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A creativeAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer has remade iconic places from the popularSpongeBob SquarePantsanimated series. While there are many reasons for the success ofSpongeBob SquarePantsover the last few decades, a significant factor is the instantly recognizable locations often seen in the episodes. This has made the show a perfect subject for oneAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer to flex their creative muscles.
SpongeBob SquarePantshas been around since 1999. While the franchise started as an animated show on Nickelodeon, it quickly branched out into other media following its immense success. Over the years, the titular sponge and his undersea friends have appeared in a number of games, including2023’sSpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. Beyond SpongeBob and the rest of Bikini Bottom appearing in their own titles, the franchise’s popularity has made it the subject of fan creations made in other games.
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In a post on Reddit, a user known as lonely_purple_space shared a collection of images, revealing four locations fromSpongeBob SquarePantsthat they recreated inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Based on the pictures, the player remade SpongeBob’s street, with objects standing in for his Pineapple, Patrick’s Rock, and Squidward’s Easter Island Head. In addition, the Krusty Krab dining area and kitchen were recreated, along with the diner from the episode “Missing Identity.” The Reddit user did an impressive job using the available items to recreate the aesthetic of the undersea locations from Bikini Bottom, and they even included images from the respectiveepisodes ofSpongeBob SquarePantsso that fans could compare each in-game design to the ones seen in the show.
In the comments of the Reddit post, numerousAnimal Crossingcommunitymembers paid notice to lonely_purple_space’sSpongeBob SquarePants-themed project. In fact, over 4.9K users have upvoted the designs, with many paying particular attention to some of the details in the images. For instance, some gamers pointed out the use of bubble machines behind Patrick and Squidward’s houses to give the feeling of being underwater. In addition, numerous gamers wanted the Dream Address to visit the locations themselves. Fortunately, lonely_purple_space quickly responded, leaving the ID for the Bikini Bottom recreation in the post’s comments section.
As these recreations of classicSpongeBob Squarepantslocales evidence,Animal Crossingallows fans to make countless creations if they have the creativity to dream them up. For example, another fan recently found a way to make asoccer field inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Despite the game being several years old, it seems fans will continue to make more creations like these in the coming months.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available for the Nintendo Switch.
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