Villagers you don’t understand the (un)popularity of

[Pop-tart]

I've never understood what the appeal in Marshal is. He really doesn't look that interesting. It also surprises me how popular Judy is. When I first saw her I didn't think people would care for her much.
I don't understand why jocks are generally so unpopular, I think they're so funny.
And Hamphrey! I think Hamphrey is so lovable!

 

[AC-Kristin]

I don't understand the popularity of Lucky or Ankha, I never been a fan of Egyptian / Illuminati type stuff... sorry... just not my thing.
I don't understand the unpopularity of Vladimir, I think he's cute... NYEEEET!

 

[Edge]

For tier 1 villagers, I can see the appeal even if they are not all my personal favorites. Some people like natural and neutral like Fauna and Marshal and others more vibrant and unusual like Bob and Marina.

As for lower tier villagers...
Tybalt is adorable. He is a soft yellow, has great eyebrows and markings.
Opal is a pretty green color with lovely eyes. Elephants in general have some of my favorite designs.
Tasha looks like a skunk! That is so unique. She would fit in well with islands going for a forestry, country, or modern look.
Keaton is smug so he has some tough competition but he has such a great design. He has those smirking smug eyes and a nice coloring.

 

[N a t]

For tier 1 villagers, I can see the appeal even if they are not all my personal favorites. Some people like natural and neutral like Fauna and Marshal and others more vibrant and unusual like Bob and Marina.

As for lower tier villagers...
Tybalt is adorable. He is a soft yellow, has great eyebrows and markings.
Opal is a pretty green color with lovely eyes. Elephants in general have some of my favorite designs.
Tasha looks like a skunk! That is so unique. She would fit in well with islands going for a forestry, country, or modern look.
Keaton is smug so he has some tough competition but he has such a great design. He has those smirking smug eyes and a nice coloring.

I also LOVE Tasha! She is so cute and cool looking! One of my favorite squirrels!!

 

[Blueskyy]

I understand Ankha’s popularity. I don’t understand Lucky’s.

 

[Babypink]

I don’t understand the popularity of:
Judy: she looks kinda scary with those eyes and I don’t know, in general I don’t understand why she is so loved
Audie: wolves are cool but Audie, although I love the story behind the character, is quiete plain. I also don’t like that she always have the sunglasses on.
Ankha: I still have her in my NL town and honestly never liked her. Also, she was absolutely horrible in the GC version of the game, maybe that’s why I don’t like her that much. Also, I really don’t like the character animals, like she is supposed to look like the Sphinx but really dislike that. Same goes for Lucky, quiete scary to have a dog covered in bandage and with only in shiny eye peaking out.
I don’t understand the unpopularity of:
Poppy: cute, lovely little squirrel that is a pleasure to have in any town(has her in city folks and loved her ever since).
Freya: she is not unpopular but definitely less popular than Whitney(I really like her as well). She is soo cool and such a nice shade of pink.

 

[Daisies]

I don’t really understand the appeal for judy- shes almost too cute that it feels unnatural

 

[Xara]

marshal. while he’s definitely cute, i don’t really understand all the hype around him

an unpopular villager is gayle - she definitely fits the cutesy theme that people really seem to like with villagers like marina and merengue so i’m not sure why gayle gets so overlooked ;u;

 

[Lozz]

I don't understand why Dobie isn't more popular! He's the best cranky, and so sweet.

 

[Sloom]

I just wish more people liked Chevre :( she doesn't fit my island theme but I just really love her and wish I could have her
if you don't count sanrio villagers, she'd probably be my second favourite villager next to Sherb

oh and then there's Velma, Kidd and Pashmina whom should also be S+++ tier
I just really like goats man

 

[Envy]

I don't understand why Cleo isn't more popular. She has eyes like Judy but a bit less creepy imo and she looks pretty cute in general. Maybe bc there are already a lot of popular snooties and horses?
I gotta say though that her interior in ACNH sucks, I don't think it really fits her, it just looks like Raymond's. x.x

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I think it's supposed to be a dermatologist's (that's her goal) office but meh

Cleo is adorable! I just didn't know about her before NH for some reason. But yeah, even still I never hear anyone talk about her and have watched YT personal ranking videos where they put her in the lowest tier (opinion tiers, not popularity tiers) and I'm like why?!

 

[Magus]

Cool topic...

I don't understand the popularity of :

- Fauna : I like Fauna a lot, but why she's the most loved character of all the franchise (besides Raymond now maybe) is another topic, I see the appeal of a simple cute deer with natural fur patterns, really, but my misunderstanding is why Deirdre is not as popular as her ?
Plus I think Sisterly personality is more interesting than Normal.

- Goldie, Lolly, Maple, Molly, Rosie and all those basic b* : I have the same thing to say about all of them, they're very boring in terms of design or colors for me, I didn't thought they were so high tier. Maybe it's because I only play AC since New Leaf so I don't have the nostalgic factor..?

I don't understand why they're not more popular :

- Cyd : For me it's the coolest of the new villagers in New Horizons, I love his vibrant red color and his punk design, very unique. Cranky and musician is a great combo.

- Tiffany : She's the baddest in town, seriously, for me there's very few villagers who have that sultry and chic vibes (except maybe Olivia too) she has an old school cartoony look, the love child of Roger and Jessica Rabbit lol
The Snooty personality fits her like a glove.

- Deirdre : All the deers seems to be very appreciated and popular except her and I don't know why, like I said before, for me she's the best of the natural looking deer, I really like her brownish-greyish tones with the white patterns, she has cool personality and house on top of it.

 

[Iced_Holly]

Ankha is the big one for me. Like, I get the appeal of the Egyptian theme, but she's always had sort of a 'meh' design to me. Doesn't help that her mouth never seems to change its shape once when she talks, making her expressions look weird and unnatural. Ironically, I absolutely adore Lucky and completely understand the hype behind him.

Raymond is a weird one because I love him myself and I get the appeal behind his design and personality. What I do not understand is the sheer amount of extreme obsession with him. I swear, some people treat that poor cat like he's god and some of the things I've heard people do regarding him are just.... why? He's just an adore little virtual cat; there's no need to go insane over him.

As for the unpopular ones, I mentioned her in another thread but my favorite villager, Bea. Why does no one talk about her? Is it because she has a simple design? Villagers like Marshal, Beau, and Fauna have pretty simple designs and people love them (this is not meant to hate on those three; I have Marshal and Beau and I adore them both). Was she just overshadowed by some of the more popular Welcome Amiibo villagers like Ketchup and Dobie? I don't know, but I do she needs much more love.


She's the most adorable little beagle (fun fact, I believe she's the only villager where they explicitly mention her breed in a game - if you scan her card and visit her RV in New Leaf they'll be some flavor text which reads something along the lines of "Bea's bagels are the best baked by a beagle - sure, you can tell Goldie is based on a Golden Retriever, Portia is clearly supposed to be a Dalmatian, Shep is some kind of sheepdog, etc, but in Bea's case, they actually say what breed she is and I find that really neat), her house looks a cozy little bakery/restaurant and I love it, her catchphrase of 'bingo' sounds incredibly cute when she says it in-game, and as I found out, she looks absolutely adorable in sweaters. She's a good doggo and needs all the love.

 

[Babypink]

Ankha is the big one for me. Like, I get the appeal of the Egyptian theme, but she's always had sort of a 'meh' design to me. Doesn't help that her mouth never seems to change its shape once when she talks, making her expressions look weird and unnatural. Ironically, I absolutely adore Lucky and completely understand the hype behind him.

Raymond is a weird one because I love him myself and I get the appeal behind his design and personality. What I do not understand is the sheer amount of extreme obsession with him. I swear, some people treat that poor cat like he's god and some of the things I've heard people do regarding him are just.... why? He's just an adore little virtual cat; there's no need to go insane over him.

As for the unpopular ones, I mentioned her in another thread but my favorite villager, Bea. Why does no one talk about her? Is it because she has a simple design? Villagers like Marshal, Beau, and Fauna have pretty simple designs and people love them (this is not meant to hate on those three; I have Marshal and Beau and I adore them both). Was she just overshadowed by some of the more popular Welcome Amiibo villagers like Ketchup and Dobie? I don't know, but I do she needs much more love.


She's the most adorable little beagle (fun fact, I believe she's the only villager where they explicitly mention her breed in a game - if you scan her card and visit her RV in New Leaf they'll be some flavor text which reads something along the lines of "Bea's bagels are the best baked by a beagle - sure, you can tell Goldie is based on a Golden Retriever, Portia is clearly supposed to be a Dalmatian, Shep is some kind of sheepdog, etc, but in Bea's case, they actually say what breed she is and I find that really neat), her house looks a cozy little bakery/restaurant and I love it, her catchphrase of 'bingo' sounds incredibly cute when she says it in-game, and as I found out, she looks absolutely adorable in sweaters. She's a good doggo and needs all the love.

Ohh I love Bea! All the support to her!

 

[Katie0391]

For tier 1 villagers, I can see the appeal even if they are not all my personal favorites. Some people like natural and neutral like Fauna and Marshal and others more vibrant and unusual like Bob and Marina.

As for lower tier villagers...
Tybalt is adorable. He is a soft yellow, has great eyebrows and markings.
Opal is a pretty green color with lovely eyes. Elephants in general have some of my favorite designs.
Tasha looks like a skunk! That is so unique. She would fit in well with islands going for a forestry, country, or modern look.
Keaton is smug so he has some tough competition but he has such a great design. He has those smirking smug eyes and a nice coloring.

I have a lot of love for Tybalt. He's super cute.

 

[JellyBeans]

I gotta agree with everyone fighting against the Rodney hate! he's been one of my faves since new leaf (along w Apple) and he's one of the only permanent dreamies I have. I didn't even realise he was so hated until new horizons and it breaks my heart, he's so chill and sweet on the other end of the spectrum I gotta say I don't understand Lucky's popularity, his home in particular freaks me out.

 

[alitwick]

Never understood Marshal’s popularity both now and in the NL days. Squirrel villagers are cute, sure, but I wasn’t fond of that pouty face of his. Maybe it was the sloppy set that made people like having his house in their towns... He was never in line for a squirrel villager to have in my town, that’s for sure.

I don’t get Maple’s popularity either. She seems kind of plain compared to the other popular villagers in her tier, many of which fit the pastel themed islands/towns people are going for.

The reasoning for Carmen’s lack of popularity escapes me. She’s so cute! Is it her eyes? Or is it that there are other popular peppies out there? Celia too! She’s so cute and sweet and it’s sad not many people like her. :C

 

[edsett]

All the dislike for the plain designs like Molly and Lolly. But that’s the appeal! They’re cute because they are simple and easy on the eyes.

Anyway, underrated is Bea who is sooooo cute. I think she gets overshadowed by other normals which is why I wish she was uchi since at least she’ll stand out. Also Carmen (the gap in her teeth is so cute) and Jeremiah who’s just a cute little blue frog.

 

[thegunpowderincident]

I may be biased since she’s my favorite, but I’m surprised Peanut isn’t more popular. I mean, she’s a cute little pink squirrel, what’s not to love?

 

[daisyy]

kid cat! i know there are a ton of other cute(r?) cats that may be affecting his popularity, but i think his design is super fun and he's easily one of my favorite jocks.