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Reddit users have once again recreated elements of a beloved television show in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in this case Nickelodeon‘s classic Avatar: The Last Airbender. With the hit cartoon having begun streaming on Netflix a couple of weeks ago, fans are feeling nostalgic for the adventures of Avatar Aang and his friends as they struggle to master the Four Elements of Air, Water, Earth, and Fire to save the world from the evil Fire Lord Ozai’s dreaded Fire Nation army.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ deep customization tools allow players to create new attire for their in-game avatars and even terraform the game’s island setting, each of which has spawned a number of creative tributes to other popular works and even real-life figures. These have ranged from remaking the intro sequence from Cartoon Network’s Courage The Cowardly Dog to even building an island in the shape of legendary actor Danny Devito’s face. Even the official Twitter page for MTV’s late-2000s reality show Jersey Shore actually used the game to recreate iconic moments from the show. Meanwhile, some New Horizons players have opted for in-game homages that are slightly less outlandish, but no less impressive.
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A number of Reddit users have recently been posting screenshots of their New Horizons-created tributes to Avatar: The Last Airbender on the Animal Crossing subreddit over the past week, particularly those referencing the Northern Water Tribe’s Spirit Oasis from the end of the show’s first season – which a good number of viewers are most likely binging at the moment. Shdycnnn reenacted a scene in which main protagonist Aang meditated by the secluded pond at night, illni recreated the entire location, and demonica12 posted a screenshot of their Katara-inspired character happily strolling amid their own rendition of the oasis. Check out all of the posts below:
Fondly remembered for its likable characters and surprisingly deep themes of destiny, prejudice, and war, Avatar: The Last Airbender ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008, spawning a number of tie-in comic books and even the four-season sequel series, The Legend Of Korra. A live-action Netflix adaptation was announced back in 2018, one that will hopefully avoid the mistakes that befell the ill-fated M. Night Shyamalan film of 2010, which notoriously mispronounced key characters’ names and white-washed the source material’s ethnically diverse cast.
With this new show on the horizon and the original cartoon available now for viewing on Netflix, these fan recreations of the iconic Spirit Oasis from Avatar: The Last Airbender couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s always impressive to see what people come with using creation tools in games like Animal Crossing, and these works from Redditors are no different. Players likely won’t gain any elemental powers from paying their islands a visit in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but they remain nice displays of skill and creativity all the same.
Source: shdycnnn, illni, demonica12
