Summary
AnAnimal Crossingfan has rediscovered their homemade guidebook for the original GameCube game. EachAnimal Crossinginstallment release has brought new franchise fans, and this longtime player still has their custom guidebook from back in the day.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsshares some similarities with the original GameCube iteration. Among the overlapping themes between the first and latestAnimal Crossinggames are the animal villagers, fishing, bug catching, and customizable homes. BecauseAnimal Crossinghas evolved multiple times,New Horizonsalso offers features entirely unique to it.Animal Crossing: New Horizonsintroduced crafting, terraforming, door decorations, and more. This GameCubeAnimal Crossingfan’s homemade guidebook highlights these similarities and differences.
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Reddit user Lyssepoo recently shared five images of their guidebook for the GameCubeAnimal Crossingtitle. Comprised of printed information about the game, the guidebook includes tips on when and where fish and bugs can be caught and their value, certain items that can be purchased and their price, and town tunes. The town tunes include notes for Disney’s “A Pirate’s Life For Me,” theScooby-DooandPeanutstheme songs, and Silent Night.Differing fromAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, players could change the GameCube title’s theme at the song billboard located next to the Post Office.
While there was an official Prima guidebook forAnimal Crossingon GameCube, many players discovered secrets about the game in other ways. The official guidebook included many illustrations with theAnimal Crossingsecrets, tips, and tricks that it offered, unlike the strictly text-based book from Lyssepoo. Because many internet guides hadn’t taken off back then, Lyssepoo seemingly compiled information from different sources to make their custom guidebook. Beyond the tips and tricks included in Lyssepoo’sAnimal Crossingguide, players could also enter special codes at the Post Office to receive various items, wallpaper, and large sums of Bells.
Considering how the internet gaming community wasn’t as robust in the early 2000s as it is today, Lyssepoo’sAnimal Crossingguide provides a snapshot of the lengths some players had to go to then. While Lyssepoo’s homemade guide has a list of several furniture pieces,Animal Crossingon GameCubefeatured hundreds of items and dozens of wallpapers and carpets. With the absence of checkmarks, it’s currently unclear if Lyssepoo was able to acquire all the bugs and fish that they were looking for.
Animal Crossingis available now for GameCube.
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