The Animal Crossing community is obviously making a bit of a difference unbelievable creations, including yes, literally real platform courses:
AC is now a Mario platform game# Animal transition # ACNH pic.twitter.com/OpMVI6wYfL
– doom desire (@doom_mori) March 1, 2021
Mario courses like these do not just appear overnight – literally – in Animal Crossing. All the Mario items are available via a separate tab of the Nook Shopping app, but the app limits you to five items per day. Which means that if you want to do extensive courses like this, you have to travel a lot of time …
Some players have used custom patterns on the ground to tame their outdoor levels in creative ways, such as this area reminiscent of air levels:
marvel at my mario world. # Animal transition # ACNH # NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/QR3ftkWxTB – Danielle Dungeonrunner (@D_Dungeonrunner) March 2, 2021
Or this amazing version of Rainbow Road:
レ イ ン ボ ー ロ ロ ー ド を た た# ト リ オ カ ー ト 8dx # マ リ オ 家具 # ど う ぶ つ の 森 森 # Animal transition # ACNH # NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/L55JG3qch5 – Beluz / ベ ル ヅ (@Beluz_kintere) March 1, 2021
Or even a Mario Party recreation:
A recreation of the Lucky Space Event from ‘Mario Party 8’ in New Horizons style ^ o ^ # Animal transition # ACNH # NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/kdaC231KIe – (@ Mettuar30) March 2, 2021
Players not only hold incredible outdoor courses – there are also amazing indoor layouts done in people’s homes with the floor and wallpaper sets along with the Mario furniture items.
I have all the mario good !! # Animal transition # ACNH # NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/0rYxMnto8Q – KittyPie (@Ash_KittyPie) March 3, 2021
A few creators went beyond just recreating Mario 2D levels, and used custom design prints to put together recreations of favorite 3D spaces like Peach’s Castle:
Used the new Mario pipes https://t.co/AAv3ZmLh1P pic.twitter.com/gtp1aVSKZs
– John Edwards (@EuclidianBoxes) March 2, 2021
Meanwhile, some people only use the Mario costumes to make ‘Mario’ do stupid things in the Animal Crossing universe:
Mario routine # Animal transition # ACNH # NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/caqB7D0krh
– Rikrio (@RikrioTastroff) March 3, 2021
Smash Bros. Players: Buff Mario! Buff Mario: # Animal transition # ACNH # NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/LeMwYREzIk
– Phøx McMint #BLM (@Phox_McMint) March 4, 2021
Eventually, several creators noticed that at least one popular Mario character seems to have been left out of the costume options for this update: Waluigi. A few people tried to give the tennis-playing antagonist a look with custom clothing designs, and used the designs to express their disappointment via meme format, like this:
Sorry, Waluigi. Maybe next time? (Please, Nintendo!)
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.