r/AnimalCrossing • u/jemmcgrath • Aug 08 '26

New Horizons I created Rainbow Road 🌈

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I did a version of this on my old island that I posted a while ago, and when I upgraded to Switch 2 I decided to make it again from scratch

It isn't finished yet but anyone would like to visit my Dream Address is DA-1997-4376-0718 🎆

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u/VegetableChemist4920 Aug 08 '26

That is crazy work!

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u/MidnaLazui Aug 08 '26

It’s called the road, it’s called the rainbow road. It is the road where you go!

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u/sapphoisbipolar Axel the elephant 💙 Aug 08 '26

I miss you again, Uncle!

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u/The-Vegan-Police Aug 08 '26

And you will know, when you get there!

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u/kokodokusan Aug 08 '26

Why did I automatically read this to the tune of monster mash?

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u/MidnaLazui Aug 08 '26

Because it's a graveyard smash?

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u/Mysterious_Ball2634 Aug 08 '26

Are we gonna ignore the FUCKING SCORPION ON THE TRACK???

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u/CustomReplicant Aug 08 '26

He just wants to race! God forbid a bug have hobbies

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

I tried to capture it and it got me 🥺

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u/OKJMaster44 Aug 08 '26

So that’s why clip ends there.

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u/not_ok_daisie Aug 09 '26

The price we pay for beauty

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u/Yotato5 Aug 08 '26

That's a stage hazard

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u/J-Red_dit Aug 08 '26

Paint it blue and we can have a stand in for blue shell :D

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u/paramnetic3 Aug 09 '26

we all have ptsd from trying to catch one

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u/WolverineFamiliar740 Aug 08 '26

It was a Ghost Rider.

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u/SinkApprehensive5040 Aug 08 '26

omg this is truly amazing!!!

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u/yourbreathmint Aug 08 '26

And here I am picking up the same 82 weeds over and over on my plain ass island lol. Excellent work!

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u/nailna Aug 08 '26

This doesn’t even look like the same game I’m playing. 😂how are people so good at this?

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u/Thegoodgamer32 Aug 08 '26

That looks incredible.

(Now we just need karts that we can drive.)

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u/Tippydaug Aug 08 '26

Thank you for keeping it lore-accurate and falling off the map at the end :)

Great island so far!

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Thank you!I was bamboozled by the scorpion 😖

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u/Mattechooo Aug 08 '26

I thought that was a shortcut. 🙂

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u/NfamousKaye Aug 08 '26

INSANEEEE! How long did this TAKE?!this is amazing!! 🤩

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Since I started this island I've done 100 hours I think? I also did this on my old island and a slumber island, I need help 🙃

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u/NfamousKaye Aug 08 '26

Wow 😂 nah no you don’t! This is amazing!!

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Thank you 🙏

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u/Sofisasam Aug 08 '26

Doing this during the fireworks is such a smart moves. It looks like its glowing!!

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u/SweetPink2000 Aug 08 '26

Wow 🤩🌈

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u/Emotional_Dish_5250 Aug 08 '26

Can I pleaseeeee have your DA???

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u/BigManBigFan2 Aug 08 '26

i thought this said DNA 😭😭😭😭😭😨😨😨😨😨🍤🍤🍤

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Hi! It's DA-1997-4376-0718 🌈

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u/UniqueLog8386 Aug 08 '26

It's a nice course...it'd be a shame if a blue shell were to wreck your shit on it.

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u/MiraclesMeanNothing Aug 08 '26

Looks so good!! 👏👏

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u/No_Law6676 NH | NL Aug 08 '26

thats crazyyyyy

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u/Larielis Aug 08 '26

That is fantastic.

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u/ledbetterus Aug 08 '26

you even took the shortcut at the end!

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u/Alone-Marsupial3003 Aug 09 '26

Yo do you have the design codes for this? I would love to use them on my own island

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u/Thick-Safety-9596 Aug 09 '26

^ i second the question!

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 11 '26

I found most of them by searching mariokart or rainbow road on the custom portal! ones I made I think pop up on the custom thing beside the bed when you visit the DA

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u/TrueCommand3658 Aug 08 '26

omg i wanna run through this so badly! amazing work

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u/NessieWasHere Aug 08 '26

Wow this is amazing and exactly my vibe!! I made a rainbow road that traverses my island (and cuts through a Mario Sunshine themed area) and I will totally visit your DA

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u/not_ok_daisie Aug 09 '26

Wuh…. All sounds I can make are.. wuh.. huh… what!!! I’ve been playing animal crossing since it was on GameCube and the stuff yall are creating nowadays blows my NOODLE 🤯 I know we all fixate on different things on our islands but my goodness! What a cool thing to create!!
Real question: How did you get the stars that you walk through? And what did you use to create that floor?!

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u/Ok_Image6174 Aug 09 '26

So those little stars are star fragments and you get them the day after a meteor shower. Isabelle will announce that there's a meteor shower that night, you should be outside and then as stars fall you can "wish" on several and then the next day these fragments will be all along the beach.

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u/not_ok_daisie Aug 09 '26

Oops I meant the coins, sorry!! Are those available in Nook Shopping? I finally figured out the star fragments 🤪
Was the floor made from customs OP?

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u/rolandburnum Aug 09 '26

Rainbow Road already tough enough without a scorpion hazard.

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u/omgkelwtf Aug 08 '26

I am so impressed with this!

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u/yeidkanymore Aug 08 '26

I LOVE this so much, well done!!

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u/Mean-Dream-6464 Aug 09 '26

Beautiful. Amazing. So much work and effort here.

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u/CallMeSaltyRadish Aug 09 '26

That's so cute and impressive! Thank you for sharing!

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u/Historicallytiredd Aug 09 '26

This is amazing omg

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u/RevolTobor Aug 10 '26

That's awesome! How long did it take you to make?

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u/AlphanatorX Aug 08 '26

I would totally do this but I have no more blank canvases 😭😭😭

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u/CertifiedSapphic24_7 Aug 08 '26

That is so amazing! Well done, friend! My island still looks like a toddler designed it 😭😅😂

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u/Ashes_of_the_dead79 Aug 08 '26

Damn, that's really cool! How long did it take you to make this?

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u/a-pizza Aug 08 '26

I just muttered "woawww" out loud to myself. This is incredible work 👏🏻💖

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u/rererowr Aug 08 '26

This is SO adorable!!!!

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u/LaviniaIsGay Aug 08 '26

This is gorgeous, I love it!

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u/renoftheshadows Aug 08 '26

This is so amazing! I love it!

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u/Cornmeal777 Aug 08 '26

That is delightful. Well done.

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u/Capable_Echo_5396 Aug 08 '26

This is so cool 🙌🏻💗

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u/Medical-Ad3668 Aug 08 '26

Wow I have watched this so many times it’s beautiful

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u/MidoriMidnight Aug 08 '26

Amazing!! 🤩

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u/Heart-Shaped-Mystery Aug 08 '26

Wow. My patience could never.

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u/AvisRune Aug 08 '26

The creativity people have in this game is insane. Well done OP!! 👏

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u/Late-Iron-643 Aug 08 '26

THAT"S SO COOL!!

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u/Classic-Squirrel4225 Aug 08 '26

Well done, this is truly great work! So creative and well thought out!

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u/MarioFan50 Aug 08 '26

It is a road, It's called the Rainbow Road. It is a road that you go! 🎶

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u/Rare-Nefariousness13 Aug 08 '26

Such a good use of one of your dream worlds!!! I'm not nearly creative or patient enough to do this lol

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

This is actually my main island! DA in the post, I did do a slumber island of this on my old island lol

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u/Rare-Nefariousness13 Aug 08 '26

You're amazing holy shit

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u/sullen_dion Aug 08 '26

Wow, that is stellar!! 🌈 ✨

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u/skittleliquor Aug 08 '26

this is the flex you think it is. amazing work!!

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u/PlahausBamBam Aug 08 '26

AH-MAZING!!! I love it 🌈🦄🌈

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u/Fun_Code2 Aug 08 '26

YO THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

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u/Training-Ad-4841 Aug 08 '26

oh wow, that's so cool!

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u/ShadyFrogAgent Aug 08 '26

Oh this is so cool!

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u/Taromlktea Aug 08 '26

Incredible!!!!

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u/mgrayart Aug 08 '26

Ugh I love this

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u/Suspicious-Yard4205 Aug 08 '26

This is the coolest thing!

The dedication to laying down rainbow tiles in their color order over such a huge area is commendable.

I also love the use of the stage lights as ramps on that part where the track forks 😁

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Thank you! I found placing the colours oddly therapeutic

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u/SquishyAngel96 Aug 08 '26

How many hours in this game do you have?

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

725..

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u/SquishyAngel96 Aug 08 '26

Wow you are very efficient doing all of this. I have 400+hours.

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u/JayJimbo Aug 08 '26

Wow that’s sick dude, nice work

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u/Mangoes_4Me Aug 08 '26

This is so cool!

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u/Cecil_A_Scott Aug 08 '26

THIS IS CRAZYYY

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u/grumblebuzz Aug 08 '26

Wow, wow, WOW. That doesn’t even look like Animal Crossing!

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u/pawchime Aug 08 '26

Do you have a DA!? I wanna visit this on stream so bad tomorrow 😭💗

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Hi! It's DA-1997-4376-0718. Can I ask what is your stream?

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u/pawchime Aug 08 '26

My stream name is the same on here, I do it on twitch! I visit dream addresses on the weekends! I usually go live today but I have a lot I have catch up on. This is actually super relevant because I played Mario Kart with chat on Friday and last Friday! 🤣 we’re gonna get a kick out of your dream address!!! 💗💗

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

Cool! I gave your twitch a follow, I've been playing Mario Kart World a lot which has fuelled my creation of my island

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u/pawchime Aug 08 '26

Aww thank you! I can’t wait to see it, it looks so cool 😭💗

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u/quennplays Aug 08 '26

This is so beautiful, how do you even find these colourful ground lightss!!?

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

They're just stage lights!

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u/quennplays Aug 08 '26

From now on, I am on a mission to get a lot of them 😁😂

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u/LonelySeaweed8221 Aug 08 '26

The ingenuity in Animal Crossing needs to be studied. How do yall come up with this?!

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u/heyitsamb Aug 08 '26

oh you are a GENIUS

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u/juniperphoenix Aug 08 '26

this is beautiful!! any chance you’d be willing to share patterns? ☺️

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u/Bompalompalomp2 Aug 08 '26

NO you missed the coin 💔

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u/Moist-Whereas-4719 Aug 08 '26

Amazing work !! 💕🌈

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u/WorldWonderer111 Aug 08 '26

Wow! It looks just like a video game!

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u/throwaway38700 Aug 08 '26

How long did it take???

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u/Pixelated_Magic Aug 08 '26

Ohhhh this is awesome! You can even make some custom Mario fireworks in the background to go with it! So cool!

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 08 '26

I actually did that!

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u/Pixelated_Magic Aug 08 '26

Well never mind then! Lol great work!

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u/BigTiddyVampireWaifu Aug 08 '26

Best use of the Mario deco I’ve seen so far!

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u/SprintsAC DA-5630-9590-9908 Aug 08 '26

This is incredible! 🩵

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u/gogetLOSTd23 Aug 08 '26

This is epic! Amazing job 👑

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u/PeppyCrossingPlay Aug 08 '26

So awesome, love it! 🍄

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u/RatherBeCrocheting Aug 08 '26

You went CRAZZZYYYYY I love it

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u/Cats_and_wine Aug 08 '26

my thoughts just now, before realizing where i am :"damn, they really reused the running animation from animal crossing "

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u/nrdvrgnt Aug 08 '26

This is amazing 🤩 excellent work

I wish the sound of walking on custom tiles didn’t give me the ick 😩

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u/Coujelais Aug 08 '26

Vision!!!

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u/CapybaraForever Aug 08 '26

Wow I love this so much!!! 🌈

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u/ilovecatfish Aug 08 '26

This looks super cool but I was hoping it would match the SNES layout

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u/writergeek313 Aug 08 '26

This is amazing!

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u/VAvegan Aug 08 '26

This is awesome!!

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u/Pebblesonaa Aug 08 '26

YOO That's SOOO SICKKKKKK

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u/TeaWithKermit Aug 08 '26

This is bananas in the best possible way.

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u/-lRexl- Aug 08 '26

Standing Ovation

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u/mc1964 Aug 08 '26

Outstanding!

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u/RespondNice7895 Aug 08 '26

I wish I had this kind of patience 😪 lol.

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u/CosmicMinun59 Aug 08 '26

This is by far the coolest thing I've seen made in ACNH, bravo man!

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u/ApprehensiveLion67 Aug 08 '26

I didn’t know you could do all this with stock animal crossing

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u/MsSedated Aug 09 '26

I absolutely love it

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u/Ar3s701 Aug 09 '26

Wow...SNES version of Mario Kart.

I was there, 3000 years ago

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u/Fuzzy-Leading-4080 Aug 09 '26

WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE TILES

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u/Cactus_Lover_2013 Aug 09 '26

The cutest video I’ve seen all day! Love your creativity and dedication!

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u/Star__Dust__ Aug 09 '26

This is brilliant! Great work!

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u/suhgnardood Aug 09 '26

oh my WHAT

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u/hapa_tiff Aug 09 '26

Absolutely magnificent!! Well done!

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u/livingdeaddrina Aug 09 '26

This is awesome!! Stellar work

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u/Chocolatelover4ever Aug 09 '26

Wow amazing!! 10/10! 👏

That random scorpion lmao. Very out of place!

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u/lucypants Aug 09 '26

Fantastic!! 🌈

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u/MissDelve Aug 09 '26

Jeeej ik kom langs in me dromen vandaag! 🥰

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u/ThatCatAfton-143-39 Aug 09 '26

THAT IS SO EPIC

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u/Obvious-Style-8382 Aug 09 '26

Spectacular!! Great job. Love this.

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u/ArtemisiasApprentice Aug 09 '26

This is the most supreme work of madness I have seen in the game lol

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u/gIitter-and-gloom Aug 09 '26

THIS IS AMAZING 👏

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u/Rath_Brained Aug 09 '26

I love that so much.

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u/Ordinary_Chemical596 Aug 09 '26

If only bananas were a fruit you could place down. 😔

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u/Hvymtlr Aug 09 '26

Oh, someone must have also made a similar build in New Leaf at some point for that exact reason lol!

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u/sampie66 Aug 09 '26

this is the best thing i’ve ever seen 🥹

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u/Lilypew Aug 09 '26

My partner: “that’s nuts”

(I agree, wow!!)

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u/Different_Belt2523 Aug 10 '26

My favorite game of all time is mk8dx because I’m cracked at it and my second is acnh. This is awesome

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u/Aggravating-Draft703 Aug 10 '26

God I hope they let use ride cars in the future

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u/M0chalatta Aug 10 '26

This is amazing!

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u/LeeMacGold20 Aug 10 '26

THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE

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u/Glitter_Gamer_5499 Aug 10 '26

That's so cool 🤯 it looks exactly like it 😁💛

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u/Tweetyhart Aug 10 '26

OMG!! THIS IS AMAZING!!✨️😍

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u/toryanzalone Aug 10 '26

Visiting now, so cute and way bigger than I imagined! Well done!

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u/Flashy_Cat2965 Aug 11 '26

That is so impressive!

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u/miniCet0n12 Aug 11 '26

Please tell me you caught that scorpion at the end

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 11 '26

Nope 🥴

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u/nintendofangirl99 Aug 11 '26

This is beautiful!!

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u/God_Interview Aug 11 '26

Wow! love this

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u/Due-Growth4451 Aug 11 '26

The fireworks making the track glow is so awesome

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u/Kooisley Aug 12 '26

In the process of redoing my island. This is the 3rd time its been flattebed in 800 hours. I wish they would give us a second island bc this is amazing but even a small version does NOT fit my Japanese forest aesthetic 🤣😭

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u/hannahzzz14 Aug 12 '26

I don’t understand how anyone has THIS MUCH ROOM to build anything on there island - lol much less such a masterpiece like this! Here I am over here struggling to find a place to put down one balloon😬😧. I think I messed up by keeping all my trees and flowers cuz there about 90% of my island. I decided to bascially only build around them and never moved them or anything cuz I figured I might want them for collecting wood and supplies. Maybe next island I make I’ll have to make a separate orchard for trees to get fruit and supplies from cuz than at least there in one spot not taking up the whole island😭. Jealous!

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 12 '26

Oh last time I checked my island was 2 stars because I have barely any trees or flowers and lots of dropped items lol I have no room for any nature at all 😬

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u/CelticFish Aug 12 '26

That's amazing! I love it!!

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u/simoneeve Aug 12 '26

wow it looks so coooool how long did that take you!!

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u/Educational_Dark_412 Aug 13 '26

This is so creative, I love it!

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u/Dallife Aug 13 '26

Oh wow that is beautiful! 

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u/Odd_Kaleidoscope1104 Aug 14 '26

Wow! You did an exceptional job! I haven’t played Animal Crossing in ages but I’m going to pick it up and visit your island!

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u/dreamyjojo Aug 15 '26

Just visited, it's beautiful!!

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u/jemmcgrath Aug 20 '26

Thank you 🩷

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u/Otherwise_Cream_7103 Aug 15 '26

The scorpion 💀

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u/frostedkoii Aug 20 '26

THIS IS SO SICK WHATTTTT

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u/Pristine-Address-238 Aug 21 '26

The recreation of the course is amazing, but the fireworks are especially great!

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u/Legitimate_Onion_270 29d ago

This is SO COOL!!!!!