Sherb, then Audie, then Celia. Audie and Celia are no longer with us - I kicked out Celia because I didn't really like her too much and I really needed a snooty, and I kicked out Audie because I really wanted Tammi. It worked out, I got Vivian to replace Celia (bought her gifted on Nookazon for 24 nmt) and I found Tammi while island hopping only 8 tickets in - no regrets. ❤❤❤
My first three villagers invited were Puddles, Joey (whom I love but I ended up letting go since I have 3 other favorite lazy villagers that I'm now struggling to swap out for more variety), and Goldie! At the time I didn't know you could keep visiting Nook Miles Islands to change the villagers out and find new ones (since it was literally midnight on release day, haha), but I'm really glad I didn't know! I enjoyed having them in the beginning, but had I known maybe I would've forced myself to grind for favorites (and then end up unhappy with their starter homes) and then missed out on experiencing them as villagers in NH! They're all villagers I like but don't think of as favorites, so it worked out really well for me!
My first three invited villagers were Merengue, Freckles, and Deli. I wasn't looking for those particular ones as much as trying to avoid getting ones that I wouldn't want to have to interact with.
Mine were Hopkins, Jambette, and Patty. I just took the first three I found since I planned to swap whoever out for cat villagers and I wanted them to have their original house, not the starter house.
I only invited Wendy as I didn't realise I could invite 3 all on the same day so the other two spots were left up to the RNG gods. So I ended up with Cherve and...Barold. Cherve is my favourite out of the 3 at least and I kept her around for a while (and got her picture) but Barold was some serious bad luck, even more so because it took AGES for him to get the thought bubble, even when I decided enough was enough and I did the time travel method. After he left I replaced him with Julian and I have never looked back!
My first 3 were Zucker, Twiggy, and Gala. I still have Zucker and Twiggy, though they'll probably be moving out soon as I switch up my island for a more fall theme. I actually like their starter homes more, so I've been putting it off even though I have their amiibos and can move them back in.
I’m an idiot and didn’t realise you could pass on villagers when I first started playing lol. So I got Rodeo, Bubbles and Stella (who is now my favourite villager and never leaving!). Wish I hadn’t invited the other two. Rodeo asked to leave after only a few weeks though thankfully!
I finished my three mystery islanders today! I ended up with Drago, Molly, and Sprinkles, all of whom I've never had before I realized after that fact that now I have 2 gators and 2 penguins with Sly and Flo as my starters haha