Is it worth it going to the nook islands looking for favorite villagers?

[meggiewes]

It really depends. Are you the type of person who enjoys shiny hunting in Pokemon? Because looking for specific villagers is like that. I have to admit that I have started to save up Nook Miles Tickets so I can have a good stockpile in hopefully finding Judy down the line. But, I'm also letting myself go on tours every 11th ticket because I enjoy going on tours. I also like a lot of villagers and I am more willing to let anyone move in.

Honestly, I would be more likely to hunt for a specific villager personality. But, I would stockpile tickets before doing so to try to give myself a decent chance.

 

[juneau]

In my experience it has not been fruitful, and now I would rather save up these tickets to just trade for villagers I want - if it's going to take me a collective 50+ tickets to find the villager I want, might as well just trade those tickets off for them, imo.

It does have a certain "gacha" feel to it, if you like rolling your odds for someone you might like! This game has just been REALLY cruel to me with the villagers I find. I went on a quick island hopping spree the other day and wrote down all my encounters, this is what I wasted 8 tickets on:

Quillson
Curt
Tybalt
Vic
Sprocket
Sterling
Avery
Rory

Before I ended up inviting Roald because I think he's pretty cute (and I was running low on tickets), but definitely not a dreamie. Like... it's not even funny how terrible my luck is, considering I already have more male villagers than I want in my town and the game KEEPS THROWING more at me, and ugly ones at that, imo.

 

[rdub]

its kind of fun but can feel kind of crazy to go island hopping... i am playing the game kind of naturally in that i don't TT (but i participate in the stalk market). the other night i had 50k nook miles and decided to just hop islands to fill my 10th house, i wanted to hop around until i got one of the 8 new villagers or a favorite. my absolute favorite was audie and i actually got her on like the 13th ticket!!! it felt so rewarding. lol.

 

[marea]

Is the pool of villagers you like really small? if so, then maybe you are better off trading for them. But if you have a lot of villagers you like, it is fun to go island hopping. I have become addicted to it, espically since you can end up finding other rewards like hybrids, cool DIY or trantula islands.

 

[Lazaros]

personal experience? maybe-ish? i've wasted too much tickets already on my quest to get some villagers that i'd like - i ran across some "good" and "bad" ones, but if you have a certain villager in mind, nothing will stop you from going on a hunt for them, and boy. it stops being funny after you've ran into limberg 3 times and didn't adopt someone you liked 20 islands ago.

 

[SmoochsPLH]

Definitely worth it if you have the patience. I got Anicotti, Rolf, and Bianca this way!