letting go a villager after obtaining their photo

[Alicia]

I've only really tried to get photos from the villagers I really loved having on my island. They aren't ones that I want to keep permanently even though I love them. So, I want to get their photos to remember them.

 

[meggiewes]

even if i get tired of people irl i wouldn’t just stop being their friend bc i’m tired. if it’d be this way irl ppl wld probably disown their pets and get new ones i’m so sorry god i know i take this way too seriously! but i don’t dump my friends bc i’m tired of them to get new friends. ok i know it sounds dumb, i probably am limiting myself from experiencing new villagers but to me, having to build friendships with them just to let them leave in the end is kinda sad. i know holding them back from leaving is bad, but for me i tell them not to leave to kinda show that i care about them.

Yeah, I don't dump my friends either. Try again.

I was trying to explain the feeling of being tired of a villager in a video game by using a real life parallel with friends since most people have a friend or two. I would have used siblings, but not everyone has a brother or a sister.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

Yeah, I don't dump my friends either. Try again.

I was trying to explain the feeling of being tired of a villager in a video game by using a real life parallel with friends since most people have a friend or two. I would have used siblings, but not everyone has a brother or a sister.

since you used the example of villagers as friends to reference a video game vs real life, i have just referenced it back. if i get tired of a villager i won’t just let them leave, just like how if you get tired of a friend you won’t leave them. for siblings, you’d be stuck with them whether you like it or not, for friends, you can choose them. with that said i know it’s just a game so that’s why i don’t think it’s also that bad for choosing to keep them even though the want to leave to “explore new islands”, doesn’t feel like i’m keeping them hostage, but i’d just like to keep em.

 

[loveclove]

yea that’s the thing i don’t get, why are people “done” with them once they get their photo? it’s like only wanting them for a motive, idk. it’s like you stopped caring once you get something out of them. ok i am probably taking it to seriously lol

Yeah, maybe you are... Just remember people experience the game differently and that's ok, to each their own. Not everybody is going to want to play the way you do.

This game has almost 400 villagers, for me a big part of the fun is island hopping and getting to know new ones. Photos are memories to cherish, something to display in your house and remember good times together. So that's the goal before I let them go, like a mark that says it's time to move on. But with some I get attached and don't let go, like my starter jock. Also they are not people lol I'm not really afraid to hurt their feelings or something... This is a game and it needs to be fun for me

 

[Underneath The Stars]

why do the other 3 stay permanent and let the rest go? is it bc u love the 3 too much to let them go and the rest are just eh? the ones who u want to keep forever would ask to leave too though :/...

yes. 3 are dreamies i intended to have on my island before i even played new horizons, villagers i've had since older games. my game didn't even feel complete until i had them, so i have had attachment to them. the rest are not eh, but i just met them through the islands and i let them move in. sure i like having them around but goal here is to meet more villagers and my dreamies.

i had to learn to let villagers go or else i'll be stuck with the same villagers forever. i tend to get attached quick.

i do wish we can have more villagers but it’s different from you, for me, only then i’d be willing to let more of them go, bc since we’re only allowed to have 10 of them, the 10 of them are my so-called favorites and i can’t bear seeing them leave. if i had 5 more slots, i wld probably rotate them, and keep 10 of them.

see you have so-called favorites too! i do have like say, 12-14 dreamies overall. currently i only have 3 of my ultimate dreamies on my island so a lot of them i haven't even met yet. i have amiibos of them too, i could kick someone out to have them but i don't wanna do that until i spend more time with villagers that i randomly meet. but if i keep everyone around, i wouldn't meet my dreamies.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

Yeah, maybe you are... Just remember people experience the game differently and that's ok, to each their own. Not everybody is going to want to play the way you do.

This game has almost 400 villagers, for me a big part of the fun is island hopping and getting to know new ones. Photos are memories to cherish, something to display in your house and remember good times together. So that's the goal before I let them go, like a mark that says it's time to move on. But with some I get attached and don't let go, like my starter jock. Also they are not people lol I'm not really afraid to hurt their feelings or something... This is a game and it needs to be fun for me

yea i get it but the problem is that i’m attached to ALL 10 of them! and yeah i know they’re not people too so i don’t feel bad for holding them back when they wanna leave, in that sense.

 

[loveclove]

even if i get tired of people irl i wouldn’t just stop being their friend bc i’m tired. if it’d be this way irl ppl wld probably disown their pets and get new ones i’m so sorry god i know i take this way too seriously! but i don’t dump my friends bc i’m tired of them to get new friends.

but why are we talking about real life? I thought this was about villagers in a game

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yea i get it but the problem is that i’m attached to ALL 10 of them! and yeah i know they’re not people too so i don’t feel bad for holding them back when they wanna leave, in that sense.

If you are that's ok, keep them! But that's not the case for everyone. I haven't connected to all my villagers yet so I want to keep having fun searching

 

[InstantNoodles]

I'm attached to most of my villagers but I keep 1 or 2 slots to rotate so that I can meet new villagers. Furthermore, I have amiibos of my current villagers so I can always get them back (though it wouldn't be the same version of them).

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Wait they got rid of moving out letters??? What the heck

I personally wouldn't kick out a villager just because I got their picture. I'm too attached to the ones I have lol

 

[meggiewes]

since you used the example of villagers as friends to reference a video game vs real life, i have just referenced it back. if i get tired of a villager i won’t just let them leave, just like how if you get tired of a friend you won’t leave them. for siblings, you’d be stuck with them whether you like it or not, for friends, you can choose them. with that said i know it’s just a game so that’s why i don’t think it’s also that bad for choosing to keep them even though the want to leave to “explore new islands”, doesn’t feel like i’m keeping them hostage, but i’d just like to keep em.

Then keep 'em. But if you make a thread asking for different opinions, you will get different opinions. I personally feel like a dictator if the same villager asks me to move five times in a month and a half.

I do admit that I might have snapped a little before and I'm sorry if it sounded short and curt.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

yes. 3 are dreamies i intended to have on my island before i even played new horizons, villagers i've had since older games. my game didn't even feel complete until i had them, so i have had attachment to them. the rest are not eh, but i just met them through the islands and i let them move in. sure i like having them around but goal here is to meet more villagers and my dreamies.

i had to learn to let villagers go or else i'll be stuck with the same villagers forever. i tend to get attached quick.



see you have so-called favorites too! i do have like say, 12-14 dreamies overall. currently i only have 3 of my ultimate dreamies on my island so a lot of them i haven't even met yet. i have amiibos of them too, i could kick someone out to have them but i don't wanna do that until i spend more time with villagers that i randomly meet. but if i keep everyone around, i wouldn't meet my dreamies.

yea, i do have favourites that’s why i’d rather keep them than finding new ones! once you get all of your dreamies, would you let them go? i did let many villagers go previously because they were not my dreamies, but i never aimed to get their photo bc i didn’t really care to be their maxed out best friend. doesn’t mean i didn’t like them, but i had no attachment to them too. i pretty much have all my dreamies now and that’s why even though i got most of their photos, i would not want them to leave. :/

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Wait they got rid of moving out letters??? What the heck

I personally wouldn't kick out a villager just because I got their picture. I'm too attached to the ones I have lol

yea me too!

 

[loveclove]

I've only really tried to get photos from the villagers I really loved having on my island. They aren't ones that I want to keep permanently even though I love them. So, I want to get their photos to remember them.

I do the exact same thing I only search for photos if I get attached

 

[patchworkbunny]

Just two different playing styles, some people like permanent villagers and others like to change things up. Some do a bit of both.

Not everyone has dreamies either. Like I am new to the game so there's not ten villagers I must have, so I want to meet as many as possible, but keep my favourites along the way. I don't think it's horrible to try and get their photo as something to remember them by before they go. So far I have just made sure I took them to Harv's so I can at least have their poster.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

Then keep 'em. But if you make a thread asking for different opinions, you will get different opinions. I personally feel like a dictator if the same villager asks me to move five times in a month and a half.

I do admit that I might have snapped a little before and I'm sorry if it sounded short and curt.

yeah, i know people have differing opinions that’s why i posted this thread asking why. and since i’m asking why, i’m also voicing out my own opinions. nobody is right or wrong, i’m just asking the questions honestly, we can feel free to do whatever we want bc it’s our own game.

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Just two different playing styles, some people like permanent villagers and others like to change things up. Some do a bit of both.

Not everyone has dreamies either. Like I am new to the game so there's not ten villagers I must have, so I want to meet as many as possible, but keep my favourites along the way. I don't think it's horrible to try and get their photo as something to remember them by before they go. So far I have just made sure I took them to Harv's so I can at least have their poster.

yea i never said it was horrible but i just felt that if their motive was just to get a photo and get rid of them soon after, i don’t rly understand why. but i understand if it’s for something for a nice memory, which is probably why for most people i guess!

 

[loveclove]

yeah, i know people have differing opinions that’s why i posted this thread asking why. and since i’m asking why, i’m also voicing out my own opinions. nobody is right or wrong, i’m just asking the questions honestly, we can feel free to do whatever we want bc it’s our own game.

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yea i never said it was horrible but i just felt that if their motive was just to get a photo and get rid of them soon after, i don’t rly understand why. but i understand if it’s for something for a nice memory, which is probably why for most people i guess!

Yeah but you said it's sad and implied that people are somehow using the villager just to get their photo if they're not permanent lol I really hope you understood that's not always the case

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

Yeah but you said it's sad and implied that people are somehow using the villager just to get their photo if they're not permanent lol I really hope you understood that's not always the case

yea i know that it’s not always the case i don’t mean to say that you’re just using a villager but i probably worded it that way, i’m sorry! i was just curious why people say stuff like “oh okay i got villager’s photo so i’m letting them go”.

 

[nerfeddude]

If it's a villager I want to move out at some point, getting their photo is like a small memento. But if it's my permanent villager, getting their photo feels like an achievement - I talked to them everyday, gifted them gifts and now they finally recognized our friendship. I mean, I know it's all up to random chance once you got a certain friendship level, but, hey, headcanons are allowed :'D

 

[DeltaLoraine]

I think a good way to look at it is that since you already have all of your dreamies/favorite villagers on your island, you have no need to cycle them out to find the ones you want Other people are stilling looking for theirs, and on the way they invite other villagers and get little momentos from them. its not a cruel thing, it’s a fun thing, like they’re tourists visiting for a while and you get to hear their stories.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

yea, i do have favourites that’s why i’d rather keep them than finding new ones! once you get all of your dreamies, would you let them go? i did let many villagers go previously because they were not my dreamies, but i never aimed to get their photo bc i didn’t really care to be their maxed out best friend. doesn’t mean i didn’t like them, but i had no attachment to them too. i pretty much have all my dreamies now and that’s why even though i got most of their photos, i would not want them to leave. :/

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yea me too!

to answer

once you get all of your dreamies, would you let them go?

no. lol. that's why for now, i'm playing the game meeting villagers i've never had. i just know them through online or other games (pocket camp or new leaf). for example, fauna & maple. i've never met them before, until they were in pocket camp and when i saw them on the mystery islands i decided to take them in. they're not really dreamies, but i love having them around though i can only have so many normal personality types. i have 3 right now and they all say the dialog to me so i figured not all of them are staying. fauna is definitely my favorite normal for now but idk how long she's going to be a resident when i have dreamies i don't have yet. they were already residents of my island when i recently bought amiibos of my dreamies but since i can have them anytime i want, i figured i'm not in a rush to invite them. so why not try to get fauna's photo anyway when i've already bonded with her.

basically keeping photos of other villagers as remembrance. like what @loveclove said though, it's like you were saying we're using them just to have their photo but that's not the case. if i don't like them, i won't try to get their photos to begin with.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

I think a good way to look at it is that since you already have all of your dreamies/favorite villagers on your island, you have no need to cycle them out to find the ones you want Other people are stilling looking for theirs, and on the way they invite other villagers and get little momentos from them. its not a cruel thing, it’s a fun thing, like they’re tourists visiting for a while and you get to hear their stories.

oh okay i get it now! i like ur answer a lot! i probably feel that way bc the ones i hv are the ones i have trouble letting go, if i had other villagers who i wasn’t too attached to i’d be open to seeing more new villagers definitely!