Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis now one ofNintendo’s fastest-selling games ever. Since its release,New Horizonshas proven itself to be a smash hit, after an overwhelmingly positive response from both players and critics alike. Of course, one of the main objectives inNew Horizonsis establishing the perfect village that is beaming with life.
Althoughthe game features nearly 400 villagersto choose from, players can only select 10 to live on the island at any given time. This makes the process of inviting villagers to the island all the more important and it is vital that players are getting the perfect set of villagers to ensure harmony in their respective islands. Now, for those wondering who to invite to their island, here is a list of the best and most popular villagers inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons.
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Mott
Mott is the fitness-obsessed lion that can talk endlessly about workout routines and often suggests starting out an island sports team. However, much of Mott’s appeal comes down to his kind and charming personality. He is never condescending and is always happy to chat with players and other villagers. Additionally, he is also a great gift-giver especially at the beginning given that he is known for giving awayiron nuggets, which are of course a valuable crafting item inNew Horizons.
Merengue
Merengue is also another one of those villagers that sports a normal personality type. She is sweet and friendly to players and often gives them compliments. She is also regarded as one of the best-designed characters inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonssince Merengue, who is a rhino, has a horn made of a tiny strawberry. Similar to Mott, Merengue is also generous with her gifts and often gives players valuable resources and materials that are extremely helpful especially at the beginning of the game.
Chevre
Chevre is one of the longstanding villagers that have existed ever since the firstAnimal Crossinggame. Sporting a normal personality, Chevre is known for being extremely sweet and supportive to players and likes to throw fun parties and give gifts. Her character is also ambitious and often talks about her dream of one day becoming a teacher. Throughout theAnimal Crossingfranchise, Chevre has been a favorite, with many fans creating endless fanart of their favorite goat character in the game. Given her normal personality, Chevre is very easy to befriend and is rarely in conflict with other villagers.
Chief
Another one of the most popular characters in theAnimal Crossingseries is the wolf villager called Chief. Although Chief has a cranky attitude, many players try to befriend him and do all sorts of things to impress him. However, he also brings a lot of color on the island given that Chief always likes to challenge the player to a wide variety of games and competitions. Throughout his long stint in theAnimal Crossingfranchise, Chief proved to be one of the series' most well-known characters and he iseven featured inMario Kart 8.
Marshal
First introduced inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, Marshal is a squirrel villager who is reportedly named after a fluffy marshmallow. Although he appears to have a permanent frown on his phase, he is actually nice and friendly despite having a smug attitude. However, he enjoys being complimented too much and often talks about himself to the player. Once the player befriends him, Marshal will reveal that he is a secret hopeless romantic, though it is unknown who he has his eye on. Of course, while his grumpy look may deter players from ever inviting him to their island, know that Marshal is all but grumpy. He is kind and adorable and will rarely cause any trouble on the island.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available now exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
