NES game

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The player interacting with theDonkey Kong NES game item inAnimal Crossing

Donkey Kong being played withinAnimal Crossing through its NES game item

NES games (Famicom games inDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+) arefurniture items in thefirst-generationAnimal Crossing games that can be interacted with to play an emulatedNintendo Entertainment System or Famicom game. InDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+, the items appear as either Famicom consoles with the cartridge of its game inserted, or a Famicom with a Famicom Disk System attached; inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+, the items appear as an NES console with the box of its game set on top of it. The games available differ between games, as do the methods to obtain them.

In addition to the playable NES/Famicom games, in all first-generationAnimal Crossing games there is an emptyNES (Disk System inDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+) item available fromCrazy Redd's that, when interacted with, brings up a dialog that says, "I want to play my NES, but I don't have any software." Additionally, inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+, onApril Fool's Day,Tortimer gives the playerSuper Tortimer, an item that looks like an NES game, but when interacted with, brings up a dialog that says, "Heh heh hehhh hoorf!! April Fool! Super Tortimer isn't an NES game!".

List of NES games[edit]

For information on the exact versions of these games that appear in each of the Animal Crossing games, see§ ROMs.

A total of 21 NES/Famicom games appear across across all the first-generationAnimal Crossing games.

Game	Item	Appearances	Original release date(s)^{[nb 1]}
Balloon Fight	Balloon Fight	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	January 22, 1985 June 18, 1986
Baseball	Baseball	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	December 7, 1983 October 18, 1985 September 1, 1986
Clu Clu Land	Clu Clu Land	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	November 28, 1984 October 18, 1985 February 15, 1987
Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New CluClu Land	Clu Clu Land D	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	April 28, 1992
Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	July 15, 1983 June 1, 1986 October 15, 1986
Donkey Kong 3	Donkey Kong 3	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	July 4, 1984 June 1986 September 15, 1987
Donkey Kong Jr.	Donkey Kong Jr	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	July 15, 1983 June 1, 1986 June 15, 1987
Donkey Kong Jr. Math	DK Jr MATH	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	December 12, 1983 June 1986 July 10, 1986
Excitebike	Excitebike	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	November 28, 1984 October 18, 1985
Golf	Golf	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	May 1, 1984 October 18, 1985 November 15, 1986
Gomoku Narabe Renju	Gomoku Narabe	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	August 27, 1983
Ice Climber	Ice Climber	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	January 30, 1985 October 18, 1985 September 1, 1986
The Legend of Zelda	Legend of Zelda	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	February 21, 1986 (Disk System) February 19, 1994 (cartridge) August 22, 1987
Mahjong	Mahjong	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	August 27, 1983
Mario Bros.	Mario Bros	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	September 9, 1983 June 1, 1986 September 1, 1986
Pinball	Pinball	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	February 2, 1984 October 18, 1985 September 1, 1986
Punch-Out!!	Punchout	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	August 2, 1990 August 15, 1990
Soccer	Soccer	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	April 9, 1985 October 18, 1985 January 1987
Super Mario Bros.	Super Mario Bros	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	September 13, 1985 October 18, 1985 May 15, 1987 July 1, 1987
Tennis	Tennis	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	January 14, 1984 October 18, 1985
Wario's Woods	Wario's Woods	DnM /iQue DnM+ AC DnMe+	February 19, 1994 December 10, 1994 1995

Functionality[edit]

Controls[edit]

Action	Button (N64)	Button (GCN)
NES/Famicom controller button mapping
+Control Pad	/	/
B
A
SELECT		/
START		/
Other controls
Reset game	-	+ +
Exit game	+ +	+ +

Save data[edit]

The game saving NES data to the Memory Card inAnimal Crossing

InDoubutsu no Mori+,Animal Crossing, andDoubutsu no Mori e+, after the player stops playing an NES/Famicom game, the game saves the high score (or saved game progress in the case ofThe Legend of Zelda) to theNintendo GameCube Memory Card, taking up one block in a separate save file from the town data.

NES/Famicom data cannot be saved if the Memory Card containing the town's data is not inserted into the GameCube.

Advance Play[edit]

InAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+, the player can choose the "Advance Play" option when interacting with an NES game to download the game to aGame Boy Advance that is connected to the Nintendo GameCube. The game can then be played on the GBA until it is turned off, even if it is disconnected from the GameCube. The GBA can be reconnected to the GameCube to save the NES data. When playing on the GBA, the graphics are compressed to fit within the GBA's much lower vertical resolution compared to the NES. Multiplayer modes are not available during Advance Play, andClu Clu Land: Welcome to New CluClu Land,The Legend of Zelda,Punch-Out!!, andWario's Woods cannot be played via Advance Play as they are too large to be stored in the Game Boy Advance's RAM.

When playing a game through Advance Play, pressing GBA L Button.svg and GBA R Button.svg brings up a menu where the player can either reset the game or put the GBA in sleep mode. When in sleep mode, the GBA can be woken up by pressing and GBA Select Button.svg .

ROM loading functionality of the NES item[edit]

When the emptyNES item is interacted with, the game scans the Memory Card (Controller Pak inDoubutsu no Mori) for NES/Famicom ROM data. NES/Famicom ROMs, including those not already in the game, can be patched and placed on a Memory Card, where they can be loaded and played by interacting with the item.^[1] Interacting with the item with multiple NES/Famicom ROMs on the Memory Card displays unique text that is normally unused: "Should I play my NES software?", followed by a list of games.

The only known official usage of this feature was aNintendo DREAM giveaway forDoubutsu no Mori in which 30Nintendo 64 Controller Paks containing ROM data forIce Climber (which was not introduced as an item untilDoubutsu no Mori+) were distributed. Despite this, this functionality is present in everyfirst-generationAnimal Crossing game.

Appearances[edit]

InDoubutsu no Mori[edit]

A total of seven Famicom games appear inDoubutsu no Mori:

All of the items have the same name,ファミコン (Famicom), and can only be distinguished by their cartridges. All of the games' cartridge colors correspond to the actual cartridge colors from their respective games' original releases. Additionally, all seven games feature the pulse line labels included on the first fourteen first-party Famicom titles, even thoughClu Clu Land andBalloon Fight were released after the design had been retired.^[2]

InDoubutsu no Mori+[edit]

A total of 19 Famicom games appear inDoubutsu no Mori:

All seven games fromDoubutsu no Mori return, alongside 12 new games. All of the items now have unique names, and the labels on the cartridges of Clu Clu Land and Pinball are changed. Clu Clu Land's label is changed from the pulse line to a graphic to represent the originalClu Clu Land cartridge more accurately. Pinball's label is changed from a white pulse line on a yellow background to a yellow pulse line on a gray background, despite the former being more accurate to the actualPinball cartridge.

The seven Famicom games fromDoubutsu no Mori now all have different methods to obtain them.

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

A total of 19 NES games appear inAnimal Crossing:

All games fromDoubutsu no Mori+ return, with the exceptions ofGomoku Narabe andMahjong, which are replaced with Excitebike and Soccer, due to the former two games only releasing in Japan. Additionally, all the items are now modeled after NES consoles rather than Famicoms.

The methods to obtain the NES games are changed again inAnimal Crossing.

InDoubutsu no Mori e+[edit]

A total of 15 NES games appear inDoubutsu no Mori e+:

All games return fromAnimal Crossing, with the exception ofIce Climber,Legend of Zelda,Mario Bros, andSuper Mario Bros. The items retain their North American designs.

The methods to obtain the NES games are changed again inDoubutsu no Mori e+.

Methods to obtain[edit]

The following table compares the methods to obtain each NES/Famicom game inDoubutsu no Mori,Doubutsu no Mori+,Animal Crossing, andDoubutsu no Mori e+.

Item	Obtain via (DnM)	Obtain via (DnM+)	Obtain via (AC)	Obtain via (DnMe+)
Balloon Fight	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Animal Island Jingle (letter on Dec 25)	Raffle Jingle (letter on Dec 25) Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Baseball		Raffle Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (1/8 chance from regular e-Card code)	Animal Island	Islander
Clu Clu Land	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Clu Clu Land D		Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (1/8 chance from regular e-Card codes)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Raffle Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
DK Jr MATH	Raffle Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Animal Island Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Raffle Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Raffle Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Donkey Kong	Raffle Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Animal Island Any villager (birthday gift)	Raffle Any villager (birthday gift) Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Donkey Kong 3		Raffle Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (1/8 chance from regular e-Card codes)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Secret code (Doubutsu no Mori Photo Club)
Donkey Kong Jr		Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (1/8 chance from regular e-Card codes)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Excitebike			Raffle Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Raffle Jingle (letter on Dec 25) Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Golf	Raffle Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website) Secret code (1/8 chance from regular e-Card code)	Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Gomoku Narabe		Raffle Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag)
Mahjong		Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)
Pinball	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Punchout		Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (1/8 chance from regular e-Card codes)	Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Unobtainable
Soccer			Secret code (generated limited-time on the game's website)	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Move-in Grab Bag)
Tennis	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Controller Pak Grab Bag)	Animal Island	Raffle Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag) Secret code (send villager their own e-Card code)	Raffle Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp Nintendo (Memory Card 59 Grab Bag)
Wario's Woods		Animal Island	Animal Island	Islander
NES	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt	Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp	Crazy Redd's Animal Island Fishing Tourney Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp	Crazy Redd's Tree (good luck) Treasure hunt Wisp
Super Tortimer			Tortimer (April Fool's Day)	Tortimer (April Fool's Day)

Forbidden Four[edit]

The Forbidden Four is the colloquial name given to theIce Climber,Legend of Zelda,Mario Bros, andSuper Mario Bros items inDoubutsu no Mori+ andAnimal Crossing due to the nature of their availability. All of these games do not appear in thecatalog, are specifically excluded from thesecret code system inAnimal Crossing,^{[nb 3]} and are completely removed inDoubutsu no Mori e+. Of the Forbidden Four, only Legend of Zelda is truly unobtainable in either version through official means. All of the others are or were obtainable in some official form.

Trying to place these games onAnimal Island inAnimal Crossing will cause the game to show a popup saying "You can't leave this NES on the island" and prevent the game from being placed.

Item	Obtain via (DnM+)	Obtain via (AC)
Ice Climber	Placed in theplayer's house if they used theData Moving Service to transfer their data fromDoubutsu no Mori toDoubutsu no Mori+.^{[nb 4]}	Obtained in a letter fromTom Nook after the N01 Ice ClimberAnimal Crossing-e card is scanned at the eTM in thepost office.^{[nb 5]}
Legend of Zelda^{[nb 2]}	Unobtainable^{[nb 4]}	Unobtainable
Mario Bros	Unobtainable^{[nb 4]}	Obtained in a letter fromTom Nook after the N02 Mario BrosAnimal Crossing-e card is scanned at the eTM in thepost office.^{[nb 5]}
Super Mario Bros	Contained in special letter data on a Nintendo GameCube Memory Card that was sent to 30 winners of aFamitsu sweepstakes.^{[nb 4]}	Unobtainable

Technical details[edit]

Emulator[edit]

The NES emulator used in the first-generationAnimal Crossing games is known internally asksNes.^{[nb 6]} It supports the MMC1, MMC2, MMC3, MMC4, and MMC5memory management controllers. The version of the emulator inDoubutsu no Mori+ supports the extra sound channel from the Famicom Disk System; this channel is disabled in theAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+ versions of the emulator.

A version of the same emulator is used inMetroid Prime andThe Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition.

ROMs[edit]

The versions of the NES/Famicom game ROMs included within the first-generationAnimal Crossing games differ betweenDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+, the North American version ofAnimal Crossing, the Australian and European versions ofAnimal Crossing, andDoubutsu no Mori e+. The following table lists the ROM versions of each NES/Famicom game contained within each first-generationAnimal Crossing game. A cell highlighted in gray indicates that changes were made to the original ROM.

Game	ROM version (`ROM filename`)
Game	Doubutsu no Mori	Doubutsu no Mori+		Animal Crossing (North America)	Animal Crossing (Australia/Europe)	Doubutsu no Mori e+
Balloon Fight		(`02_nes_balloon3.bin`)		(`02_usa_balloon.nes`)	(`02_usa_balloon.nes`)^{[nb 7]}	(`02_usa_balloon.nes`)
Baseball	-	(`09_baseba_j_1.nes`)		(`09_usa_baseball_1.nes`)	(`09_usa_baseball_1.nes`)	(`09_usa_baseball_1.nes`)
Clu Clu Land		(`01_nes_cluclu3.bin`)		(`01_nes_cluclu3.bin`)	(`01_nes_cluclu3.bin`)	(`01_nes_cluclu3.bin`)
Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New CluClu Land	-	(Disk System) (`10_cluclu_1.qd`)		(Disk System) (`10_cluclu_1.qd`)^{[nb 8]}	(Disk System) (`10_cluclu_1.qd`)^{[nb 9]}	(Disk System) (`10_cluclu_1.qd`)
Donkey Kong	(rev. 1)	(rev. 1) (`03_nes_donkey1_3.bin`)		(rev. 1) (`03_nes_donkey1_3.bin`)	(rev. 1) (`03_nes_donkey1_3.bin`)	(rev. 1) (`03_nes_donkey1_3.bin`)
Donkey Kong 3	-	(`11_donkey3_1.nes`)		(`11_usa_donkey3.nes`)	(`11_usa_donkey3.nes`)	(`11_usa_donkey3.nes`)
Donkey Kong Jr.	-	(rev. 1) (`12_donkeyjr_1.nes`)		(rev. 1) (`12_donkeyjr_1.nes`)	(rev. 1) (`12_donkeyjr_1.nes`)	(rev. 1) (`12_donkeyjr_1.nes`)
Donkey Kong Jr. Math		(`04_nes_s_asobij3.bin`)		(`04_usa_jr_math.nes`)	(`04_usa_jr_math.nes`)	(`04_usa_jr_math.nes`)
Excitebike	-	-		(`14_exbike.nes`)	(`14_exbike.nes`)^{[nb 10]}	(`14_exbike.nes`)
Golf		(`07_nes_golf2.bin`)		(`07_usa_golf.nes)`	(`07_pal_golfm.nes`)	(`07_usa_golf.nes)`
Gomoku Narabe Renju	-	(`13_gomoku_1.nes`)		-	-	^{[nb 11]}
Ice Climber	-	(`16_nes_iceclmbr.bin`)		(`16_usa_icecl.nes`)	(`16_usa_icecl.nes`)	-
The Legend of Zelda	-	(Disk System, rev. 0) (`19a_zelda_3.qd`)	(cartridge) (`19b_zelda1j_0.nes`)	(rev. 1) (`19_usa_zelda1_1.nes`)	(rev. 1) (`19_usa_zelda1_1.nes`)^{[nb 12]}	-
Mahjong	-	(rev. 2) (`14_mahjong_1.nes`)		-	-	^{[nb 11]}
Mario Bros.	-	(`17_nes_mario1_2.bin`)		(`17_nes_mario1_2.bin`)	(`17_nes_mario1_2.bin`)	-
Pinball		(`05_pinball_1.nes`)		(`05_pinball_1.nes`)	(`05_pal_pinball.nes`)	(`05_pinball_1.nes`)
Punch-Out!!	-	(`08_punch_wh.nes`)^{[nb 13]}		(`08_punch_wh.nes`)	(`08_pal_punchout.nes`)	(`08_punch_wh.nes`)
Soccer	-	-		(`13_soccer.nes`)	(`13_pal_soccer.nes`)	(`13_soccer.nes`)
Super Mario Bros.	-	(`18_smario_0.nes`)		(`18_smario_0.nes`)	(`18_smario_0.nes`)	-
Tennis		(`06_nes_tennis3.bin`)		(`06_nes_tennis3.bin`)	(`06_nes_tennis3.bin`)^{[nb 14]}	(`06_nes_tennis3.bin`)
Wario's Woods	-	(`15_warioj_0.nes`)		(`15_usa_wario.nes`)	(`15_pal_wario.nes`)	(`15_usa_wario.nes`)

Changes made to the original ROMs[edit]

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You can help by investigating this topic andediting this article to include more information. Relevant discussion may be found on thetalk page.
Further details: While the list of games that were changed is exhaustive, the lists of what exactly was changed are not.

Some of the games have been altered since their original releases:

Balloon Fight ()

InDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+, the title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button. This change is reverted inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+.

Baseball ()

Unknown

Baseball ()

The copyright text on the title screen readsCOPYRIGHT 1984 instead of 1984.

Clu Clu Land

In the original version, the game displays the text "PERFECT 3000!" after every fifth level, but only gives the player 30 bonus points. This is fixed in this version, with the game now giving 3,000 bonus points.^[3]

Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New CluClu Land

In the original version, the game displays the text "PERFECT 3000!" after every fifth level, but only gives the player 30 bonus points. This is fixed in this version, with the game now giving 3,000 bonus points.^[3]

Donkey Kong

The title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button.

Donkey Kong 3 ()

InDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+, the title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button. This change is reverted inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+.

Donkey Kong Jr.

The title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math ()

InDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+, the title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button. This change is reverted inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+.

Excitebike

The "SAVE" and "LOAD" options have been removed from the "DESIGN" menu.

Golf ()

InDoubutsu no Mori andDoubutsu no Mori+, the title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button. This change is reverted inAnimal Crossing andDoubutsu no Mori e+.

Golf ()

The unit of distance has been changed from meters to yards, matching the North American version.

Gomoku Narabe Renju

The title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button.

The Legend of Zelda ( Disk System)

The text on the title screen is changed from "Ｂメンヲ　セットツテクダサイ" (Set disk to side B) to "Ａボタンヲ　オシテクダサイ" (Press the A button). The controls themselves are unchanged in the ROM, however, with the emulator inDoubutsu no Mori+ simply mapping the action of swapping to side B of the disk to the A button.

The Legend of Zelda ( rev. 1)

This version ofThe Legend of Zelda is different from the 2003 GameCube release inThe Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, which makes several more changes to the game and has a re-translated script.

The warning on the Game Over screen telling the player to hold RESET while powering off the console to avoid losing save data has been removed.

Mahjong

The title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button.

Mario Bros.

The title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button.

Pinball ()

Unknown

Tennis

The title screen options can be navigated using the +Control Pad instead of just the SELECT button.

Unused NES games[edit]

Doubutsu no Mori+ contains full ROMs forThe Mysterious Murasame Castle (21_murasame_1.qd) andSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (22_smario2_1.qd) that go unused.^[4]^[5]

While theGomoku Narabe andMahjong items were removed afterDoubutsu no Mori+,Doubutsu no Mori e+ still contains the ROMs forGomoku Narabe Renju (16_gomoku_1.nes) andMahjong (17_mahjong_1.nes), which go unused. Additionally, the GBA ROMs forIce Climber (jb_usa_icecl.bin),Mario Bros. (jb_mario.bin), andSuper Mario Bros. (jb_smario) are still in the game's files, despite their respective items and NES ROMs being removed. The 1.01 revision of the game also contains internal strings that reference NES games that do not appear in the game:Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race,Wrecking Crew,VS. Excitebike,Kaettekita Mario Bros.,Dr. Mario, andZelda II: The Adventure of Link.^[6]

Gallery[edit]

The game explaining how to exit an NES game inAnimal Crossing
All the NES games, alongside the NES item and Super Tortimer, displayed in a room inAnimal Crossing

Game cover sprites[edit]

Balloon Fight
Baseball
Clu Clu Land
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Donkey Kong 3
DK Jr MATH
Excitebike
Golf
Ice Climber
Legend of Zelda
Mario Bros
Pinball
Punchout
Soccer
Super Mario Bros
Super Tortimer
Tennis
Wario's Woods

Trivia[edit]

The "Forbidden Four" were originally referred to as the "Forbidden Five" among fans, withPunchout also included among them. Punchout does not have a universal code, and generated codes for the item were not distributed until 2004 (two years after the game's North American launch), so it was believed for a time that hacking was the only way to obtain it, much like the Forbidden Four.^[7]
When the display forDoubutsu no Mori+,Animal Crossing, andDoubutsu no Mori e+ is set to 480i, NES games will play in their original 240p resolution. However, setting the display to 480p (an option only available when using component or D-terminal cables on the GameCube or Wii) results in NES games being upscaled to match.

Notes[edit]

↑Only the release dates for theversions included in the first-generationAnimal Crossing games are shown.
↑^2.0^2.1There are two Legend of Zelda items inDoubutsu no Mori+. Both have identical names and models, but one contains the original Famicom Disk System version ofThe Legend of Zelda and the other contains the cartridge version.
↑These are the only items inAnimal Crossing to have this restriction.
↑^4.0^4.1^4.2^4.3This item can be obtained via a secret code, although an official code generator was never distributed.
↑^5.0^5.1This item is unobtainable in the European version ofAnimal Crossing due to the removal of all e-Reader functionality.
↑ks may refer to Tomohiro Kawase and Hideaki Shimizu, who are listed under "NES Emulator Program" in the game's credits.
↑Despite the existence of a unique European ROM forBalloon Fight, the North American version is used.
↑This was the first timeClu Clu Land: Welcome to New CluClu Land was released in North America.
↑This was the first timeClu Clu Land: Welcome to New CluClu Land was released in Europe.
↑Despite the existence of a unique European ROM forExcitebike, the North American version is used.
↑^11.0^11.1The ROM for this game fromDoubutsu no Mori+ is leftover in the files forDoubutsu no Mori e+, but since its respective furniture item was removed, it is inaccessible through gameplay.
↑Despite the existence of a unique European ROM forThe Legend of Zelda, the North American version is used.
↑The version used is the 1990 edition, which replaced the final opponent,Mike Tyson, with the original (but functionally identical) character Mr. Dream due to the license for Tyson's likeness expiring. The inclusion of this version inDoubutsu no Mori+ marks its first official Japanese release, reusing the North American ROM. This version would later be used for the JapaneseWii,Nintendo 3DS, andWii U Virtual Console releases ofPunch-Out!!.
↑Despite the existence of a unique European ROM forTennis, the North American version is used.

References[edit]

↑"#AnimalCrossing RE update: The generic "NES Console" you can get through a cheat code that normally says "I don't have software" can actually boot ROMs from the memory card. Booting save file crashed it :), but I got a dummy file to run that just waits for exit code. More soon..." @jamchamb_ on X (formerly Twitter) (June 25, 2018).Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
↑"Pulse Line Cartridges".Famicom World. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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