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Switching between the player's pockets, bug collection, and fish collection.

Soft resetting an NES game (while also holding and ).Switching keyboard to display numbers and capital letters while typing.Picking up an item or design in the player's pockets.Running (while holding a direction on )).Quitting an NES game (while also holding and ).Turning the lights on or off in the player's house.Pressing the Start button in an NES game.Switching between letters, symbols, and icons while typing.Pressing the Select button in an NES game.Switching between accents on the last typed letter while typing.Running (while holding a direction on ).Interacting with items, objects, or characters.Doing aerobics (during the morning aerobics or while the aerobics radio is turned on).Adjusting the camera (when inside houses or museum exhibits).After fully expanding the house and paying back all loans, Nook builds a statue of the player in their honor in front of the train station. After paying off the loan, Nook allows the player to expand their house in exchange for a new loan. After completing several tasks for Nook, he informs the player that they no longer need to work for him and can pay off the loan in their own time. Nook loans the house to the player, advising them to work for him to help pay off the house.

Upon arrival to the town, the player is greeted by Tom Nook, a local store owner and freelance builder who provides the player with housing. Players can pick fruit, grow trees, garden, hunt for fossils and fish, catch bugs, do favors for the villagers, or decorate their homes. Gameplay within each village is open-ended, allowing players to engage in a variety of activities that suit their playstyle. Each town is randomly generated, ensuring that no two players' experiences are identical. Just as in Doubutsu no Mori, players assume the role of a human setting out for a life of their own in a town of anthropomorphic animals. Due to the successful localization effort, the game was translated back into Japanese and released in Japan as Doubutsu no Mori e+, which features the western-oriented changes as well as additional content not present in any of the previous versions. The game became a Player's Choice title in North America. This version of the game was also later released in Australia in 2003, and across Europe in 2004.Īnimal Crossing was a commercial and critical success, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide and garnering strong reviews from gaming media. Certain events were also changed to have broader appeal in western regions. Additional content was implemented, such as entirely new holidays, items, and characters.

Their efforts resulted in a substantial increase of in-game text compared to Doubutsu no Mori, and the change of many distinctly-Japanese cultural elements to make them more recognizable to a western audience. To prepare the game for release, Nintendo of America embarked on an extensive localization, headed by Nate Bihldorff and Rich Amtower. The game was released in North America in 2002.

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The game's newly added content includes a tropical island where players can help a local islander furnish their house, a museum for donating collectibles, a tailor where players can create custom designs, and compatibility with the Nintendo e-Reader through a series of cards released specifically for the game. Animal Crossing adds new content and utilizes the Nintendo GameCube's internal clock to keep track of the in-game date and time. Animal Crossing is the international release of Doubutsu no Mori+, released in Japan on December 14, 2001, itself an expanded port of the Nintendo 64 game Doubutsu no Mori, which had been released just eight months prior. English, French, Italian, German, SpanishĪnimal Crossing is a simulation game for the Nintendo GameCube released on September 16, 2002, and the first game in the Animal Crossing series to be localized for Western audiences.

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