Q 01/05

What does the series' original Japanese title, Dōbutsu no Mori, literally mean?

A) Animal Village

B) Animal Forest

C) Animal Town

D) Animal Island

Answer · why

B) Animal Forest

The name stuck around at home for every entry, so New Horizons is Atsumare Dōbutsu no Mori there.

Q 02/05

On which console was the very first Animal Crossing game originally released?

A) GameCube

B) Game Boy Advance

C) DS

D) N64

Answer · why

D) N64

It arrived in April 2001, months before its enhanced GameCube port that the rest of the world eventually received.

Q 03/05

Animal Crossing was originally conceived as a dungeon-crawling RPG for which ill-fated Nintendo peripheral?

A) Virtual Boy

B) 64DD

C) Satellaview

D) Super Game Boy

Answer · why

B) 64DD

Repeated delays to the disk-drive add-on stalled development, and the move to a cartridge prompted the pivot to a life simulator.

Q 04/05

In the GameCube game, the player's looks depend on answers to which cat met on the train?

A) Punchy

B) Kabuki

C) Blanca

D) Rover

Answer · why

D) Rover

The chatty feline has opened several later entries too, quizzing new arrivals before they reach town.

Q 05/05

How large was the mortgage on the player's first house in the GameCube Animal Crossing?

A) 19,800 Bells

B) 24,800 Bells

C) 29,800 Bells

D) 49,800 Bells

Answer · why

A) 19,800 Bells

Part of the debt is worked off through a part-time job at Nook's shop, which doubles as the game's tutorial.