The Kwik-e-Mart from The Simpsons was recreated by an Animal Crossing: New Horizons player this week as a tribute to the animated series. Last November, the Animal Crossing 2.0 update and the game’s first paid DLC, interior design game Happy Home Paradise, added a substantial amount of new content. New Horizons, which was launched in March 2020, has sold more than 32 million copies and has become one of Nintendo’s most popular games ever.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players are already able to do a lot of construction and design work, as they are given a whole island and their own house to work with. Players are tasked with designing vacation houses for the game’s anthropomorphic animals and NPCs in the game’s DLC Happy Home Paradise. New architectural options and design abilities were added in this DLC, including accent walls, pillars, counters, and more.
When it comes to making their dreams come true in Animal Crossing 2.0, players have a plethora of options to choose from. gubblypie, a Twitter user, just tweeted a fantastic reproduction of The Simpsons’ Kwik-e-Mart. Animal Crossing products are cleverly used to recreate the store from the show in their design. Back behind the counter, there’s a Squishee machine, as well as bespoke panels that faithfully duplicate the shop’s automatic sliding glass door.
The Frozen-Foods Freezer Wall from the game serves as a nod to Jasper’s failed time travel attempt. When compared to previous games in the series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons provides the most design options. Players now have more options than ever before thanks to the huge item catalogue, the additional architectural options in Happy Home Paradise, and the new products that expand the possibilities of how players can apply bespoke patterns.
With millions of players sharing their designs and finding inspiration from each other, New Horizons has become one of the most active creative communities in gaming. Fanart like this Kwik-e-Mart reconstruction shows just how creative the Animal Crossing: New Horizons community can be. With so many options available to players, new ideas for building and decorating seem to be constantly emerging. Player-made recreations of well-known sets and locales are posted on a weekly basis, inspiring others to get creative and create something altogether unique.