Editing Animal Crossing (video game) (section)

===Nintendo Entertainment System games===
Players can collect various [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] games in ''Animal Crossing'', which are playable via emulation. North American releases were packaged with a [[GameCube Memory card|memory card]] that automatically gave the player two games upon creating a game file. Others are acquired in various ways, such as gifts from villagers, hidden on the island, or via special giveaways from Nintendo's website. The available NES games differ slightly between each release.

The following NES games are available for play:

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!Game
!''Doubutsu no Mori''<ref>{{cite web | last=Schneider | first=Peer | title=Animal Forest (Animal Crossing N64) Import Review | website=IGN | date=February 26, 2002 | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/26/animal-forest-import-review | access-date=April 14, 2024 | archive-date=November 21, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121155416/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/26/animal-forest-import-review | url-status=live }}</ref>
!''Doubutsu no Mori+''
!''Animal Crossing''<ref name=NES>{{cite web | url=https://kotaku.com/the-best-games-hidden-inside-other-games-1848227658/slides/3 | title=The Best Games Hidden Inside Other Games | first=John | last=Walker | website=Kotaku | date=December 16, 2021 | access-date=July 26, 2023 | archive-date=May 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528225310/https://kotaku.com/the-best-games-hidden-inside-other-games-1848227658/slides/3 | url-status=live }}</ref> /<br/> ''Doubutsu no Mori e+''
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|''[[Balloon Fight]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Baseball (1983 video game)|Baseball]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Clu Clu Land]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''Clu Clu Land D''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Excitebike]]''||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Gomoku Narabe Renju]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}
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|''Mahjong''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}
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|''[[Pinball (1984 video game)|Pinball]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Punch-Out!! (NES)|Punch-Out!!]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Soccer (1985 video game)|Soccer]]''||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Tennis (1984 video game)|Tennis]]''||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
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|''[[Wario's Woods]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|}

''Dōbutsu no Mori+'' and ''Animal Crossing'' feature four additional NES games that are not obtainable in-game through normal means.<ref name=NES/> ''[[Ice Climber]]'' was available in ''Dōbutsu no Mori+'' to players who used a service provided by Nintendo to transfer their save data from ''Dōbutsu no Mori''.<ref>{{cite web|title=『どうぶつの森』データお引越しサービス |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gafj/moving/ |website=Nintendo.com |publisher=Nintendo|access-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030206212144/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gafj/moving/ |archive-date=February 6, 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A memory card containing data to unlock ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' in ''Dōbutsu no Mori+'' was offered as a sweepstakes prize in issue #678 of ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=どうぶつの森+|magazine=Weekly Famitsu|volume=678|publisher=[[Enterbrain]]|date=2001-12-14}}</ref> In the North American ''Animal Crossing'', both ''Ice Climber'' and ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' were available through the use of two [[Nintendo e-Reader|e-Reader]] cards. ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' exists in the game's code, but is not accessible in-game. These four bonus games can be obtained using a [[Cheating in video games#Modification of runtime game data|cheat device]], but were removed in ''Dōbutsu no Mori e+''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/8102/unlock-more-nes-games-in-animal-crossing | title=Unlock More NES Games in Animal Crossing - News | last=Metts | first=Jonathan | website=Nintendo World Report | date=December 10, 2002 | access-date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>

The Advance Play feature allows players to link a Game Boy Advance to the GameCube and temporarily transfer the NES game to the handheld. This is not compatible with games that were originally produced for the [[Famicom Disk System]], such as ''Clu Clu Land D'' and ''The Legend of Zelda'', or are larger than 192&nbsp;[[Kilobyte|KB]], such as ''Punch-Out!!'' and ''Wario's Woods'', as they cannot fit into the GBA's RAM. All other games can be played via Advance Play, but multiplayer functionality is not supported and their graphics appear slightly squashed on the GBA's display due to its smaller vertical resolution.

An additional furniture item, resembling a [[Famicom Disk System]] in the Japanese versions and an NES in the English version, allows players to emulate other NES games not included within the base release by reading ROMs stored on the player's [[Controller Pak]] or memory card. A special Nintendo 64 Controller Pak, containing a ROM of ''Ice Climber'' for use in ''Dōbutsu no Mori'', was given away in limited quantities during June 2001 as a sweepstakes prize in magazines such as ''Famitsu'' and ''[[Nintendo Dream]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=アイスクライマー ビッグプレゼント|magazine=Nintendo Dream|volume=58|publisher=Ambit|date=2001-05-21|page=87}}</ref> However, no additional ROMs were ever distributed for the GameCube versions. In 2018, an independent software developer reverse engineered the emulation software to convert ROMs into a compatible format, allowing new NES games to be imported into the ''Animal Crossing'' emulator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/someone-discovered-a-hidden-feature-in-animal-crossings-1827591135|title=Animal Crossing on GameCube Can Actually Play Any NES Game|first=Ethan|last=Gach|website=Kotaku|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2023|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114055644/https://kotaku.com/someone-discovered-a-hidden-feature-in-animal-crossings-1827591135|url-status=live}}</ref>