Dōbutsu no Mori+

Dōubutsu 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 (around $92 USD) and sold 92,568 copies during its first week of sale in Japan. The new characters from this game are only islanders.

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 Dōubutsu 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 are still punishing reseters.
 * The GameCube internal clock feature is also present.
 * K.K. Slider is still in the game.
 * Famicom (NES) are in it.
 * Tortimer, Wisp, and Mable and Sable 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, there are also many differences between  and.

Dōbutsu 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, it features the Famicom games Gomoku Narabe and Majong. In Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+ feature the NES games Soccer and Exitebike. In addition, Dōubutsu no Mori + features the Famicom Disk System version of The 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 Dōubutsu no Mori + Tortimer wears 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  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  but was scrapped in  and.
 * Mr. Resetti and Don Resetti's clothes are different in . The clothes were white. These clothes were also in original Dōubutsu no Mori but in Animal Crossing and Animal Forest e+ they have a white T-shirt and a blue overall.
 * Jane the Gorilla had a different appearance in and .She had white fur. In  and, Jane has purple fur.
 * The Nintendo logo color changes. In it was blue, In Animal Crossing, it was red, In  +, it was white, and Dōubutsu no Mori had the Nintendo 64 logo.