First generation

The first generation of games in the refers to the first few games based on the original, which were released between 2001 and 2006 and all use the same game engine and share much of the same assets and gameplay. While was the only one of these to see a release in the west, there are five distinct versions of what Nintendo considers three different game titles.

Briefly, the five versions are:
 * (2001, Nintendo 64)
 * (2001, Nintendo GameCube)
 * (2002, Nintendo GameCube)
 * (2003, Nintendo GameCube)
 * (2006, iQue Player)

Despite their numerous differences, and  are considered two versions of the same game title, as are  and.

Item lists
The following are lists of items across all of the first-generation games:
 * List of furniture in all first-generation Animal Crossing games
 * List of clothing in all first-generation Animal Crossing games