Two visiting NPC’s or new NPC buildings?

[Underneath The Stars]

what is more likely to happen / what do you want to happen?

we are bound to have more visiting NPC’s in the future, that would mean a very cramped schedule. i know a lot of people are not into having new buildings for either space issues or aesthetics, but do you think we’ll have TWO visiting NPC’s (for example i don’t see how leif on RS and gulliver on the beach can’t be on the island at the same time) or we’ll get new buildings?

possible NPC additions:
- katrina
- cyrus (with reese?) if and when we get a nook shop upgrade & still not get other color variants, cyrus customizing uncustomizable furniture could be potential feature of him becoming a visitor. or he might just give DIYs idk
- katie
- gracie chances are very low but wouldn’t count her out
- serena imagine they give her a new role, unbreakable tools perhaps?
- lottie something about designing villager homes

possible buildings/building expansions to free some visiting schedule:
- leif could be on the second floor expansion of nook’s
- supposedly “VIP” k.k. slider getting his own place to perform so he wouldn’t be last on the totem pole
- label can she finally join the tailors or something like once we got all her stuff
- kicks tbh i’m not into this myself...he doesn’t even sell a lot of stuff

(not including brewster because we know he’s coming, but there’s literally no way they’ll make him just a visitor)

 

[cats_toy]

I don’t care for this visiting NPC format. I personally prefer buildings. With that I would like to see Katrina and Gracie, Grace.

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

To me, new buildings are definitely the better option. It's not ideal that space on the island will become more limited, but that sure beats an already cramped NPC schedule, like OP said. Waiting for Redd to visit to complete the art wing of my museum without farming him or time-traveling is already a test of patience as is...

 

[trashpedia]

Tbh I prefer buildings a bit more since I still have some empty land on my island. Also I’m kinda tired of just having to wait several days just to get a single item from someone imo. Idk how they plan on adding more NPCs since there’s something each day.

 

[moonlights]

i hope we get buildings for at least NPCs like Kicks, Leif or Labelle, and Katrina and Brewster if they add them in a future update. i really really want the cafe back.
obviously NPCs like Redd never had a building but taking certain NPCs off of this cycle of waiting for each one to come would hopefully make his visits more frequent.

 

[Sharksheep]

I'm ok with the wandering npcs. I rather have some of the current npcs get put into existing shops as an upgrade. Label in Ables and Leif in Nooks. I just don't want to deal with figuring out how to fit new buildings on my island

 

[Sheydra]

Would prefer them going into existing buildings. Like Gracie in top floor of able sister, leaf in top floor of nook store. i Could add a shop or too but a lot of people can’t and would suck of they have to redo their whole island for few late shops.

 

[Che5hire Cat]

I would love having more buildings actually. Perhaps Kicks and Label could join the Able Sisters while Leaf works with Timmy and Tommy again, giving both buildings a bigger upgrade. Otherwise, I would love to see Dr. Shrunk returning along with his club as well as The Roost, maybe both could fuse together and we could get something cool like a disco café where K.K. can show up? As for Katrina and some other NPCs, I can imagine them having a boat just like Redd, showing up randomly at the dock (at least that thing would finally getting some sort of use).

One NPC I hope getting a own building would be Celeste, in form of the observatory. I would rather meet her there than searching for her for hours through the whole island just to get those dumb DIYs. (Also I'm missing making star constellations. )

 

[CrankyCupcake]

Given what Nintendo has already done, I think it's more likely that we'll get visiting NPCs rather than more new buildings. The only building I can see happening is Brewster's cafe. But even that may not be a building by itself. It could simply be an extension in the museum. (Though I prefer a new building for the cafe, I'm not getting my hopes up.)

Leif, Kicks and Label are already visiting regularly, so I doubt they'll become permanently stationed on the island in any form. Redd has his own boat. Celeste is a free-wandering owl. She gives out exclusive DIYs so she can't become easily accessible. I don't see Gracie happening since Label has taken over the fashion check mini game. If Gracie returns, she'll probably have a different role... and become a travelling NPC like the others. I don't think Cyrus and Reese are coming back with a shop because we've already been given the ability to DIY and customize.

Two factors seem to suggest why we're unlikely to get new buildings.

Firstly, the plaza exists. It's obviously set up for special events as well as travelling NPCs. Even Dr Shrunk could simply use the plaza for his comedy act if he visited.

Secondly, the fact that Luna doesn't even need a dream suite anymore seems, to me, an indicator that Nintendo has a trend going, and that's to keep NPCs coming and going. This would encourage the player to check his game daily. Many players may see it as a chore but the game developer may see it as a better way to keep the player interested for the long term.

A big question mark hangs over Nook's Cranny. Are they going to upgrade it some more? If it upgrades, it may be able to house more permanently stationed NPCs. But New Horizons isn't New Leaf. It's got more rustic, back-to-nature vibes, and a deserted island (in Animal Crossing) is more remote than a village with a train station and a main shopping street. Even if Nook's Cranny upgrades, it will be very out of place for it to resemble anything like a multi-storey mall.


I'm just speculating. I could be completely wrong in everything I've just said.

 

[Stella-Io]

As much as my girl Katrina deserves her own building, I like how the NPCs will wander or set up shop on the plaza. It leaves me with more space to decorate island. If we did get more buildings I could only be able to maybe shove one awkwardly in my shopping district, but anymore buildings would cause me to redo my entire town, unless they somehow fit on the beach, both in dimmention and aesthetic looks/purpose.

 

[Hilbunny]

I want both!! Maybe one town center NPC and one wandering/shore.

I think it’s also be interesting to find NPCs on mystery island tours or have More NPC islands we can visit besides Harv’s Island.

I’m open to more buildings too, I have the whole left side of my island still open and undecorated just waiting to see what comes out.

 

[DJStarstryker]

I don't want more visiting NPCs unless they start removing some. There's too many as it is and it just waters down the chances of the "good" ones coming.

They could potentially remove Leif, Kicks, and Label by having them get stores. They don't even necessarily need new buildings. Leif could be incorporated into a Nook store upgrade, and Kicks and Label could be incorporated into the Able Sisters shop, preferably with an upgrade to that too.

 

[Xara]

i definitely wouldn’t be opposed to new buildings! it’d be a nice way to fill up space on my island and prevent the npc schedule from getting too cramped ;w;

 

[Hesper]

I'd like to have it be opt-in. A Katrina building in my witchy forest would actually work great, but I don't really want to have to put Reese & Cyrus somewhere, or Lottie.

One building I want!: CELESTE'S OBSERVATORY PLEASE I just want to see my girl around more often and she hasn't had one in YEARS

also i think...making constellations should come back, it's actually very in-line with the deserted island bit to have star navigation and all that, nintendo please let me moana harder

 

[Karmahri]

I would really like more buildings as it would give my island more of an urban feel but i would understand that some people might feel frustrated if they were already done decorating/terraforming their island.
As much as I would love kicks/labelle to have a shop of their own, i do feel it would be a little redundant as most of their stuff could be bought in ables anyways and adding in the bags/shoes to ables might be more of a logical choice

 

[Jinglefruit]

I'd love some more buildings, but have each house more than one NPC.
- Have Kicks (and Gracie in future?) with Nook.
- Have Label move in with the Ables.
- Have a HHA building (with some villager design / maybe more housing customisations) and then tie the cafe to that. - and not with the museum if it's getting it's own building!
- If we get the rumoured farming shop, then have Joan/ a new NPC for that and a side for Leif.
- And my personal wish that will never happen, an expandable apartment block to have up to 6 new permanent residents without needing space for 6 houses, and then a 'Hotel' for a few random villagers to visit short term. I want to see more villagers wandering the town!
I'd then say if we still have more visiting NPCs than days of the week double them up, have 1 static visitor (stall at RS/Redds boat) and 1 roaming visitor at the same time.

And once we have those, let us customise the outside of these buildings like the old town hall / station so we can theme the towns a bit more!

 

[Islander]

I would like more buildings too but I realise that I am not so into the design side as some are, so I don't have any particular vision of my island that would be ruined. I wouldn't mind some of the NPCs going in the same building either, especially someone like Leif who was with the Nooks in New Leaf.

 

[ForgottenT]

Visiting NPCs are an awful mechanic, give us the shops back, also the visiting ones.

 

[707]

i'd love to have leif's store back but i kinda like what he has already! its cute!
but harriet would be neat too! she could give us wigs like we have in pocket camp

 

[Jaco]

I play maybe 15 minutes a day so I don't mind the visiting schedule. My concern with extra buildings for NPCs like Leif is that they just don't have enough content own their own right now to justify a daily visit. The catalog difference between Leif/Kicks/Sahara/etc. and Nook's Cranny/Able Sisters is just massive.

I'd like to see a few more buildings, especially the cafe, but a building should probably be reserved only for NPCs with substantial content. I appreciate the devs trying to save space wherever possible (Luna's placement is perfect IMO) but it's a little close to covering for shallow content with some of the NPCs by only having us see them every 2 weeks.