Ideas for different villager personalities!

[Katarzyna]

I wish the game had created some new personalities for NH ;w; I think that would've really added a new element, and a lot of new friends, to the game! Unfortunately, it's the same as it has been for a while, but I wanted to make a thread for any thoughts anyone else may have had for new types of personality!

Myself, I thought of a "scholarly" male personality and an "adventurous" female personality. The scholarly type would be all about learning and reading, and could get a little hyperactive when it comes to talking about things they have read recently. I imagine they would be found in the museum a lot, or examining bugs/flowers outside. The adventurous type would be a female villager who loves the outdoors and exploring new places and would have many stories to tell about things they've seen and places they've been. Probably wouldn't get along well with snooty villagers because they wouldn't care much about fashion or appearance, rather going for practical looks that allow them to see the world.

Feel free to drop any ideas for personalities you have below! I just think they're fun to imagine :'3c

 

[Khaelis]

I once had an idea for a 'neutral' personality -- one that both male and female animals could get.

That personality would be the Shy personality.

Basically... they're shy. They would tend to stay mostly indoors, would not talk much, and often use worried-like reactions (sweating, panic, etc). Befriending a Shy villager would make them open up and get a bit of courage to go out more. They would start to talk to other villagers if approached, but would still be rather shy. Befriending them further would help them open up to other villagers more, and you'd start to see them make more friends other than the player.

So yeah. Basically an introvert lmao.

 

[Katarzyna]

I once had an idea for a 'neutral' personality -- one that both male and female animals could get.

That personality would be the Shy personality.

Basically... they're shy. They would tend to stay mostly indoors, would not talk much, and often use worried-like reactions (sweating, panic, etc). Befriending a Shy villager would make them open up and get a bit of courage to go out more. They would start to talk to other villagers if approached, but would still be rather shy. Befriending them further would help them open up to other villagers more, and you'd start to see them make more friends other than the player.

So yeah. Basically an introvert lmao.

Ooh I like that idea!!! I do feel like Normals do have a few traits that are similar to this, but I love the idea of a single personality that includes both male and female villagers! And getting them to come out of their house more would be soooo cute ;;;;w;;;;

 

[DovahTobi]

I've been wanting a scholarly personality since city folk. I love Blathers too much xD

I really like the adventurous idea, and the shy. I'd like to see a gender neutral personality.

I kinda want something like an "OG" personality where the villager is rude, sassy, and randomly paints your roof. I don't want all the villagers to be as mean as they were back in the gamecube days, but I miss some of the savageness ahaha

 

[cookieflack]

i love the scholarly and shy ideas!! id love something like a "sneaky" male and "tomboy" female personality. the sneaky villagers would lie and mess with the player a lot, pull pranks, and kind of embody an evil or trickster stereotype while still being really fun to talk to! a tomboy villager would probably get along well with the jocks, exercise a lot, love food, and have more fiery personality

 

[Lavulin98]

i love the scholarly and shy ideas!! id love something like a "sneaky" male and "tomboy" female personality. the sneaky villagers would lie and mess with the player a lot, pull pranks, and kind of embody an evil or trickster stereotype while still being really fun to talk to! a tomboy villager would probably get along well with the jocks, exercise a lot, love food, and have more fiery personality

I think tomboy you want is in the already existent uchi/sisterly

 

[An0nn]

Something kind of spacey and artistically-inclined would be cool! Like a creative eccentric who gives off a preoccupied, head in the clouds sort of vibe. Though I guess we kind of have something sort of similar already with the lazy guys, if you substitute creative with ravenous.

I think it would be pretty adorable if they added sketching or painting to the animal activities the way they added singing, working out, and that weird thing where they just charge around the town square bouncing off each other with their arms sticking out behind them (which is also adorable!) The artistic villager could talk about being inspired, changing colors with the seasons or weather, or cloud shapes, or anything aesthetic really.

Or they could do an energetic and quirky inventor sort of thing with a ton of hair-brained schemes that they could talk about.

I just want more bizarre villager interactions!

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i love the scholarly and shy ideas!! id love something like a "sneaky" male and "tomboy" female personality. the sneaky villagers would lie and mess with the player a lot, pull pranks, and kind of embody an evil or trickster stereotype while still being really fun to talk to! a tomboy villager would probably get along well with the jocks, exercise a lot, love food, and have more fiery personality

a sneaky pransker would have been funny because crankies are just kinda like lazy villagers that grew up lol. a shy and adventurous personality would be cool as well, but i feel like they could have snuck in adventurous traits to jocks since all they talk about are muscles now and adventurous would fit their dialog a lot.

ideally, for them to add 2 new personalities, they'd also raise the villager cap (12), but seeing that they're not even forcing personalities to us anymore compared to new leaf, i wonder why they didn't add more? the new villagers seems low compared to previous installments.

 

[Pickler]

I think it'd be cool if villagers had a secondary personality. For example, Raymond is smug, but you could sprinkle in a few cranky dialog options to reflect his all business persona. Meanwhile, Marshal is smug but he acts lazy sometimes because he's a little nutty. That way each villager can feel unique without much overhaul on Nintendo's part.

 

[Figment]

I feel like Lazy villagers in this game have seemed more weird kid/geek than previous games. I like that personality and think it's cute, but I wish it were a separate thing. I'd like to see a female equivalent. Just an awkward, spacey, mischievous yet sweet type. One minute they may be wondering why their snooty neighbor was upset when they visited after playing in the mud and the next they may be geeking out about about a made up cartoon/comic.



I think it would be cute to have an art as a hobby. Maybe a villager could set down a small easel and start painting or sit down and start drawing or writing in a sketchbook.

 

[PurpleJeremiah]

I think a Nerdy villager would work. They talk about a lot of things you don't know about, basically a villager Blathers.
A Romantic villager, sort of like Smug but is pretty different. They would flirt with female villagers and yeah you get it.
However, those were both for Male villagers. I want to keep the personalities the same number. So I would like 2 ideas for Female personalities.

 

[Xara]

I once had an idea for a 'neutral' personality -- one that both male and female animals could get.

That personality would be the Shy personality.

Basically... they're shy. They would tend to stay mostly indoors, would not talk much, and often use worried-like reactions (sweating, panic, etc). Befriending a Shy villager would make them open up and get a bit of courage to go out more. They would start to talk to other villagers if approached, but would still be rather shy. Befriending them further would help them open up to other villagers more, and you'd start to see them make more friends other than the player.

So yeah. Basically an introvert lmao.

i would love this omg please