Most overrated and underrated villagers?

[Julmor]

This is if course completly subjective, but id still like to hear everyone opinion on the matter.

Personally i dont really get the big deal with Fauna and Marshal. Ive had both of them on my island. Theyre not bad by any means. But personally i just find Fauna kinda....... bland? And ever since i got Molly (who i like alot more than Fauna), i just sorta feels like she pales in comparison. I also dont really like her eyes. The eyelashes kinda puts me off.

Marshal is cute and everything. But just like Fauna, i feel like hes kinda boring. Ive had two smug villagers earlier, Colton and Graham, and i actually prefer both of them. Neither of them are "cute", but i feel like they both have theyre own unique, memorable nische (Graham as the computer geek and Colton as a flamboyant fashion icon). I dont particularly like squirrels body types either.

For underrated villagers i would prolly say Antonio, Gala and Rex. Antonio was a sleeper hit for me. I basically got him from an amiibo card package. I wanted to try out the amiibo function so i sorta used him as a "try out". I ended up liking him more than my previous jock villager Roald. Roald had a better design, but i felt like Antonio interracted alot more with other villagers. He also has really nice facial expressions and i love how his tail waggles when he talks.

Gala is the best pig villager imo. I love her natural look and her eyes. Her face is super expressive and she just has a nice aura around her.
Rex was my first lazy villager and he has a special place in my heart. I mainly like him because i feel like he has a perfect look for a lazy villager. He looks sleepy, superchill and happy. I dont have him anymore, but he defintly made the first few months of the game more fun for me.

 

[King koopa]

I'd say for best, what most people consider cute:
Such as Judy, dom, Marshall, Raymond cookie, audie
For underated, I'd say pudge and curly. I've seen countless threads on here and I've never seen anyone speak a letter about pudge or curly.

 

[Dunquixote]

I don’t pay attention to who is popular, but I have pretty good guesses who are underrated and maybe some “overrated” (even though I don’t believe in that really unless most of the people in a community like a villager because other people do and not because they like them for their own reasons; I don’t know anyone who does that though).

In terms of the community, here’s who I think - no particular order for underrated:

- Gaston: Rarely do I hear anyone say how much they love this cranky rabbit; I do know one person who does . I initially didn’t like him back when I was starting out in NL, but mow he is one of my favorites (I don’t think I ever let him move; not 100% sure though since it has been so long).

-Peewee or really any of the gorillas: I am not a gorilla fan myself. But, the more I hang out with @Pyoopi and see her screenshots, the more I appreciate Peewee. I think I have seen a few people mention they like him but I know many people don’t like any gorillas. I don’t think I’ll ever like two particular gorillas but I can see myself liking a few others like Hans, Louie.

-Puddles, Frobert, Drift: I’ve only have had Puddles in NL; I invited her to the campsite but I did not think the new dialogue went well with her or at least it didn’t remind me of the Puddles I love. She will always still be special to me though. I think I have seen one or two people mention they love her. I’ve been interested in Frobert and Drift when I was playing HHD. I know the game has no real bonding with the villagers yet, from making designs for them, I felt much closer to them than before and appreciated their colors and designs much more. I don’t think I have heard anyone mention liking either aside from my froggie loving friend @LittleMissPanda .

Rodney - I was one of the people who initially didn’t like him for the longest time, but @Chungus and @Le Ham ’s screenshots and discussions have greatly helped in me learning to appreciate him and I admit now I find him extremely cute. Would love to have him on my island even if just temporarily. I had fun dressing him up during halloweaster in the pink funny glasses that I gave him in the Woods and an instant muscles suit. Rodney is king in my book now (or one of them since I like an awful a lot of villagers ).

I will post more on underrated later. These are the first ones to pop in my head.

Overrated:

I really don’t like this term but, here are my guesses/opinions.

Raymond - I personally love Raymond and I do think he deserves the love, though hearing about the hate he gets (haven’t seen it much on TBT and don’t look elsewhere), I think the general love-hate thing going on with him is more than I thought he would/should get since initially I was neutral about him partially due to the fact I wanted villagers that I had from NL more.

Not sure whole else to put here right now, will write again later since I don’t pay attention to popularity.

 

[Rosch]

Based on what I observe, Raymond, Judy, Marshal and Stitches are as popular as ever. They tend to show up on social media a lot. And Stitches tend to be included in a lot of merch too, just like Marshal.

Meanwhile, there are A LOT of underrated villagers. Cats are the most popular species, but I don't see anyone talking about Stinky or Moe. And then there's your average villagers that are hardly talked about such as Celia, Savannah, Pippy, Claude, T-Bone, Samson, Pucky, Monty, etc.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Croque is very underrated imo. People sleeping on a daruma frog

Also Ribbot is pretty cool. Pecan is bae (do people still say bae?). Savannah is a freaking ZEBRA so??????

I have Marshal who I agree is very overrated but he is my birthday twin so I have to have him

 

[VanitasFan26]

Right now I don't care what villager is popular or less popular. The one I think is overrated is Raymond. Yeah I do have him on my island but I am not as obsessive on him like most others are. I like how he looks with those glasses and that suit he wears so it fits my style. The underrated villager that I think needs more attention is Julia. She's a cool Snooty Ostrich. She moved out last year, but now I kinda want her back because she has two of my favorite colors blue and green.

 

[S.J.]

Based on what I observe, Raymond, Judy, Marshal and Stitches are as popular as ever. They tend to show up on social media a lot. And Stitches tend to be included in a lot of merch too, just like Marshal.

Meanwhile, there are A LOT of underrated villagers. Cats are the most popular species, but I don't see anyone talking about Stinky or Moe. And then there's your average villagers that are hardly talked about such as Celia, Savannah, Pippy, Claude, T-Bone, Samson, Pucky, Monty, etc.

I invited Savannah, but thought I'd replace her, but she has become a staple on my island! She is actually super cute and sweet, and you'll often find her standing around singing, rain or shine, which I love.

 

[VelveteenCat]

I used to think Raymond was overrated due to the insanely huge hype around him, but I feel like that's died down a bit and since he is pretty cute, I think his popularity is well deserved. I also used to think that Sherb was overrated because it seemed like almost every island had him, even more so than Raymond, but that hype seems to have died down a bit as well.
At this point I don't think any villager is really overrated, it just comes down to personal taste. Also, many people have themes for their islands and choose villagers accordingly - some choices (e.g. Fauna for cottagecore, Lucky for spooky) are just more obvious than others.

As for underrated, pretty much anyone who isn't in that small pool of maybe thirty villagers that seem to be on everyone's radar.
I think it can be fun to look up villagers and try to come up with lineups outside the box, but I also understand that people fall in love with villagers they have seen on social media and want them for themselves.

 

[Dunquixote]

I used to think Raymond was overrated due to the insanely huge hype around him, but I feel like that's died down a bit and since he is pretty cute, I think his popularity is well deserved. I also used to think that Sherb was overrated because it seemed like almost every island had him, even more so than Raymond, but that hype seems to have died down a bit as well.
At this point I don't think any villager is really overrated, it just comes down to personal taste. Also, many people have themes for their islands and choose villagers accordingly - some choices (e.g. Fauna for cottagecore, Lucky for spooky) are just more obvious than others.

As for underrated, pretty much anyone who isn't in that small pool of maybe thirty villagers that seem to be on everyone's radar.
I think it can be fun to look up villagers and try to come up with lineups outside the box, but I also understand that people fall in love with villagers they have seen on social media and want them for themselves.

This. I agree with this 100%. You are so much better at explaining things than me and you make a lot of good points.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I invited Savannah, but thought I'd replace her, but she has become a staple on my island! She is actually super cute and sweet, and you'll often find her standing around singing, rain or shine, which I love.

Yes Savannah loves to sing to my pumpkin patch or to the river. She's quite talented

 

[Licorice]

Threads like this are so opinion oriented it’s hard to say.

Underrated imo:
All gorillas, hippos, and monkeys.
There are some seriously cute designs. I’m extremely biased towards gorillas but I do understand that most people do not like larger villagers usually. Hippos and monkeys definitely have some cuties I think could be more popular.

For example Deli, Nana, and Bitty.
Deli has such a cute smile and a good house interior. His fur’s color scheme is great imo. Bitty is pink with a pink house that would match great with cutesy islands. Even though she is an unpopular species I could see her sharing a yard with someone like Diana or Judy. Nana is another pink villager. She has cute rosy cheeks and while her design isn’t the most interesting I do think she has an appealing design. I’d think more people would have her honestly.

As for overrated villagers I’d say the usual ones. (Raymond for example) I personally am not a fan of most wolves and cats. I absolutely cannot stand any deer except Deidre (spelling?) But popularity should be irrelevant when you pick villagers. If Raymond, Judy, Marshal, Whitney, etc... just so happen to be your favorites then that’s totally fine! I wouldn’t judge what characters you like in a game. I’ve seen people try to make an excuse like “yeah my villagers are basic but-“ Nah, like who you like. All of my villagers are unpopular and I wouldn’t go around dogging on others for having popular villagers.

So they are overrated to ME but obviously they are super popular for a reason. People love their designs and thats okay.

 

[Rika092]

Underrated:

Anchovy - I swear all of the bird villagers are underrated but anchovy in particular in my humble opinion. Like he is so cute?? And fits perfectly into cottage core/forest core islands yet I never hear anyone talks about him. I’m actually contemplating of kicking out Erik for anchovy...

Hamlet - cute little chubby hamster that likes to work out. What to not love about him? Honestly surprised to not see more buzz about Hamlet although I consider him to be on Erik’s level of cuteness.

Bree - yes I get how mouse villagers could turn people off but Bree is actually super cute. I can’t fit her into my island but I remember back in new leaf towns I came across a dream town with all winter themed white villagers and I really fell in love with Bree from that dream adventure

Felicity- people tend to overlook felicity because Rosie steals all the spotlight in the peppy cat category. But I like felicity’s color palette and face better than Rosie’s.

Overrated:

Raymond and Judy, no explanations needed.

Marshal, but he deserves it XD

Erik, okay so I agree Erik has a really good design but I think he’s a bit overhyped? idk I’ve had him for a while and don’t feel like I’m that attached to him. Tbh I only kept him because I like his little cabin house?

Rosie, I think shes cute but not to marshal’s level

 

[SoftCrowbar]

I personally find Marshal, Raymond, Judy, Fauna, and any of the Sanrios overrated.

As far as underrated: Blanche, Bruce, Vesta, Chester, Chow, Gayle, Sparro & Peck!

 

[sleepydreepy]

I think we all know who the most overrated villager(s) are.

For the most underrated I would say Tom, Diva, Huck, Sly, Monty, Pango, Anabelle, and Chester!

 

[Nunnafinga]

I can see people believing that certain villagers are overrated if they've had them on their island and weren't all that impressed but I don't agree with arbitrarily calling villagers overrated just because they're popular.I got Raymond very early in the game so I had a chance to get familiar with him before the Raymondmania tornado hit full blast.To me,he's a good smug villager and fun to have around on an island.As for underrated villagers,here's a few:

Filbert
Gloria
Katt
Felicity
Cyd
Nate
Portia
Lyman
Sheldon

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I feel like some villagers are overrated, like Diana, and Apollo, all the superhero style villagers, the wolves...but mostly it is that I don’t particularly like them and so their popularity seems mystifying to me, so I don’t know if that is the same as overrated.

a lot of villagers are underrated, in my opinion, since there are just so many to choose from.

top of the list of my underrated faves would be (I referred to the animal crossing portal popularity list to see which of my favorites were in the bottom two tiers)

Tabby
Bangle (though she seems to be more well regarded lately, here on tbt at least)
Soleil
Maggie
Ike
Stinky
Timbra
Weber
Freckles
Paula
Cole
Graham
Rodney
Flip
Simon
Rex
Wade (? I have trouble believing this one, he is so adorable)
Ursala
Mac
(etc, etc)

 

[S.J.]

Threads like this are so opinion oriented it’s hard to say.

Underrated imo:
All gorillas, hippos, and monkeys.
There are some seriously cute designs. I’m extremely biased towards gorillas but I do understand that most people do not like larger villagers usually. Hippos and monkeys definitely have some cuties I think could be more popular.

For example Deli, Nana, and Bitty.
Deli has such a cute smile and a good house interior. His fur’s color scheme is great imo. Bitty is pink with a pink house that would match great with cutesy islands. Even though she is an unpopular species I could see her sharing a yard with someone like Diana or Judy. Nana is another pink villager. She has cute rosy cheeks and while her design isn’t the most interesting I do think she has an appealing design. I’d think more people would have her honestly.

As for overrated villagers I’d say the usual ones. (Raymond for example) I personally am not a fan of most wolves and cats. I absolutely cannot stand any deer except Deidre (spelling?) But popularity should be irrelevant when you pick villagers. If Raymond, Judy, Marshal, Whitney, etc... just so happen to be your favorites then that’s totally fine! I wouldn’t judge what characters you like in a game. I’ve seen people try to make an excuse like “yeah my villagers are basic but-“ Nah, like who you like. All of my villagers are unpopular and I wouldn’t go around dogging on others for having popular villagers.

So they are overrated to ME but obviously they are super popular for a reason. People love their designs and thats okay.

I had Nana for such a long time (I only just replaced her the other day with Megan; it's been bittersweet) and Nana is so lovely and cute. I don't really like her house interior, but she's very nice.

As for gorillas, Louie was one of my starter villagers, and I've never been a fan of jock types, but I LOVE Louie. Louie will NEVER leave my island.

 

[Seelie]

I don't love calling villagers overrated; as far as I'm concerned, most of the popular villagers are popular for good reason, even if I don't click with them personally -- I've had Raymond a couple times and Audie once, and never really grew to love them, but Marshal grew on me right away; Judy's eyes are a little much for my taste; etc.

But I love talking about underrated villagers!

Chester and Olive are so underrated for cubs; I know people generally think Olive is cute, but she seems to be overlooked for Maple pretty frequently (whom I also love), and Chester's wonky eyes and mouth are adorable. These two are definitely never leaving my island.

I also think Cole is great, and feel like he and Ruby would make an awesome set of black / white rabbit villagers together. Claude is also another super cute lazy rabbit villager.

Blaire is an absolutely adorable snooty squirrel, as are Tasha and Pecan, and while cats seem to be pretty universally loved, I think Tom, Felicity, and Katt all deserve more attention than they get.

 

[peachycrossing9]

I actually love a lot of the villagers that are considered overrated. But in my opinion- Raymond, Marshal, Stitches, Ankha, Fauna and Judy.

For underrated I would say- Felicity, Alfonso, Elmer, Antonio, Gala, Lucy, Mint and Winnie. I feel like these cuties all deserve more love and I don't really ever see people mentioning them.

 

[kayleee]

I know this is a predictable response but personally I find Raymond really overrated, I truly don’t get the hype. But I also find the smug personality type pretty annoying so that’s probably why