The rhinos are adorable and they do a lot with the relatively limited outline of a rhino—odds are you’ve seen the patisserie-themed villager Merengue, whose horn is a strawberry. High Points: Flurry, Hamphrey, Clay Low Points: Graham, Hamlet, Rodney. Just take a quick glance at Twitter and you’ll find hundreds of angrytweets about ugly problem villagers and furtive questions on how to remove them. The rarest of all villagers are completely worth it, and they’ve been with us since the genesis of the franchise. Bears are pretty standard when in the realm of stuffed toys. There’s certainly some great ones—Pekoe and Stitches come to mind—but a large number of the cubs are pretty uninspired and pale when compared to the excellent bears. New Horizons has added many mechanics to craft your island into exactly what you envision it as, but there are some things they just won’t release control over—it can become a strong source of anxiety quick. Despite not having my favorite silhouette and at times being rather difficult to read visually, the horses have some fun looks and are rather distinct given how their designs play with different eye shapes and placements, different hairstyles, and the oh-so-popular unicorn villager Julian. They’re pleasant with an elegant design and are some of the only villagers taller than your player character, making them unique and helping to diversify the overall demographic of your island. Data from the user and calculated by the algorithm of the system. High Points: Annalisa, Cyrano, Olaf, Antonio, Anabelle Low Points: Snooty. Beyond that, though, their designs aren’t too inspired. We’ve reached the point in our rat race to the bottom where I start to feel nothing but vitriol for over half the villagers present in each species, so let’s just pull the band-aid—the mice are terrible. Not that many players at the time even knew the molluscs existed outside of the fishable oceans—I was completely unaware until New Leaf, when they finally got their third member, the adorable takoyaki-themed Zucker (one of the only instances where I’m able to get past how uncomfortable the food themed villagers are). High Points: Twiggy, Piper, Peck, Midge, Jacques, Jacob, Peck, Admiral Low Points: Anchovy, Lucha, Robin. Help your favourite villager by voting every month with the button below! Unfortunately, I can’t really imagine them adding any more of them—they’re kind of at max capacity, and it’d take some real creative wit to design another that’s distinct in any way. Our villager tier list for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is compiled into 6 tiers, with tier 1 containing the most popular villagers. It’s not that I expect all of them to exude serious attitudes, but not one capturing that makes me feel nothing but contempt for professional vacationer Bud and substitute teacher Mott. They didn’t milk the refinement of the unassuming cow for all it’s worth, that’s for sure. Score: 1788. Someone mad that Donald never healed them in Kingdom Hearts? There is not one saving grace among the relatively small pool of simians other than, maybe, Nana, and I’d wager she’s no one’s favorite villager of all time (sorry if she is!). I love all kinds, from the classic Holstein Friesan to the lovely pale Brown Swiss. It’s absolutely bizarre—not one of the lions reads as cool. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become the world’s coping mechanism of choice amid the COVID-19 quarantine, and it’s become a hotbed for everyone’s frustrations. The goats could have used more time in the drawing room—their faces are bizarrely shaped which makes them wholly unlovable. No endorphins are released when I see any of these hens and roosters, just a sort of idle pity. The game does the species justice, and contains some of my absolute favorite villagers in the whole series, with decent variety despite a pretty small pool to choose from. Nintendo is responsible for far more interesting kangaroos over the years, so it’s a shame they aren’t all that interesting. No? The designers clearly weren’t taking it too seriously on these rabbits, and an island wouldn’t be complete without a town weirdo. Most mascot characters, such as Doraemon, are designed with this formula in mind, which is why so many mascot characters have rounded bobbleheads. The pigs are a pretty low risk animal—it’s hard not to make them cute or charmingly silly. You’ll find yourself wishing you could just be friends with Margie and Tia in real life. High Points: Bunnie, Chrissy, Coco, Cole, Dotty, Ruby, Snake, Tiffany Low Points: Claude, Gabi, Gaston, Mira. He has a dark brown vertical stripe on his head that extends from the center of his brow to the back of his neck. DOC Nature : Lazy. Unfortunately, there’s no surefire way to do this. High Points: Pashmina, Billy Low Points: Chevre, Gruff, Sherb, Velma. Samson’s Glasgow smile is a threat to me personally. Unfortunately, I’m well aware that cows rarely translate well to mascot-ification. I have a fond memory of starting New Leaf with Violet and absolutely hating her, but she gave me clothing almost every day and always gossiped with me about my fellow villagers. High Points: Nana Low Points: Tammi, Shari, Flip, Elise, Deli, Monty, Simon. Most of the birds as a whole are fine and good additions to your island. All Rights Reserved. High Points: Aurora, Cube, Friga, Hopper, Roald, Sprinkle, Tex, Wade Low Points: Puck, Iggly, Boomer. It’s a good shape, but it’s a rare instance when the constraints of the game feel rather limiting in what they’re able to portray. Their main appeal is just how small they are, and their designs play off this by being hyper cute or full of sweetly grumpy attitude. He has a red snout, blue cheeks, and light gray lips, hands, feet, and chest. You’d think they would have had more ideas than what we received. There’s something charming about the bizarreness of Coco, a progenitor of over half of Animal Crossing’s creepypasta fare, and Snake and Tiffany are hilariously strange. Let's decide who the best villagers are with this villager tier list (popularity list) 2020 of Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch (ACNH). After going through every single non-special NPC in the game, I’ve made some definitive decisions on which of God’s beautiful creatures are, well, the most beautiful, and which you’re probably going to want to send packing on their move-in date. From the cranky emperor Hopper to the classic roundness and vacant eyes of Roald and Cube, the penguins are among the most huggable and doofy of the villagers and put a smile on my face every time. Nevertheless, the sheep have some of the strangest and most colorful designs in the series, and I’m always a fan of a clown villager. I certainly don’t have an issue with them—on a mystery island tour, I encountered Rooney, who I initially was excited to invite to my island. High Points: Violet, Louie Low Points: Rilla, Rocket, Jane, Peewee, Hans, Cesar, Boyd. High Points: Hippeux Low Points: Bitty, Bubbles, Harry, Rocco. Going through the list, you’ll be nodding and thinking “yep, that’s a tiger,” stripes and all. High Points: Gloria, Molly Low Points: Drewin, Drake, Freckle, Ketchup, Miranda, Pate, Pompom, Quillson, Weber. This page shows the popularity ranking of each villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch). Cows have an elegant, feminine beauty that has appealed to me since I was a child. Porter, the train station attendant present in every game up until New Horizons, was the sole representation of the typically cute monkey. The horses manage to transcend their odd shape to be a well-rounded cast of islanders. Bella would absolutely burn down my house just because she likes fire. Yet something about the gorillas are wholly unappealing. Rightfully so—they’re various and manage to be cute without getting gimmicky, and they all read true to what you might expect from a cat, from the snooty glamour of Olivia to the cuddly sweetness of Kiki. The eagles also sport some fun coloring like the pelican-esque Frank and the fluorescent blue Keaton. They’re tiny, which is quite cute, but I’d rather have a squirrel or a rabbit any day. High Points: Lily, Puddles, Diva Low Points: Frobert, Jambette, Wart Jr., Ribbot, Raddle, Prince. Do I have some kind of misconception on the vibe a lion is supposed to have? They’re simply great, dearie. Lumpy-headed and rendered with some nightmarish faces, the monkeys play 35th banana for the worst villager species to date. High Points: Caroline, Hazel, Peanut, Mint, Cally, Pecan, Poppy, Static, Sylvana, Tasha Low Points: Sheldon, Nibbles, Marshal, Filbert, Agent S. Seemingly everyone has a fond memory of an elephant villager from New Leaf. It might be my actual, real life ranidaphobia speaking, but the warty texture on Wart Jr. and realistic spotting on Frobert makes my skin crawl in all the worst ways. If I see one of these guys, I’m running the other way. They may not push the design sense to its utmost reaches, but I bet you’re happy every time you encounter one of these striped friends.