Villager

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## **Character Info**

The Villager is the representative of the player in the Animal Crossing series. The Villager commonly has their facial features customized based on a personality quiz given to them at the start of the game by either Rover or Kapp’n. From here the Villager moves to some kind of new village, town, city, or uninhabited island and meets Tom Nook who builds a house for them which traps them in a cycle of debt. In some titles the Villager has even served the role of Mayor, where they were responsible not only for taking care of the town and making sure all the other Villagers were alright, but for creating town ordinances and public works projects as well. Thankfully you’re not entirely alone as Isabelle, your personal assistant, is here to help!

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

With the Villager’s house on the stage, the Villager will walk out the front door and jump in excitement before closing the front door as their house shrinks down and disappears behind them.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will have the Male Villager’s short hairstyle atop his head.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Villager will face towards the screen and raise their arms up into the air twice cheering.

**Down Taunt:** Villager will bend down towards the ground and poke at it with a stick a couple times.

**Side Taunt:** Villager will perform a short little dance based on the Shrunk Funk Shuffle.

### **Victory Poses**

1. A Horned Dynastid insect will be seen scuttling against the ground before Villager pounces on it with their butterfly net. After the successful capture, Villager will retrieve the bug from their net and hold it proudly up to the camera.
2. Villager will dig their shovel into the ground and unearth a fossil. Villager will then hold the fossil proudly up to the camera.
3. Villager will run in from offscreen looking carefree before they run over a small x-shaped pattern on the ground. When this happens the Pitfall trap will be sprung and Villager will fall into the trap and get stuck. Villager will flail their arms around in a panic with a distressed look on their face.

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Pocket:** Pocket is one of the most unique moves in all of Smash as it allows Villager to pluck a projectile out of the air, stick it in their pocket, and then throw it back out later whenever they choose. This move works quickly as Villager sticks out their hand to try and grab whatever is in front of them. Villager can also use this to grab items off the ground to store in their pocket for later use. In a way it’s kinda like how Item Boxes work in Mario Kart. Whatever Villager has stored in their pocket will be noted with a small image next to Villager’s damage to remind the player what, if anything, they currently have pocketed. By pressing the special button again Villager will empty their pocket and throw whatever they had stored with increased damage and knockback.

### **Side Special**

**Lloid Rocket:** Villager is able to use this move in one of two ways. The first is that by just tapping the special button Villager will launch the Gyroid Lloid sideways like a rocket which flies relatively slowly for a distance before it begins to peter out and crash downwards. If the Lloid hits a wall, crashes, or is hit by a strong move it will explode to damage anything near it with fire. By holding down the special button Villager will hop on top of Lloid and ride it like a cowboy. This increases the damage of the rocket and allows Villager some horizontal recovery. Villager is capable of jumping off the rocket midflight, however they will be in a freefall state until they touch the ground.

### **Up Special**

**Balloon Trip:** A hat will appear on top of Villager’s head with two balloons attached to it. By either pressing or rapidly tapping the special button, Villager will flap their arms and begin flying through the sky. After a few seconds, or if the player presses the standard attack button, the balloons will detach from Villager’s hat causing them to plummet to the ground in a freefall. The balloons can also be attacked and popped and their destruction will also see Villager plummet in a freefall. This move is great for allowing Villager to almost fly freely through the air so long as they have their balloons.

### **Down Special**

**Timber:** This special move comes in three stages. The first stage has Villager plant a seed in the ground in front of him. Using this move again over that seed will have Villager pull out a watering can to grow that seed into a tree. Planting the seed and watering it don’t do anything to the other players, however if a fighter is in the way when the tree sprouts from the seed they’ll be damaged and knocked upwards. At this point when you use Villager’s down special they will pull out an axe and swing it forwards. This axe can not only hit players, but if it is used next to the tree then Villager will chop a chunk out of its trunk. After a second chop against the tree, the tree will fall forwards and damage anyone in its path. One of the best ways this move can be used is to plant the tree at the edge of a platform. This makes it difficult for opponents to recover back up to the platform and if the tree were to fall from there it can spike anyone that it hits from above once it's begun to fall straight down.

### **Final Smash**

**Dream Home:** When this Final Smash is activated, Timmy and Tommy Nook will appear next to the Villager and begin to rapidly build Villager’s dream home. This dream home is roughly the size of Bowser and if an opponent gets too close, or was there from the beginning, they’ll be trapped in the final smash taking constant damage as Villager’s dream home is built around them. All the while Villager is cheering on Timmy and Tommy and when their dream home is complete it will be presented to them with fanfare before the house breaks apart and sends the opponent flying away.

### **Extra Skill**

**Landscaping:** For Villager’s Extra Skill they will pull out their NookPhone and hold it in front of them as they pull up the Island Designer app. Three options will appear around Villager which can be selected by tilting the control stick in their direction. Each option will change a Bowser-sized patch of the ground as Villager partakes in some terraforming. Each of these changes lasts for about 10 seconds on the stage and Villager can have up to two patches of landscaping on the stage at a time. If Villager places two patches of the same type of landscaping down next to each other, it will increase the length of the landscaping with both patches being connected to each other.
Creating a third will revert the oldest patch to its default state. The three things that Villager can do are as follows:

* **Sand Path** - If Villager changes a patch of the stage into sand, then all other fighters who run over that sand path will have their run speed and jump height lowered making it difficult to leave the sand path once entered.
* **Pond** - If Villager converts a part of the stage into water, it will create a small contained pond in that place. This water pond acts like the water found on stages like Pirate Ship where if an opponent stays in the water for too long they will drown and be KO’d.
* **Cliff** - If Villager changes a patch of the stage into a cliff, that patch of the stage will rise up into a cliff that climbs diagonally up towards the direction that Villager was facing. This can be a good way to quickly create a barrier in front of Villager to protect them from an attack.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Male [Default]**
2. **Male [Racer 6 Tee]** - A Male Villager wearing the Racer 6 Tee shirt.
3. **Male [Blue Tie-Dye Tee]** - A Male Villager wearing the Blue Tie-Dye Tee shirt.
4. **Male [Four-Ball Tee]** - A black-skinned Male Villager wearing the Four-Ball Tee shirt.
5. **Male [Basketball Tank]** - A black-skinned Male Villager wearing the Basketball Tank shirt.
6. **Female [Default]** - A Female Villager wearing the Daisy Shirt.
7. **Female [Turnip Top]** - A Female Villager wearing the Turnip Top shirt.
8. **Female [Rugby Tee]** - A Female Villager wearing the Rugby Tee shirt.
9. **Female [Yellow Bolero]** - A black-skinned Female Villager wearing the Yellow Bolero shirt.
10. **Female [Overall Dress]** - A black-skinned Female Villager wearing the Overall Dress.Alt 2Alt 3Alt 4Alt 5Alt 6Alt 7Alt 8Alt 9Alt 10