Villager

For fighter info, see Villager (SSB4) and Villager (SSBU).

Villager
{{{content1}}} {{{content2}}} Official artwork of Villagers from Animal Crossing: City Folk.
Universe	Animal Crossing
Debut	Animal Forest (2001)
Smash Bros. appearances	Brawl SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (2017)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo 64
Species	Human
Gender	Varies
Place of origin	Animal Crossing Town
Created by	Katsuya Eguchi
Article on Nookipedia	Player

The Villager (むらびと, Murabito) is a representation of the player characters from the Animal Crossing series.

Origin

In the Animal Crossing series, the player acts as the sole human in a town filled with friendly anthropomorphic animals. The player doesn't have a universal appearance, with the look of the player being determined by a series of questions presented by the first non-playable character the player interacts with. Usually this NPC is Rover the Cat, who introduces the player to Animal Crossing. This survey not only determines the player's face, but also the villager's gender, the name of their town, and the layout of their town.

While the role of the villager varies very slightly in the series, the general consensus is that the villager lives his or her life in this town with animals. Unlike most games, there is no universal plot to the series but there are plenty of things for the player to do such as go fishing, shopping, designing clothing, etc. The villager also tends to the town's environment such as by planting flowers or by cutting down excess trees.

In the latest title, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the role of the villager is expanded to the villager acting as the town mayor, and this gives the player greater control in managing and customizing their town.

The villagers featured in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are based off of several default player designs in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, with the default villager being based on the boy on the boxart of City Folk.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

The Villager is mentioned in both K.K. Slider's and Tom Nook's trophy descriptions.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The Villager appears as a background character in Smashville. The Villager was considered as a character in the planning stages of Brawl, but dropped because "he wasn't suited for battle".

Trophy

A Villager also appears as a trophy in Brawl, in which he is called "Animal Crossing Boy".

Animal Crossing Boy trophy.

Animal Crossing Boy

The male player character from Animal Crossing. He feels the need to set out on his own and move into town. Chatting with neighbors is a given, but there are a ton of other things to do as well, like collecting furniture, customizing rooms, catching fish and bugs, digging up fossils, etc. He may get bee stung or fall in a pit, but he still has fun.

: Animal Crossing

: Animal Crossing: Wild World

Stickers

Name	Game	Effect	Character(s)
Boy	Animal Crossing: Wild World	AttackArm+011 Attack +11	All characters
Girl	Animal Crossing: Wild World	AttackMagic+021 Attack +21	Peach Zelda

Boy (Animal Crossing WW)

Girl (Animal Crossing WW)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

As a playable character

Villager as he appears in Super Smash Bros. 4.

The male Villager was confirmed as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4 in the first trailer shown for the game at E3 2013. His moveset consists of attacking with various miscellaneous objects from the Animal Crossing series, and is capable of picking up any item or projectile to throw it later.

On May 16th it was confirmed that, like the Wii Fit Trainer, players will have access to both male and female variations of the Villager.

Currently, Villager ranks 25th out of 55 on the tier list, placing within the C tier. Villager has a highly effective zoning game thanks to his forward and back aerial slingshot projectiles, and his Lloid Rocket. He himself can also counter opposing projectiles with his Pocket special, allowing him to catch and store away projectiles, which he can then send back to the opponent with amplified damage. Timber can also be used for a potentially devastating edge-guarding move. Despite his weight class, Villager sports some rather powerful attacks, such as up and down aerials, and forward smash. Yet, Villager's weaknesses lay in his slow grab, and lack of reliable KO set-ups despite the aforementioned power. Regardless, Villager is seen as a very capable character for tournament play, earning him strong results.

Trophies

Villager

An energetic young man from a peaceful town in Animal Crossing, he is eager to make his Smash Bros. debut! His Balloon Trip recovery lets him fly like a character from Balloon Fight. The Villager sets out to answer that age-old question: If a tree falls on the battlefield and foes are beneath it, do they get launched?

This chipper chap came all the way from his quiet little village to do a bit of aerial sightseeing, take Lloid out for a spin, look after the trees and maybe do some bowling. If you're very lucky, he might even bring along Tom Nook and the Nooklings and throw everyone a party. Gosh, this all sounds like such fun!

: Animal Crossing (09/2002)

: Animal Crossing: New Leaf (06/2013)

Villager (Alt.)

Just a normal girl living a normal life in a normal town—her special moves, however, are anything but. She can pocket items, projectiles, and even beams, and then pull them out at a moment's notice. Her down special lets her plant a tree, water it, and chop it down. If she leaves the tree standing, she can use the axe against foes.

This girl's special moves are very special indeed. The standard one lets you pocket items, projectiles and even laser beams, then use them by pressing the button again. Her down special plants a tree, which you can water and finally chop down to hurt other fighters. Or you can leave the tree alone and attack with the axe. Up to you.

: Animal Crossing (09/2002)

: Animal Crossing: New Leaf (06/2013)

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  Classic (3DS)

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  Classic (Wii U)

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  Alt. (3DS)

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  Alt. (Wii U)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a playable character

Villager as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Villager returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The male and female variations of the Villager also return from Super Smash Bros. 4. Unlike the previous game, Villager is an unlockable character instead of a starter character.

Spirits

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  825. Villager (Male)

• Female Villager Spirit.png

  826. Villager (Female)

Gallery

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  Official artwork of a male villager from Animal Crossing: Population Growing.

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  One of the default female villagers from Wild World and City Folk.

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  The "Animal Crossing Boy" on Smashville.

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  Villager (female) as she appears in Super Smash Bros. 4.

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  Four of Villager's alternate costumes (including the default) on Town and City.

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  The other four costumes.

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  Villager (female) as she appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Trivia

• Villager and Isabelle are the only playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. series whose Japanese names are written entirely in hiragana, as opposed to katakana.
• In some languages, Villager has two different names to refer to the male and female versions. Wii Fit Trainer, Inkling, Pokémon Trainer, and the Mii Fighters also shares this trait.
• Although based on the player appearance in earlier Animal Crossing games, primarily Animal Crossing: City Folk, Villager is twice referred to as a mayor, a role the player character has under a different design in Animal Crossing: New Leaf: the Boxing Ring stage lists Villager's character title as "Mayor of Smashville", while Isabelle states "the mayor [is] busy with the campsite and Smash" in her reveal trailer for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Additionally, the first trailer for Super Smash Bros. 4 features Villager in a town designed after Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
• As with Pokémon Trainer, Robin, Corrin and Inkling, at least the default male and female Villagers have been established as separate characters, where both the default male and default female Villagers can be seen separately in the trailer for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
• Villager is the first playable character in Smash whose alternate costumes change his/her gender, followed by Wii Fit Trainer, Robin, Corrin, Inkling, and retroactively in Ultimate, Pikachu and Pokémon Trainer.