I got the game in 2021 as in 2020 I was waiting to sell some stuff I had to pay for the game - and that never happened....and time went by so fast as well as I had other personal problems going on and it just got pushed aside. One of my friends bought the game for me and mailed it to me as a surprise at the beginning of 2021 and been playing ever since. I take a break for a few months sometimes, and a week other times but I mostly play an hour a day every day, it's still fun and enjoyable.
I feel like I’m the only one who genuinely loves Raymond as a cute villager, and not because he was popular. He’s a charming office kitty and makes me smile whenever I see the lil guy. It makes me sad his reputation was ruined for no reason. He’s just a normal villager like any of the others.
The people who play this game bug me.... They made it a competition to have Raymond while acting smug for having or wanting him when he didn't genuinely mean anything to them, and then turned their attentions to making other villagers a competition and now they're berating others who genuinely like Raymond. Did it ever occur to them that they have no real taste or personality and just follow crowds while coming off obnoxious?
@@citrusbutter7718 ooof ppl do that? I dont interact with much of the fandom on social media. I passively watch the Animal Crossing Utubers and awe at the decorated homes I can never have the patience to do
@@zephyrias All the time, especially with the super popular villagers like Raymond or Marshal. They decide who's going to be popular then act like they're in a contest as they compare villagers arguing with and saying rude comments to others about their choice of villagers being different than theirs. Of course after time passes, they then move on to obsessing over another villager then take to insulting or making underhanded comments directed towards the villagers that they were all at one time obsessed with or talking about the people who either still do or have always genuinely loved those villagers.... They can't fall in love with or out of love with something without feeling the need to make the world take note of it >.> It's an us against them attitude and it's annoying. I guess the hive can't stand others having different taste, god forbid.....
Well since Raymond now has an amiibo card its pretty pointless to even hunt for him. I remember before the 2.0 update came out people were STILL trying so hard to get Raymond and he is still in popular demand, but as soon as the 2.0 update came and the Series 5 Amiibo Cards came which featured Raymond that is when the demand started to go downhill. Most people realized that just get Raymond's Amiibo Card to invite him to the island without having to do any villager hunting or trying to risk going on sites like Nookazon in the hopes of not being scammed. Me personally I don't really mind Raymond. He is just another smug villager who speaks the same way as others.
Agree I like his design. But at the time of the Raymond hype I thought he was a bit overrated. I still like his design but nowadays when you notice that the villager types basically all say the same lines. It becomes a bit boring.
The 2.0 update did so much to neutralize the terrible AC online market. Cyrus was the most important because it meant items colors weren't island locked. The new amiibos meant the newly released villager demand had the chance of having enough supply. It was great.
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Well... If can't afford the card or get lucky for the pack. Then hunting is your only option. What's funny is that when I gave up on looking for him, he showed up in my campsite 2 weeks later. I gave him to my friend for free.
Idc what anyone thinks, Raymond is my baby and I won't let him go. He was one of my first dreamies, not because he was rare or popular, but because I liked his design. I waited 6 months and he turned up at my campsite in January 2021. I still have him to this day, nearly 2 years later.
I remember during the lockdown my best friend got Raymond as her campsite villager and she was freaking out. I got really jealous because I literally got CHOPS as my campsite villager.
It never occurred to me that part of the reason Raymond in particular got so much popularity was because he's one of the cuter villagers in the smug group. I have a soft spot for them, Eugene was my first campsite villager and he's the only one of my tutorial villagers still living on my island. I gave his house a renovation after unlocking the ability to do so since I thought the default house didn't fit him much.
I started playing AC in February 2021 and I got Raymond in 5 tickets on one of my first hunts and I genuinely liked him. I wonder what people would have thought of Raymond if things hadn’t been quite the way they were.
I wonder how it would of went down if all the other smug villagers besides Raymond, Marshall, Jillian, and Kyle were prettier or just better designed in general
I also got Raymond as a campsite villager back when he was rare. I loved him! But eventually I reset my island and lost him. Then, about a month ago, I bought a bunch of amiibo cards including Raymond, so he's back. Seems like he's not as popular now, but I still like having him on my island. 😃
I know people have their issues with ACNH, even recently I’ve been bored with the game, but the nostalgia that I feel for spring of 2020 😭 doing nothing but like 2 hrs of school work, playing this game, and hanging out with the only person I was allowed to see during quarantine… it was just so crazy thinking back and so special to me
legitttt, I feel like that was the time when our brain got a proper rest while also enjoying smth new alongside other people, it was the peak of humanity during hard times
@@Naomi67276 very artificial hard times. things are just as bad now as they were during 2020, we just aren't being forced lockeddown by our governments anymore
You’d be surprised, most people I know are nostalgic for it, like it jad that cosy feeling of being home from school ill, like idk how to describe it, it was scary but kinda fun at first
I love Raymond because he’s cute, has 2 different colored eyes, and wears a little business suit. Something about a smug kitty wearing glasses and a business suit is so cute.
People loved giving Raymond the maid outfit or just dressing him up because why not. Speaking of people paying money for things in AC, I recall there were people selling hacked money trees that would have different items instead of money bags, like star bits or cupcakes. Then there was an update that turned them all back into money bags and people were crying about it because they lost money buying these trees.
I love Raymond so much, I hate when people tell me "YoU jUsT lIkE hIm BeCaUsE He wAs PoPuLaR". It really just is because he's my favourite smug villager, and he always reminds me that moving to my islands the best because I lived there. He's adorable. I do agree that the villager market blowing him up for absolutely no reason was odd. I do really love this cutie cat, and a lot of the new villagers too. They tickle the aesthetic part of my brain that loves these cute pastels and themes that they gave my island. If you like the popular villagers, well they're popular for a reason, theyre cute and they're fun.
I remember when I got rid of Butch and I didn't have any miles for tickets. I was freaking out the next day during a zoom call since Raymond actually auto filled into the spot. it was the best Animal Crossing day of my life😂 I still love him so much.
I remember coming home from army for a week (and I had had a really rough month there) so when I got home and started playing animal crossing, I started screaming when I saw him on my campsite! He was was my first campsite villager and he's still living happily on my island after 2 and half years :D
I wasn't part of the Raymond era unfortunately. But I did manage to get 2 of my dreamies on my island for some time. Bella and Cherry. I love rock music and I instantly clicked with those 2 villagers.
he was my first campsite visitor and i hated him at first because I hadn’t interacted with the fandom at all and didn’t know he was so popular💀 I’ve actually grown to really love him and he’s the only “og” villager left on my island and I’ll always keep him with me. I love him so much and I’m best friends with him.
I just recently got Raymond when he visited my campsite. I’ve also got Kid Cat and Ankha, but with Raymond in town one of my greatest goals is complete, so now I think I’m going to try to create an all-cat island.
The main reason I loved Raymond is that he wound up playing the lead in "Hamilton: An Animal Crossing Musical." The creator of this amazing RU-vid play only used Raymond because he happened to get him in the campsite. I'm glad he did, because I wound up getting really attached to Lin Manuel Miranda's voice coming out of that cat.
Raymond was my first campsite villager, and I got him back when I was young and dumb and didn’t know how popular he was. I love his design, so I’ll never let him go. Over 2 and a half years strong!
I got raymond veeery early on during a (pretty short) villager hunt, I wasn't looking for anyone in particular but ended up with him. He hasn't left since bc I've grown really attached to him
I share an island with my sister and when Raymond came to our campsite, my sister got so excited that she immediately made him move in and we had a wedding for her and Raymond. Pretty weird, but whatever.
Idc what anyone says Raymond is my baby! He is my 6th campsite villager and when I got him I was so happy! He is the villager that has been staying the longest on my island and he is never leaving. None of my villagers are leaving I love them all. I have had all of them for a long time. Thank you Raymond for the happiness, company and support.
I remember I got Raymond on a villager hunt while looking for Kyle, I absolutely freaked out because I find him adorable, and it only took 3 nmt I still have him (and Kyle too 😁)
I got Raymond, Sherb and Judy all while villager hunting and I am still very proud of that. Sherb took the longest with over 200 tickets and Judy was like 40.
Raymond was my starter smug villager. ACNH was my first animal crossing game & I had no idea he was so popular. He was adorable and I loved him. Imagine my surprise finding out he was a hot commodity lmfaooo
I still remember that one day I was hunting for a Jock Villager because the one I had moved out, and suddenly I visited an island where Raymond was. I didn't got him to my island because I don't like having the same villagers as everyone has, so I kept hunting and I encounterd Antonio. He might not be as special as Raymond is, but he has the personality I was hunting for and he even was one of the first villagers of the first island I've got in my first Animal Crossing game, so now I still have him in my island and I remember that story. Very months later because of Raymond's encounter I got a bit of desire of getting also him, but I haven't hunted for him because the villagers I want to run out don't want to, and with the time I've lost wanting to get him. I hope I'll someday want to play more the game to get him and continue with my island.
I recently restarted my island since it’s been so long since I touched my last one. In my most recent villager hunting, I managed to find Raymond on my 3rd ticket. I felt pretty lucky but also a bit bad knowing that he’s (or was) one of the most sought after characters & many would spend hundreds or even thousand nook mile tickets to find him. Even though he might not be as popular nowadays, I’m keeping him on my island cuz I do love a lot of the cat villagers
Thanks for this, I'm up with intrusive thought nightmare. Business Cat always makes me smile. I have him as one of my permanent 3 residents (along with my birthday twin Bluebear, and Dom, because rainbow sheep) and he def delivers for me. My aesthetic is grey/black/white too so that helps I'm sure.
I got him in my campsite eventually and felt like I had to get him despite him not fitting my island aesthetic xD I'm quite fond of tsundere cat. He's oddly sweet.
New Horizons was my first Animal Crossing game, and I still remember seeing the leaks of the new villagers before the game came out. Out of all of the new villagers introduced the "cute heterochromia cat" was my favorite hands down. After the game came out and we learned their names, I was actually really surprised by how popular he was! I'd initially wanted him on my island, but after seeing how hard he was to get (and the fact that I already had one Smug dreamie a la Kidd), I ended up not getting him until he randomly showed up in my campsite last year. I still have him because I'm trying to collect all the villager photos, but to be honest, now that I have him, he just doesn't hit the same way that Kidd does. Still a good villager for sure, at least. I'd be happy to have him again.
Maybe its just that people are now realizing that they have neglected so many villagers that they haven't seen before now that they now all of sudden want them badly. Things have really changed since the Raymond Hype died out.
I will always be annoyed that Raymond didn't first appear in City Folk where he would of been perfect as the "face" of that game and that Audie didn't become the "face" of New Horizons. But I do like that for some reason some of Raymond's popularity rubbed off onto Marshall and now I see them as the office duo.
Man, I remember that I got scammed from Raymond because I was so eager to have him on my island. It was around 300-400 tickets I believe that I lost there. Then someone gave me Raymond legit, for free because they saw my scam post on a group page and felt bad for me. Also another generous and kind player gave me the exact tickets that I lost and man, I never felt so happy and gracious of them for giving me Raymond and got my tickets that I lost. You can say, karma just got the scammer good
2020 was one of weirdest, worst but best years for sure. You just had to be there and experience people going nuts over a virtual cat. I miss 2020 in some sense honestly
I played New Leaf during the beginning of lockdown. And I got Marshal on accident. And he had a lot to say. He was like a... Online best friend. This was before the standard text. And people LOVED Marshal. And I loved him then and loved him now. He's the smug for me. But I actually like many smugs. Kidd, Ken, Kyle, Henry, Keaton ect. He's just a pretty face. That's all glasses cat is. But he is a life saver when you restart and the smug arrives
I was brand new to animal crossing as a series when NH came out. My first jock villagers was Louie and I loved him cause he looked like Donkey Kong and Raymond was my first camp villager. I was like "oh!! a cat! cute" but never really payed much attention after that lol. he came and went
While I was watching this (after you mentioned the popular villagers) I actually got Sasha & Shino in my amiibo pack I opened up. What a coincidence! (5:36 for reference)
As someone who likes Raymond because of the New Wave/80s businessman aesthetic, I was surprised to see how many other people liked him. It still feels kind of surreal to me, I can't think of another wildly popular character from anything with his aesthetic, except for maybe Herbert West.
On my first island I had Roald and HATED him but I knew he was popular and just put him up for auction on nookazon. I didn't want to exploit too many nook miles out of people so I left it up to them and ended up getting 100nmt and I still have some till this day.
I stopped playing the game a few months into the pandemic and my last transaction was getting Raymond through NMT trades on Nookazon. This was the era before hacked Treasure Islands and free villagers. Unfortunately I chose to kick off my first resident, Jay, to be replaced by Raymond. So I took my long break from the game but from time to time I'd feel regret over replacing Jay. Just last week I came back to the game, booted Raymond off, and got Jay back to replace him! I feel balanced again! Moral of the story: everyone forms their own personal attachments! Stick with your gut feeling because popular dreamies are not for everyone!
I got Raymond in my campsite and I convinced him to move onto my island solely for the flex lol. But I like him. I haven't let him leave my island yet. Also I actually really like Chops T^T I clowned on him too at first but then when I got him he actually became one of my favorites. I let him move off my island and tbh I still miss him
I got my switch back in 2021 for Christmas and got Raymond as my first campsite villager. I had searched online about him the day before and it said how it would be pretty good if I got him and when I did I was happy! It wasn’t until I started to look at Nookazon that I realized he was popular. Even though he is worth quite a bit (could be less now idk) I love him and will never trade him away. Even though sometimes I just want a villager because there rare or popular like marina i really wanted because she was rare but she is so sweet that she became my fav villager (besides Raymond) also thanks if u read this far have a good day!
I made a couple hundred bucks selling Raymonds on ebay for $5 a pop; they weren't "hacked in", per se, but I used the homebrew loader to restore my save each time.
just got raymond last week due to an amiibo card. wanted him since day 1 and i’m so happy i finally got him. planned my island to be a wolves only island with one exception: raymond
I lucked out and got Raymond pretty early on, like late spring to early summer, which is funny because I wasn't even looking for him or all that crazy about him to begin with. I kept him of course, just to flex, and now he's a permanent reminder of this funny time on my island
I remember that i was doing a raymond hunt, had gotten Erik, who was a dreamie of mine, and while trying to get rid of a red cranky octopus...he just...showed up in my campsite.. Happiest day for me. Though Raymond's popularity has fallen he still has a place on my island and my heart.
I started late and got Raymond while villager hunting and I couldn't be happier. He will be forever stuck on my island along with my King Phil's singing.
I remember going into my tent saying to myself “whoever is in here I will be happy.” And then Raymond was there and I had never spent 10,000 bells so fast
about a year ago, i was looking for raymond on the happy home paradise island hoping he’d show up so i could make a vacation home for him. the next day, he showed up at my campsite. that was awesome.
I got Hans too and I was so surprised to see that he is unpopular, Hans is a Yeti! A mystical creature! Magical! I thought that is so amazing, far more distinct than a cat but each to their own of course. I have weird taste anyways, Cashmere is my favourite sheep because she looks like a Knaaren from Rayman 3 and that is one of my favourite games ever x)
I know that it’s not the case but I like to think that this single cat is what started the whole acnh economy just by being interesting and as someone that had a 2 year hiatus from the game still want him
It took me over two years and four islands to realize that I'll always get the same personality types regardless how many times I reset the game. Thanks for the confirmation!
I remember my first proper hunt, I got him on ticket 3 I think, posted a pic in a facebook group, left him on the island, and crying ensued. I think I got who I was looking for later (a wolf villager)
I got Raymond as my first campsite villager, I still have him and still love him and honestly I love that he's stupid, like one of the dialog you can get when intereacting with his furnature is about how he choose stuff that makes him look smart and then he's like "I mean...I am smart" and one time while listening to a conversation between him and another villager I think was fauna, he said something so dumb, I don't remember exactly what it was but the her response was basically to say it's a good thing he's cute. He's an adorable little idoit and I love him.
I think Raymond's decline can be attributed to 3 factors: 1) The game itself. While it does still have many active players, it's nowhere near what it was 2 years ago, and when the game declines so, too, shall the characters within it. 2) Amiibo Series 5 cards. With characters introduced in both the base game and update being added to the Amiibo roster, there was another avenue opened to get the new villagers like Raymond. This factor should be small given the random nature of the official Amiibo card packs, but something helping to drive it is the fact that Amiibos are incredibly easy and cheap to make, so all it took was for one person to pull his card, scan it to their phone to copy its data, and upload it to the internet to make Raymond easily obtainable for anyone. 3) The new villagers following the update. While it may be the smallest factor of the 3, having new faces introduced will have made a fair number of players find a new favorite and drop others like Raymond in the process. There could be other factors as well, such as hype just calming down with time, but I think those are the major 3
I do wanna add that villager trading wasn't a new thing with Raymond (even if he was probably the first ppl sold on eBay for $1000) Back in the 3ds era with New Leaf everyone was losing their minds over Marshal and Julian lol
I didn’t even know everyone was crazy for Raymond. It’s kind of funny because, before I found your channel, I had actually gotten Raymond’s amiibo card in a pack I had bought.
I don’t care if he’s popular or boring to some. I love cats, I live suits, and his different colored eyes are awesome. That’s why he’s my second favourite villager.
When i first saw this cat i instantly fall in love him him.. since today i have his amiibo stuck in picture frame on my wall xD I didnt even played acnh for 1 year xD
Weirdly, my 3rd villager wasn’t a smug villager, it was Ellie. And my first campsite villager was Raymond, and at the time I didn’t know how popular/rare he was
My first villagers were Rocket and Genji. Not who you showed it always is. After two yrs, Rocket just moved away. But I've had Raymond on my island for over a yr, and he's my bestie. I love him.
