What platforms is Doubutsu no Mori on?

Doubutsu no Mori was released on Nintendo 64, 64DD.

When did Doubutsu no Mori release?

Doubutsu no Mori was first released on April 14, 2001.

Doubutsu no Mori

Apr 14, 2001SimulatorNintendo 6464DD

Doubutsu no Mori — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Doubutsu no Mori on?: Doubutsu no Mori was released on Nintendo 64, 64DD.
When did Doubutsu no Mori release?: Doubutsu no Mori was first released on April 14, 2001.

About Doubutsu no Mori

Doubutsu no Mori is the name of the first installment in the Animal Crossing series. It was released only in Japan for the Nintendo 64. It was later remade for the GameCube in 2002, and released worldwide as Animal Crossing. This game is compatible with the Expansion Pak and is displayed in a higher resolution when it is used (640x480 as opposed to 320x240).

Summary via IGDB.

Doubutsu no Mori on Wikipedia

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video-game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can engage in various activities such as fishing, insect catching, and fossil hunting. The series is known for its open-ended gameplay, humorous dialogue, hourly music, and use of the console's internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Nintendo 64, 64DD
Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher: Nintendo
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Fantasy, Sandbox
Series: Animal Crossing

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Nintendo 64	2001	$28	$129	$500	Low

Also released on: 64DD. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22

Loose

$28

Complete

$129

Sealed

$500

few sales

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $31 in Oct 2019, $19.99 five years ago, and $28 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2020	$1.54	$45
Jan 2021	$19.99	$49
Jan 2022	$23	$57
Jan 2023	$56	$70
Jan 2024	$30	$85
Jan 2025	$28	$90
Jan 2026	$30	$150
Oct 2026	$28	$129

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Cartridge serial	Known board
Japan	14 April 2001	NUS-NAFJ-JPN	NUS-07A-01

Source: Serials and board numbers: MAME's Nintendo 64 software list (read from dumped cartridges); serials cross-checked against the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database and, for North American carts, gameverifying's N64 board list, and published only where two of them agree

Region: JP
Released: 2001
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Nintendo 64 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The Japan-only N64 original of Animal Crossing, worth owning mainly for its place in the series.

Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) is a social simulation made by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo, in which the player lives in a village of animal neighbors. It came out in Japan on April 14, 2001. It is the first game in the Animal Crossing series, and Nintendo called it a communication game.

An enhanced GameCube version followed and was the one localized for North America, Australia and Europe between 2002 and 2004, so English-language players know the series from that release. In June 2001 Nintendo gave away a special Controller Pak holding a copy of Ice Climber for use with the game as a sweepstakes prize through magazines such as Famitsu and Nintendo Dream.

What the press said at the time

“Even if you spend an inordinate amount of time in it, you'll never really understand what's going on. Avoid unless you're fluent in Japanese.”
— N64 Magazine, July 2001

Before you buy

This is a Japanese cartridge, so it suits players who read Japanese. Fake risk is Low. The loose price sits above the median for Japan-only releases, and the cart changes hands only about once a month. A complete copy costs several times the loose price, and sealed copies cost more again.