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In more than twenty years of existence, Animal Crossing has convinced the hearts of players. With its cute universe filled with animal characters, there is something to be enchanted by all the activities offered to us. Since its debut on Nintendo 64 in Japan, the series has had several episodes, but with the imminent release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch, do you know all the secrets of this series?

A real singer in the game

There is a recurring character in Animal Crossing, in the form of K.K. . Slider. The singer dog as well as its name and appearance are based on Kazumi Totaka, a composer who has worked on a large number of Nintendo games. One can often find the famous "Totaka Song", a small music written by the composer, hidden in games and listen to it under certain conditions and ACNH Nook Miles Tickets. He composed a significant number of songs for the Animal Crossing series.

Play NES games

Animal Crossing on GameCube has a little surprise, that of being able to find NES cartridges, which can then be played. This is how games like Excite Bike, Clu Clu Land or Balloon Fight are playable. The cartridges can be found in the ground or won in Tom Nook's lottery. Other games are available through Nintendo contests or e-Reader cards. It was later discovered that the NES console that can be purchased as an accessory should have allowed to launch games from the Memory Card of the GameCube, but this was never used by Nintendo.

I want to believe

Animal Crossing is a series of games that has a lot of winks and sometimes strange things. As in New Leaf, when you watch television on Sundays and Mondays at 3:30 a.m., there's a funny message. For a minute, we can see a strange character, who looks very much like an alien. The speech is incomprehensible, but the noises really have enough to make the atmosphere disturbing.

Wake Tom Nook

Animal Forest e is a special version in Japan, as it is the GameCube version of Animal Crossing, adapted from the Western version, which is itself a conversion of Animal Forest released only in Japan. Animal Forest has exclusive Animal Crossing items, such as the ability, with a little trick, to wake Tom Nook at night. All you have to do is tap your door three times with a shovel. Obviously, the energizer is not very happy and then makes us pay more for his merchandise.

An Animal Crossing movie

Animal Crossing is very popular in Japan. At least enough for a film to be produced and shown in cinemas in 2006. Dōbutsu no Mori  (Animal Crossing: The Movie) tells the story of an 11-year-old girl named Ai, who moves to an animal village and tries to make friends there, as well as help them achieve their dreams. The feature film was a hit, with more than $16 million in receipts, knowing that it was only released in Japan.