Dōbutsu no Mori +

Doubutsu no Mori +, Animal Forest + in English, is the updated Nintendo GameCube version of Dōbutsu no Mori and was released on December 14, 2001, only nine months after the original game. This version contains extra features that had to be left out of the Nintendo 64 version, and also utilizes the GameCube's built-in clock to keep track of the date and time while dropping the Nintendo 64's original system that utilized an internal clock built into the game cartridge. With the use of the GameCube's clock, time passes in the game even when the game is not being played. This led to the game's slogan, "It's playing, even when you're not". Dōbutsu no Mori Plus cost 7,140 yen and sold 92,568 copies during its first week of sale in Japan.

During the localization process of translating Dōbutsu no Mori overseas as the Gamecube game Animal Crossing, there were many changes encorporated into Animal Crossing that not only involved immense translation from Japanese to English, but also replacements of many cultural references as well as brand new content, including new holidays, new items and new or altered events. After the success of Animal Crossing, Nintendo of Japan was so impressed with the results of the translation done by Nintendo of America's Treehouse division that they translated NOA's version back into Japanese and released it as Dōbutsu no Mori e-Plus. Dōbutsu no Mori e-Plus was released in Japan on June 27th, 2003, and sold 91,658 copies during its first week of sale.

Changes from Doubutsu no Mori

 * The villagers' looks changed.

New Features

 * The player can travel to the island.
 * Kapp'n and Mayor Tortimer appear.
 * The Museum and the Able Sisters appear.
 * More Famicom (NES) games added.
 * More house expansions added (second floor and basement).
 * The player can dance in the Morning Aerobics.
 * More fish and bugs added.

Similarities with Animal Crossing

 * Mr. Resetti and Don Resetti still does the resetting punishment.
 * The GameCube internal clock feature is also present.
 * K.K. Slider is still in the game.
 * Famicom (NES) are in it.
 * Copper, Booker, Tom Nook, Tortimer, Wisp, and other are in it.
 * Questions are asked to determine your look.
 * Tools are in it.
 * The player still owed debt to Tom Nook.
 * Nook's Shop upgrade are in it.
 * The island and the islanders are in it.
 * The Able Sisters and the Museum are in it.

Differences from Animal Crossing
In addition to being an upgraded re-release to the original Dōbutsu no Mori, there are also many differences between Dōbutsu no Mori + and.

Dobutsu No Mori E Plus - A very detailed guide with more specific notes on the differences between Dōbutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing and Dōbutsu no Mori +.
 * In Doubutsu no Mori + feature famicoms games Gomoku Narabe and Majong. In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+ feature the NES games Soccer and Exitebike. In addition in Doubutsu no Mori + feature the Famicom Disk System version of Legend of Zelda. In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+ feature the English NES version on it. And you can obtain the Forbidden NES games normally in the game. In Animal Crossing you need Action Replay.
 * In Doubutsu no Mori + Tortimer wear a glass with white blue crystal and wears a red hat. In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+ Tortimer wears a glass with invisible crystal and a black hat.
 * In Doubutsu no Mori + there is the Bell Shrine. On New Year's Day you shake in the pole in the middle and the bell rind. This was also featured in Doubutsu no Mori but was scrapped in Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+
 * Mr. Resetti and Don Resetti clothes is different in Doubutsu no Mori +. The clothes was white. This clothes was also in original Doubutsu no Mori but in Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+ has a white T-shirt and a blue overall.
 * Jane the gorilla was different appearance in Doubutsu no Mori +. The appearance have white fur. This appearance was also in the original Doubutsu no Mori. In Animal Crossing have purple fur.
 * The Nintendo logo color changes. In Animal Forest e+ was blue, In Animal Crossing was red, In Doubutsu no Mori + was white, and Doubutsu no Mori has the Nintendo 64 logo.