Editing Doubutsu no Mori e+

{{Infobox Video Game
|title          = [[File:Doubutsu no Mori e+ logo.png|300px|Logo]]<br>''Doubutsu no Mori e+''
|image          = [[File:DnMe+ Outer Box.png|200px|e-Reader bundle game cover]]
|caption        = e-Reader bundle game cover
|theme          = [[File:Main Theme DnMe+.mp3|Main theme]]
|developer      = {{wp|Nintendo EAD|Nintendo EAD}}
|publisher      = [[Nintendo]]
|director     = [[Katsuya Eguchi]]<br>[[Hisashi Nogami]]
|series         = [[Animal Crossing (series)|''Animal Crossing'']]
|released       = {{Flag|JPN}} June 27, 2003<ref name=Official_Site>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gaej/index.html|title=どうぶつの森ｅ＋|site=nintendo.co.jp|retrieved=September 13, 2020}}</ref>
|genre          = Simulation
|languages      = {{Flag|JPN}} <small>Japanese</small>
|modes          = Single-player
|ratings        = {{Rating|CERO=All Ages}}
|platforms      = [[Nintendo GameCube]]
|media          = GameCube Game Disc
|requirements   = 57 blocks <small>(town save data)</small><br>8 blocks <small>(saved design data; per slot)</small><br>5 blocks <small>(saved letter data; per slot)</small><br>4 blocks <small>(travel data)</small><br>1 block <small>(NES save data)</small>
|input          = Nintendo GameCube Controller<br>[[Game Boy Advance]]<br>[[e-Reader]]
}}
'''''Doubutsu no Mori e+'''''{{Note|group=lower-alpha|{{Nihongo foot|どうぶつの森{{tt|e+|イープラス}}|Doubutsu no Mori Ī-purasu|Animal Forest e+}}}} is an expanded version of {{PG}} released on the [[Nintendo GameCube]] exclusively in Japan in 2003. In addition to all content from {{PG|nolink}}, the game features new [[villager]]s, items, gameplay elements, and expanded functionality with [[e-Reader]] [[Game Boy Advance]] accessory. 

Due to Nintendo of America's successful localization of {{PG|nolink}}, Nintendo retranslated the game back into Japanese, added additional new content, and released it as {{DnMe+|nolink}} on June 27, 2003, nine months after the North American release of {{PG|nolink}}. The game retailed for 6,800 yen<ref name=Official_Site/> and sold 91,658 copies in its first week of sale; it went on to sell approximately 640,000 copies as of October 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|author=N-Sider|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002222334/http://www.n-sider.com/gameview.php?gameid=135|title=Animal Crossing}}</ref> The game was never localized for North America or Europe, possibly due to the e-Reader's limited success outside of Japan or the development and upcoming release of {{WW}}. Despite this, many features introduced in {{DnMe+|nolink}} returned in later entries of the {{SER}}.

{{DnMe+|nolink}} was launched alongside the e-Reader+, a revised version of the original Japanese e-Reader that includes the GameCube connectivity introduced in the North American model. ''[[e-Reader card|Doubutsu no Mori Card-e+]]'', a new set of e-Reader cards, was released in three series from the game's launch until October 2003. The e-Reader+ and the first six cards of  [[E-Reader card/Series 1 (Doubutsu no Mori e+)|Series 1]] were bundled with all copies of the game.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gaej/reader/index.html|title=ハードをつなごう！～カードｅリーダー＋編～|site=nintendo.co.jp|retrieved=October 27, 2022}}</ref>

==New content==
===e-Reader functionality===
[[File:E-Reader.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[e-Reader]] can be used to move villagers into a town by scanning their e-Reader card.]]
[[File:Doubutsu no Mori Card-e+ 2-050 (Marina).png|thumb|200px|[[Marina]]'s {{DnMe+|nolink}} card.]]
{{DnMe+|nolink}} now has in-game e-Reader functionality like in {{PG|nolink}}. In addition to ''Doubutsu no Mori Card-e+'' cards, {{DnMe+|nolink}} is compatible with ''Doubutsu no Mori+ Card-e'' cards.

e-Reader cards can be scanned at the following locations:
*The e-Reader Transfer Machine (eTM) in the [[post office]] — Character Cards can be scanned here to receive a letter and item from the character on the card. 
*The [[town tune]] board outside the post office — Town Tune Cards can be scanned here to set the melody on the card as the town tune. Additionally, scanning any of the ''Doubutsu no Mori Card-e+'' cards unlocks the ability for the [[player]] to request that song for [[K.K. Slider]] to perform and results in a specific special character giving the player the live aircheck of that song when spoken to.
*By talking to [[Mabel]] at the [[Able Sisters]] — Design Cards can be scanned here to save the design displayed on the card.
*The [[wishing well]] — A villager or [[islander]]'s card here to have them move to the town or island, respectively. This is the only way to have any of the new villagers move in, or for any of the islanders to move to the island.

===Villagers and islanders===
There are a total of 66 new villagers and 18 new islanders, bringing the totals up to 284 villagers and 36 islanders. The only way to have any of the new villagers move in, or for any of the islanders to move to the island, is to scan their e-Reader card at the [[wishing well]].

====New villagers====
60 new villagers can move to the player's town if their ''[[Doubutsu no Mori Card-e+]]'' [[e-Reader card/Series 1 (Doubutsu no Mori e+)|Series 1]], [[e-Reader card/Series 2 (Doubutsu no Mori e+)|Series 2]], or [[e-Reader card/Series 3 (Doubutsu no Mori e+)|Series 3]] card is scanned. Most of these villagers have reappeared in subsequent games, however 11 villagers remain exclusive to {{DnMe+|nolink}} and therefore do not have localized names.
<gallery mode="" widths=80px>
Agent S DnMe+.png| '''[[Agent S]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[squirrel]]
Aisle DnMe+.png| '''''[[Aisle]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Lazy]] [[bear cub]]
Alice DnMe+.png| '''[[Alice]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[koala]]
Analog DnMe+.png| '''''[[Analog]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[penguin]]
Angus DnMe+.png| '''[[Angus]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[bull]]
Antonio DnMe+.png| '''[[Antonio]]'''<br>[[Jock]] [[anteater]]
Avery DnMe+.png| '''[[Avery]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[eagle]]
Azalea DnMe+.png| '''[[Azalea]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[rhinoceros]]
Becky DnMe+.png| '''[[Becky]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[chicken]]
Bella DnMe+.png| '''[[Bella]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[mouse]]
Benedict DnMe+.png| '''[[Benedict]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[chicken]]
Big Top DnMe+.png| '''[[Big Top]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[elephant]]
Boyd DnMe+.png| '''[[Boyd]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[gorilla]]
Bree DnMe+.png| '''[[Bree]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[mouse]]
Broccolo DnMe+.png| '''[[Broccolo]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[mouse]]
Carrot DnMe+.png| '''''[[Carrot]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Normal]] [[cow]]
Chabwick DnMe+.png| '''[[Chabwick]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[penguin]]
Chrissy DnMe+.png| '''[[Chrissy]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[rabbit]]
Clara DnMe+.png| '''''[[Clara]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Normal]] [[hippo]]
Curt DnMe+.png| '''[[Curt]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[bear]]
Del DnMe+.png| '''[[Del]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[alligator]]
Felicity DnMe+.png| '''[[Felicity]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[cat]]
Francine DnMe+.png| '''[[Francine]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[rabbit]]
Frobert DnMe+.png| '''[[Frobert]]'''<br>[[Jock]] [[frog (species)|frog]]
Frett DnMe+.png| '''[[Frett]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[dog]]
Gen DnMe+.png| '''''[[Gen]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[sheep]]
Gladys DnMe+.png| '''[[Gladys]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[ostrich]]
Hopkins DnMe+.png| '''[[Hopkins]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[rabbit]]
Ike DnMe+.png| '''[[Ike]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[bear]]
Jacob DnMe+.png| '''[[Jacob]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[bird]]
Joe DnMe+.png| '''''[[Joe]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Cranky]] [[bird]]
Jūbei DnMe+.png| '''''[[Jūbei]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Cranky]] [[lion]]
Ketchup DnMe+.png| '''[[Ketchup]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[duck]]
Kid Cat DnMe+.png| '''[[Kid Cat]]'''<br>[[Jock]] [[cat]]
Kit DnMe+.png| '''''[[Kit]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[squirrel]]
Leonardo DnMe+.png| '''[[Leonardo]]'''<br>[[Jock]] [[tiger]]
Lolly DnMe+.png| '''[[Lolly]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[cat]]
Maggie DnMe+.png| '''[[Maggie]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[pig]]
Margie DnMe+.png| '''[[Margie]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[elephant]]
Megumi DnMe+.png| '''''[[Megumi]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Peppy]] [[dog]]
Merry DnMe+.png| '''[[Merry]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[cat]]
Miranda DnMe+.png| '''[[Miranda]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[duck]]
Moe DnMe+.png| '''[[Moe]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[cat]]
Nan DnMe+.png| '''[[Nan]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[goat]]
Paula DnMe+.png| '''[[Paula]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[bear]]
Peggy DnMe+.png| '''[[Peggy]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[pig]]
Poko DnMe+.png| '''''[[Poko]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[bear cub]]
Rod DnMe+.png| '''[[Rod]]'''<br>[[Jock]] [[mouse]]
Roscoe DnMe+.png| '''[[Roscoe]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[horse]]
Sunny DnMe+.png| '''[[Sunny]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Normal]] [[frog (species)|frog]]
Sylvana DnMe+.png| '''[[Sylvana]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[squirrel]]
Sylvia DnMe+.png| '''[[Sylvia]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[kangaroo]]
Tarou DnMe+.png| '''''[[Tarou]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[wolf]]
Tasha DnMe+.png| '''[[Tasha]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[squirrel]]
Tiffany DnMe+.png| '''[[Tiffany]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[rabbit]]
Victoria DnMe+.png| '''[[Victoria]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[horse]]
Vivian DnMe+.png| '''[[Vivian]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[wolf]]
Wade DnMe+.png| '''[[Wade]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[penguin]]
Walker DnMe+.png| '''[[Walker]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[dog]]
Willow DnMe+.png| '''[[Willow]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[sheep]]
</gallery>

====Promotional villagers====
6 villagers are obtainable exclusively from promotional e-Reader cards included with other products or publications, 3 of which are [[crossover villager]]s. [[Bow]] and [[Meow]] are respectively based on the {{Wp|BowLingual|BowLingual}} and {{Wp|MeowLingual|MeowLingual}} translation devices. [[Nindori]] was created in collaboration with ''Nintendo DREAM'' magazine, and is based on a 'Spice Orange' color variant of the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. [[Shinabiru]] is not a crossover, but was designed by Japanese cartoonist and manga artist Takayuki Mizushina as a caricatured self-portrait.<ref>https://ameblo.jp/value-0911/entry-12580089745.html</ref>

None of these villagers have ever been localized nor have they returned as villagers in subsequent games in the series. They also do not have [[villager ID]] placeholders in the system used from {{WW}}-onwards, unlike other villagers introduced in this game that have yet to return to the series. Nindori, however, has since appeared in ''Animal Crossing''-related manga in ''Nintendo DREAM'', as well as in an ''Animal Crossing'' crossover promotion with the ''Monster Hunter'' series.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Capcom|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315082103/http://www.capcom.co.jp/monsterhunter/pokapoka_airuDX/collabo_costume.html|title=モンハン日記 ぽかぽかアイルー村DX|site=capcom.co.jp|archive-date=March 15, 2018|retrieved=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
<gallery mode="" widths=80px>
Bow DnMe+.png| '''''[[Bow]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Lazy]] [[dog]]
Meow DnMe+.png| '''''[[Meow]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Peppy]] [[cat]]
Nindori DnMe+.png| '''''[[Nindori]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[ostrich]]
Pierre DnMe+.png| '''''[[Pierre]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[cat]]
Shinabiru DnMe+.png| '''''[[Shinabiru]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[duck]]
Shoukichi DnMe+.png| '''''[[Shoukichi]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[bird]]
</gallery>

====New islanders====
18 new islanders can appear only on [[Animal Island]] if their e-Reader card is scanned at the [[Wishing Well]]. All islanders share house layouts with one of the existing 18 islanders, but with a different [[wallpaper]] and [[carpet]]. Most of these islanders have returned as regular villagers in subsequent games, however 7 islanders remain exclusive to {{DnMe+|nolink}} and therefore do not have localized names.
<gallery mode="" widths=80px>
Charlise DnMe+.png| '''[[Charlise]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[bear]]
Curlos DnMe+.png| '''[[Curlos]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[sheep]]
Frank DnMe+.png| '''[[Frank]]'''<br>[[Cranky]] [[eagle]]
Fruity DnMe+.png| '''''[[Fruity]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[duck]]
Harry DnMe+.png| '''[[Harry]]'''<br>[[Jock]] [[Hippo]]
Julia DnMe+.png| '''[[Julia]]'''<br>[[Snooty]] [[ostrich]]
Koharu DnMe+.png| '''''[[Koharu]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Peppy]] [[kangaroo]]
Kidd DnMe+.png| '''[[Kidd]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[goat]]
Lulu DnMe+.png| '''''[[Lulu]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Snooty]] [[anteater]]
Madam Rosa DnMe+.png| '''''[[Madam Rosa]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Snooty]] [[bird]]
Masa DnMe+.png| '''''[[Masa]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Jock]] [[dog]]
Marina DnMe+.png| '''[[Marina]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[octopus (species)|octopus]]
Norma DnMe+.png| '''[[Norma]]'''<br>[[Normal]] [[cow]]
Patricia DnMe+.png| '''''[[Patricia]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Normal]] [[rhinoceros]]
Raddle DnMe+.png| '''[[Raddle]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[frog (species)|frog]]
Roswell DnMe+.png| '''[[Roswell]]'''<br>[[Lazy]] [[alligator]]
Violet DnMe+.png| '''[[Violet]]'''<br>[[Peppy]] [[gorilla]]
Weldon DnMe+.png| '''''[[Weldon]]''''' {{Flag|JPN|text=Name has not been localized from Japanese}}<br>[[Cranky]] [[bull]]
</gallery>

===Items===
The following 21 furniture items have been added, none of which can be reordered from the [[catalog]].
{{Columns-list|
*{{I|Apple cardboard box|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Scarecrow|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Jōmon pottery|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Claw-foot bathtub|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Basketball hoop|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Mummy's casket|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Mandarin cardboard box|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Jumping boy|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Fire hydrant|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Shakōkidogū|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Pinball machine|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Drum set|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Wooden box|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Rocking horse|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Shower|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Helm|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Dart board|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Princess bed|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Tom Nook's autograph card|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Decorative plate|DnMe+}}
*{{I|Shop signboard|DnMe+}}
}}
Additionally, Tom Nook's store sells {{I|party popper|DnMe+}}s in the latter half of [[December]] in anticipation of [[New Year's Eve]].

===Insects and fish===
[[File:Bug Encyclopedia DnMe+.png|thumb|right|200px|The complete insect encyclopedia]]
[[File:Fish Encyclopedia DnMe+.png|thumb|right|200px|The complete fish encyclopedia]]
The following 16 insects and fish are introduced: 
*[[Diving beetle]], [[flea]], [[dung beetle]], [[crab]], [[hermit crab]], [[coconut crab]], [[Queen Alexandra's birdwing|Alexandra's swallowtail butterfly]], and [[horned hercules|hercules beetle]]. The latter two insects can only be found on the island.
*[[Dab]], [[olive flounder]], [[horse mackerel]], [[sea horse|seahorse]], [[squid]], [[octopus (creature)|octopus]], [[puffer fish]], and [[blue marlin|swordfish]]. The latter two fish can only be found on the island.

===Music===
Three new songs are available from [[K.K. Slider]]: "[[My Place]]," "[[To the Edge]]," and "[[Forest Life]]." These songs were previously only heard when making an invalid request, but are now [[secret song]]s. K.K. will also perform a new song called "[[K.K. Birthday]]" on the player's birthday, which cannot be heard otherwise. The town's villagers will attend and celebrate with the player.

12 new songs are available from K.K. Slider only after scanning their corresponding e-Reader card: "[[Agent K.K.]]," "[[King K.K.]]," "[[K.K. Dixie]]," "[[K.K. Marathon]]," "[[K.K. Metal]]," "[[K.K. Rally]]," "[[K.K. Rockabilly]]," "[[Mountain Song]]," "[[Marine Song 2001]]," "[[Neapolitan]]," "[[Pondering]]," and "[[Steep Hill]]."

Additionally, every K.K. Slider song now has a corresponding live performance aircheck, which can be played on a [[stereo]]. These can be obtained from villagers at maximum friendship, or from special characters after scanning a song's e-Reader card.

===Minigames===
Three minigames, collectively known as [[Doubutsu no Mori e+: Doubutsu-tachi to Asobou!]], can be accessed from the [[wishing well]] and played on the [[Game Boy Advance]]. They feature the player and the villagers living in town, and they offer unique rewards.

===SD card support===
{{DnMe+|nolink}} was the first game to utilize the Nintendo GameCube SD Card Adapter (DOL-019), which was released shortly after the game on July 18, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo|date=April 30, 2003|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2003/030430b.html|title=ニュースリリース：2003年4月30日|site=nintendo.co.jp|language=Japanese|retrieved=December 31, 2023}}</ref> It is one of only two games to utilize the adapter, the other being the Japanese version of ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Channel|Pokémon Channel]]''.<ref>{{Cite Twitter|quote=[...] the SD card adapter worked with exactly two games. Doubutsu no Mori e+ (the third iteration of the original Animal Crossing in Japan), and Pokemon Channel.|url=https://twitter.com/kelslewin/status/1231371368169521152|author=keslewin|date=February 22, 2020|retrieved=December 31, 2023}}</ref> The game can recognize {{Wp|File Allocation Table#Final FAT16|FAT16}}-formatted {{Wp|SD card}}s up to 2 GB in size.

When using an SD card in Memory Card Slot B, the player can take [[Photo (screenshot)|screenshots]] and save their town data to the card to share with others. In the game's startup menu, there is an option titled {{Nihongo|"About SD card"|ＳＤカードのこと}}. Selecting this presents the player with the following options: 
*{{Nihongo|"Prepare SD card"|ＳＤカードのじゆんび}} — Selecting this creates the following directory on the SD card: <code>PRIVATE\GAMECUBE\NINTENDO\DOUBUTU</code>
*{{Nihongo|"View photos"|しやしんをみる}}
*{{Nihongo|"Delete records"|きろくをけす}}
:*{{Nihongo|"Delete all town data"|むらをすべてけす}}
:*{{Nihongo|"Delete all photos"|しやしんをすべてけす}}
:*{{Nihongo|"Select and delete town data"|むらをえらんでけす}}
:*{{Nihongo|"Select and delete photos"|しやしんをえらんでけす}}
*{{Nihongo|"Format"|しよきかする}}

When the first player to move to town creates their save file, after naming the town, [[Rover]] asks them what name the town should have when saved to an SD card. The SD card town name can consist of up to eight characters, including capital A–Z, 0–9, and "-".

====Screenshots====
When an SD card is inserted into Memory Card Slot B, screenshots can be taken with {{Input|z|console=GCN}}. The resulting screenshot can then be discarded or saved to the SD card as a 640x480 {{Wp|TIFF}} file (<code>DCIM\100NINTD\MORI0001.TIF</code>; the number increments with each screenshot) with a watermark in the bottom-right corner that reads "©2001-2003 Nintendo". The following {{Wp|Exif}} metadata is filled in:
*Title/subject — "DOUBUTSUNOMORIe+ photo"
*Author/camera maker — "Nintendo Co.,Ltd."
*Program name  — "DOUBUTSUNOMORIe+"
*Copyright  — "Copyright Nintendo, 2001-2003. All reserved."
*Camera model  — "NINTENDO GAMECUBE"

Screenshots can be viewed and deleted in the startup menu.

====Saving and loading town data====
Town data can be saved to an SD card by selecting the {{Nihongo|"Lend town"|むらをかしだす}} option in the startup menu; it is saved in an encrypted .dbm file (<code>PRIVATE\GAMECUBE\NINTENDO\DOUBUTU\<name>.DBM</code>). This file can then be transferred to a PC and sent to another player. The receiving player can then put that data on an SD card connected to their GameCube, visit the town, save the modified data, and return it to the original player.

After town data is saved to the SD card, the town on the Memory Card enters a frozen state. During this state, all items in the player houses and dropped on the ground outside disappear, and the town's grass is set to a unique, gray palette. Players can still play in the town and save the game, but time does not pass.

Selecting the {{Nihongo|"Restore town"|むらをもとにもどす}} option in the startup menu allows the player to return their town to a normal state in one of two ways. The town can be restored from the data on the SD card, saving any changes made by the other player while they were visiting, returning the erased items, and overwriting any changes made while the town was in its frozen state. Alternatively, the town can be restored from its existing data on the Memory Card, keeping any changes made while in its frozen state, but the erased items in the player houses and on the ground do not return.

Town data can be deleted from the SD card in the startup menu.

===Save data transfer from {{DnM+|nolink}}===
If there is {{DnM+|nolink}} save data on either Memory Card in the Nintendo GameCube, when creating a save file in {{DnMe+|nolink}}, Rover asks them if they have met before. If the player says yes, they will move in as one of the players from the {{DnM+|nolink}} save. This will transfer the player's name, appearance, birthday, encyclopedia, catalogue, and on-hand designs, but will not transfer their inventory, house, letters, Able Sisters designs, or anything else.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gaej/moving/index.html|title=About moving|retrieved=August 30, 2020|language=Japanese}}</ref> Cataloged items appearing in {{DnM+|nolink}} but not {{DnMe+|nolink}} will not appear in the latter's catalogue upon transferring. This was the only way to catalogue {{I|Punchout|PG}}, as no [[secret code]] was distributed for it; however, the item cannot be ordered from the catalog, making it unobtainable.

{{DnM+|nolink}} save data is unaffected by the migration; the original town and player characters remain available to play as normal.

===Objects===
Unique [[object]]s can be built around the town by [[Tom Nook]] and take the place of one of the [[signpost]]s in town. A random set of three decorations is chosen on town generation. Many types of structures that can be built could only be unlocked from [[Redd]] via passwords on the game's official website. The service to generate passwords is now discontinued, however. [https://github.com/Cuyler36/Object-Delivery-Service-Tool/releases/latest Object Delivery Service Tool] is a tool that replaces the functionality of the original service and can be used to generate passwords indefinitely.

==Differences from {{PG|nolink}}==
{{DnMe+|nolink}} features many differences from {{PG|nolink}}, largely with the addition of new content and refined gameplay mechanics. Although the game is primarily based on {{PG|nolink}}, it does retain some Japan-exclusive content from previous games. This includes the dial-based typing system, certain furniture, and katakana characters on the [[town tune]] board. Additionally, [[Jane]] retains her original appearance from {{DnM|nolink}} and {{DnM+|nolink}}. 

===Controls===
The lights in the [[Player house|player's house]] are now toggled by pressing any direction on {{Input|dpad|console=GCN}} rather than {{Input|z|console=GCN}}, as that is now used for taking [[Photo (screenshot)|screenshots]].

===Interface===
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*The game's font has been redrawn at a higher resolution.
*Due to the higher font resolution, kanji is now incorporated into the game, considerably expanding the amount of usable characters; previous versions only made use of hiragana, katakana, Latin characters, and icons. The player can adjust their fluency with kanji from the options menu, which replaces hiragana with kanji where appropriate.
*The clock has been redesigned.
*The ink meter when writing letters or posts on the [[bulletin board]] has been removed.
*Diaries that are dropped on the ground now appear as envelopes instead of brown paper bags.

===Locations===
[[File:DnMe+ Nook After Hours.png|thumb|200px|Tom Nook in his pajamas after being awoken.]]
*[[Tom Nook]] can be woken after-hours by hitting the shop doors three times with a [[shovel]]. Nook will be in his pajamas and allow the player to shop, but he will move much more slowly, item buy prices are inflated by 20%, he will purchase items from the player for 30% less, and the catalog is unavailable. If the store has been upgraded to [[Nookington's]], [[Timmy and Tommy]] will also appear in their pajamas after-hours.
*The [[Reset Surveillance Center]] can be accessed after encountering [[Mr. Resetti]] twice. Once a week, a random [[rock]] around [[town]] will become the entrance to the center and can be broken with a [[shovel]]. Mr. Resetti and [[Don Resetti]] can be found here.
*[[Tom Nook]] offers a greater variety of items during his sales, such as party poppers, fans, balloons, and pinwheels.
*[[Animal Island]] is no longer accessed by connecting a [[Game Boy Advance]] to the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. Instead, each player must now first purchase their private island from [[Tom Nook]] (after paying off all house loans) to access it. Players can visit another player's island after the other player has repaid their loan.
**The island initially does not have an inhabitant. An [[islander]] must be introduced by scanning their [[e-Reader card]], which makes them wash ashore. The player can revive them, and they will then move into the smaller bungalow on the island.

===Villagers===
[[File:DnMe+ Paolo Fleas.png|thumb|200px|[[Paolo]] speaking to the player, having contracted [[flea]]s]]
*It is possible to become "best friends" with villagers after interacting with them a lot and performing many favors for them. Best friend villagers react to seeing the player by waving or calling out to them and can also give the player special items.
*It is no longer possible to request errands from villagers. They can only be received randomly from general conversation, as is the case in all subsequent games.
**Pursuant to this, when working for [[Tom Nook]] he no longer instructs the player to perform errands for the town's villagers in between the jobs he assigns.
*The player can now eavesdrop on conversations held between two different villagers.
*New villager dialogue is included that is conditional on the player's accomplishments, e.g., the size of their house, whether they own an island, the size of [[Tom Nook]]'s store, etc.
*Villagers can become ill and must be given [[medicine]] to treat their illness. Medicine can also be used to treat the player's [[bee]] stings.
*When delivering gifts as an errand for a villager, the request-giver may ask the player for the recipient's feedback.
*The gifts and letters that villagers may task the player to deliver can now be opened and kept, incurring their anger.
*[[Lost item]]s can be found on the ground and returned to villagers in exchange for a reward.
*Villagers can have [[flea]]s, which can be removed by the player with the [[net|bug catching net]].
*Villagers now have a favorite and hated clothing type.

===Items===
*The {{I|Mario trophy|PG}} and {{I|Luigi trophy|PG}} have shorter bases. This change is carried over to the Australian and European versions of {{PG|nolink}}, which released after {{DnMe+|nolink}}.
*The {{I|vibraphone|PG}} is mirrored, tapering to the right instead of the left.
*The following items return from {{DnM+|nolink}} after not appearing in {{PG|nolink}}:
{{Columns-list|
:*{{I|Bucket|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Wash station|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bath chairs|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Massage chair|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bath mat|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bathtub|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Clerk's booth|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Partitioning screen|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bathhouse locker|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Milk case|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Sewing box|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Paper lantern|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Tea table|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Hibachi|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Tea tansu|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Hearth|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Mini daruma|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Daruma|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Certain-victory daruma|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Maneki-neko|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Black maneki-neko|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bujian washbasin|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Washbasin|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Long washbasin|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Pink kotatsu|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Blue kotatsu|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Wastebasket|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Garbage pail|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Paulownia tansu|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Stair tansu|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Shogi board|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Folding screen|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Tanuki figurine|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Safe-return frog|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Tokonoma|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Kadomatsu|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Kagamimochi|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Worn-out dirt wall|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bathhouse wall|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Bathhouse tile floor|DnM+}}
:*{{I|Old board floor|DnM+}}
}}

===Interactivity===
*[[Flower]]s can now be picked up and held in the player's hand. 
*[[Jacob's ladder]]s appear near the town's cliffs when a "perfect" rating has been achieved.
*Players can make announcements using their personal [[Lloid|Gyroid]]. These can be scheduled to play at a specific time or set to play after a certain amount of time has passed.

===Events===
*During the [[Fishing Tourney]], [[Chip]] will now give the player a free [[fishing rod]] if they do not have one in their inventory.
*Holidays are now identical to those in {{PG|nolink}}, with Japan-exclusive events removed; however, [[Parents|Mom]] will send the player letters about Tanabata ([[Starcrossed Day]]) and Setsubun ([[Bean Day]]). 
*Villagers now wear hats on Christmas Eve and during the [[Harvest Festival]].

===Music===
*The game's title theme has been remixed with added percussion.
*Gyroids can now be set to sync with [[music]] that is playing in the player's house, and will now remain in sync even when the player leaves and returns.
*[[Kapp'n]]'s songs use different syllables to go along with what words he actually sings. This was present in {{DnM+}} with the old melody ("[[Marine Song 2001]]"), but in {{PG|nolink}} all songs used the same syllables no matter the lyrics.

===Miscellaneous===
*The color of the Nintendo logo when loading the game is now blue. In {{PG|nolink}}, it is red, and in {{DnM+|nolink}}, it is white.
*As there was no Memory Card bundled with {{DnMe+|nolink}}, the bonus {{I|grab bag|PG}} originally that was included with the Memory Card and contained two [[NES games]] and a song from [[K.K. Slider]] now arrives in a letter from [[Mom]] when the player moves to town. Additionally, the included song is changed from "[[K.K. Love Song]]" to "[[K.K. Lullaby]]."
*The [[coelacanth]]'s shadow size is increased and it now only appears ''once'' per play session. Even if the player fails to catch it, it will not reappear until the save is reloaded.
*The amount of debt that the player owes [[Tom Nook]] for each [[Player house|house]] upgrade has been altered. The final repayment is for the purchase of a [[Animal Island|private island]]. After paying off the loan for the island, Nook will offer to build the player a statue outside the [[train station]], but the player now has the option to decline to have it built.
*Saved [[design]]s are now stored in their own 8-block Memory Card file on any Memory Card. Each file can hold up to 96 designs, and multiple Memory Card files can be created to save more designs. Up to five files can be created on each Memory Card, for a maximum of 480 designs per card.
*Saved [[letter]]s are now stored in their own 5-block Memory Card file on any Memory Card. Each file can hold up to 160 letters, and multiple Memory Card files can be created to save more letters. Up to five files can be created on each Memory Card, for a maximum of 800 letters per card.
*Travel data now takes up 4 blocks on the Memory Card, increased from 3 in {{DnM+|nolink}} and {{PG|nolink}}.

==Related media==
{{DnMe+|nolink}} received two tie-in [[List of Animal Crossing manga|manga]]: ''[[Doubutsu no Mori e+ 4koma Gag Battle]]'' and ''[[Doubutsu no Mori e+ 4koma Manga Ōkoku]]''.

==Gallery==
{{Gallery||Box art and media}}

==Trivia==
{{Redirects|title=Animal Crossing 2|the second Animal Crossing game released outside of Japan|Animal Crossing: Wild World}}
*Due to its Japanese-only status, some Western media outlets erroneously reported {{DnMe+|nolink}} as a sequel to {{PG|nolink}} named "''Animal Crossing 2''" in December 2002, after an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto on the Japanese lifestyle magazine ''Sabra'' reported on a potential new game in the {{SER}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/12/12/animal-crossing-lives|title=Animal Crossing Lives|date=December 12, 2002|retrieved=November 14, 2022|author=IGN Staff|site=IGN}}</ref> The claim was backed by a ''Famitsu'' article releasing details regarding Nintendo's upcoming game lineup for Japan in 2003 including どうぶつの森2 (''Doubutsu no Mori 2'', ''Animal Forest 2'') as an explicitly tentative title for the game, with the only information being that it was a GameCube game with an undecided release date.<ref name="Famitsu>{{Cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2002/12/24/103,1040708402,9622,0,0.html|date=December 24, 2002|site=Famitsu.com|retrieved=November 15, 2022|title=『ピクミン2（仮題）』、『どうぶつの森2（仮題）』の発売が決定！|languange = Japanese}}</ref> This ''Famitsu'' article was reported on by Western outlets such as GameCubicle<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nintendo_2003_release_schedule_japan.htm|title=2003 Game Release Schedule for Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance|retrieved=November 12, 2022|date=December 24, 2002|site=GameCubicle|author=Jim}}</ref> and IGN,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/12/24/nintendo-solidifies-japanese-lineup|date=December 24, 2002|site=IGN|retrieved=November 12, 2022|title=Nintendo Solidifies Japanese Lineup|author=Anoop Gantayat}}</ref> the latter of which created a web page for ''Animal Crossing 2'' as a GameCube game, later incorrectly guessing that it was canceled in favor of {{WW}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/animal-crossing-2|title=Animal Crossing 2 - IGN|site=IGN|retrieved=November 12, 2022}}</ref> when in actuality it simply never was released outside of Japan.

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|ja=どうぶつの森{{tt|e+|イープラス}}
|ja-r=Doubutsu no Mori Ī-purasu
|ja-m=Animal Forest e+
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gaej/index.html Official Japanese website]

==Notes==
{{Note list}}

==References==
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