Villager moving in unannounced?

[Bassy]

So, I finally had a spot free in my town and I was already scouting threads to fill that space up. I log onto a new day and BAM, a plot out of nowhere with a villager I've never spoken to before (Pate). I didn't even know this was possible when you have a campingsite in your town?

Has anyone else ever had this experience? This kinda sucks lol

 

[FitzOfBumble]

Did someone visit you recently? Or it could be SpotPass.

 

[Bassy]

Wow well it could be because I only noticed today that my streetpass was turned off so I turned it on. But heck I didn't even know that this feature could do this!

So this means my town is not safe with a spot open and streetpass turned on?

 

[FitzOfBumble]

Right. Anyone you pass can give you a villager. It makes me nervous, haha.

 

[Bassy]

Wow, ok, lesson learned... lmao! Any idea what would happen when you would only turn it on when having 10 villagers and you turn streetpass off when one would move out? Would one still appear the next day?

 

[Bassy]

Thank you for your answers, I know it was streetpass now because the villager told me where he came from.

I also read I can turn streetpass off when I have 9 villagers to avoid randomers from moving in, which is a relief.

Greets~

 

[Hypno KK]

It's normal, you don't have to talk to villagers for that to happen. As long as you have a free spot in your town, villagers that have been voided in other towns can move in through StreetPass and wifi. If you'd like to keep this from happening, switch off StreetPass, ask people you connect to via wifi about their void. You can also use a new character on the day after you connect to someone to check for a plot in your town (don't visit the town hall, just walk around town). If there are no plots, save the game as that character. You can delete it later and start a new character like that every day until you have your 10th villager.