel. I'm thinking of resetting my town and giving away villagers (Merengue, Tia, Julian, etc.) to the people who really want them. Mira is the only one I have a connection with because I got her myself without others, and I feel really close to her.

 

[Jinglefruit]

I kinda understand this, after visiting my old town via the dream suite I realised even though the town was a mess, and was half decorated and half overgrown by villager planted lillies, I felt more attached to that town than my new one which had most everything planned.

I'm in 2 minds over the villagers though. On the one hand the villagers that I worked to get myself twice I am definitely most attached to, but I also got Erik, Bam and Fuchsia myself and still aren't particularly attached to them like some of my older villagers just because they weren't in my old town. And likewise my old town had Marshal and Julian that I very luckily got myself but then I didn't get attached to either of them at all and subsequently didn't want them in my new town. S:

I guess what I'm saying is, are you sure starting a fresh town will lead to you becoming attached to those villagers?

 

[PaperLuigi3]

Most of the thrill of getting what you want comes from exactly that: getting it. It's the same with collectors, the hunt is always the best part. It's more exciting to hunt through trade boards and trade villagers with others to finally reach your reward. Because you just bought it from him, and since you knew you were getting him ahead of time instead of suddenly having the joy of getting him, it's less fun. So by buying him instead of earning him, (in this case, those are different) it's less enjoyable.

TL;DR It's the journey that's the fun, not the destination.

 

[Skyfall]

Hmm, I can't really relate to this with regards to villagers, but I do know what you mean when it comes to time traveling. I use to time travel heavily in City Folk, and although that allowed to accomplish things faster, like growing hybrids, cycling out villagers, etc., after a while, I felt very disconnected with my town. Like it wasn't really my town anymore. Once I went day by day, it felt like it was my town again. So, although I still do it, I try to control myself in New Leaf. I feel like that's why I still play it a year later. I still have so much to accomplish and goals I haven't met yet.