Animal Crossing adds new content and utilizes the Nintendo GameCube's internal clock to keep track of the in-game date and time. Animal Crossing is the international release of Doubutsu no Mori+, released in Japan on December 14, 2001, itself an expanded port of the Nintendo 64 game Doubutsu no Mori, which had been released just eight months prior. English, French, Italian, German, SpanishĪnimal Crossing is a simulation game for the Nintendo GameCube released on September 16, 2002, and the first game in the Animal Crossing series to be localized for Western audiences.
