Struggling to let villagers go

[ReeBear]

Of my current villagers, only Marina is definitely a permanent resident, but I get emotionally invested so quickly and really struggle to let villagers move out even if I've had them a while. I want movement and to explore islands and find new villagers to be friends with but it makes me so sad to see any of these sweeties go ;-; Anyone else have this issue?

 

[Foreverfox]

I kinda did for a while. Once I filled up my island I was like, well, these are my people! But then I realized that there were a couple that I didn’t really look forward to talking g to everyday and that I did it only out of an obligatory feeling or need to get the nook mile achievement. That's when I started to cycle out those people. I'm at the point now where I have 3 that I'm "eh, I could take em or leave em" on.

 

[Aurita]

Yes I love most of the villagers I’ve had and even if they’re not my top favorites it makes me sad when they leave ):

I currently have Judy on my island & I don’t plan on keeping her forever so I want to replace her with a different snooty but I can’t seem to let her go

 

[Foreverfox]

Yes I love most of the villagers I’ve had and even if they’re not my top favorites it makes me sad when they leave ):

I currently have Judy on my island & I don’t plan on keeping her forever so I want to replace her with a different snooty but I can’t seem to let her go

I've heard Judy is hard to get back on if she leaves. Julia is my snooty, i love her.

 

[Aurita]

I've heard Judy is hard to get back on if she leaves. Julia is my snooty, i love her.

Yeah bc she’s one of the new ones & doesn’t have an amiibo so you either have to NMT island search or get her from someone else

but I have her picture and I’m not fully invested in keeping her so I do want to let her leave but I have enough sentimental memories with her that I’m letting her stay longer

 

[ReeBear]

I think the interactions between villagers are so sweet it makes it difficult too - i want to let Cherry go because she's the only uchi I've had so far and some with Amelia for snooty, but they get on so well together I don't want them to be split up ;-;

 

[Tinkeringbell]

It's becoming harder and harder for me to let villagers go too. I definitely had enough dislike for the designs of some of the starters that I'd let them go very easily: Celia, Ed, Reneigh, Piper... their designs, starter houses and characters made it really easy to dislike them and let them go.

But now I have quite a few villagers that I really like that I won't let go, ever, I think. Even if I were to get their photographs (which is some sort of 'end goal'), the next villager would have to be supercool both in their design and their house to even make a chance.

I still do have 2/3 villagers that won't be too hard to let go. I'm quite 'done' with Patty, my current Peppy villager. Her house is just so bland I've started to dislike visiting her. And I've got a second Normal villager, Bettina, that's moved in through the campsite very recently... Her house interior looked better on pictures.

I think having a few villagers you don't mind rotating is definitely easier than liking all of them supermuch!

 

[Equity]

I feel the same; I’ve initially wanted to let all my starter villagers go to get villagers with upgraded houses, but I ended up getting attached to them through our interactions. I’ve only let go three villagers so far despite having had a few opportunities to let them leave...

Seeing them interact with other villagers or seeing what they do on my island (e.g., watering my flowers, singing, doing yoga...) got me all the more attached! >.<

There are, however, two villagers I wouldn’t mind leaving (Opal and Raddle), but I haven’t had any luck. I guess that with time, I might have a change of heart and eventually let them go!

 

[saucySheep]

yeh... but you gotta remember that you can always get them back somehow and letting go of villagers can sometimes be the best thing you can do for your island .

 

[Piggleton]

Blah I feel this. I originally was going to have 7 permies (muahaha stuck on my island forever ) and 3 villagers to cycle in and out so I can continue to island hop BUT I LOVE THEM ALL. I can’t bear to get rid of any so I’ve gone a couple months now declining requests to leave... I miss island hopping but this also forces me to focus on other aspects of the game some more. I’m finally terraforming!

 

[aetherene]

I was like this but then I fell into a boredom with some of my villagers and I wanted to let some go so I could get more villagers and more faces.

My island is more of a revolving door now than when I played NL. I think it's also because I have a lot of my villagers' amiibo cards so if I wanted to get them back, I can.

 

[Pintuition]

I have the same struggles even with villagers I didn't really click that much with. I'm trying to approach filling slots in the future like if I hang onto too many, I'll never get to experience any new friends and miss out on experiencing those other awesome villagers. I've let a few go to friends in the last few months and that really helps if you have the opportunity, because you can go visit and they remember living with you! I go visit my old pal Eugene about once every other week still, after months of having him be gone! It can be so hard to let them go.

 

[tajikey]

The only time I struggle is when I've yet to receive their photo. Once I've gotten that, they're free to spread their wings and fly.

 

[ReeBear]

I'm gonna be brave and let my sweet baby Weber move out ;-; glad I'm not the only one who struggles with this but I do really want to have villagers come and go even if it's painful to let them go

 

[Sharksheep]

I don't really have a hard time letting them go since I have found some of my former villagers multiple times already. I found Judy 5 times now so far. The amiibo ones are easy to get back but the 8 without amiibos are a lot harder.

 

[Sefyre]

In spite of me waiting over a month for Queenie to move out on her own, I was a little sad to see her go when the day came.

However, I ended up running into her again during my island hopping and so I felt better.

 

[Imbri]

The 10 I have now are permanent residents. In all my games, I've never liked letting villagers go. I get too attached and don't want to break up the community I've created.

Maybe I'm limiting myself by not cycling in new villagers, but you've got to play the way that makes you happy.

 

[Lavamaize]

For me, the day the villager is moving out and I visit them in their house, I always feel a bit sad, even if I liked the villager or not.

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

Simple answer- no. I don't get emotionally invested with my villagers most of the time. I have three favorites, and they stay on my island, but the rest are just replaceable 1s and 0s. If they ask to move out its good riddance!

 

[Miss Misty]

I'm in my move-out timeframe now and I was thinking today that I kinda don't want Cherry to be the one to ask. I'd like to at least get her photo first. She's not a dreamy, I only invited her to get rid of Peaches. But she gave me the Confident reaction the other day, and I do really like her design. I'm not really in the mood to villager hunt right now, so I may just wait until the bubble bounces to one of the others I'd like to get rid of.