Animal Crossing/Version Differences/Changes made in Animal Crossing

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The European release of Animal Crossing removed the e-Reader functionality; determine what changes are made to reflect this and compare them to Doubutsu no Mori (which also lacks e-Reader functionality by virtue of being an N64 title).

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Note: The following features are ones not listed in previous sections.

e-Reader Changes

Doubutsu no Mori	Doubutsu no Mori+	Animal Crossing (US & Australia)

In the American and Australian releases, the bench in the Post Office is replaced with the e-Card Transfer Machine (ETM), an ATM-like device via which the player can obtain special letters in the mail by scanning e-Cards.
The European release removes all e-Reader functionality as a result of the peripheral having never been officially sold in the region. Consequently, the bench from Doubutsu no Mori and + remains in place, and references to it in dialogue are completely omitted.

New Characters

Two new characters are introduced in Animal Crossing that were not previously seen in Doubutsu no Mori or +.

The first, Franklin the turkey, acts as the central character of the Harvest Festival, and rewards the player with Harvest Series furniture in exchange for bringing him pieces of cutlery from the tables set up at the Wishing Well. Franklin repeatedly hides behind objects throughout the day, and each time he is given some cutlery, he will change his hiding place, which is occasionally hinted at by villagers in dialogue.

The second, Farley the gnome, is introduced as a middleman to grant the player the golden axe. He appears in the middle of the Wishing Well upon interacting with it after maintaining a "perfect town" for fifteen days in a row; in +, the golden axe was simply placed into the player's pockets by the Bell Shrine itself.

New Item Sets

Item	Model	Nintendo Power Code
Mario Trophy		1mWYg6IfB@&q758XzSKd6Tuj7Lts
Luigi Trophy		EOktvXIJ7WdzRjuiT28vpqcWbJ1g

The Lucky Nintendo Set, consisting of the Mario Trophy and the Luigi Trophy furniture items, are added. The Mario Trophy can be obtained as a raffle prize, as a reward from Wisp, as an item randomly buried by villagers, or from trees if the player has good luck. The Luigi Trophy, meanwhile can be purchased from Redd or shaken out of trees if the player has good luck. Both items can also be obtained through universal item codes that were officially published in Nintendo Power in December 2003 (for the Mario Trophy) and January 2004 (for the Luigi Trophy).

Item	Model	Nintendo Power Code
? Block		#SbaUIRmw#gwkYBK66q#LGscTY%2
Brick Block		1mWYg6IfB@&q758XzSNKpfWj76ts
Cannon		4UT6T6L89ZnOW3dw&%jtL3qjLZBf
Coin		rSbaUIRmwUgwkA1K6tq#LMscTY%2
Fire Flower		4UT6T948GZnOW3dw#%jtLEqj5ZBf
Flagpole		4UT6T6L89ZnOW3dwU%jtL3qjLZBf
Green Pipe		1mWYg6IfB@&q7z8XzSNwpfij76ts
Koopa Shell		rSbaUIAmwUgwkY1K6tq#LGscTY%2
Starman		4UF6T948GZ3ZW3dw#%jtLEqj5ZBf
Super Mushroom		#SbaUIRmw#gwkYBh66qeLMscTY%2
Block Flooring		IboOBCeHz3YbICB5igPvQYsfMZMd
Mushroom Mural		QI6DLEnhm23CqHzrUHk3cXd#HOr9

The Mario Theme, consisting of the ? Block, Brick Block, Cannon, Coin, Fire Flower, Flagpole, Green Pipe, Koopa Shell, Starman, and Super Mushroom furniture items, plus the Block Flooring item and the Mushroom Mural wallpaper item, are added. These can only be legitimately obtained through the use of universal item codes that were officially published in Nintendo Power from January 2003 to November 2003.

Famicom/NES Games

Game Name	Game Name	Animal Crossing Texture
Balloon Fight	Baseball
Clu Clu Land	Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land
Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math	Donkey Kong 3
Golf	Ice Climber
The Legend of Zelda	Mario Bros.
Pinball	Punch-Out!!
Super Mario Bros.	Tennis
Wario's Woods	Blank System	None

The Famicoms were redesigned to front-loading NESes, with the cartridges replaced by the respective game boxes sitting on top of the console. The nonfunctional Famicom Disk System item is likewise replaced with a nonfunctional NES with no box on top of it (in actuality an item for loading NES ROM data off of the Memory Card, a functionality that ended up never being utilized). Curiously, despite the front-loading NES having never been released in Japan, the items were not reverted to Famicoms and FDSes in e+.
- Curiously, the front of the Wario's Woods box seems to be a hybrid of its source material's American and European designs, as it has the Nintendo logo and Seal of Quality in the bottom-left and bottom-right corners instead of the ESRB rating and Nintendo logo in those respective spots.
- Games are now differentiated by name in addition to box art, though some of the names are truncated to fit the limited display space for item names (most notably "DK Jr MATH" and "Clu Clu Land D"). In Doubutsu no Mori and +, each game was simply called "Famicom" and differentiated solely by the color of the cartridge and, in +, the design of the cartridge label (save for Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land and The Legend of Zelda, which used identical models of a Famicom Disk System).
- Because Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land was never released outside of Japan prior to Animal Crossing, and because no NES equivalent of the FDS was ever released, its model and texture are duplicates of those for Clu Clu Land. Consequently, the only way to verify which is which in standard gameplay is to interact with it or check its item name when holding it in one's pockets or dropping it on the ground.
- Some of the ROMs were swapped out, such as the FDS version of The Legend of Zelda being replaced with the NES one.

Doubutsu no Mori + Game	Doubutsu no Mori + Model	Animal Crossing Game	Animal Crossing Model	Animal Crossing Texture
Gomoku Narabe		Soccer
Mahjong		Excitebike

The Famicom games Gomoku Narabe and Mahjong, neither of which were released outside Japan, were replaced with Soccer and Excitebike.

The circumstances for obtaining NES games are altered:

Balloon Fight, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Excitebike, Golf, Pinball, and Tennis are obtainable through Tom Nook's lottery, from Redd's tent, as items buried by villagers (announced via the town's bulletin board), housewarming gifts on the 59-block Memory Card included with the game, or through sending secret codes to villagers.
Baseball and Wario's Woods are only obtainable via the island.
Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Punch-Out!!, and Soccer were only obtainable from secret codes generated for the player's specific name and town through Nintendo of America's official website for the game. Because the site is long since offline, these games can no longer be obtained through legitimate means and require the use of either universal item codes or hacks.
Ice Climber and Mario Bros. are only obtainable from scanning rare Animal Crossing-e Series 4 cards and cannot be obtained through universal item codes.
The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. are inaccessible through any official means or through universal item codes, and consequently can only be obtained through hacks.

Animal Crossing Game	Animal Crossing Model	Animal Crossing Texture
Super Tortimer

A 21st NES item, Super Tortimer, is added and obtainable as an April Fool's Day gift from Tortimer. Interacting with it simply produces a blurb mocking the player for attempting to play an NES game that doesn't exist.

Music Changes in Animal Crossing

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Rip and upload songs.

Doubutsu no Mori +	Animal Crossing

Kapp'n's song is changed to a new melody based more on western sea shanties, which would become a leitmotif for him in all later entries. The new melody also uses the same syllables as "lyrics" each time, unlike the Japanese one which corresponded to the syllables of the words Kapp'n sung. The original, Japanocentric melody heard in Doubutsu no Mori+ would later become the basis for the K.K. Slider track "Marine Song 2001", the title of which references the original release date of +.

Doubutsu no Mori +	Animal Crossing
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The "New Year's Wish" music that plays while visiting the Wishing Well during New Year's Day is changed from a Japanese-sounding tune to a more waltz-like track. The new track has been somewhat of a leitmotif for New Year's Day in future games in the series.

Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori +	Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+

The guitar riffs used throughout the live version of "DJ K.K." are changed; in Doubutsu no Mori and +, the riffs sound similar to those in the song "Get Ready for This" by Dutch Eurodance duo 2 Unlimited, whereas in Animal Crossing and onwards, the riffs are changed to a new, original melody, likely owing to potential legal issues presented by the similarity. This change remained in all future games in the series.

Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori +	Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+

The melody of "K.K. Ballad" in both its live and aircheck versions was slightly altered for unknown reasons. This change remained in all future games in the series.

Holidays and Events

The many events Tortimer appeared for in Doubutsu no Mori+ that were based on Japanese holidays have been changed to correspond to American holidays. Completely new holiday events were also added. These were retained in Doubutsu no Mori e+

Tortimer now gives one of the Diary items on New Year's Day instead of the New Year's Food.
Groundhog Day on February 2 is added. A party will gather at the Wishing Well at 7 AM, the ~~groundhog~~ mole (Resetti) appears at 8 AM, and Tortimer will linger until 9 AM to gift a Pansy, Tulip or Cosmo Model, each of which has three possible variations.
The Bean-Tossing Festival is removed.
Valentine's Day is changed so that both genders give gifts to each other, instead of only boys receiving on Valentine's Day and girls receiving on White Day (March 14), which has been removed.
The Spring Sports Fair runs for two days and has been moved to March 20 and 21.
April Fools Day is added on April 1; Tortimer gives Super Tortimer and special characters tell jokes.
Nature Day (based on Earth Day) on April 22 replaces Fresh Green Day for the Tree Model.
Spring Cleaning Day replaces Garbage Day for the Dump Model. It occurs on May 1 in the North American version and March 15 in the European version.
On Mother's Day, Tortimer now gives the Lovely Phone instead of not appearing at all.
During the Summer Fishing Tourney, Tortimer gives the Angler Trophy instead of the Bass Boat-Wrap Sushi.
From June 1 to August 31 on weekends, campers can set up tents and will play games with the player.
Graduation Day occurs on the second Friday of June, replacing Coming of Age Day for the Tailor Model.
On Father's Day, Tortimer now gives a Locomotive Model, which was previously available on the now-removed Children's Day.
Hometown Day now occurs on a random day in July except for the 4th.
The Fireworks Festival now only occurs on July 4 for American Independence Day, and Tortimer gives the Bottle Rocket instead of the Three-Foot Ball.
Tanabata is removed; the Tanabata Palm is now obtainable from Redd.
Summer Day is removed: the Life Ring is now obtainable from Animal Island.
The Meteor Shower occurs on August 12, effectively replacing the Night of the Thirteenth Moon; Tortimer gives the new Telescope item.
Founder's Day on August 21 replaces Seven Herbs Day for the Weed Model.
At the Harvest Moon Festival, Tortimer's Tsukimi Dango is replaced with the Moon item which previously was given on the Night of the Thirteenth Moon.
The Autumn Sports Fair runs two days and is moved to September 22 - 23.
Explorer's Day (for Columbus Day) occurs on the second Monday of October. Tortimer gives the Bottled Ship, which was previously obtained from Gulliver.
On Halloween, Tortimer now gives the Katrina's Tent Model, which was previously given on Autumn Day. The Police Model is moved to Officer's Day.
Labor Day now occurs on the first Monday of November in American games, or May 1 in European games.
During the Autumn Fishing Tourney, Tortimer gives the Fishing Trophy instead of the Big Haul Flag.
Mayor's Day is moved to the day after the first Monday of November to coincide with US Election Day.
Officer's Day is added on November 11, replacing Autumn Day. Tortimer gives the Police Model, which was previously obtainable on Halloween.
The Harvest Festival for American Thanksgiving is added on the fourth Thursday of November. Tortimer gives the new Cornucopia and Franklin is hiding in the village from 3 PM to 9 PM.
Sale Day occurs on the fourth Friday of November, where Tom Nook sells special grab bags. This replaces Doubutsu no Mori and Doubutsu no Mori+'s fukubukuro holiday which is celebrated on the first three days of the new year; this is still evident by the design of the grab bags and the fact that the price of them corresponds to the year. Tortimer gives the Market Model, also replacing Spring Day. Redd is also guaranteed to appear in town.
Snow Day on December 1 replaces Winter Day for the Snowman model.
Eve Eve on December 23 is renamed to Toy Day. In future games, Toy Day would refer to the Christmas event itself on the 24th, which in this game is called "Jingle Comes to Town."
During the New Year's Countdown, Tortimer gives the Noisemaker instead of the New Year's Eve Noodles.

Name	ID	Image	Texture		Name	ID	Image	Texture
Plum Kimono	24 12				Somber Robe	24 13
Summer Robe	24 18				Bamboo Robe	24 19

In the N64 and + versions, villagers wear the Summer Robe and Bamboo Robe during the Fireworks Show and Mushrooming Season, and the Plum Kimono and Somber Robe on New Year's Day. In Animal Crossing, they simply wear their normal clothes at all times of the year; the Japanese outfits are still present in the game's code though and can be accessed through universal item codes.

Miscellaneous Changes in Animal Crossing

Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori+	Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+

The Herabuna is replaced with the Brook Trout, likely due to its visual similarities to the Crucian Carp (differentiated only by its more prominently arched back) as well as due to it not being well-known outside of Japan. The sellback value of the fish is also reduced, being knocked down from 300 Bells to just 150.

Removed Items

Other Furniture

58 other furniture items are removed in Animal Crossing due to their strictly Japanocentric nature. 37 of these items would later be reinstated in Doubutsu no Mori e+, and most of them would reappear in later games in the series regardless of region.