Why Bother With Popular Villager Hype?

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

Can we just say that I got lucky when he was popular, and same goes with colton. Now lets dive back into the past, in WW there was no such things as "popular" villagers and you LITERALLY just lived with what you got and loved the ugly villagers for who they were. No campsite, no collecting villagers.

Being in that mindset when I got NL, I deeply hated colton and lucky in WW and for the reasons of that they were lazy and smug *ew* so I did not like them. I decided to get a TBT account to get rid of them to people who may like him; 40 MILLION FOR LUCKY 40 MILLION

So yea, I don't like popular villagers. I would rather spend my bells on hybrids or island trips that villagers that mean nothing to me. Unless you beetle hunt 24/7 and magically got all those popular villagers as your original 5 and sold them, yea you shouldn't be wasting your bells

 

[Charmy]

I have both Merengue and Marshal. Merengue, as cute as she is, is boring at times (and in my case, tends to ask for a lot of my items. >:/), I wouldn't trade her though. Whereas Marshal.. he's just the funniest character I've come across in my month and a half of playing this game. I don't think a day has passed where he hasn't said something funny to me and I don't think I would ever give him up and he's cute to boot.

It wasn't until I joined this community did I realise how popular these two are but despite the massive amount of bells and items offered, I wouldn't give these two up.

 

[Amyy]

I can say that my dreamies are mostly popular, but i dont bid in auctions or get angry, i just go with the flow.

I cant really help but like popular villagers, i mean because theyre popular people always talk about them and stuff like that and then i grow to like them. I honestly didnt like marshal but now i dont hate him because i can see why everyone wants him. I dont really want my town to be mostly popular villagers, but i dont want to part with any them c:

 

[Farobi]

We can't stop ourselves from liking certain villagers just like how we do in real life. So what someone likes Marshal, Merengue, Diana etc.? If they are happy with the villager then let them be~ don't reign on their parade by looking down on them just because of their preferences. My favorite villager at the moment is Fuchsia & Lolly, which is a mix between a popular and a semi-popular. I understand how some people may react if they visit dream towns with the same villagers all over again, it gets stale. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and when someone is at a dream town, they are there to appreciate what the mayor of the game has created for his/her enjoyment.

I also was once someone who was into getting the popular villagers. I made attempts to get villagers like Merengue for free because of the journey. Once I got her, I never really clicked with her and so she's now out of my possession. I don't really typically make essays in the Forums but I just want to address this.

 

[DaintyC]

Merengue is cool because her face looks like a cake. I love me some cake. Julian is cool cause he's a unicorn. Stitches is a teddy bear made of scraps so he's literally gone from rags to riches. I don't know why everyone loves Marshall, but I've never met him. I think I agree with someone above who said he looks like that anime character. And the other one is an octopus and there are only three of those.

So that's the hype: cake, unicorns, an under-dog story, anime, and tentacles.

But the same can be said about any villager. I LOVE Hans because he is the Yeti aka Abominable Snowman.

 

[Mary]

The first time I met Stitches, I hated him. He's grown on me since them, mostly because my brain goes "yessss" every time I see him. I'm picturing the happy tree-shakers getting him from me.

 

[Gummysaur]

What alarms me is that a smug tiny white squirrel costs four times as much as it costs to fully upgrade and renovate your home.

 

[majnin]

The only popular villager I ever wanted was Rosie because in my first ever WW town I remember her being the first animal I spoke to and boy did I love her! I never even knew she was popular until I got NL and started exploring TBT, and I eventually just gave up. If I get her, I get her, if I don't, then I get to meet new villagers! Of course I'd love her but the hassle of paying millions of bells or searching tirelessly just is too much.

 

[Minties]

Marshal - I honestly don't know where all his popularity comes from--but he reminds me of Gil from Tree of Tranquility/Animal Parade:

^So if I ever got Marshal, it'd be because I married Gil in both of those HM games.

Yes yes yes yes THIS. Always this. God I love Gil <3 I have a thing for the pouty/grumpy looking boys in any game. I think that's why I love Marshal so much.

My town is pretty much full of "popular" villagers. Before I joined TBT (even before I joined ACC) I spent a few hours going through the AC wiki, picking out villagers I really liked. This was before I even knew a place like the villager trading plaza existed xD

A few of the ones I picked out right away as ones I wanted were Lolly, Chrissy, Apple, Diana and Maple.

I got Julian from my campsite because I had never seen a unicorn in an AC game and loved him!

Filbert, who's not as popular, was my starting villager.

I also got Skye from my campsite because my boyfriend said a sky wolf would be cute and I fell in love with her. I lost her in a TT accident when I first started and cycled through 16 to get her back.

Merengue - I was on the fence about her. My favorite personality is normal! It was a toss up between Fauna (who is adorable) and Merengue. My little sister said she wanted Fauna, so knowing that I'd have a one in a million chance to get her, I got Fauna for her from a cycler. That pretty much sealed in Merengue for me

I really like the cute villagers and the normal personality! Haha

 

[cannedcommunism]

Villagers who were once considered rare are now in nearly EVERY SINGLE TOWN!!! Especially Diana. I don't get all the fuss with her, she's just a PINK DEER. Seriously!

 

[Gummysaur]

Villagers who were once considered rare are now in nearly EVERY SINGLE TOWN!!! Especially Diana. I don't get all the fuss with her, she's just a PINK DEER. Seriously!

I'm guilty of absolutely LOVING Diana. It's not exactly the character but her house is absolutely gorgeous. When I walked into hers from someone else's town, my jaw hit the floor. How can a deer be better at home design than me?! ;w;

 

[jolokia]

Gotta admit, I roll my eyes a bit when some nice person allows me over for sigs and takes me on a guided tour of the town oh look there's Marshal's house, there's Julian's, now I'm talking to Stitches YOU SPENT MILLIONS ON YOUR VILLAGERS I GET IT ALREADY. Yeah I know, they're being really kind to have me over in the first place so I can't exactly complain heheh. But it's always the exact same bunch of characters. Dreamie clone towns.

...Well, this thread decided me, I went to the villager forum and posted on a Hippeux thread I'd had my eye on. I've got a space in my town and it's time to save an ugly from the void.

 

[betty]

Honestly, I couldn't ask for anything better than what I have right now in my town. Even though I still have dreamies, I wouldn't exactly bid for them. I know I would probably get them eventually, and I just try my luck with the campsite. It's kinda sad that people would get upset for a game, sure they are popular villagers, but it's not worth it to fuss about it. Like I said, many villagers will (hopefully) be achieved eventually. I love my non-popular villagers, they have great personalities and the town I play now is one of the best I've ever played.

 

[BlueSkittleWolf]

I do, in fact have a few popular villagers- but, they were traded for other popular villagers.
I remember when Kyle was quite popular and as soon as he came down in popularity, I finally got him. I think most popular villagers are there because of a.. Yes, bandwagon. They want to look cool with all these popular villagers.
My popular villagers, I didn't spend anything on them- I'm holding Merengue for my mum. It was her favourite.
Anyway, I don't have much to say..

 

[monochrom3]

Villagers who were once considered rare are now in nearly EVERY SINGLE TOWN!!! Especially Diana. I don't get all the fuss with her, she's just a PINK DEER. Seriously!

She's white. And I think everyone likes her because she's pretty, both in appearance and house interior. And maybe peer pressure(but that happens to every popular villager so what gives?).

But I would say the same thing to Stitches though.

 

[Gizmodo]

Reading through this thread.. funny how some of the people who said they werent into the hype.. ended up getting populars lol

 

[harime]

After I found the ACNL fandom, I feel bad to have a town full of populars now because I like them in general, but most people would think I got them off auctions/raffles for the image when I got them naturally or from other people for free.
So now I feel pressured and I try to at least mix my selections up a bit :s Until I found out some of my selections were still slightly popular.

 

[Flop]

Reading through this thread.. funny how some of the people who said they werent into the hype.. ended up getting populars lol

Hahaha so true. XD

 

[cheezu]

I have some popular ones as dreamies but that's just because I really like them.
I'm a cat fanatic and Rosie, Lolly and Rudy (and probably Felicity) as by far the cutest cats in the game - in my opinion at least. So I would have wanted them whether they were popular or not.
Zucker is my biggest love and I don't even know why. I just love the way his eyes look like they're watering when he gets upset. And yeah, I'm crazy about him. XD
Merengue and Wolfgang were my starters and I had no idea that they were popular at all (ACNL is my first AC game). I thought that Merengue was super cute as I have a weakness for food characters. And Wolfgang - I got pretty attached to him over time.
Some of my other dreamies like Monique, Bree or Olivia are considered bottom of the barrel though and I still love them.

Villagers like Stitches, Marshal, Julian, Ankha or Diana, I don't care for at all though. I respect that other people like them but I don't find them appealing myself.

 

[kitanii]

I always find it very hard to get attached to a villager that I know is super popular :s it just feels less personal, I'm not sure! I've had Diana, Marshal, Zucker and Merengue at one time and I never really got attached because they are so popular.