List of villagers

The following is a complete  list of villagers who appear at some point throughout the. As of the release of the update for, there are a total of 488 villagers, 35 species, and 8 personalities across all games in the series. 105 villagers have appeared in all mainline games, but only villagers have appeared in every  game including spin-offs.

features 216 villagers in total (105 have appeared in all mainline games since). The GameCube ports, and, introduce 2 new villagers and 18 islanders (6 of these 20 new villagers having appeared in all mainline games since), bringing the total to 236. introduces 66 additional villagers (6 of which were only available via promotional-only e-Reader cards) and 18 additional islanders (21 of these 84 new villagers having appeared in all mainline games since), bringing the total to 320.

features 150 villagers in total, the fewest of any game in the series (6 of which were distributed at Nintendo DS Download Stations and are no longer legitimately obtainable). The game introduces 18 new villagers (17 have appeared in all mainline games since) as well as one new animal species (monkey, the 6 members of which were also the 6 distribution-only villagers), but excludes 188 villagers from previous games.

features 210 villagers in total. It introduces 18 new villagers (all have appeared in all mainline games since) and sees the return of 42 of the villagers absent from the previous game.

features 333 villagers in total. The game introduces 100 new villagers (all have appeared in all mainline games since), two new animal species (deer and hamster), two new personalities (smug and big sister), and sees the return of 24 previously absent villagers and the exclusion of 1 villager (Champ).

, a spin-off title, features 339 villagers in total, based on the initial roster. It introduces 2 new villagers and sees the return of 4 previous villagers (5 of which were distributed as downloadable content and are no longer legitimately obtainable). 20 villagers from and  exist in the game's files but do not actually appear in the game. They were ultimately added to with the  update, which was released after.

, another spin-off title, features all of the same villagers as, except for those introduced with the update.

The update for  features 399 villagers in total. It adds 66 villagers to the game: 14 new, and 52 returning. All 6 villagers exclusive to return in this update. Two of the villagers, Filly and Holden, were distributed as Japan-exclusive DLC visitors to the campground and are no longer obtainable. These two characters are not able to live in a player's town, however, making for a total of 64 possible new residents to the player's town.

features  villagers in total. 40 were available in the initial release of the game, with the rest being introduced in updates.

initially featured 391 villagers in total. It introduces 8 new villagers, one for each personality, with all 333 villagers from returning as well as the 50 villagers from  card series. The 8 villagers introduced in this game were later added to in v3.1.2b. The six Sanrio villagers returned in the, bringing the total to 397 villagers. There were 16 villagers added in the : 8 new, and 8 returning, bringing the total to 413 villagers.

Table of villagers
Character names in italics denote Japanese-exclusive villagers whose names have not been localized in other regions.

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