<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
is	O
a	O
2001	O
social	O
simulation	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
game	O
which	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
earlier	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
another	O
edition	O
,	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
is	O
an	O
endless	O
and	O
non-linear	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
human	O
takes	O
up	O
residence	O
in	O
a	O
village	O
inhabited	O
by	O
anthropomorphic	O
animals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
development	O
was	O
stalled	O
by	O
the	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
was	O
a	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
success	O
domestically	O
and	O
internationally	O
,	O
attracting	O
many	O
non-traditional	O
gaming	O
audiences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
social	O
simulation	O
game	O
,	O
dubbed	O
a	O
"	O
communication	O
game	O
"	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
in	O
real-time	O
,	O
observing	O
days	O
,	O
weeks	O
,	O
months	O
and	O
years	O
using	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
's	O
internal	O
clock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
real-life	O
events	O
and	O
holidays	O
span	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
including	O
Independence	O
Day	O
,	O
Halloween	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Harvest	O
Festival	O
(	O
Thanksgiving	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Toy	O
Day	O
(	O
Christmas	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
turns	O
off	O
the	O
game	O
or	O
resets	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
without	O
saving	O
first	O
,	O
what	O
they	O
achieved	O
during	O
the	O
previous	O
unsaved	O
game	O
is	O
lost	O
,	O
but	O
everything	O
else	O
is	O
kept	O
;	O
however	O
a	O
mole	O
named	O
Mr.	O
Resetti	O
appears	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
house	O
the	O
next	O
time	O
they	O
play	O
,	O
to	O
scold	O
them	O
for	O
resetting	O
and	O
forces	O
a	O
drawn	O
out	O
conversation	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
connectivity	O
plays	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
,	O
using	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
GameCube	I-Device
–	I-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
link	I-Device
cable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
town	O
has	O
an	O
island	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
plugging	O
in	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
with	O
a	O
GameCube	B-Application
link	O
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
leaving	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
download	O
the	O
island	O
to	O
a	O
GBA	B-Device
and	O
give	O
fruit	O
to	O
the	O
villager	O
,	O
who	O
drops	O
Bells	O
;	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
island	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
pick	O
up	O
the	O
money	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Downloaded	O
islands	O
can	O
be	O
traded	O
between	O
GBAs	B-Device
,	O
using	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Link	O
Cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
can	O
be	O
used	O
when	O
shopping	O
at	O
the	O
Able	O
Sisters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pattern	O
design	O
tool	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
to	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
then	O
upload	O
designs	O
made	O
on	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
plugging	O
in	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
with	O
a	O
GameCube	B-Application
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Cable	O
and	O
talking	O
to	O
Mabel	O
in	O
the	O
Able	O
Sisters	O
shop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
e-Reader	B-Application
;	O
by	O
visiting	O
the	O
Post	O
Office	O
while	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
accessory	O
via	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
link	O
cable	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
scan	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
themed	O
cards	O
to	O
receive	O
new	O
items	O
,	O
town	O
tunes	O
,	O
or	O
pattern	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
collect	O
various	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
games	O
in	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
playable	O
via	O
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
two	O
of	O
these	O
games	O
,	O
Ice	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
and	O
Mario	O
Bros.	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
two	O
e-Reader	B-Application
cards	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
distributed	O
in	O
Europe	O
or	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
players	O
received	O
Ice	B-Application
Climber	I-Application
as	O
a	O
gift	O
if	O
they	O
used	O
a	O
special	O
service	O
provided	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
to	O
transfer	O
their	O
save	O
data	O
from	O
Dōbutsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Mori	I-Application
to	O
Dōbutsu	O
no	O
Mori+	O
;	O
this	O
service	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
was	O
distributed	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
a	O
Famitsu	O
prize	O
to	O
Dōbutsu	O
no	O
Mori+	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
exists	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
code	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
accessible	O
in-game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
four	O
bonus	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
using	O
a	O
cheat	O
device	O
in	O
earlier	O
GameCube	B-Application
releases	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
removed	O
in	O
Dōbutsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Mori	I-Application
e+	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Advance	O
Play	O
feature	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
link	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
temporarily	O
transfer	O
the	O
NES	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
handheld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
originally	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
Clu	B-Device
Clu	I-Device
Land	I-Device
D	I-Device
and	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
,	O
or	O
are	O
larger	O
than	O
192KB	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Punch-Out	B-Application
!!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Wario	B-Application
's	I-Application
Woods	I-Application
,	O
as	O
they	O
cannot	O
fit	O
into	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
's	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
other	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
via	O
Advance	O
Play	O
,	O
but	O
multiplayer	O
functionality	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
and	O
their	O
graphics	O
appear	O
slightly	O
squashed	O
on	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
's	O
display	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
smaller	O
vertical	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
software	O
developer	O
managed	O
to	O
reverse	O
engineer	O
the	O
emulation	O
software	O
and	O
convert	O
ROMs	O
into	O
a	O
compatible	O
format	O
,	O
allowing	O
new	O
NES	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
imported	O
into	O
the	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
with	O
an	O
inexperienced	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Katsuya	O
Eguchi	O
,	O
Hisashi	O
Nogami	O
,	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
co-creator	O
Takashi	O
Tezuka	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
whom	O
had	O
regrouped	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Yoshi	B-Application
’s	I-Application
Story	I-Application
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
64DD	B-Device
peripheral	O
served	O
as	O
an	O
enabling	O
technology	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
conception	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
real-time	O
clock	O
and	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
for	O
writable	O
mass	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
64DD	B-Device
's	O
extended	O
delays	O
and	O
cancellation	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Pak	I-Device
cartridge	O
mediumthe	O
only	O
Game	B-Device
Pak	I-Device
containing	O
a	O
real-time	O
clockplus	O
a	O
Controller	O
Pak	O
for	O
saving	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
as	O
Dōbutsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Mori	I-Application
(	O
lit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Animal	O
Forest	O
"	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
Nintendo	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
third	O
to	O
last	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
as	O
Dōbutsu	O
no	O
Mori+	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
eight	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
contains	O
extra	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
originally	O
left	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
clock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Nintendo	O
began	O
localizing	O
Dōbutsu	O
no	O
Mori+	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
underwent	O
an	O
immense	O
translation	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
much	O
more	O
text	O
than	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
's	O
Japanese	O
leadership	O
was	O
so	O
impressed	O
with	O
the	O
work	O
done	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
's	O
Treehouse	O
division	O
that	O
they	O
added	O
the	O
American	O
content	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
Dōbutsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Mori	I-Application
e+	I-Application
along	O
with	O
more	O
new	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
was	O
subject	O
to	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
seventh	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
on	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
by	O
the	O
television	O
show	O
X-Play	O
on	O
the	O
G4	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
critics	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
's	O
internal	O
clock	O
and	O
calendar	O
and	O
its	O
inclusion	O
of	O
hidden	O
NES	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
others	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
IGN	O
's	O
Peer	O
Schneider	O
,	O
criticized	O
its	O
audio	O
and	O
visuals	O
,	O
for	O
being	O
below-standard	O
quality	O
for	O
a	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
site	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
87	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
based	O
on	O
42	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
37th	O
highest-selling	O
game	O
launched	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
or	O
GameCube	B-Application
between	O
January	O
2000	O
and	O
July	O
2006	O
in	O
that	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
Nintendo	I-Device
GameCube	I-Device
games	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScrewAttack	O
rated	O
it	O
the	O
fifth-best	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
on	O
its	O
"	O
Farewell	O
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
ten	O
GameCube	B-Application
games	O
"	O
list	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
plays	O
even	O
when	O
you	O
're	O
not	O
and	O
can	O
last	O
up	O
to	O
30	O
years	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
inspired	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
animated	O
film	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sequel	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	O
Wild	O
World	O
,	O
titled	O
Dōbutsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Mori	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
of	O
September	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
its	O
annual	O
"	O
Best	O
Role-Playing	O
Game	O
on	O
GameCube	B-Application
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
GameSpots	O
2002	O
"	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
on	O
GameCube	B-Application
"	O
prize	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
The	O
Strong	O
National	O
Museum	O
of	O
Play	O
inducted	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
to	O
its	O
World	O
Video	O
Game	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
.	O
</s>
