Even though Animal Crossing: New Horizons gives players the opportunity to design their own islands, not every villager’s design is as aesthetically pleasing as the other. In fact, there are some island designs that have gone viral on social media for all the wrong reasons.
The island designer app featured in-game allows players to customize their island to their liking. Not only can players choose the wall and floorings of their own home, as was possible in past installments of Animal Crossing games, but the island designer app now allows them to create landscape such as cliffs, water, and foliage.
It’s never been easier earning a 5-star rating on one’s island, given all of the creative things Animal Crossing: New Horizons allows players to do. This makes it all the more surprising that some island designs can turn out so painfully bad. Below are some of the worst Animal Crossing island designs that, if nothing else, can act as a good warning of what not to do.
The Worst Islands In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
YouTuber DanTheMan decided to create the “worst islands for New Horizons,” as his video title explains. The source of inspiration was a random froggy chair, one which Animal Crossing fans have been missing, and the YouTuber allowed that design to dictate where he added land or took it away.
Players can check out the video above to see the final result. In the end, his island was oddly shaped, making it likely inefficient (and unattractive) for the residents living on it. However, although this was a purposeful attempt at creating the worst, strangest Animal Crossing island around, it's definitely not the only one on the internet players can discover.
This person’s island takes the cake as the creepiest one around. Rather than creating a cutesy island that will be inviting to potential guests, Animal Crossing island designs which ended up being more scary than cutesy.
It’s not that @kyoshisland’s island isn’t intricately built or following a carefully planned theme. Based on the photos, it’s clear they put a lot of time and effort into deg their ketchup-themed Animal Crossing island, from the cream and red theme to the matching furniture and flowers. But it’s the theme itself that makes these design choices seem questionable. While some players use inspiration from a movie or real-life location, creating an island based on a condiment is a risky choice, especially for people who prefer mustard.
Although the island designer app allows Animal Crossing: New Horizons players to fix landscape and terrain, this player on Reddit clearly didn’t get the memo. While trying to catch tarantulas, this player left a series of holes in the ground of their island, leaving few places to step. Needless to say, these potholes aren’t very aesthetically pleasing, likely meaning this player didn’t receive a 5-star rating.
Rather than spending their time creating cliffs or waterfalls, Animal Crossing player @sirpengi had a morbid design idea in mind. With the help of Blathers, the player made the scene look like something straight out of a murder mystery, and not in a good way. This shocking image may not technically be an island design, but the player has surely created one of the grisliest islands out there, and it's a place other villagers likely won't be willing to visit any time soon. There are tons of different island design possibilities in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but as these examples show, some of them are definitely better than others.
