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The Animal Crossing series features in a number of Nintendo games, making cameo appearances in games such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl and WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

References to other video games in Animal Crossing

References in Animal Crossing

• When talking to Gulliver, he may say he has "lost his Goldfish in Toad Town or Hyrule" which are definite references to Toad Town from various Super Mario RPG's and Hyrule from the Legend of Zelda series. Kapp'n also sings a song about how he thinks Mario acts, but only on rare occasions.

• Kapp'n also references Legend of Zelda in between some sea shanty verses. He may say," Ever spend a night in a Hyrulian Prison?". Also, Gulliver might tell the player about the time he "fought the sea snakes at Pinnacle Rock," only to realize that it was Link (in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) who did this. Gulliver states this by saying "Wait... that wasn't me!"

• At the beginning of the game, sometimes Rover whispers to Tom Nook, "It's a Me! Wasn't that impression good?". This is a clear reference to Mario.

• When the player catches a Loach, the comment about it being Hyrulian is a reference to the rarest fish in the Legend of Zelda series, the "Hylian Loach".

• Some special furniture is from the Mario series such as the Starman, Coin, Flagpole, Mario Statue and similar.

References in Wild World

• After talking to Gulliver after repairing his U.F.O, he asks the Player if they have ever seen "A space fox or a bounty hunter who can roll into a ball". These are clear references to Fox of the Star Fox series and Samus Aran of Metroid.

• Occasionally when opening a villager's drawer or closet, it will say "What are Luigi's clothes doing in here?!" Also, the drawer may say, "You found 10 rupees! Talk about lucky! Too bad you can't use them in this town..."

• Villagers may say, "I met this cute boy in green when visiting a distant town. He used to shoot things out of the sky with his boomerang. I wonder if Nook sells magical boomerangs, if he doesn't, then what else could we use to shoot things?" which is a reference to Link from The Legend of Zelda series who has a boomerang. Also, the question hints at the slingshots availble for purchase from Nook's shop, another item which Link uses in the games.

• On La-Di-Day some residents may sing well-known themes from games, such as Super Mario, Big Brain Academy and Yoshi's Story.

References in City Folk

Point System Items

Through the Tom Nook Point System, Nintendo-related items are available for purchase as a reward for spending large amounts of Bells at Tom Nook's, including a Wario Hat, Peach's Parasol, Samus and Link outfits, and even a Mario Kart. For a full list, please see here.

Mario Theme

There are also Mario items found in the game. The player can get Mario items by using a slingshot when a present is overhead. There is a rare chance that the present attached is one of the following:

Item Name	Buy Price	Sell Price	Color	Genres	Size (sq)	Info
? Block	-	256	Yellow/Orange	Retro/Playful	1	Table/Usable
1-Up Mushroom	-	256	Green/Orange	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Brick Block	-	256	Brown (x2)	Retro/Playful	1	Table
Cannon	-	256	Black (x2)	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Coin	-	256	Yellow (x2)	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Fire Bar	-	256	Red/Brown	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Fire Flower	-	256	White/Colorful	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Flagpole	-	256	White/Brown	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Green Pipe	-	256	Green (x2)	Retro/Playful	4	Usable
Koopa Shell	-	256	Green (x2)	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Starman	-	256	Yellow (x2)	Retro/Playful	1	Usable
Super Mushroom	-	256	Red/Orange	Retro/Playful	1	Usable

References in New Leaf

If the player talks to Gulliver long enough when he is washed up at sea, he will state, "I haven't met such a noble skipper since old Bobbery of Rogueport!" This is clearly a reference to Admiral Bobbery, the last necessary character from the game Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

All of the items found in the Fortune Cookie are related to other Nintendo games. 

References Throughout the Series

When trodden on in Player's homes, ghost-like silhouettes of Cockroaches float up to the sky much like Pikmin do when killed in the Pikmin series.

The song Rockin' K.K. sounds almost like the song "New Age Retro Hippie Battle" from Earthbound.

Characters from Nintendo's popular series Super Mario Bros. are referenced in not only the Mario Series but also in the Mario (as well as Luigi) Statues. Players can also buy "Big Bro" and "Little Bro" hats and mustaches at the Able Sisters shop; "Big Bro" pertaining to Mario, and "Little Bro" referencing Luigi. There is even a Wario Hat available in the same way. 

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, City Folk, and New Leaf, the 'SMB3 Stationery' is available for sale. It has motifs related to Super Mario Bros. 3 on it. Like all other stationery with the exception of Elegant Paper, it can be purchased from Tom Nook for 160 bells.

In Animal Crossing and onward, every item of the complete Mario Theme is sold for 256 Bells, which is a reference to the 8-bit style of the original NES title Super Mario Bros. 8-bit means 8 binary slots, which means that you can get values ranging from 0 to 255, which makes 256 possible values.

Animal Crossing in other video games

Super Smash Bros. Melee

In 'Super Smash Bros. Melee, three trophies (Mr. Resetti, Tom Nook, and Totakeke) from the Animal Crossing series are obtainable.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a wider variety of Animal Crossing trophies are obtainable, along with music, stickers, and even a stage appear. On the Animal Crossing stage, Smashville, red balloons float around with food, a reference to floating presents. A new item is also introduced, the Pitfall Seed, which can be thrown and trap enemies in a hole. Mr. Resetti also appears as an assist trophy, where he starts yelling at players, much like when the player resets in an Animal Crossing game. Also, "KAPPN" can appear from one of the random nicknames.

Super Smash Bros. (Wii U and 3DS)

In Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS, the playable character makes an appearance under the name of Villager. This is the first time an Animal Crossing character is a playable fighter in the Smash Bros. series, with previous games only containing non-playable background characters.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Wild World Mini-game

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The Warioware mini-game.

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During the 9-Volt level in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, one mini-game involves the player controlling an Wild World character (either a male or female, depending upon the player's gender). The player must pull up the Wii Remote in order to catch a fish from the river. There are three difficulty stages to this game-

• Easy There is one fish in the river.
• Intermediate There is one fish in the river that takes a long time to tug on the bait.
• Hard There are two fish in the river.

All fish from Wild World are potential catches in this mini-game. Failure to pull up the fishing rod will result in the player losing a life.

Inconsistencies with Animal Crossing: Wild World

Despite being an obvious reference to Animal Crossing, there are a number of inconsistencies with the game-

• Fish that cannot be found in rivers may be caught, one example being the Football Fish.
• Lilies can be seen in the river; this is an Animal Crossing-only feature, and is not present in Wild World.
• The male character's hat has green horns that match the pattern of the hat- no matter the pattern in Wild World, the horns will always be gray.
• Every time the game is played, the fish pulls down the bobber immediately. Although this can happen in-game, it is very unusual, and certainly does not happen all the time.
• The music playing in the background is from Animal Crossing.
• When the fish is caught, a generic 'success' noise is played, rather than the Animal Crossing 'success' noise.

'Silhouette' Mini-game

In one mini-game in the Ashley level, a player has to rotate a silhouette of an object in order to work out what the object is- after a time, they are given a selection of objects that it could potentially be, usually all quite similar in shape.

Sometimes, a thin version of the typical gyroid may show up- objects similar to it in shape include a cacti and an eraser.

The Legend of Zelda

The Animal Crossing series makes several references to The Legend of Zelda series, including:

• Redd will sometimes sell a Triforce in his store.
• In Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, a flying mailman will tell Link he does not want to be shot with a slingshot. This could be a reference to Pete.
• If the player looks in a cabinet or wardrobe, sometimes a message will come up saying, "I just found 10 Rupees!" "Too bad I can't use them in this town!"
• The Master Sword is the main weapon in Zelda series. It is a furniture item in the Animal Crossing series.
• Redd himself looks like a magical creature from the Zelda series, called the Keaton and one of the passwords say that Redd is 35, just like Tingle is.
• The player can buy clothes that look like Link's clothes such as the Hero's clothes and the Hero's hat. The Majora's mask, Midna's helmet, and a Fi mask are also available.
• Sometimes a peppy villager will say she went to a faraway place and saw someone in green shoot something with a boomerang.
• In the back of Katrina's tent, there is a Triforce.
• Katrina will sometimes refer to a star named "Triumph Forks"; this is a reference to the Fishmen's misinterpretation of the "Triforce" legend in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
• If the player goes to Timmy's and Tommy's shop, they can buy a fortune cookie for 2 Play Coins, and inside will be a fortune. These items cannot be obtained otherwise. There are Zelda related items that can be obtained through this, such as the Master Sword or the Hero's clothes.
• In Animal Crossing: City Folk, after trading an item with a jock villager, they might say: 'Raise it above your head like a trophy', which is a reference to Link's way of holding a newly obtained item, raising it above his head.
• Makar's Mask from The Legend of Zelda:The Wind Waker can be found at the Able Sisters shop.
• Instead of the iconic circular pattern, rarely a heart, butterfly, ginko leaf (Redd's symbol) or a Triforce can be found in the stump of a tree when cut in New Leaf.
• In New Leaf, a Tingle hat can sometimes be bought from Katrina on Main Street to increase luck.

Kid Icarus: Uprising

In Kid Icarus: Uprising's Together Mode, several bots are named after iconic Animal Crossing characters, including Resetti and Moppina.

Kirby Super Star Ultra

In Kirby Super Star Ultra (a remake of the SNES title Kirby Super Star), there is a sub-game called "The Great Cave Offensive". The objective of it is to escape with the most items possible, and some of these items are references to other games from Nintendo. One of these items is the Gold Watering Can, a reference to the Golden Watering Can from both the Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon series.

Kirby's Epic Yarn

In Kirby's Epic Yarn, Kirby can rent an apartment and collect items with which he can decorate his apartment. This is similar to decorating one's house in the Animal Crossing series. Certain items in various levels resemble pitfall seeds.

Wii Music

The Animal Crossing theme and K.K. Blues (known as Animal Crossing—K.K. Blues) both appear as songs. The descriptions are for the Main Theme and K.K. Blues respectively; "The cats, dogs, and others in the world of Animal Crossing know this melody. It's one of Nintendo's cutest tunes, so play it with a song in your heart!" and "If you've got the blues, this tune by the musical pooch from Nintendo's Animal Crossing series is just what you need. Play it with soul!"

Wii Fit +

In Wii Fit + there is a game called Segway® Circuit, in which the player (with the help of a pet) has to stop moles from taking beach balls. These moles resemble Resetti and are shown digging through the ground and where the player starts the game.

Pikmin 2

In Pikmin 2 there is a treasure called the "Gyroid Bust". It is found in the Bulblax Kingdom and is the final treasure in the cave, following the Scorch Guard that is inside the Emperor Bulblax. The "Gyroid Bust" represents the Gyroids that can be found in the Animal Crossing series.

Mother

The presents in Animal Crossing games resemble the presents from the Mother series.