Train

The Train was the first form of transport introduced in Animal Crossing, where it was its only appearance after being replaced by the taxi in and the bus in. It is where you start the game, and talk to Rover for the first time to determine the name of the Player, the name of the town, gender and appearance. It is driven by a monkey that looks similar to Porter.

The train is used to transport to another town, by inserting a Gamecube memory card with another town saved on it. This is the only form of travelling between towns available in the game and in the Gamecube. In Wild World and City Folk, the Town Gate was introduced aswell as Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (for the DS) and WiiConnect24 (for the Wii), which allows near-by devices to connect to one another, or to connect to the internet and Nintendo. This made using memory cards obsolete.