Mixed feelings on a villager moving out

[Underneath The Stars]

since starting the game, the villagers on my island that had moved out has been via campsite or amiibo. so i told myself now that i have all my dreamies, the next one to move out will be the one who already gave me their pic (from those i'll consider letting go).

today, it happened to be lyman which i am ok with since i had him in new leaf already plus he has a starter home & i want to meet new villagers. i wanna be able to island hop for dom ever since i saw the adorable memes and i only want 1 jock so i thought this is perfect.

then i had this weird conversation with him where he said don't feel sad that he's moving out, but i talked to him again and he mentioned the upcoming bug off and how he was preparing for that and now he can't...... and he expects me to not be sad? i know it's computer generated conversation anyway so i'll be ok with him going though. just a silly error in nintendo's part i guess, because he wouldn't be able to participate. idk i just thought it would feel better that he was the one who asked to move out instead of that campsite thing since i lowkey found that process kinda rude.

have any of y'all have had this feeling when someone's about to move out? man, why do i get attach to these villagers................

 

[daffodilcrossing]

I totally get that. That happened to me with one of my villagers, Chief. I was totally fine with letting him go because I had had him for a while and he’s not really a favourite of mine. I wanted to look for Kiki with the spot his absence would leave. But it was actually Erik who made me really sad about it because Erik told me that he was really sad that Chief was leaving because he wanted to hang out with him more. It made me so sad but there was nothing I could do! Now when someone asks me to move out I just don’t talk to them again after I let them leave, and I try not to talk too much to my other villagers either lol. Just because it’s a game doesn’t mean it’s not sad, the developers really know how to tug at the heart strings

 

[MartijnE]

Yess but sometime we are just ready for a new one! Can't have them all sadly

 

[Hydrangea028]

I have Lopez as my starter smug, I got his photo and he is not my dreamie, so I am fine letting him go, especially when Whitney (my last dreamie) is on the campsite. I was totally fine because he asked to leave 3 times previously but I asked him to stay. Then I went and see him the last time.

Spoiler: Lopez leaving

Nintendo, why can't I have more than 10 villagers?

 

[Underneath The Stars]

I totally get that. That happened to me with one of my villagers, Chief. I was totally fine with letting him go because I had had him for a while and he’s not really a favourite of mine. I wanted to look for Kiki with the spot his absence would leave. But it was actually Erik who made me really sad about it because Erik told me that he was really sad that Chief was leaving because he wanted to hang out with him more. It made me so sad but there was nothing I could do! Now when someone asks me to move out I just don’t talk to them again after I let them leave, and I try not to talk too much to my other villagers either lol. Just because it’s a game doesn’t mean it’s not sad, the developers really know how to tug at the heart strings

oh that happened to me with punchy being rodney's best friend but i really wanted him gone. punchy said he's really sad rodney's leaving and that bothered me because what he said caught me off guard, and i remember that i've seen them together several times at his home and even was there during punchy's birthday so i know they're buddies. i know this conversation will happen again with the villagers closest to the villager that is going so maybe i would lay low for a while and not talk too much to them. the fact that if i were to have a birthday right now, for sure lyman would be the one to host it since he's been since the start. you're right it does tug at the heart strings because if he was indeed there, i wouldn't be able to let him go.

 

[daisyy]

yes i totally feel this... i've gotten two villager photos and am starting to think about letting them leave if they want to but they really know how to tug at your heart

 

[Underneath The Stars]

Yess but sometime we are just ready for a new one! Can't have them all sadly

I have Lopez as my starter smug, I got his photo and he is not my dreamie, so I am fine letting him go, especially when Whitney (my last dreamie) is on the campsite. I was totally fine because he asked to leave 3 times previously but I asked him to stay. Then I went and see him the last time.

Spoiler: Lopez leaving

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Nintendo, why can't I have more than 10 villagers?

being able to have more than 10 villagers would ultimately solve my problems because it's always the lack of certain personalities that factor in my decisions.

 

[skogkyst]

Even if I don't like certain villagers that I've had, I have always found it difficult to let them go. It's super bittersweet, even though I don't know why I get so attached.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

Even if I don't like certain villagers that I've had, I have always found it difficult to let them go. It's super bittersweet, even though I don't know why I get so attached.

true, i still think of the villagers that i wasn't able to get the pics of. and wishing i could still at least see them like we used to in new leaf's marketplace.

 

[Etown20]

I could be misremembering, but I recall one villager asked me to start using my nickname after I had already agreed to let her move out. Even though the game gives them some extra dialogue options, I guess it doesn't fully recognize them as moving out until they are in boxes?

When they are in boxes, it seems like dialogue from the moving villager is usually (always?) positive, so that's good. On the other hand, I've had other remaining villagers comment how they are sad about the moving villager, so that can be a bit of a bummer, but I guess it's kind of sweet.

 

[Vio1et]

Yea, I felt the exact same way when I moved out Cherry. She was one of my starters, and while she wasn't really one of my dreamies, I got a little bit attached to her. When I decided to let her move out, I was like, that's okay, it's time for a new face. But when I saw her in boxes, and read the moving out dialogue, it made me really sad. I think it was good to let her go in the end, but I'm still a little sad about it.

 

[Xara]

i felt the same way with julia. she moved out yesterday and i’ve had her since around the second week of new horizons being out - i grew attached to her and while i’m thankful she moved out as i was able to find one of my dream villagers, i still kinda miss her and was sad to see her go ;u;

 

[Underneath The Stars]

I could be misremembering, but I recall one villager asked me to start using my nickname after I had already agreed to let her move out. Even though the game gives them some extra dialogue options, I guess it doesn't fully recognize them as moving out until they are in boxes?

now i forgot if it was like this in new leaf too....

 

[KHowler]

I kinda felt that way when Stu left. It caught me by surprise since we talked every day. I was sad he was leaving, but I had someone to replace him in the campsite, so I decided to let him go. He was always running around watering my flowers. He was a very sweet, lazy villager. I low key miss him.

 

[LindseyKate04]

I get so sad when they leave. Even if I didn’t like the villager, I always second guess myself and almost make them stay.

 

[KHowler]

I get so sad when they leave. Even if I didn’t like the villager, I always second guess myself and almost make them stay.

Only one I have really been sad about is Stu. I was kinda surprised. I stupidly took the first 3 animals I found on islands when I had open plots when I didn't know any better. 2 have already gone. Peggy just gave me a nickname. I was planning on either replacing either her or Ken with Fang, but now I am not so sure. I wish the wolves had more than just a couple of personalities. lol

 

[John Wick]

I used to feel bad until the months of repetitive dialogue and constant exercising drove me nuts.

Now I'm thinking of getting rid of my ten favorites and having ten I don't care about because I don't want to end up disliking my favorites.. and that seems to be happening.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

I used to feel bad until the months of repetitive dialogue and constant exercising drove me nuts.

Now I'm thinking of getting rid of my ten favorites and having ten I don't care about because I don't want to end up disliking my favorites.. and that seems to be happening.

i don't talk to them as much anymore, usually just give them gifts so i won't be bothered with repetitive dialogue. (and even their greeting & responses are the same, but it is what it is)

i think once you start cycling villagers, you'll notice the even more repetitive dialogue and the moving out process won't be as "special" and feels more computerized. i happened to get rid of just 3 villagers since the start of the game so far.

 

[Nefarious]

I got sad after I kicked out Tangy. I was messing with the billboard after she moved out and saw the announcement for her birthday (which I totally forgot about), I felt so bad. I kicked her 6 days before her special day, and I couldn't visit her in her new home to gift her anything. Never had mixed feelings about villager move outs but this really hit me. Talk about major guilt.

 

[KHowler]

Yeah, the wolves mostly have the same personalities. 1 Peppy, 5 Cranky, 1 Normal, 3 Snooty, 1 Smug. lol

Current Villagers: Wolfgang (Cranky), Audie (Peppy), Skye (Normal), Kyle (Smug), Whitney (Snooty), Chief (Cranky), Ken (Smug), Peggy (Peppy), Teddy (Jock), Deidre (Big Sister).