Animal Crossing

2001 GameCube video game
VideoGame video_game Q5345827
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Summary

Animal Crossing is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,410 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year[3]
  • Director: Katsuya Eguchi[4], Hisashi Nogami[5]
  • Composer: Kazumi Totaka[6]
  • Publisher: Nintendo[7]
  • Genre: life simulation game[8]
  • Producer: Takashi Tezuka[9]
  • Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development[10]
  • Part of the series: Animal Crossing[11]
  • Platform: Nintendo GameCube[12]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[13]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[14], English[15], German[16], French[17], Italian[18], Spanish[19]
  • Distribution format: Nintendo GameCube Disc[20]
  • Country of origin: Japan[21]
  • Publication date: December 15, 2001[22]
  • Has edition or translation: Animal Crossing e+[23]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone[24]
  • Official website: http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/animalcrossing/enGB/[25], https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gafj/[26], http://www.animal-crossing.com/index.jsp[27]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[28]
  • USK rating: USK 0[29]
  • Described at URL: https://animalcrossing.neoseeker.com/wiki/Animal_Forest%2B[30]
  • Nominated for: British Academy Games Award for New Intellectual Property[31]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Animal Crossing universe[32]
  • Title: どうぶつの森+[33], Animal Crossing[34]
  • Different from: Animal Crossing[35], Doubutsu no Mori[36]

Why It Matters

Animal Crossing has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Animal Crossing receive?

Honors received include D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . bafta.org. Retrieved . bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6h ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nindb game id → gcn/animal-crossing
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko',
    Sitelink count → 27
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nindb game id: gcn/animal-crossing, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/94349499|Animal Crossing (#94349499)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3618|NinDB "
  2. 5w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 10363
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 10363, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142810851|Animal Crossing (#142810851)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'matc"
  3. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/120wkvd2, /g/11bc59hxpw
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Google knowledge graph id: /g/11bc59hxpw, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264726|batch #264726]]"
  4. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Animal_Crossing
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ P14470: Games/Animal_Crossing, removing duplicates that were erroneously introduced by my previous import"
  5. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Animal_Crossing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Animal_Crossing, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  6. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Animal_Crossing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Animal_Crossing, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  7. 14w ago · Jean-Frédéric · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Has edition or translation → Animal Crossing e+
    Award received → D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year
    Platform → Nintendo GameCube
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ International computer game collection work id: 1655, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296364653|Animal Crossing (#296364653)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
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