Marshal

[azu]

I think he's cute. I personally would want him or Kyle in my town, just because they're the only smug villagers I'm able to tolerate. Ed is okay..but he looks like a scene guy and reminds me of when I was twelve.

 

[PurpleWaluigi]

Marshal was a starting villager in my town and I didn't care for him. sadly I didn't know about dreamies and TBT at the time so I sent him to the void.

No sweat, some people might be riled up a bit since they've seen similar threads like this "why is ___ so popular?" time after time but a question is a question. :]

My answer: Marshal has many different reasons why he's popular. Either it be because of personal reasons like "he reminds me of my dog" or simply because people like his cute and simple design. People like his appearance. People like his size. People like his personality. Some people just like him because he's popular, and get him to show-off. He can also be considered a symbolism as wealth in a way. Some people just want him for his rare sloppy furniture. Some people just want him because he fits their town theme. Everyone has different reasons why they like him. It's all a matter of fact of opinion and personal reasons! It's like asking yourself why you like your dream villager? Same as that. Marshal is desired for all types of reason, just so happens many people desire him.

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[Candy83]

He's in my campsite today but I already have 10 villagers

Why is he so popular?

Edit: what's your opinion on him?

Two reasons immediately spring to mind: His persona is like no one else's; the looks of both his house and Marshal himself are outstanding.

From an individual personality type (not to be confused with Villager Personalities), Marshal is cool.

I highly recommend Marshal. If you have an extra game copy, giving you a different opportunity to get him, you can reset your town with the scenario that one of your five starting villagers is not a Smug; that way you can manipulate (opening a given day with new character) the resetting process of offered-up randoms that finally bring up Marshal's house plot. He is worth it.

- - - Post Merge - - -

I'll avoid posting a long list as to why I hate him, so I'll just say, that I am not a fan of him. I prefer underrated villagers. I may have some popular ones in my town, but to be honest, my favorite members of my town are the less popular ones.

When I joined The Bell Tree Forums last November, my original town of Applewin may have impressed you.

Here is, from an estimate of what I recall, the cast of villagers:

Clyde
Jambette
Pompom
Scoot
Twiggy
Keaton
Shari
Drago
Hans
Kidd​

Here is the current cast (also listed in my signature):

Stitches
Jambette
Tammy
Scoot
Twiggy
Broffina
?
Rosie
Julian
Kidd​

I have since sullied your criteria with my switch-up of some Applewin villagers. But, that aside, I understand some of your argument. Personally, I'm not missing Pompom, Keaton, Shari, and Hans. Hans was the best of the group. Shari caught on to some extent with members of The Bell Tree Forums. But Clyde became flat, Keaton didn't stand out enough, and Pompom would sometimes get a little too high-strung. So, I'm better off having move on. And I kept originals Jambette, Scoot, and Twiggy out of respect for having some originals still left. (Slot Nos. 1 and 3 were originally Walt, who is underappreciated, and Velma, who I find obnoxious.) And it helps that they personally appeal to me, as does Broffina, who is a convincingly witty Snooty, and Kidd, a sweetly sensitive Smug. It fells pretty well-balanced between [low] Tiers and [Top] Tiers. (I do regret having lost Drago through a TT misadventure. He's one Lazy doll!)