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The Villager in Smash Bros (aka, my funny little guy since 2014) is a composite of multiple different games - while the shopkeepers and recurring NPCs change from title to title, there's nothing to suggest that the player character changes or is the same at all. Obviously as an avatar they're limited in how much input they can give...
But his design is directly taken from City Folk and Wild World, yet he's given the New Leaf "Mayor" title? He's said to help out with the Pocket Camp and makes consistent appearances in New Horizons promos? Bits and pieces from both Smash and AC make him feel distinct from other player designs and a pure avatar position in general.
SO! Here's an official updated masterpost of how I see the guy from game to game and my headcanons/interpretations of his character (+a bit about the alts too)
Tobey World (scrambling Murabito -> Tobey and also because it feels fitting), more commonly known as Villager, specifically represents the Wild World and New Leaf entries of the series. The intro questionnaire answers needed to get his look are a lot more energetic (if slightly uncertain) in the earlier games, but lose that to a more straightforward set for New Leaf. In terms of AC personality types, I read that as a natively lazy personality that, after the events of WW, shifts to cranky going into NL. For contrast I’ve also included the answers of Chelsea Folk - the default female villager representing City Folk in this case. Her answers tend to be similar but a bit more confident, even spunky! The two know each other well since they show up often in official graphics together.
Villager tends to brush off some insecurity in himself with an insistence on staying on top of things, keeping them under control as a reliable mayor/fighter. He often acts uninterested or (loudly) annoyed when things don’t go his way... This causes him to butt heads with some other strong personalities in Smash. At heart he’s still a kid though, and that excitement comes out whenever 1. he takes care of his town or 2. he gets to participate in SSB!! AC characters naturally emote when their feelings are strong enough, but to use them on command you have to learn them from others, so he can't actually manage them that well. Villy has a knack for catching things, a love for gardening, and while not as much as, say, Pit, a demonstrated interest in Nintendo games which contributes to his readiness in joining the fight.
whats up with the trailer villager why is he always asleep
aldeana :3
Lejana vibración de esquilas mustias en el aire derrama la fragancia rural de sus angustias. En el patio silente, sangra su despedida el sol poniente. ¡El ambar otoñal del panorama toma un frío matiz de gris doliente! Al portón de la casa, que el tiempo con sus garras torna ojosa, asoma silenciosa, y al establo cercano luego pasa la silueta calmosa de un buey color de oro, ¡que añora con sus biblicas pupilas, oyendo la oreción de las esquilas, su edad viril de toro! Al muro de la huerta, aleteando la pena de su canto, salta un gallo gentil, y un triste alerta, cual dos gotas de llanto, ¡tiemblan sus ojos a la tarde muerta! Lánguido se derrama en la vetusta aldea el dulce yararí de una guitarra, en cuya eternidad de hondo quebranto la triste voz de un indio dondonea como un viejo esquilón de camposanto. De codos yo en el muro, cuando triunfa en el alma el tinte oscuro, y el viento reza en los ramajes yertos llantos de quena, tímidos, inciertos, ¡suspiro una congoja al ver que en la penumbra gualda y roja llora un trágico azul de idilios muertos!
César Vallejo - Aldeana
Diecisiete años fueron suficientes para culminar la obra de Dios en una sencilla aldeana, que, si había de dar su nombre a cuestiones de guerras y banderías, iba a ser solamente para que se cumplieran en ella y en los hombres de su época los destinos que el mismo Dios se había trazado.
Nace Juana en una escondida aldea del nordeste de Francia, en 6 de enero de 1412, hija de Jaime de Arco, labrador acomodado, y de Isabel Romée. Eran años aquellos de agotamiento para la nación, que ...
¿Aldeana? ¡Cómo se va a llamar Aldeana! ¿Estamos locos?
MJ, toda indignada. Era Adriana.