what do villagers say after the 16 cycle?

[grrrolf]

i've always wondered if your villagers will recognize you after the 16 villager cycle, when they agree to move in again. do they acknowledge that they've lived there before, or is it like they're brand new? also, what do they say when you talk to them when you haven't done the cycle yet?

 

[LuminousLisa]

I don't know the answer to this, but I've actually been wondering this myself. Interested in finding out the answer!

 

[Charlise]

Well I have never tested this out, but theoretically, when the 16 villager cycle is complete, the villager is completely wiped from the cartrige/SD card. That means that they will be completely reset, so I'm guessing no, they will not remember you or living there. However, if you back that villager up (basically hacking), then it will be like they never left

 

[Xara]

No, I'm afraid they won't remember you. Whether the villager moves in randomly or from another town, they won't acknowledge the fact they've lived in your town before, because technically they haven't...like Charlise said, the villager is wiped from the cartridge/SD card after the 16 villager cycle is complete, so your game won't recognize that the villager was in your town before.

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

They only know who you are if its the exact same villager who left your town, so if you had somebody holding them for you while you did the cycle. As far as I'm aware, and from what I've experienced, they are able to remember the last town they lived in.
If you do the cycle without having somebody to hold your villager, once it is completed and you get your villager back they won't make any reference to you or living in your town before when you come to collect them. They will just say they've ever seen you before.
When ed moved from my town he went into a friends, he recognised me just fine when I went to visit. But only because he was my ed from my town.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oh, apologies, just realised I probably still didn't answer your question. After the 16 villager cycle, the villager, wherever you get them from, will still only remember the town they last lived in. So if somebody is holding your villager and you visited them, they will remember you up until you've cycled 16 villagers out. Then, they will remember their last town
Not very good at explaining things and it's early

 

[visibleghost]

pretty sure they act like you have never met before, unless it is literally the same villager that hasn't moved since they moved from your town. (like if you have friend A hold your villager, then do the cycle, then invite them in from friend A's town I'm pretty sure they'll remember you..? but i'm not 100% sure)

 

[namiieco]

They are not going to remember you. It's not the same villager that you had before.

 

[Whisper]

It depends, if its the same villager from before they'll recognize you. I've done the 16 villager cycle for both Eugene and Phoebe. Eugene recognized me since he was the same one that moved out of my town while Phoebe didn't because she wasn't the same Phoebe from before.

 

[LaurenCupcake]

I had Rodeo move back in from my sister's void (he moved from my town to hers to mine again) and it was kinda weird.. he was like "oh hey lauren, I was looking for you, i just moved here" or something along those lines (i wasn't really paying attention tbh). It was like he knew my name but nothing else? I didn't really want him anyway, he moved a few days later without saying anything.. i wasn't pinged and isabelle didn't say at the starting menu.

so yeah I think they just say something like "hi [mayor name], I was looking for you, I just moved here"