Animal Crossing

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 * title=Animal Crossing
 * image=AnimalCrossing box.jpg
 * developer=Nintendo EAD
 * publisher=Nintendo
 * genre=Simulation
 * systems=GameCube
 * released={{sys|n64}}{{jp|2001|April 14}}{{sys|gc}}{{jp|2001|December 14}}{{us|2002|September 15}}{{jp|2003|June 27}} (E+}{{au|2003|October 17}}{{eu|2004|September 24}}
 * players=1-4 alternating
 * ratings=
 * followed by=Animal Crossing: Wild World
 * series=Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing (どうぶつの森E+, Animal Forest E+) is a video game created for the Nintendo GameCube. In Japan, it is a follow-up to the widely successful Nintendo 64 game Animal Forest (どうぶつの森). It isn't directly a sequel, but rather the game itself with new features added and certain things changed. Animal Crossing is the first game compatible with the short-lived e-Reader.

Animal Crossing is a real-life simulation video game. It revolves around you – the player – as you live day-by-day in a town full of animals. However, up to four humans can live in a town at a time. Just like the real world players must run errands, earn money, and even pay debt. This game then birthed a sequel with the Nintendo DS game, Animal Crossing: Wild World (おいでよどうぶつの森, Come to Animal Forest).