letting go a villager after obtaining their photo

[Myrtle Jane]

It's a way of always having an objective or something new to look forward to in a game where there isn't always a lot that's different to do. If I were stuck with the same ten villagers the entire game, I think I would tire of it long before Nintendo's three-year commitment to uploading new content was up. The photos are a mechanism that allows me a way of feeling okay about moving characters along.

 

[Snek]

Wellll..because I can only have 10 villagers on the island at once. For me, I want to get to know other villagers so once I get a villager pic that means they can then be cycled out. Some villagers are permanent stays but others are expendable. I don't necessarily collect villager pics, but I like collecting pics of villagers I like.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

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.

okay then i guess i was basing it on the fact that i already got the ones that i really want to keep and assuming others don’t care just bc they let them go after they got their photos! for me i only aim to get the photos from my dreamies. it’s just that if i was okay with letting them go in the first place i don’t really seek their photos that badly but that’s just me!

 

[Rosch]

I could try and collect the photos of all the villagers if I want to, but no.

I am continuously cycling villagers and aim to get their photos because you increase friendship in the process and you see your chemistry with them. I use this approach to see who will end up as my permanent villagers.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

okay then i guess i was basing it on the fact that i already got the ones that i really want to keep and assuming others don’t care just bc they let them go after they got their photos! for me i only aim to get the photos from my dreamies. it’s just that if i was okay with letting them go in the first place i don’t really seek their photos that badly but that’s just me!

so now you've heard some of our stories, you know now why we try to get their pics

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

I could try and collect the photos of all the villagers if I want to, but no.

I am continuously cycling villagers and aim to get their photos because you increase friendship in the process and you see your chemistry with them. I use this approach to see who will end up as my permanent villagers.

oh yes this, i guess this was what i assumed people to be doing, just to collect all their photos, again really sorry for that haha! i did cycle out my villagers til i got most of them i want, but i am really hesitant to let them go despite getting their photos, but those i am referring to are my dreamies i want to keep so.

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It's a way of always having an objective or something new to look forward to in a game where there isn't always a lot that's different to do. If I were stuck with the same ten villagers the entire game, I think I would tire of it long before Nintendo's three-year commitment to uploading new content was up. The photos are a mechanism that allows me a way of feeling okay about moving characters along.

i know the game wants you to meet new villagers, that’s why this game has moving out mechanics in the first place. i just wish that instead of letting them go, we could have more villagers, but ok then that’d probably be too many all at once. but the 3 year long commitment is probably another way to keep people playing, to stay excited for future updates. if everything in the game was developed, people would still be tired of the game after awhile despite the rotating villagers. the past games were complete but still had moving out mechanics and they left on their own without asking! i wonder why they changed that if they really wanted the villagers to move out at their own will. maybe they wanted to give you a chance to keep those you really want too perhaps?

 

[Hobowire]

My rotation has gotten a bit stagnant and I have all their photos already. I might consider a change.

 

[animalcrossinguwu11]

Wellll..because I can only have 10 villagers on the island at once. For me, I want to get to know other villagers so once I get a villager pic that means they can then be cycled out. Some villagers are permanent stays but others are expendable. I don't necessarily collect villager pics, but I like collecting pics of villagers I like.

i would love a few more villager slots, then i’d be more willing to cycle them! i only intend to collect a few pics of those i want to stay but that’s just me too.

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okay guys, so i just found this thread that was about a month ago: https://www.belltreeforums.com/thre...er-obtaining-their-photo.548275/#post-9131234

it was basically what i was trying to say but maybe i worded it wrongly so i offended some of you! a few people who replied on the other thread seemed to agree with me, so i’m not the only one who feels this way or simply wonder why! i shouldn’t have made this unnecessary thread to offend you guys. :/ anyways, thanks for your opinions! i understand why people do this much better now!

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okay cool! i’m glad my post was merged into this thread! sorry tho cuz it’s been awhile since the last post before mine!

 

[Reploid]

whatcya think?
ive read a lot that usually people sell or give away villagers after they would get their photo
but why
im honestly too affectionate to do this even if id get their photo..
id prob want they to stay even more

For some, I suppose having a picture of that villager is kind of like their way of saying "Here's something to always remember me by." I've gotten a few of my villagers' photos and I plan on keeping them all. It's too much of a headache for me to pick new villagers while trying to keep certain personalities and a certain amount of species.

 

[biksoka]

I do it mostly because I don't want to have the same 10 villagers forever.

 

[GEEBRASS]

If I really like a villager, I will definitely get their photo before letting them leave, but most of my villagers I love enough that I don't think any of them are going to leave for quite a long time, and I've had all their photos for a while.

 

[Xara]

i’m a person who does this. while i adore a bunch of villagers and undoubtedly grow attached to some, i do have a set list of villagers that i’m planning to have and so once i get a villager’s photo, if they’re not one i’m planning to keep permanently, i’ll let them move whenever they’re ready - getting their picture is bittersweet in this circumstance but it’s also a nice reminder of all the good memories i’ve had with that villager ;u;

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

The only photo I’ve gotten so far is from Wolfgang (a dreamie of my parents and mine-they’d be mighty upset if I let him go) so currently no, I befriend everyone though, so if my move out targets give me a photo I won’t feel obligated to keep them either.

 

[Hobowire]

i would do that if i have more plots. rn its filled with ostrich.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

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!

But it does kind of seem like no one in the thread is saying that they just get the photo and dump the villager because they’ve accomplished the goal of getting the photo. But your response to each person seems to be an emotional appeal implying that they don’t care about villagers if they are willing to let them move, or if they use the photo at all as a momento or sign that they villager can move on.
So it comes across a bit like you are asking for their opinion and then implying that they are somehow wrong or cold hearted. I think someone can love their villagers as much as anyone and still let them leave. No one is trying to convince you to change, but people don’t like feeling like they are being misinterpreted or judged, hence some defensiveness. For the record, I don’t think keeping villagers or letting them go says anything at all about what a person is like in real life or at all connected to niceness/ goodness.

Edit: I see many people have said similar things to me and now feel I might have come on a bit strong. You seem like a reflective and sensitive person and I’m sorry if I come across as harsh

 

[Pyoopi]

This has always been my method. I have my favorites but I like to see the different types of characters in animal crossing.

Granted, the personalities and conversations get pretty redundant, so yeah I'm basing off looks and who fits my island theme.

I'm also looking at this in an artist's perspective and enjoying different character designs. I don't view them as friends. I'm not a person who puts in a significant amount of feelings into video game characters. I see them as art. It's like Pokemon cards.

I like to give each character a chance and if they don't fit my theme then I let them go.

 

[icecreamcheese]

naa if i like them they can give me their photo 30 times for all i care and they still wont leave.
i have 3 punchy's photo and 2 marshal and zucker photos lol
if i don't like them i don't need their photo anyways.
that reminds me i have flip's and cherry's pic in my inventory (they left)
and i wont display photos of villagers that i don't like
but still feels bad to sell it..

 

[leafcan]

i tried doing this in cold blood now im stuck with a couple villagers i didnt intend to keep and a blood pact like attachment and favoritism to them that they may as well be my dreamies now lol

curse my conscious! they say a couple of nice things to you and thats how they get you..................................................

 

[elphieluvr]

Yeah, my brother makes fun of me for doing it, but it’s the best way to determine that it’s time for a change. I have dozens of villagers I’d like to have for a little while and I like to change things up so it doesn’t feel stagnant. Most of my villagers (actually 9 of 10 right now) I have amiibos for, so if I really regret letting them go, it’s a simple matter to get them back.

one reason I like cycling them is because I have lots of peppies and snootiest I want to try but I can’t bear more than one of those at a time lol. And yeah, getting their photo kind of signifies I’ve gotten to know the villager and become a good friend, and now if they want to leave, I’m not going to hold them back! (I’ve never forced anyone out after getting their photo, but if they want to leave I say yes.)

 

[FireNinja1]

i think it's perfectly fine to do so. i don't really go for pictures, but i feel like if there's any solid goal that a player should be going for before they have a villager move out, it should probably be getting their picture, esp. since each picture is tied to the villagers that gives it.

moreover, i think it gives a good incentive for people to hang on to only a couple of villagers that they really like, and having the rest of the plots cycle, especially given that you don't have to worry about plots going in bad places like you had to in new leaf.