Lemon_Stone
Rancher
Hear me out.
In a poll about NPCs we'd like to befriend, I didn't vote for Morris because it would likely be difficult to make him befriendable because of his tie to the main story of the game, with the only way to conceivably befriend him being if you went with the Joja route, seeing as he gets run out of town at the end of the Junimo route. However, I do think there's a way that befriending Morris could theoretically work, one that gives him character development, including heart scenes that provide insight as to why he is the way he is, making him much more dynamic and interesting. Essentially, the development of his character could depend on the actions of the player.
For example, if the player goes with the Joja route, little to nothing changes about him by the end of the storyline. Should the player bring him as a guest to the Movie Theater, he'd likely stroke his ego about how he made something great out of the old Community Center. Conversely, if the player goes with the Junimo route and has high enough friendship with him by the end of it, probably at least eight hearts, then an alternate version of the Community Center restoration scene could play out. In it, Morris has a change of heart, ditching Joja and sticking around as a resident of Pelican Town. When he's taken to the Movie Theater, he could comment on how great work was made of the abandoned JojaMart building. However, should the player's relationship with him not be high enough by the end of the Junimo route (less than eight hearts), then the Community Center restoration scene will play out as normal, and he'll still be run out of town, being removed from the player's friendship panel in the process.
One question I know people are gonna have is how this would work with having maximum hearts with all villagers be a requirement for 100% completion. I think the solution to this would actually be pretty simple. I'd personally make it so that Morris is only factored into this if he's currently befriendable. That is, he's still around and hasn't been run out of town.
Any thoughts on this are welcome!
In a poll about NPCs we'd like to befriend, I didn't vote for Morris because it would likely be difficult to make him befriendable because of his tie to the main story of the game, with the only way to conceivably befriend him being if you went with the Joja route, seeing as he gets run out of town at the end of the Junimo route. However, I do think there's a way that befriending Morris could theoretically work, one that gives him character development, including heart scenes that provide insight as to why he is the way he is, making him much more dynamic and interesting. Essentially, the development of his character could depend on the actions of the player.
For example, if the player goes with the Joja route, little to nothing changes about him by the end of the storyline. Should the player bring him as a guest to the Movie Theater, he'd likely stroke his ego about how he made something great out of the old Community Center. Conversely, if the player goes with the Junimo route and has high enough friendship with him by the end of it, probably at least eight hearts, then an alternate version of the Community Center restoration scene could play out. In it, Morris has a change of heart, ditching Joja and sticking around as a resident of Pelican Town. When he's taken to the Movie Theater, he could comment on how great work was made of the abandoned JojaMart building. However, should the player's relationship with him not be high enough by the end of the Junimo route (less than eight hearts), then the Community Center restoration scene will play out as normal, and he'll still be run out of town, being removed from the player's friendship panel in the process.
One question I know people are gonna have is how this would work with having maximum hearts with all villagers be a requirement for 100% completion. I think the solution to this would actually be pretty simple. I'd personally make it so that Morris is only factored into this if he's currently befriendable. That is, he's still around and hasn't been run out of town.
Any thoughts on this are welcome!
