Why is marshal ultra popular?

[Cosmic Gerbil]

Yep, Marshal's adorable! I liked him before I knew he was popular (aren't I a hipster!) I was looking at squirrel villagers (it may have been because Filbert was moving in and I was checking him out) and I saw Marshal and thought, "That squirrel has an expression like Cyrus from Pok?mon DPPt...I must have him".

 

[radioloves]

Marshal is pretty cute, I would love to have him in my town sometime. He's got a cool look to him and different from other villagers. I hope in the next game there will be a lot of unique and cute characters!

 

[HungryForCereal]

well..hes petite and has this cute sulky face.

 

[Chicha]

I currently have him in town and he's just okay. I don't mind him. As a smug, he's pretty good. I guess people like him for the aesthetic tbh with his color scheme and all.

 

[GTsTentacleChow]

I actually have him, and I do love him, but he's not my favorite villager, or my favorite smug. But as far as smugs go, he's one of the cuter ones, so based on his cuteness and his flirtyness, he's guaranteed fangirls. Plus, as far as squirrels go, he's one of the more attractive ones, and he has a little grumpy face.

I prefer Lopez, though.

 

[kenna]

hes just super cute

 

[Chris01]

I think he's a nice villager but again I prefer pierce or cube

 

[Pietro:)100]

He's just largely appealing to lots of people. I mean, he's a grumpy marshmallow squirrel with an adorable design and colour scheme and an adorable personality. Animals with a cute , kinda chibi design are wildly popular.

 

[Red Cat]

To me, Marshal looks very feminine for a male villager (I thought he was a girl when I first saw his picture before finding out that he was a smug personality). I guess his combination of masculine and feminine traits make him popular with both males and females unlike a lot of other villagers whose popularity is split more along gender lines. That's just my guess though.

 

[RainbowPanda]

He's not a dreamie of mine... but he's really cute! His white fur and fluffy tail and grumpy facial expression... it's so cute when he's happy xD And I really like his personality! he's so small and cute and I understand why so many people want him xD

 

[Rabirin]

I guess what contributes to Marshal being popular is his personality and design, not so much his house although sometimes people do want him to use him for the sloppy set, although that's kinda redundant now because villagers don't directly sell sloppy furniture to you, it has to be achieved in retail.

The reason why I think his personality is what contributes to him being popular is because of the fact he's a smug, I think if Marshal was a jock he wouldn't be as popular here as most people can't stand the jock personality. If Marshal was jock I think his popularity would go down a lot trust me, the only jock who's really made it to tier one are villagers like kid-cat and genji because most people can't stand the rest. Anyhow, smugs tend to be affectionate to the player and that's what most people like about them, because before smugs became a personality villagers would never really directly flirt with the player, and would just see them as a friend. I guess that appeals to a lot of people because of the fact some people ship themselves with their villagers, and it just makes it more canon I guess, because they actually hint at being interested in the player.

His design also contributes to this because I know some people on this forum prefer more simple villagers like myself, I prefer villagers to look more natural and although Marshal isn't the most natural squirrel he does have quite a simple yet cute design which a lot of people prefer rather then over the top villagers, such as Avery or Sterling, because Marshal can fit into almost any theme because of his neutral colour scheme. Also I think because of the type of animal he is that appeals a lot more to people because of the height differences between animals such as bears and cubs, and a lot more people find smaller animals cuter, especially at points where squirrels look almost hidden in places such as flowers. Personally, I think the taller the animal the more scary they look and that's why Marshal probably is as popular as he is because of the friendly look he has to him.

I can't believe I wrote this much about a virtual villager, but y'know this thread is just one of those threads that can invoke discussion.

 

[Swirl]

I guess what contributes to Marshal being popular is his personality and design, not so much his house although sometimes people do want him to use him for the sloppy set, although that's kinda redundant now because villagers don't directly sell sloppy furniture to you, it has to be achieved in retail.

The reason why I think his personality is what contributes to him being popular is because of the fact he's a smug, I think if Marshal was a jock he wouldn't be as popular here as most people can't stand the jock personality. If Marshal was jock his popularity would go down a lot trust me, the only jock who's really made it to tier one are villagers like kid-cat and genji because most people can't stand the rest. Anyhow, smugs tend to be affectionate to the player and that's what most people like about them, because before smugs became a personality villagers would never really directly flirt with the player, and would just see them as a friend. I guess that appeals to a lot of people because of the fact some people ship themselves with their villagers, and it just makes it more canon I guess, because they actually hint at being interested in the player.

His design also contributes to this because I know some people on this forum prefer more simple villagers like myself, I prefer villagers to look more natural and although Marshal isn't the most natural squirrel he does have quite a simple yet cute design which a lot of people prefer rather then over the top villagers, such as Avery or Sterling, because Marshal can fit into almost any theme because of his neutral colour scheme. Also I think because of the type of animal he is that appeals a lot more to people because of the height differences between animals such as bears and cubs, and a lot more people find smaller animals cuter, especially at points where squirrels look almost hidden in places such as flowers. Personally, I think the taller the animal the more scary they look and that's why Marshal probably is as popular as he is because of the friendly look he has to him.

I can't believe I wrote this much about a virtual villager, but y'know this thread is just one of those threads that can invoke discussion.

I like his house, not because I want anything out of it, but because I think his setup just looks really good. It's one of the few villager houses in the game that actually looks like it could be somebody's house.

Funny about the jocks being unpopular. My SO actually hates the smugs (she finds them creepy) but loves the jocks (because they are hilarious and many of them are ironic, like Antonio who sure doesn't look like he ever works out). She finally settled on Shep as her smug because what she really hated was the creepy look they make, and conveniently Shep doesn't really make facial expressions.

 

[Mink777]

I think he is average but that is just my personal opinion. I think the best smug villager is between Shep and Jacques.

 

[Rabirin]

I like his house, not because I want anything out of it, but because I think his setup just looks really good. It's one of the few villager houses in the game that actually looks like it could be somebody's house.

Funny about the jocks being unpopular. My SO actually hates the smugs (she finds them creepy) but loves the jocks (because they are hilarious and many of them are ironic, like Antonio who sure doesn't look like he ever works out). She finally settled on Shep as her smug because what she really hated was the creepy look they make, and conveniently Shep doesn't really make facial expressions.

I agree with you on the comment about his house, the set up does look really good tbh and it does look like somebody could live in it! I don't really pay attention to my villagers houses' but I would also say his house design is pretty nice.

Jocks are a lovable personality over time, personally I don't mind them. But from observations made on the forums they appear to be hated a lot somewhat, but it's understandable because most of their dialogue is about exercising so I can see how that can get boring. Jock villagers like Roald are really funny to see in action, because like Antonio it looks like he hardly ever works out. So it's quite ironic. I imagine Shep is one of the more toned down smug villagers, but I do agree smugs can say creepy things sometimes.

 

[TeilaVonSchnapps]

It's like why people love Cherry or Diana, a lot of people think they are cute.

 

[FoxFeathers]

Marshal's alright. I wouldn't kick him out of my village or anything. But I still prefer Jacques personally.

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

Sloppy furniture, lol.

 

[padfoot6]

It's just because he has a unique face and is one of the smaller species. People like small grumpy animals.

 

[helloxcutiee]

Because he's so adorable and cute. I prefer Zell over Marshal though.

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

Maybe he looks like a weird squirrel version of a singer in some popular boy band or anime person. IDK.