Question about passing on the "move-out" thought bubble between villagers

[cheezu]

So today Zucker had the "move-out" thought bubble and announced that he's thinking of moving so, for the first time, I decided to just do the trick of quitting without saving and ignoring him for the rest of the day (I was a little bit reluctant to do this the first few times but I decided that there's no way I can wait 5-6 days for the cool down period).
Today, he continues to have the thought bubble.
I watched some TagBlackTV videos before where he kept doing the thought bubble transfer, but I guess my question is, will the thought bubble transfer to someone else tomorrow or could it potentially take more time?
Any input will be appreciated.

 

[Bk1234]

So today Zucker had the "move-out" thought bubble and announced that he's thinking of moving so, for the first time, I decided to just do the trick of quitting without saving and ignoring him for the rest of the day (I was a little bit reluctant to do this the first few times but I decided that there's no way I can wait 5-6 days for the cool down period).
Today, he continues to have the thought bubble.
I watched some TagBlackTV videos before where he kept doing the thought bubble transfer, but I guess my question is, will the thought bubble transfer to someone else tomorrow or could it potentially take more time?
Any input will be appreciated.

I'm pretty sure that the thought bubble will transfer to someone new tomorrow.

 

[Rosie977]

So today Zucker had the "move-out" thought bubble and announced that he's thinking of moving so, for the first time, I decided to just do the trick of quitting without saving and ignoring him for the rest of the day (I was a little bit reluctant to do this the first few times but I decided that there's no way I can wait 5-6 days for the cool down period).
Today, he continues to have the thought bubble.
I watched some TagBlackTV videos before where he kept doing the thought bubble transfer, but I guess my question is, will the thought bubble transfer to someone else tomorrow or could it potentially take more time?
Any input will be appreciated.

Did it autosave when Zucker asked? If it did, I think he will always have it, no matter how many times you force close. After the cool down period, someone else will have the bubble. My advice is to close right away, when someone asks, if it didn't autosave, then your method will work! I'm not sure all this is completely true, but it worked for me. I hope this helps!

 

[samticore]

I've personally noticed the thought bubble (and I know it was move thought bubble, because I did quit trick) moving between my villagers during the day but I had played like allll day.

 

[cheezu]

Did it autosave when Zucker asked? If it did, I think he will always have it, no matter how many times you force close. After the cool down period, someone else will have the bubble. My advice is to close right away, when someone asks, if it didn't autosave, then your method will work! I'm not sure all this is completely true, but it worked for me. I hope this helps!

No... it didn't save and he's still thinking of moving as I quit without choosing any of the dialogue options.

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I've personally noticed the thought bubble (and I know it was move thought bubble, because I did quit trick) moving between my villagers during the day but I had played like allll day.

Really? Well, Hazel just had a bubble and I was hoping it might have shifted but she wanted to sell me a rain hat.

 

[Grom]

I've seen a lot of ppl experience the bubble switching quickly, but for my island - it depends on friendship points. since levels are high amongst most my villagers, the bubble usually hits the 2nd most recent move-in (or whoever has slightly lower points, even in cases where they gave me their picture earlier that day)
>> The bubble will stick with that villager for a few days (skipping event days like KK or birthdays)... so annoying, to the point where I almost wish I'd simply opted for a cooldown window.

 

[CrankyCupcake]

For me, when I know it's time someone asked to move and I see that thought bubble from a villager I have no intention of moving out, I close the game without saving and reload a different time period of the same day. The bubble will transfer.

This way I don't have to travel forward. I can go from morning to afternoon to night, and the bubble transfers almost every time. Of course, it's still RNG. So sometimes the same villager gets the bubble again. But I keep resetting the time and it will transfer at some point. This is how I've moved my villagers out.

Note: You need to find the villager with the bubble very quickly, each time you reset, so that the game does not autosave while you're looking.

 

[cheezu]

For me, when I know it's time someone asked to move and I see that thought bubble from a villager I have no intention of moving out, I close the game without saving and reload a different time period of the same day. The bubble will transfer.

This way I don't have to travel forward. I can go from morning to afternoon to night, and the bubble transfers almost every time. Of course, it's still RNG. So sometimes the same villager gets the bubble again. But I keep resetting the time and it will transfer at some point. This is how I've moved my villagers out.

Note: You need to find the villager with the bubble very quickly, each time you reset, so that the game does not autosave while you're looking.

Well, I noticed his thought bubble at around 4 p.m., talked to him and found out he wanted to move so I just quit without saving.
It's now almost 10 p.m. but the bubble has stayed on him throughout with short breaks during which he wanders around with no thought bubble (I've been kind of stalking him but not talking to him just to observe what can happen).
Hazel had a thought bubble a while ago and I was hopeful it had transferred over to her, but she just wanted to sell me something.

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I've seen a lot of ppl experience the bubble switching quickly, but for my island - it depends on friendship points. since levels are high amongst most my villagers, the bubble usually hits the 2nd most recent move-in (or whoever has slightly lower points, even in cases where they gave me their picture earlier that day)
>> The bubble will stick with that villager for a few days (skipping event days like KK or birthdays)... so annoying, to the point where I almost wish I'd simply opted for a cooldown window.

Zucker is one of my earlier villagers but we have high friendship.
This is the first time he actually wanted to move out.
I know the datamine seems to suggest that villagers with lower friendship will want to move faster, but that doesn't seem to be the case for me as I have had villagers with very high friendship wanting to move twice already... weird.
Anyway, this is the first time I'm not opting for a "cool down" period in the hopes I can get someone else out.
I badly need a jock on my island and want to go Island hopping so bad - I just hope it doesn't take another 5-6 days for the thought bubble to transfer to yet someone else I want to keep.

 

[KayDee]

I’m pretty sure the thought bubble stays with the same villager for the day. Once you find that villager all you can really do is just wait for the next day and hope it transfers to someone you want to leave.

 

[cheezu]

I’m pretty sure the thought bubble stays with the same villager for the day. Once you find that villager all you can really do is just wait for the next day and hope it transfers to someone you want to leave.

That's what I thought too but according to the poster above, it can move throughout the day too.
Anyway, since I don't TT, I won't be testing it out and the lazies will be asleep soon anyway.

 

[Piggleton]

That's what I thought too but according to the poster above, it can move throughout the day too.
Anyway, since I don't TT, I won't be testing it out and the lazies will be asleep soon anyway.

The thought bubble can travel! I had it on Diana in the morning once but I chose to ignore her then it shifted to Lopez in the evening. I’ve only had that happen once though so it might not be common.

As for the thought bubble transferring day by day, it really is random. Some days it will stay on the same villager. Other days it will transfer to another villager. Just keep ignoring (poor zucker boi ;- and it’s should transfer to someone else!

 

[cheezu]

The thought bubble can travel! I had it on Diana in the morning once but I chose to ignore her then it shifted to Lopez in the evening. I’ve only had that happen once though so it might not be common.

As for the thought bubble transferring day by day, it really is random. Some days it will stay on the same villager. Other days it will transfer to another villager. Just keep ignoring (poor zucker boi ;- and it’s should transfer to someone else!

That's what I'm hoping for.
Fingers crossed it goes to Hazel, Erik or Velma.

 

[KayDee]

That's what I thought too but according to the poster above, it can move throughout the day too.
Anyway, since I don't TT, I won't be testing it out and the lazies will be asleep soon anyway.

I haven’t really tested it cause once I confirmed it’s a thought bubble for moving I just waited the next day for it to move. But that would actually be better if it does move within the day.

The thought bubble can travel! I had it on Diana in the morning once but I chose to ignore her then it shifted to Lopez in the evening. I’ve only had that happen once though so it might not be common.

As for the thought bubble transferring day by day, it really is random. Some days it will stay on the same villager. Other days it will transfer to another villager. Just keep ignoring (poor zucker boi ;- and it’s should transfer to someone else!

I’m wondering, did you confirm that it was a thought bubble for moving with Diana cause you said you ignored her? It might have been just a regular thought bubble which different villagers can have throughout the day.

 

[cheezu]

I haven’t really tested it cause once I confirmed it’s a thought bubble for moving I just waited the next day for it to move. But that would actually be better if it does move within the day.


I’m wondering, did you confirm that it was a thought bubble for moving with Diana cause you said you ignored her? It might have been just a regular thought bubble which different villagers can have throughout the day.

That's what I'm wondering too.
I had a thought bubble from Hazel today during Zucker's move-out thought bubble but it was for something else.

 

[Piggleton]

I haven’t really tested it cause once I confirmed it’s a thought bubble for moving I just waited the next day for it to move. But that would actually be better if it does move within the day.


I’m wondering, did you confirm that it was a thought bubble for moving with Diana cause you said you ignored her? It might have been just a regular thought bubble which different villagers can have throughout the day.

I didn’t confirm it but it appeared right when I played in the morning which usually indicates a moveout bubble. I didn't check since it was time for someone to move out (15 days since previous villager). I was talking to Lopez earlier in the day and he had no bubble.

However I do have a friend that I confirmed this with because I thought it was super strange. She said she’s had this occur for her too.

 

[KayDee]

That’s cool then. I will definitely test it out the next time so I don’t have to wait another day

 

[Ichigo.]

I didn’t confirm it but it appeared right when I played in the morning which usually indicates a moveout bubble. I didn't check since it was time for someone to move out (15 days since previous villager). I was talking to Lopez earlier in the day and he had no bubble.

However I do have a friend that I confirmed this with because I thought it was super strange. She said she’s had this occur for her too.

Just wanted to add that I've had Peanut show up with a thought bubble first thing in the morning/right when I loaded up the game. I thought she'd ask to move, but she ended up just giving me furniture. So definitely possible those early thought bubbles aren't moveout ones unfortunately. Also for context, Peanut's been with me for a while and isn't a recent move-in.

 

[naranjita]

Note: You need to find the villager with the bubble very quickly, each time you reset, so that the game does not autosave while you're looking.

I wonder how necessary the "beating the autosave" part is. there's been times where I spent too long looking for the bubble and accidentally hit the autosave, and when I TT'd to the following day the bubble still jumped to a different villager.

 

[Piggleton]

Just wanted to add that I've had Peanut show up with a thought bubble first thing in the morning/right when I loaded up the game. I thought she'd ask to move, but she ended up just giving me furniture. So definitely possible those early thought bubbles aren't moveout ones unfortunately. Also for context, Peanut's been with me for a while and isn't a recent move-in.

That’s true. Just given the timing it was likely Diana wanted to move out but again I didn’t confirm. My friend however did confirm it and I have seen it on the move out thread as an accepted method for moving villagers out!

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I wonder how necessary the "beating the autosave" part is. there's been times where I spent too long looking for the bubble and accidentally hit the autosave, and when I TT'd to the following day the bubble still jumped to a different villager.

No need to beat the auto save if looking for bubbles! I actually always save on my TT island when I cycle through villagers. Doesn’t really impact whether or not the bubble jumps to another villager.

 

[MelodyRivers]

It took me about 14 days before the bubble landed on flurry. I don’t TT.
The villager with the thought bubble will still have the bubble the rest of the day. Just ignore them and hopefully the bubble moves to someone else the next day

This is my log:
Move out bubble log
Friday: Zell
Saturday: no one
Sunday: Drago
Monday: Drago
Tuesday: Zell
Wednesday: Hamphrey
Thursday: Hamphrey
Friday: Tank
Saturday: no one
Sunday: ? ( I must’ve missed the bubble somehow)
Monday: Tank
Tuesday: Zell
Wednesday: Zell
Thursday: Flurry