Island Hopping VS Buying Villagers?

[Garrett]

I have a bunch of amiibo cards for my favourites so I don't need to do either really, but I did enjoy island hopping for villagers a lot in the beginning of the game. I kinda miss not having someone there when I island hop for resources.

 

[Orieii]

I’ve only bought/ traded 2 villagers. I feel like villagers nowadays are too expensive, so I prefer finding them on my own

 

[kojuuro]

I much prefer island hopping since I don't have a set dreamie list. It makes it fun to find ones that you're looking for and makes it really rewarding when you finally do!

 

[Hanif1807]

Island Hopping for sure because i don't have enough bells or nmt to buy villagers

 

[Sweetley]

Both is fine to me, although island hopping is actually kinda more fun to do for me. After all, I was able to find 4 of my current villagers via island hopping, another one was found via campsite and two got traded/bought here from the forums. The others are random move in's which will be replaced however.

 

[Jared:3]

I'm 50/50 on this because I do enjoy finding your dream villagers by chance and I feel extremely accomplished as opposed to just buying them off of somebody however it can be quite a task to find a certain villager island hopping but usually I'm not looking for someone specific so I prefer island hopping and it can be addicting LOL!

 

[Xara]

i prefer island hopping. it’s tedious and requires a lot of luck but i feel much more satisfied and love my villagers more if i find them myself rather than buying them off of someone ;w;

 

[mayortiffany]

If you only have a few dream villagers you are looking for, I would purchase a villager so I could guarantee getting them. If you are open to a big roster of villagers and can afford to do it, island hopping can be a lot of fun!