Summary
- Fans recreate Bikini Bottom in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, complete with iconic locations and characters.
- Creative customization tools allow players to bring beloved franchises like SpongeBob into the cozy life-sim game.
- The online community shares various pop-culture crossovers in New Horizons, keeping fans engaged with the game.
Players continue to find a number of ways to bring their favorite pop-culture franchises into the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including one fan who designed their island to look like Bikini Bottom from SpongeBob SquarePants. While there have been few updates to the game since it launched in 2020, the extensive customization options and ability to remake iconic characters and locations in Animal Crossing: New Horizons have kept fans invested in the cozy life-sim title.
Serving as the hometown of the titular SpongeBob, Bikini Bottom is a city at the bottom of the sea that features beloved locations like the Krusty Krab restaurant, Plankton's Chum Bucket, Jellyfish Fields, Mussel Beach, Goo Lagoon and more. While there are a number of video games featuring SpongeBob SquarePants, one clever Animal Crossing player put their creativity to the test and brought the oceanic city above the water in New Horizons.
Animal Crossing fan angiesmdrnlife shared a series of snapshots showcasing how they transformed their New Horizons island into the colorful Bikini Bottom, blending familiar locales, character stand-ins, and meme-worthy episode references to bring the world of SpongeBob to life. Using the island customization tools in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the OP created replicas of SpongeBob's bedroom, Sandy's Treedome, Mrs. Puff's Boating School, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's lair, Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat, and even the final resting place of Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, among other instantly recognizable spots from the hit animated series. They then dressed up Derwin as SpongeBob, Octavian as Squidward, Paolo as Patrick, Sylvana as Sandy, and styled other beloved Villagers as the denizens of their New Horizons Bikini Bottom.
Bikini Bottom in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Fellow New Horizons and SpongeBob SquarePants fans showered the Bikini Bottom island design with adoration, with many happy to see their favorite Nickelodeon characters entering the world of Animal Crossing. The Bikini Bottom island joins a number of pop-culture crossovers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons to catch the attention of online community members, with the likes of Breaking Bad, Spirited Away, Twin Peaks, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among the many beloved IPs to receive fan recreations in Animal Crossing.
While many players are keeping their fingers crossed for a new entry in the Animal Crossing series, others are content to keep exploring the creative opportunities available in New Horizons. Interested fans can stay tuned for more fun custom content shares from the Animal Crossing: New Horizons community.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 90 /100 Critics Rec: 99%
- Released
- March 20, 2020
- ESRB
- Everyone / Comic Mischief, Mild Fantasy Violence, Users Interact, In-Game Purchases
- Developer(s)
- Nintendo EPD
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Engine
- Havok
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
- Expansions
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Happy Home Paradise
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Simulation
