Anti-Frustration Features: The GameCube versions feature a number of quality of life improvements over the original N64 release to offer a far less restrictive experience.Contrast to the Japanese version, which has a much more polite cast of characters. American Kirby Is Hardcore: The English localization team apparently felt the need to spice up the script of the game, and this lead to the infamously rude villagers it is known for today, who insult you over the smallest things, use verbose vocabulary, and tell adult jokes every so often.Unfortunately, this is where the story for the original incarnation of Animal Crossing ends, with Doubutsu no Mori e+ remaining Japanese-exclusive to this day however, the three versions altogether were considerable successes for Nintendo, who released a Nintendo DS sequel, Animal Crossing: Wild World, in 2005, setting the stage for Animal Crossing to become an increasingly big franchise for Nintendo over the course of over 20 years. Nintendo of Japan were highly impressed with the localization, incorporating its changes and further new content into an Updated Re-release as Doubutsu no Mori e+ in the summer of 2003 many of these added features would gradually be carried over to later installments, through which they would make their belated international debuts. For the English release, most of this was either replaced with an American equivalent, exoticized, or removed altogether, with an end goal of creating an experience for English speakers that was culturally analogous to what Japanese speakers encountered in the Japanese versions.

The English release of the game is notable for being a massive overhaul from the Japanese releases, which were based heavily in Japanese culture, right down to featuring a number of obstinately Japan-centric elements such as holidays and paraphernalia.

You can also customize your avatar's house, change their clothes, and get a tan. You interact with your fellow villagers, befriending them and doing Fetch Quests. Based on the creator's own experiences with moving away from his hometown for professional purposes, Animal Crossing is a game where you play as a Super-Deformed human avatar living in a village full of Funny Animals.

Doubutsu no mori e plus