Why Bother With Popular Villager Hype?

[faerie]

So, let me ask a new question:

In the next game, if your favorite popular had a personality change, would you still like them as much?

Well Chief, I'm not sure how popular he is I really don't care. Like I said I care about who I like/want/need for a theme. I want Chief bc he looks like my dog that has moved on, he's my buddy. I think he could get away with being any personality by his design.

But I'll take my second fav which is Fauna. I could see her as a peppy but I really couldn't see her as a snooty,or an uchi. She just to me doesn't seem designed to fit those personalities. If I look at Diana I think she could pass for all female personalities. I think for me, their design has to fit their personalities, so long story short Fauna might not be my second fav if she went to the other personalities bc she just seems normal to me and she better stay that way lol

 

[Stargazer741]

I dont. I usually take what I can get. I dont care if I had all popular villagers or unpopular villagers, I'd accept them and let them go when their time has come.

 

[Le Ham]

The villagers I like and want are based upon my experiences with them in past games. In WW I had Rocco, Samson, Agent S, Filbert, Mallary, Melba, Yuka, and Mitzi. And I loved them all. However, I wouldn't have tried to get them in New Leaf if it weren't for my town's starters. I got Agent S, Samson, and Anchovy (a member of my WW town that moved out) as starters completely out of the blue. So now I see it as my mission to have sort of a reunion among my WW clan.

As for Merengue and Marshal and the others? Let them be haggled over by the thousands that want them. Pffff.

I wanna be the minority <3

 

[Mary]

The hype has made me hate Marshal.
I loved Merengue at first sight.

Flurry's eyes <3

My favorite smug is Zell, because of the wordplay and his horns.

My all-time favorite villager? Roald. Yeah, I know. He's been with me in all games and liked to move away when I was gone. He will be in my heart always.


Ankha's Egyptian theme as well as her reference to the ankh <3

Julian is a freaking unicorn. I love him too much.


That is all I have to say.

 

[BellGreen]

@Jennifer
That is one of the best Harvest Moon x Animal Crossing comparisons I have ever seen.

 

[Bear_Crossing]

Oh and, I did actually change my tune about Julian...
But now I think I'm starting to dislike him again.
I hate unicorns.

 

[Cariad]

Tbh I only want Julian is cos my BFF has him but before I met him I hated him.
Somewhere there must be people that just coincedentally like the popular villagers

 

[itzafennecfox]

I usually try to avoid all the popular villager stuff. I had Ankha and sold her. I have Skye right now, who is fairly popular, because she's blue and adorable and normal-type and awww. I want Whitney or Freya because I need a snooty and Skye needs a wolf pal. If Bob counts as a popular villager, I have him because he was in my GC town.
The other popular villagers, I can't really be bothered with, because they don't interest me and I don't feel like wading through the craziness of getting popular villagers.

 

[Orieii]

I fell in love with Marshal at first sight (not literally lol). I thought he was adorable! He was the only dream villager I wanted at first. So I was so happy to see his plot in my town. He is my second smug (my first being Quillson. I don't judge villagers by looks, but I just wasn't a fan of Quillson :/ ). Then I discovered Julian, the cute unicorn <3 Someone was kind enough to give me him for free c': Anyways, they were the only popular villagers that I really really wanted. I never understood the hype of Stitches, Merengue, Ankha, ect. I do like the octopi, Beau, and Fang though. I'm not really a fan of all the popular villagers, but whatever they like I guess.

I also love Kid Cat! I thought he was cool and cute ever since AC on gamecube. He was my BFF! He's the only villager I paid for. I just love him too much ; w ; I never want him to move. Along with Julian and Marshal.

As for the 'unpopular' villagers, there are a ton I love! Such as Pudge, Merry and Pippy <3 To bad they aren't given a chance..

@Jennifer
Omg! Lol. Marshal does remind me of Gil and so does Julian xD Great reference! I never noticed until I read your post lol.

 

[canadasquare]

Most of them I got because they were popular, I was doing what everyone else liked.
I don't know, I wanted to fit in somewhere.
but I also find them adorable.

I regret getting a lot of them, they seem bland.

Before I reset my town, I literally had no popular villagers (well Tia, she wasn't popular at the time though)
I think I really miss it now, the layout was terrible but the villagers had so much personality.

If my favorite popular villager had a personality change would I still love them?
Well, I'm not sure who my favorite popular is but we'll go with Zucker here.
Yup, it was 90% look based with him. The other 10% was personality (I also seem to enjoy any lazy)
If he went to a cranky I'd love him even more. If he went to a smug, I'd dislike him a little.


My favorite villager is Camofrog though.
If his personality changed then no, I don't think I'd enjoy him. The reason I love him so much is because his personality, I have no desire to camo




But I've learned, the hype aint worth it

Also I have Diana, how in the hell can anyone deal with her. She's the rudest snooty ever.

 

[Amnesia]

I love Marshal dearly ; v ; I only want him because he was probably one of my first move-ins that was a new villager and has been a good friend.
His popularity makes it hard to get him back though D:

I try to keep a list of dreamies that have some of the old characters and new ones @_@

 

[ThomasNLD]

I`m to old for hypes lol. I never played an AC game before in my life, so I just went with what the game gave me. Fang was one of my first and I love him, so he became a what you people call dreamy. But I got room for one more villager now and I just check the campsite and if I like what I see, I let him/her stay for atleast a while. I don`t really hunt after a specific villager. Only Francine maybe, cause I heard she goes well with Chrissy. Other then that, potentially I could end up with every villager, unless I really don`t like the design, like Pietro for example.

However, I do have certain preferences when it comes to species. For example, I love the squirrels, wolves and bunnies. I would love to add a duck or cat villager as well. But I don`t have a name yet among those 2 species it has to be. I just try to keep a mild balance in personality types.

 

[Gizmodo]

I`m to old for hypes lol. I never played an AC game before in my life, so I just went with what the game gave me. Fang was one of my first and I love him, so he became a what you people call dreamy. But I got room for one more villager now and I just check the campsite and if I like what I see, I let him/her stay for atleast a while. I don`t really hunt after a specific villager. Only Francine maybe, cause I heard she goes well with Chrissy. Other then that, potentially I could end up with every villager, unless I really don`t like the design, like Pietro for example.

However, I do have certain preferences when it comes to species. For example, I love the squirrels, wolves and bunnies. I would love to add a duck or cat villager as well. But I don`t have a name yet among those 2 species it has to be. I just try to keep a mild balance in personality types.

You ended up getting some pretty cool villagers, for not actively searching for them! such as Mira & Agent S!

 

[.Lovely.Lolita.]

Before I found this site a few days ago, I had no idea there were such things as 'Popular Villagers' that people go crazy for. I don't think I'd pay millions of bells just to get one of my dream villagers.

I suppose I do understand the appeal, though, seeing as I *do* have 'dreamies'. Though I've wanted Merengue and Julian long before I knew they were popular, ever since I saw them in a friend's town. I just think they're adorable, and I like cute things. I'm willing to wait and let my villagers come and go, though. I might start TTing, but I'm not sure about that yet. Either way, I won't be upset if I don't get them. I think every villager has their own certain charm.

 

[ThomasNLD]

You ended up getting some pretty cool villagers, for not actively searching for them! such as Mira & Agent S!

Yeah, I`m very happy with them. Although after 6 months, I`m ready to let Agent S move on to better places. I realize now that I often check the campsite for new villagers, how great my starters were. Especially when you speak in terms of how they look. AT first I thought Mira was a bit of a weirdo, but now she is one of my favourites, gheghe.

 

[monochrom3]

Before I resetted, my old town's villagers aren't even popular, but I liked them all(until Gruff moved in, of course). At that time I still don't know about popular villagers, dreamies and whatnot, so I just play it naturally. I passed Lolly and Whitney at that time, not knowing they're popular at all.

Also I have Diana, how in the hell can anyone deal with her. She's the rudest snooty ever.

I think about that, she's given a slightly different mechanics for your game. The personalities have the same dialogue and might say the same thing, but they do have something on their dialogues that makes them different(e.g: Jacques and Marshal are both smug, but on the game Jacques talked about music more while Marshal's more of a dancing man).
In my game she isn't even rude at all, she's real sweet. Maybe it's the mechanics or she isn't your type?

 

[Le Ham]

I think about that, she's given a slightly different mechanics for your game. The personalities have the same dialogue and might say the same thing, but they do have something on their dialogues that makes them different(e.g: Jacques and Marshal are both smug, but on the game Jacques talked about music more while Marshal's more of a dancing man).
In my game she isn't even rude at all, she's real sweet. Maybe it's the mechanics or she isn't your type?

I had Rodney and Henry at the same time at one point. Rodney was the one who liked to flirt and dance with me, while Henry liked to talk weird things (he wanted me to touch his skin one day when it was raining, and he also offered me to make tye-dye shirts with his toilet. No thanks bro.)

 

[Cathy]

To answer the original question... Just look at everyone's signature blocks.

 

[Squeaky]

Villager popularity varies a lot around the web, too... different villagers are more popular on tumblr and such.

I mean, I'd be the first to admit I have a town full of generic villagers. Not for the hype, but because I enjoy their designs. They're popular for a reason. I can say that I loved Marshal long before I even joined the ACNL community and found out how popular he was. And I gave away Beau, arguably the most popular Lazy villager, without a second thought.

I don't care much about what villagers anyone wants and why - but what does matter to me is how they go about getting them. I can't stand people who go on threads whining and begging for certain popular villagers, trying to reserve 5 of them at once, adopting every villager they can, etc. that's when things get a little ridiculous.

In the next game, if your favorite popular had a personality change, would you still like them as much?

Yes! I'd love Marshal even if he was a Jock or a Cranky.

 

[Lassy]

I'm not into the "popular" villager thingy.
I do have Stitches, he is very popular. But I did not want to get him for his popularity.

Most of my villagers are actually from WW, I had them there, fell in love with them, and I just want to have them with me once again in order to plunge back into childhood

I still have Stitches in WW, and have him now, and I just have fabulous memories of him c: He was so nice with me!
I also have Filbert for the same reasons, and he isn't a single bit popular, haha xD

Whitney, I wanted to try her out, but then I really keep on getting her confused with my baby fang x_x
So I have already found someone who had her in WW, and who takes great care of villagers, and we'll take our time.

Mmm- I seriously don't like the feeling of having a villager purely because they are popular, I like them because of the memories they've given me. I had Julian, very popular, really randomly, and I traded him to get filbert. So well, yeah ~