List of references
Animal Crossing features in a number of Nintendo games, making cameo appearances in games such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
References to the Animal Crossing series in other video games
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Melee, three trophies (Mr. Resetti, Tom Nook, and Totakeke) from the Animal Crossing series are obtainable. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a wider variety of Animal Crossing trophies are obtainable, along with music, stickers, and even a stage known as Smashville. On the stage, red balloons float around with food attached to the bottom, which is a reference to floating presents. A new item, the Pitfall Seed, is also introduced, in which it can be thrown either directly at enemies or on the ground. If the enemy is either directly hit by or falls into the Pitfall Seed, they instantly become momentarily immobile. Mr. Resetti also appears as an assist trophy, where he starts yelling at players, much like when the player resets in an Animal Crossing game.
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Animal Crossing: Wild World Minigame
During the 9-Volt level in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, one mini-game involves the player controlling an Animal Crossing: Wild World character (either a male or female, depending upon the player's gender). The player must pull up the wii remote in order to catch a fish from the river. There are three difficulty stages to this game-
- Easy There is one fish in the river.
- Intermediate There is one fish in the river that takes a long time to tug on the bait.
- Hard There are two fish in the river.
All fish from Wild World are potential catches in this minigame. Failure to pull up the Fishing Rod will result in the player losing a life.
Inconsistencies with Animal Crossing: Wild World
Despite being an obvious reference to Animal Crossing, there are a number of inconsistencies with the game-
- Fish that cannot be found in rivers may be caught, one example being the Football Fish.
- Lilies can be seen in the river; this is an Animal Crossing-only feature, and is not present in Wild World.
- The male character's hat has green horns that match the pattern of the hat- no matter the pattern in Wild World, the horns will always be grey.
- Every time the game is played, the fish pulls down the bobber immediately. Although this can happen in-game, it is very unusual, and certainly does not happen all the time.
- The music playing in the background is from Animal Crossing.
- When the fish is caught, a generic 'success' noise is played, rather than the Animal Crossing 'success' noise.
'Silhouette' Minigame
In one minigame in the Ashley level, a player has to rotate a silhouette of an object in order to work out what the object is- after a time, they are given a seletion of objects that it could potentially be, usually all quite similar in shape.
Sometimes, a thin version of the typical gyroid may show up- objects similar to it in shape include a cacti and an eraser.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
In Phantom Hourglass, the Postman asks Link not to shoot him down with a slingshot. This could be a reference to Pete in Wild World.
Kirby Superstar Ultra
In Kirby Superstar Ultra, there is a subgame called "The Great Cave Offensive". The objective of it is to escape with the most items possible, and some of these items are references to other games from Nintendo. One of these items is the Gold Watering Can, an obvious reference to the Golden Watering Can.
Wii Music
The Animal Crossing theme and K.K. Blues (known as Animal Crossing -- K.K. Blues) both appear as songs. The descriptions are for the Main Theme and K.K. Blues respectively; "The cats, dogs, and others in the world of Animal Crossing know this melody. It's one of Nintendo's cutest tunes, so play it with a song in your heart!" and "If you've got the blues, this tune by the musical pooch from Nintendo's Animal Crossing series is just what you need. Play it with soul!"
Wii Fit Plus
In Wii Fit Plus there is a game called Segway® Circuit. The player has to stop moles from taking beach balls with a pet. The moles' looks resemble Mr. Resetti.
Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique
For the release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Style Boutique has released two downloadable designs for their character in-game. One called "Club Design" based on Club LOL, and "Giraffissima" based on Gracie.
References in the Animal Crossing series to other Nintendo games
Being a Nintendo game, there are various references to other Nintendo games in the Animal Crossing series.
References in Animal Crossing
- When talking to Gulliver, he says he might have "lost his Goldfish in Toad Town or Hyrule" which are definite references to Toad Town from Paper Mario and the Mario series and Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda series.
- Kapp'n rarely also sings a song about how he thinks Mario acts. Kapp'n also references The Legend of Zelda in between some sea shanty verses. He may say," Ever spend a night in a Hyrulian Prison?"
- Some hacking will make Tom Nook give you a present, he says it came from Hyrule, a reference to the Legend of Zelda series.
References in Wild World
- After talking to Gulliver after repairing his U.F.O., he asks the player if they have ever seen "A space fox or a bounty hunter who can roll into a ball". These are clear references to Fox of the Star Fox series and Samus Aran of the Metroid series.
References in City Folk
- Through the Tom Nook Point System, Nintendo-related items are available for purchase as a reward for spending large amounts of Bells at Tom Nook's. For a full list, please see here.
- Such distributed items as a red Pikmin hat and a Dolphin model originate from the Pikmin series. A Pikmin garden is also a hacked item available.
References in New Leaf
- After agreeing to save Gulliver, he'll mention that he's "never met a sailor so kind since Bobbery of Rogueport". This is a reference to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
References throughout the series
- Each of the games have Mario-related furniture.
