Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- GameCube game disc
- Memory Card 59
- Case with cover art
GameCube
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing, known in Japan as Dōbutsu no Mori, is a social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo. It was first released in 2001 for the Nintendo 64 in Japan, followed by an enhanced port for the GameCube.
Simulator
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 62.2 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Animal Crossing, known in Japan as Dōbutsu no Mori, is a social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo. It was first released in 2001 for the Nintendo 64 in Japan, followed by an enhanced port for the GameCube. The GameCube version was localized for North America, Australia, and Europe between 2002 and 2004. It is the first game in the Animal Crossing series.
Animal Crossing features nonlinear gameplay in which the player takes up residence in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. The goal is to save money to pay off the mortgage on the player's house by collecting and selling natural materials. The player can engage in everyday life in the village, interact with the animals, attend events, and contribute to the village's development. The western localization replaces Japanese holidays and cultural references with Western ones.
Animal Crossing was conceived as a role-playing adventure for the 64DD, with the main action taking place in dungeons. However, development was stalled by the repeated delays of the peripheral. Following the move to the standard cartridge format, co-director Katsuya Eguchi decided to refocus the game as a non-linear life simulator, which would carry the themes of family, friendship, and community and allow several players to develop a virtual town at different times.
Official trailer
Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Animal Crossing (GameCube) - No Commentary, Classic Life Sim Gameplay [1 Hour+], Cozy Classic Games. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Simulator
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Animal Crossing
- Platforms
- Nintendo GameCube
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- E
- USK
- 0
- ACB
- G
- PEGI
- 3
- GRAC
- ALL
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo GameCube | North America | 2002-09-16 |
| Nintendo GameCube | Australia | 2003-10-17 |
| Nintendo GameCube | Europe / PAL | 2004-09-24 |
Editions
Kmart Edition with Player's Guide
In the box
- GameCube game disc
- Memory Card 59
- Player's guide
Player's Choice
In the box
- GameCube game disc
- Memory Card 59
- Player's Choice case with cover art
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Extra items and two NES games, Ice Climber and Mario Bros., came on e-Reader cards.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
No online features. The disc runs on a GameCube or a Wii with GameCube ports.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on GameCube disc Packed with a Memory Card 59. |
| Ever released in the store | No Only sold on disc. |
| In the store to buy today | No Never sold digitally. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist Never sold digitally. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes Up to four players share one village, taking turns. Some of the NES games inside are two player. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic GameCube 87 100 GameRankings GameCube 86 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Game Informer 9.5 10 IGN 9.1 10 GameSpot 8.1 10 GamePro 4.5 5 GameSpy 4 5 Famitsu 37 40
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Nintendo EAD Publisher Nintendo Directors Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami Producer Takashi Tezuka Programmers Yuhiki Otsuki, Masaru Nii Artists Noriko Ikegawa, Yoshihisa Morimoto Writers Makoto Wada, Kenshiro Ueda, Kunio Watanabe Composers Kazumi Totaka, Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi, Shinobu Tanaka
Notes for collectors
- Every North American copy came with a Memory Card 59; a complete copy includes it.
- Runs on the GameCube's clock in real time, with days, seasons and holidays.
- Playable NES games are collected in the village, among them Balloon Fight and Clu Clu Land.
- A Game Boy Advance on the link cable opens the island, and e-Reader cards add items, tunes and patterns.
- Sold over 2 million copies, 1.3 million of them in the US by July 2006.
- A Kmart edition came with the player's guide, and a Player's Choice reissue followed in September 2003.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Director
- Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami
- Released
- 2002-09-16
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Disc ID
- DOL-GAFE-USA
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 62.2 hours
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