When you make your Villager Goal List

[nightglow]

When you write up a list of Villagers you are putting in your island, do you always make sure you have one of each personality even if you already have all the reactions?
Do you switch up your villager list every year?
And have you ever had a one species Island before and if so, what was your experience with it and what animal did you pick?

 

[Sarabelle]

1. Yes, I always make sure I have one of each personality. I do this not only for the different things you get from each, but also for variety's sake. Having 3 or 4 of one personality can really get boring because you are hearing the same dialogue over and over.

2. I switch up my list, yes, but not necessarily on a yearly basis. I only switch up my list when I feel a strong pull for a certain villager, which to be honest happens a little more than once a year. I like more than 10 villagers so sometimes I switch some out for others I like.

3. No, I've never had a one species island before. Personally, I find monospecies islands lack variety for me. I like seeing the different designs of different species and while I limit myself with having at least one of each personality, I feel that having only one species is just too limiting for my taste.

 

[Dunquixote]

I never actually made a pen and paper list, but in my head, I knew who I wanted the most. Ideally, I would have liked 1 of each personality but it looks like I won’t have room for an uchi unless I give up one of my bigger favorites: Ankha or Marshal/Lolly

Nope. I do keep finding more villagers that I am interested in letting stay on my island temporarily - or if we had more spots permanently. I am putting Ankha and Marshal/Lolly on hold though so I can cycle through more of the villagers.

Nope. I have a lot of cats on my island right now though and plan on getting at least one more as a permanent resident . I have Raymond, Rudy, Punchy, Kiki, Merry, Rosie.

 

[Sharksheep]

I picked a lot of villagers with designs and houses I like. Both interior and exterior. I had some villagers I thought I would like but didn't so I was OK with cycling them out. There's been a few I would invite back in the future.

I tried to have one of each personality but I like too many normals and not decisive on the peppy so I'm cycling those personalities until I find one I really click with. So far it's Tangy and Lily but there's a lot of them I would want to try out first.

I never had a one species island but I have gotten almost half of my villagers to be one species on accident. It was fine but I didn't prefer it.

 

[Heartcore]

I do try to keep one of each personality but once I have all the reactions, I'll probably just let people move in/out unless they're a super dreamie. I am content with all my villagers at the moment and would like to bring in a few of my favorites I have amiibo for but I'm not really looking to TT anyone out. I'm trying to TT less and just play more daily. Although, I do still TT people out.

I kind of base my lists off a mixture of nostalgia and how the villager is designed + interactions with them. This town, I kind of left it to fate and had a list of each personality that I'd take and when I did NMT for them, I just took the first one from that list I encountered.

 

[John Wick]

I do, but all the peppy villagers are kind of ugly or too pink.

I have Cookie atm, and can't stand her.

The only one I ever liked was Epona.

I'm now debating on getting rid of Cookie and not having any peppy villagers.

I was thinking of getting Maddie, until I read her hobby is JOCK.

All my villagers exercise non stop, and it makes me not want to play.

 

[azurill]

I try to have one of every personality. Right now the only one I am missing is smug. Will be trying again to get a smug once someone asks to leave. I have not tried for a one species island yet. I am eventually going to try for an all penguin island. Right now I have 4 penguins.

 

[nightglow]

I do, but all the peppy villagers are kind of ugly or too pink.

I have Cookie atm, and can't stand her.

The only one I ever liked was Epona.

I'm now debating on getting rid of Cookie and not having any peppy villagers.

I was thinking of getting Maddie, until I read her hobby is JOCK.

All my villagers exercise non stop, and it makes me not want to play.

What about Bangle? I looked up epona. She is pretty cute.

 

[zenni]

I do, but all the peppy villagers are kind of ugly or too pink.

I have Cookie atm, and can't stand her.

The only one I ever liked was Epona.

I'm now debating on getting rid of Cookie and not having any peppy villagers.

I was thinking of getting Maddie, until I read her hobby is JOCK.

All my villagers exercise non stop, and it makes me not want to play.

Omg yeah I feel this way about Audie too
I have Roald as my jock villager and he's kind of a meme so he's less intimidating

I try to have a variety of personalities too, but sometimes island hopping gets me tempted to adopt other cuties <3
I think I never had a dreamy list, and I don't think I ever will. I'm trying to get villager photos and then letting them leave afterwards so I can meet new faces!
I actually booted up my 3DS the other day and saw that new villagers had moved in, it was kind of refreshing to see random villagers moved in

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I keep multiple lists of villagers. The main ones are my ‘short list’ of villagers I use for island hoping if I am in a picky mood, and one of my known favorites/ villagers I think will be ‘permanent’ one day.

i have not yet settle on 10 favorites/ permanent villagers, though for now I have 5 I am pretty sure of (Bangle, Tabby, Genji, Cole, and Agnes) I have a couple others I am thinking may become permanent (Ike and Graham right now). My list of villagers I want to try having on my island changes constantly week to week and month to month. For example, recently i was randomly scrolling through the villager list and saw Sydney and now she is at the top of my shortlist of villagers to find.
In terms of personalities, I don’t have a problem with missing personalities. I really like peppies and when I briefly had 3 on my island I talked to all of them more times per day than I talked to Freya, at the time my only snooty. I was previously planning to have no crankies, but currently I really really love Ike, so maybe I will end up with no snooties, or who knows? I seem to really like a lot of the peppies so I could imagine ending up with 3 of them. Basically, plan is probably a generous term for my future villagers, but I am really enjoying the journey and the villagers continue to be a highlight of the game for me. I love them so much and want at least 15. (will never give up hope)

 

[Insulaire]

Some villagers just feel like they belong. I tried replacing one with another to get fuller personality representation but it just never felt right. Once I invited the one I booted back, all was well in the world. With so many different characters to choose from, there will always be FOBO in this game, even if they added five or ten or more extra villager slots. At some point you either embrace constant turnover if that's your thing, or get settled into sticking with a certain roster that feels the most right.

 

[deirdresgf]

..i tried so hard to make my island have every personality type, but i was miserable bahaa. i absolutely LOVE the normal villagers and i cannot only have 3 of them.. or i might explode. i tried multiple times to make a list with all types but i decided it wasn't worth it and i would rather just have 6 normals if it makes me happier. and i have been switching up my dream villager list like crazy, but i think i'm finally settled with it. and if i was going to have a island full of just one species, it would definitely be an island of deers, or maybe ducks. possibly cats.

 

[Aurita]

I tried to have every personality type but I just didn’t click with any of the uchi/sisterly villagers ): but I don’t have more than 2 of one personality so I don’t get sick of the dialogue for NH, I also kept hobbies in mind so it would help with the personality duplicates & I want to see all the different things the villagers can do

I’ve never had an one species island before but if I did, I’d choose dogs

 

[niko@kamogawa]

1. I don't care about personality types. I am more into aesthetics based from my own personal taste when handpicking them. I do understand the need of having each type though such as having a wide variety of conversations from villagers and unlocking each "reaction" as you progress through the game.
2. So far, I only made eight out of 10 villagers permanent in my island. One of them is Judy. (I am still searching for her.) For the rest, I still have yet to decide.
3. I did consider it at some point but decided not to. I planned to build a kingdom of cats for my island.

 

[John Wick]

What about Bangle? I looked up epona. She is pretty cute.

I just kicked Cookie out with Maddie's amiibo and now I feel even worse.

I regret kicking Flora out for Cookie.

Very sad and feel overwhelmed.

 

[CrankyCupcake]

I don't make a list of animals that I must have on my island. But, at the beginning of any AC game, I always try to have at least one of each personality type.

In NH, this is necessary for reactions and DIYs. I've already gotten all my reactions but I'm still lacking certain DIYs, so it's still a consideration. (I know you can get all DIYs from bottles. But if I could increase my chances, I'd keep the relevant personality type as well. My two cranky residents have given me their photos and even real art for the museum, but not the bonsai shelf DIY. )

Even as I play the game, I'm unlikely to develop a "villager goal list". Animals come and go. Sure, I have some I am more fond of than others, and I'm unlikely to let them leave for the forseeable future. But someone will always leave so that someone else can be invited. For me, this gets even more important after a year, when we'd have (very likely) seen everything there is to be seen in the game. I believe AC has such a large roster of animals for a good reason; getting to know the ones we've never met before will keep things fresh and interesting.

I've never seriously contemplated having an island of only one species of animal. I like variety.

 

[Xara]

i’ve stopped taking personality into account when choosing my villagers; i’ll try to have one of each at the beginning so that i have access to anything that’s personality-locked but after that, personality isn’t really a consideration for me. i’m not a huge fan of the cranky or smug personalities and so, my current dreamie list doesn’t include those. ;u;

i don’t really switch up my dreamie list all that often, either - i’m the type of person who conjures a list of villagers that i’d like to be permanent before the game even releases and so, my dreamie list has been a thing since the beginning of this year; it’s changed a bit since it’s creation from swapping out villagers to removing a personality inclusion entirely but other than that, it’s remained pretty much the same aha. that being said, i’m not in any rush to obtain all of my dreamies and so, whenever i get to go island hopping, i don’t just search for my dreamies, i’ll search for any villager that i’d like to have, since there’s a lot of those. and if i wind up having to reconstruct my dreamie list a bit because i grew attached to a non-dreamie, that’s fine with me.

i’ve also never had only a single species nor do i currently have any plans for that. i definitely considered it in new leaf, though; the deers are my absolute favourite and so i thought about having a town dedicated to them but,, i love way too many villagers that aren’t deers for that to work out aha c’:

 

[Rosch]

I tried to have all personalities but I just keeping ending up with more cranky and jock villagers. Now, i just invite who I like, get their photo, then shuffle again until I get all 10 permanent villagers. Right now, I have 5 (Rolf, Sterling, Rudy, Punchy, Buzz). The one I don't have much attachment gets to leave and replaced by a new villager.

That's my ultimate goal -- to find the 10 permanent villagers of my island.

 

[moonbunny]

yes to every personality type

once i have my dreamies, i p much never swap them out

no to single species town/island. one of my acnl islands just had cats n rabbits though.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I don't make a list of animals that I must have on my island. But, at the beginning of any AC game, I always try to have at least one of each personality type.

In NH, this is necessary for reactions and DIYs. I've already gotten all my reactions but I'm still lacking certain DIYs, so it's still a consideration. (I know you can get all DIYs from bottles. But if I could increase my chances, I'd keep the relevant personality type as well. My two cranky residents have given me their photos and even real art for the museum, but not the bonsai shelf DIY. )

Even as I play the game, I'm unlikely to develop a "villager goal list". Animals come and go. Sure, I have some I am more fond of than others, and I'm unlikely to let them leave for the forseeable future. But someone will always leave so that someone else can be invited. For me, this gets even more important after a year, when we'd have (very likely) seen everything there is to be seen in the game. I believe AC has such a large roster of animals for a good reason; getting to know the ones we've never met before will keep things fresh and interesting.

I've never seriously contemplated having an island of only one species of animal. I like variety.

I have the bonsai shelf DIY recipe if you want it. No hard feelings if you prefer to get it from a villager.