40 — Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
Senator Murkowski tries desperately to please both the Cottagecore and Cyberpunk aesthetic communities, but ends up with an island that feels inconsistent without a clear vision.
39 — Cory Booker, D-N.J.
It’s a decent enough island, even if it’s pretty generic. Some visitors have said that they encountered a sick villager, and when they brought it up to Booker, he got defensive and refused to give them medicine. No one really understands why, but he’s adamant about it.
38 — J.D. Vance, R-Ohio
At first, you’ll notice a rustic charm to this rural-themed village. Some well placed signposts, a couple of birdhouses, even a well! Soon, though, you won’t be able to shake the feeling that it’s all inauthentic, even artificial. And just wait until you run into the senator himself and see the eyes he picked — yikes!
37 — Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.
The island is very pretty and well-designed, and she actually hosts virtual weddings. That sounds cute, but she charges a lot and doesn’t allow any other guests. In a vacuum, I would like to see it, but the exclusivity is a huge turn-off.
36 — Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
Another decent island. The annoying thing is that Senator Gillibrand keeps telling visitors how they, “just missed Hillary,” despite the fact that her own name does not appear on Hillary Clinton’s very public Friend List.
35 — Jon Tester, D-Mont.
He’s got a pretty unique ranch theme going on, but he keeps telling visitors that it’s okay if they brought guns with them. Like, repeatedly and continuously. I don’t think there’s even guns in the game.
34 — Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.
There’s some interesting ideas here. Heinrich refuses to pull weeds or alter the island’s geography, which limits his options in terms of creative design, but gives a very naturalistic feel to the land. He also has a weird amount of wind turbines.
33 — Mark Warner, D-Va.
Warner insists on giving guided tours of his island. The individual areas honestly sound pretty cool, but he over-explains them and talks at length about how much each piece cost. He then waits for you to praise him before continuing the tour.
32 — Mitt Romney, R-Utah
It’s well-organized, if nothing spectacular. Maybe a bit too clean-cut. Oh, and if you’re wondering, yes — he does have the Mormon underwear on display at the Able Sisters’ shop.
31 — Peter Welch, D-Vt.
No one is able to visit Senator Welch’s island, as his predecessor Patrick Leahy somehow got his account banned from the Nintendo Switch Online service. Welch’s office claims that they have been on the line with Nintendo support for months, to no avail. I’d like to get in there and see if I can figure out what Leahy did to get the boot.
30 — Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
It seems like a pretty cool island with some nice beach-side set pieces, until you talk to the villagers. Senator Whitehouse has written them a lot of letters. A lot. They’re all very sincere and contain lots of personal information. It’s unclear if the senator knew that letters could be shared.
29 — Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
He hasn’t played since the autumn of 2022, when I guess someone said they were going to give him a bunch of bells in exchange for cash, but ended up scamming him. He just got really discouraged after that. It’s a shame, because he reportedly had a pretty interesting futuristic aesthetic that he was working on.
28 — Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
The island is your typical seen-it-before rural theme, but things get interesting when you go inside his house. There’s a room with lots of medical equipment that Senator Wyden says is set up for physician-assisted suicide. He tells visitors that while he personally opposes it, he “can’t stop them” from doing it if they want to.
27 — Patty Murray, D-Wash.
Her island sounds like it’s nothing to write home about, but she apparently hosts daily Stretching Sessions that are open to her constituents. That kind of outreach has to count for something!
26 — John Thune, R-S.D.
Sports-themed islands aren’t exactly unique, but Senator Thune’s is quite well done. He even used custom patterns to make a running track around a football field. Visitors just have to put up with Thune constantly saying, “You know, I almost ran for President in 2012. A lotta people say I would’ve won.”
25 — Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa
There’s actually not that much information about his island available online, but I’m kind of curious to see it. He’s publicly spoken out against how difficult Nintendo makes it to transfer saves, as he wants to pass his village on to his children when he dies. If he’s that passionate about it, he must have some cool stuff, right?
24 — Brian E. Schatz, D-Hawaii
The island? A cool, if generic, beach bum theme. The house? A deeply weird shrine to Obama.
23 — Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.
A graduate of Smith College, Senator Baldwin used her island to create an uncanny facsimile of downtown Northampton, Massachusetts. That probably won’t mean anything to most of you, but as a local, I appreciate it. I want to visit the island just so I can go to the Iron Horse again.
22 — Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
Senator Capito’s island features a fairly breathtaking Fairycore theme. Guests have universally praised the design, but note that she openly admits to time traveling. While I can admire her honesty on the subject, that knocks her down quite a few places for me. Sorry, I’m a traditionalist!
21 — Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.
He’s got a lot of cool ideas going on, but nothing cohesive on a larger level. I’d like to see where he’s taking this island. In a few years, it might be something that I would actually be interested in visiting. It could also turn out to be artificial, capitulating waste of space. Only time will tell!
