Resident in boxes, will this prevent them from moving?

[nevermind019283]

I did this once with wild world, I stayed in their house and left my ds on all night (until the next day) exit the house and the sign on the door said something along the lines of "Sleeping. Don't wake me up." After it was their wake up time they roamed my town like nothing happened. Does this work with new leaf or will they just leave after?

 

[5cm/s]

i don't think there's anything you do about your villager moving once they go into boxes ;;;
i think if you try what you suggested (i've never done this, but based on what i know), when you leave the villager's house in the morning, the game will cut to the whole isabelle-says-good-morning-and-saves bit, and when you're given the controls back, you'll come out of your house as usual, but the villager's house will be gone

i really wish that tactic worked though... sorry about that!

 

[TheGreatBrain]

Yeah, I'm sorry, but once they're in boxes, they will be moving out.

 

[Blueskyy]

Pretty sure once they're in boxes they're gone.

 

[DY14N]

Wait, so that tactic in Wild World is FULLPROOF? Works 100% of the time?

 

[junebuggy.99]

I believe that in Wild World and City Folk, you can convince a villager to stay if they're in boxes. Unfortunately this isn't the case with New Leaf, so I don't think this tactic will work.

 

[Pansear-and-Nana]

I get it, because it will be annoying to put all your stuff back lol.