User:Reese Rivers/Crossovers with Animal Crossing
- "Animal Crossing" redirects here. For other uses, see Animal Crossing (disambiguation).
| Animal Crossing | |
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 English logo for Animal Crossing | |
| First installment | Doubutsu no Mori (2001) |
| Latest installment | Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (2026) |
Animal Crossing (Japanese: どうぶつの森 Dōbutsu no Mori, "Animal Forest") is a series of social simulation games produced by Nintendo. The main games in the series feature the human player character living in a small town populated with anthropomorphic animals, socializing and forming friendships with them, and performing tasks and errands, among other features. Since the series' inception with the Japan-only Doubutsu no Mori on the Nintendo 64, numerous crossovers between Animal Crossing and the Super Mario franchise have appeared.
Prominent crossover elements
Characters
Villager
- Main article: Villager
Isabelle
- Main article: Isabelle
Characters based on Super Mario characters
Louie is a gorilla villager who has an appearance reminiscent of Donkey Kong. in Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: New Leaf he wears shirts with Luigi and Mario's emblems respectively, connecting him more strongly to the Super Mario franchise.
The frog villager Wart Jr. may be a nod to Wart.
The alligator villager Alfonso has the catchphrase "it'sa me", and in several games wears a shirt with Mario's emblem. Alfonso's design is evocative of Yoshi.
Super Mario items in Animal Crossing
Furniture and clothing items based on characters and objects from the Super Mario franchise have been a staple of the Animal Crossing series since Doubutsu no Mori. These items are grouped together as the Mario Theme up to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, as the Super Mario Set in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and as the Mario Series in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
History in the Super Mario franchise
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Main article: Animal Crossing x Mario Kart 8
A paid downloadable content pack, titled Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8, was launched for Mario Kart 8 on April 23, 2015. This pack featured the addition of Villager and Isabelle as playable drivers; additionally, the Crossing Cup was introduced, which includes the Animal Crossing race course. Several vehicle parts based on the Animal Crossing series were also included in the DLC: the Streetle kart, the City Tripper bike, the Leaf Tires, and the Paper Glider. A Mii racing suit based on Animal Crossing was added to the base game on the same day, which can be unlocked by scanning an Animal Crossing amiibo.
All of the content from Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8 is included in the base game in the Nintendo Switch port of the game, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
In Yoshi's Woolly World, scanning certain amiibo unlocks playable Yarn Yoshis in the amiibo Hut. One of them is based on the Villager from the Animal Crossing series; in the Nintendo 3DS port Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, additional designs based on Blathers, Celeste, Cyrus, Digby, Isabelle (in two outfits), Kapp'n, Kicks, K.K. Slider, Lottie, Mabel, Reese, Resetti, Rover, Timmy and Tommy, and Tom Nook were added.
Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker introduces the Mystery Mushroom for Super Mario Bros.-themed courses. This power-up transforms Mario into Costume Mario, a form that disguises Mario as one of many other characters, the majority of which do not originate from the Super Mario franchise. 17 of the 136 costumes come from Animal Crossing.
- List of costumes from Animal Crossing
| # | Image | Costume | Unlock method(s) | Notes |
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| 68 | 
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Villager | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Villager amiibo |
Based on Villager's default appearance in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, itself based on the male villager seen in the cover art for Animal Crossing: City Folk. Upon touching a Mystery Mushroom, the sound effect for producing an item such as a net from the Animal Crossing series can be heard. The "lose a life" jingle is replaced with the theme that plays after fainting from being bitten or stung by a tarantula or scorpion respectively in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Pressing  will make him pull out a balloon.
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| 69 | 
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Tom Nook | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Expert setting or harder or Use any Tom Nook amiibo |
Based on his appearance in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. |
| 70 | 
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K.K. Slider | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Easy setting or harder or Use any K.K. amiibo |
Upon touching a Mystery Mushroom, K.K. will play a brief tune. Pressing will make him sit down on a chair and pull out his guitar, and the death tune is replaced by K.K.'s howl and a guitar twang.
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| 71 | 
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Resetti | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Resetti amiibo |
Pressing will make Resetti take off his hat and play the "puff" sound effect used for the "angry" emotion in Animal Crossing.
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| 72 | 
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Rover | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Expert setting or harder or Use any Rover amiibo |
Pressing makes Rover face the screen.
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| 73 | 
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Timmy & Tommy | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Timmy and Tommy amiibo |
Pressing will replace the twins' aprons with the suits that they wear in Nookington's (pre-New Leaf games) and T&T Emporium (New Leaf).
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| 74 | 
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Blathers | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Easy setting or harder or Use any Blathers amiibo |
Pressing will make Blathers read a book.
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| 75 | 
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Mabel | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Mabel amiibo |
Upon transforming, sound effects from the sewing machine in the Able Sisters shop from Animal Crossing can be heard. |
| 76 | 
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Kapp'n | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Expert setting or harder or Use any Kapp'n amiibo |
Holding puts him in his rowboat from Animal Crossing.
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| 77 | 
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Celeste | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Easy setting or harder or Use any Celeste amiibo |
Pressing makes Celeste face the screen.
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| 78 | 
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Kicks | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Kicks amiibo |
Pressing makes Kicks face the screen and wink.
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| 79 | 
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Isabelle (Summer Outfit) | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Isabelle amiibo |
Upon touching a Mystery Mushroom, the sound effect for producing an item such as a net from the Animal Crossing series can be heard. Various other sounds from Animal Crossing: New Leaf can also be heard, including the fanfare for paying off a mortgage after clearing a course. |
| 80 | 
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Isabelle (Winter Outfit) | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Expert setting or harder or Use any Isabelle (winter outfit) amiibo |
Upon touching a Mystery Mushroom, the sound effect for producing an item such as a net from the Animal Crossing series can be heard. Various other sounds from Animal Crossing: New Leaf can also be heard, including the fanfare for paying off a mortgage after clearing a course. |
| 81 | 
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Digby | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Easy setting or harder or Use any Digby amiibo |
Pressing will make him put on the yellow raincoat he wears whenever there is precipitation.
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| 82 | 
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Cyrus | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Normal setting or harder or Use any Cyrus amiibo |
Pressing makes Cyrus pull out a hammer.
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| 83 | 
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Reese | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Expert setting or harder or Use any Reese amiibo |
Pressing makes Reese wave a greeting.
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| 84 | 
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Lottie | Clear 100 Mario Challenge on Expert setting or harder or Use any Lottie amiibo |
Pressing makes Lottie face the screen.
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WarioWare series
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
WarioWare: Smooth Moves features a microgame based on Animal Crossing: Wild World also titled Animal Crossing: Wild World. The player is tasked with reeling in a fish after it pulls down the bobber. Despite its name, it features elements from the original Animal Crossing such as the lilies in the river, the male and female villagers' hats, and the 12:00 PM music track as the background music. The patterns on the villagers' clothes are original and do not come from either game. The player can reel in any fish from Wild World, even those which cannot be caught from a river.
WarioWare: D.I.Y.
One of 9-Volt's records in WarioWare: D.I.Y., titled "A. Crossing", is a piano arrangement of the opening theme from Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk.
WarioWare Gold
In WarioWare Gold, the Animal Crossing: Wild World microgame returns. The background music has been changed to the 3:00 PM music track from Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk and the success sound from these games now plays when the villager presents their catch.
In Wario's amiibo Sketch, the player can scan any Animal Crossing amiibo figure to receive a drawing of that character.
WarioWare: Get It Together!
WarioWare: Get It Together! has a microgame based on Animal Crossing: New Leaf also titled Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It tasks the player with shooting down a balloon present so that it lands safely at either side of a cliff. Goldie, Fauna, and Marshal can appear in the microgame and Francine's house appears in the background. The background music is "Opening Theme" from New Leaf.
WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It! has a microgame based on Animal Crossing: New Horizons also titled Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In the first level, the player must dig up a fossil. In the second level, the player must hit a rock twice. In the third level, the player must catch a common bluebottle or tiger butterfly. The villager in the microgame is wearing a white pocket tee and light blue pleather sneakers. The background music can be either "9:00 AM - Clear" or "11:00 AM - Clear" from New Horizons.
History in the Animal Crossing franchise
First generation of Animal Crossing
In Doubutsu no Mori and its Nintendo GameCube ports Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+ (collectively known as the first generation of Animal Crossing games), various NES and Famicom titles can be obtained as items and played within the game itself.
In all first-generation games, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Golf, and Pinball are among the NES games that can be attained by the player via the NPC Wisp, treasure hunts, or shaking trees while having good luck. The former two can also be won in raffles, while the latter two can be purchased from Crazy Redd's Furniture Emporium.
Introduced in the GameCube versions were Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong Jr., and Wario's Woods. The former two can only be acquired using secret codes, which could be generated on an official Animal Crossing website in 2002 and given to Tom Nook in-game. Wario's Woods can only be obtained via the Animal Island mode using a Game Boy Advance and Link Cable.
Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. are also obtainable via secret codes in Doubutsu no Mori+, though no way to generate these codes was ever made officially available by Nintendo. Super Mario Bros. was only officially available as a prize, in the form of a special Memory Card with the item's data, given away to 30 winners in a sweepstakes by the magazine Shūkan Famitsu in 2001; the game's data is present in Animal Crossing, but completely unobtainable via official means. Mario Bros. could be obtained in the American version of Animal Crossing via an e-Reader card; it is unobtainable in the European version due to e-Reader functionality being removed. Both games were removed completely from Doubutsu no Mori e+.
Super Mario-themed furniture was introduced with the Mario Theme in Animal Crossing.
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- Several Mario-specific items can be obtained by purchasing fortune cookies with Play Coins.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
- There were fishing events with Cheep Cheep, Cheep Chomp, and Eep Cheep.
- Various Mario-specific items were also in the game, some of which were unique.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The version 1.8.0 update of Animal Crossing: New Horizons released on February 25, 2021 introduced the Mario Series of furniture and clothing, coinciding with the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary. This includes the Pipe furniture item, which functions like the object it is based on. If the player has two placed on their island, they can hop in one and exit the other; if three or more are placed, the destination Pipe will be randomized.
In the version 3.0 update released on January 15, 2026, several classic Nintendo systems were added as obtainable furniture items, each with an associated game that can be played with an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription. The associated game for the Game Boy item is Dr. Mario.
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee features three trophies from Animal Crossing: Tom Nook, K.K. Slider (under his Japanese name, Totakeke), and Mr. Resetti. The trophies' description lists their game of origin as Doubutsu no Mori in the Japanese version, and "Future Release" in other regions.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Select material is described below. For Animal Crossing trophies, see List of SSBB trophies (Animal Crossing series). For the equipable stickers, see List of stickers (Animal Crossing series). For music, see List of SSBB Music (Animal Crossing series).
Super Smash Bros. Brawl contains a stage based on Animal Crossing: Wild World called Smashville. The back of main platform has various characters from the source game spectating the match. The time of day in the stage changes, based on the system's internal clock. When this stage is played on a Saturday from 8:00 PM to 11:59 PM, K.K. Slider appears in the background and performs one of six songs.
The Pitfall appears as an item in this game. When a Pitfall is thrown, it embeds itself in the ground without any visual indication. When an opponent walks over this ground, they are buried or sent through the ground if the Pitfall is on a Semisolid Platform. If an opponent is hit by a Pitfall seed in the air, they are meteor smashed. Mr. Resetti also appears as one of the game's Assist Trophy characters. Much like his role in the Animal Crossing games, Mr. Resetti gives a long speech when he is summoned. He produces a textbox reminiscent of the ones in the Animal Crossing series. When he is first summoned, he gives a speech where he introduces himself. This speech only appears once. Afterwards, he is able to give one of three speeches. If he is attacked enough times, he produces an explosion.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
(The Villager becomes a playable character, Smashville returns in Wii U, Tortimer Island in 3DS and Town and City in Wii U, Beehive is new item, Isabelle appears as new Assist Trophy)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
(Villager, Pitfall, Beehive, Smashville, Tortimer Island, and Town and City all return with previous roles, Isabelle is now a playable character, Kapp'n appears as new Assist Trophy)
(Also maybe add summaries of Villager and Isabelle, like with several other "Crossovers with X" pages)
Nintendo Monopoly
The 2010 edition of Nintendo Monopoly introduces elements from Animal Crossing, taking the place of several Star Fox elements originally featured in the 2006 edition: Rosie the Cat replaces Slippy Toad on Oriental Avenue, K.K. Slider replaces Falco Lombardi on Vermont Avenue, and Tom Nook replaces Fox McCloud on Connecticut Avenue. Additionally, the DK Barrel token is replaced with a Gyroid.
Nintendo Land
(Mention Animal Crossing: Sweet Day here)
StreetPass Mii Plaza
Two Animal Crossing-themed puzzles are featured in the Puzzle Swap sub-game for StreetPass Mii Plaza: Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. Four Mii outfits are also based off Animal Crossing characters: Isabelle Hat, Tom Nook Hat, K.K. Slider Hat, and Mr. Resetti Hat.
Nintendo Badge Arcade
Nintendo Badge Arcade features numerous badges related to Animal Crossing, including several 3DS icon replacements (one for special characters, another for Isabelle), badges for New Leaf characters and items, badges for Happy Home Designer and the Sanrio crossover villagers, and badges for amiibo Festival and amiibo cards/figures.
Gallery
Sprites and models
WarioWare Gold (Isabelle)
WarioWare Gold (Tom Nook)
WarioWare Gold (Timmy & Tommy)
WarioWare Gold (K.K. Slider)
WarioWare Gold (Mabel)
WarioWare Gold (Kapp'n)
WarioWare Gold (Reese)
WarioWare Gold (Cyrus)
WarioWare Gold (Blathers)
WarioWare Gold (Celeste)
WarioWare Gold (Digby)
WarioWare Gold (Lottie)
WarioWare Gold (Kicks)
WarioWare Gold (Rover)
WarioWare Gold (Mr. Resetti)
Screenshots
WarioWare: Move It!
Category:Animal Crossing series Category:Crossover series and franchises
Mario references in AC (add to list above)
- In all games in the series, if the player finds Bells from a rock using a shovel, the 1-Up tune from Super Mario Bros. will play for every bag found.
nookipedia:Doubutsu no Mori (N64)
- The player can obtain seven rare NES games, which can be placed in their house as furniture items and played via emulation by interacting with them. Among them are Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.
- There are four Super Mario-related shirts: the "big bro's shirt", a red shirt with Mario's trademark "M"; the "lil' bro's shirt", a green shirt with Luigi's "L"; the "turnip top", on which a pattern resembling vegetables appears, and the "toad print", which is a red shirt with Toad spots. These items would reappear in both Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+.
nookipedia:Doubutsu no Mori+ / Animal Crossing (GCN)
- When Rover calls Tom Nook when the second, third, or fourth player first starts a save, he says "It's-a me! Good impression, huh?", referring to Mario's famous catchphrase.
- As with Doubutsu no Mori, there are many rare NES games that the player can find and play once they are in their house. Among them are several Super Mario games (including the two featured in Doubutsu no Mori), the methods of obtaining which differ between Doubutsu no Mori+ and Animal Crossing.
- In Doubutsu no Mori+, the games can be obtained as follows:
- Donkey Kong can be mailed to the player as a birthday present, and can alternatively be obtained by burying a furniture item on Animal Island, then having the
- In Doubutsu no Mori+, the games can be obtained as follows: