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 | Dōbutsu no Mori (2001) |
| Latest installment | Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete (2024) |
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 Dōbutsu 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 Dōbutsu 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 Dōbutsu no Mori and its Nintendo GameCube ports Dōbutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Dōbutsu 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 Dōbutsu 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 Dōbutsu 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
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
Nintendo Badge Arcade
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!
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