Animal Crossing
Gamecube Cameos

Furniture

Animal Crossing has hundreds of pieces of furniture to dress your house in. Quite a few pieces of furniture are based on Nintendo and their games.

Classic Mario Furniture Set

One of the themes you can decorate your house in is the Classic Mario theme. All of the furniture, wallpaper and carpeting are based on the 8-bit sprites from Super Mario Bros.

Block Carpet

Block Carpet

Mushroom Mural

Mushroom Mural

? Block

? Block

Block

Block

Cannon

Cannon

Coin

Coin

Fire Flower

Fire Flower

Flagpole

Flagpole

Pipe

Pipe

Shell

Shell

Starman

Starman

Super Mushroom

Super Mushroom

Mario Trophy

Mario Trophy

A golden trophy of Mario, acquired in the lottery. Part of the Lucky Nintendo furniture set.

Luigi Trophy

Luigi Trophy

A silver trophy of Luigi, acquired in the lottery. Part of the Lucky Nintendo furniture set.

Autumn Medal

Autumn Medal

A small medal with the outline of Mario's face on it. Available as a gift if you win the Fall Sports Fair.

Master Sword

Master Sword

The sword from The Legend of Zelda series, embedded in a stone plinth featuring the Triforce emblem.

Arwing

Arwing

A model of the ship from the Star Fox series, displayed on a pyramid structure.

G Logo

G Logo

A 3D box modelled after the GameCube logo.

N Logo

N Logo

A 3D box modelled after the Nintendo 64 logo.

Nintendo Bench

Nintendo Bench

A blue bench with the Nintendo logo and website address on it.

NES

NES

An empty Nintendo Entertainment System console.

NES with Games

The Music Room

As well as the standalone NES, you can also collect NES consoles with games. Once collected, the full original game can be played on the GameCube, or sent to the Game Boy Advance using the GCN-GBA Link Cable. Some of these games are given as gifts, some can be bought or found, and some can only be gotten by using a Universal Code or e-Reader cards.

In the Japanese version you collect Famicoms instead of NES consoles.

Submitted by Fryguy64, screenshots by The Almight Narf

Nintendo Patterns

Nintendo also included patterns based on Nintendo characters, mainly intended as clothing, but the patterns could also be used for other things.

Big Bro's Shirt

Big Bro's Shirt

A red shirt/hat pattern featuring the "M" logo from Mario's hat.

Li'l Bro's Shirt

A green shirt/hat pattern featuring the "L" logo from Luigi's hat.

Toad Print

Toad Print

A red shirt design with white dots. Named after Toad from the Super Mario series (Toad's mushroom cap is white with red dots).

Anju's Shirt

Anju's Shirt

A green and brown shirt design, based on the shirt worn by Anju in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

Kaffe's Shirt

A purple design, based on the shirt worn by Kaffe in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

G Logo Shirt

A shirt featuring the GameCube logo.

Nintendo Umbrella

A blue umbrella with Nintendo written in Kanji

e-Reader Designs

Some of the designs are only available by scanning certain e-Reader cards:

Submitted by Fryguy64, Hwre4, screenshot by The Almight Narf

Reference Characters

A number of the villagers' names or appearances appear to reference Nintendo.

Alfonso

A lazy alligator who wears the Big Bro (Mario) Shirt. His default catchphrase is "It's-a me!", which is one of Mario's many catchphrases.

Louie

A jock gorilla who strongly resembles Donkey Kong. He wears the Li'l Bro (Luigi) Shirt.

Cube

A lazy penguin who wears the G Logo shirt. Both the shirt and his name reference the Gamecube.

Wart Jr.

A cranky frog. Its English name may be a reference to Wart, the final boss of Super Mario Bros. 2.

Submitted by Fryguy64

Katrina's Tent

The mysterious fortune teller Katrina has the image of the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda series drawn on the inside of her tent. The tent layout is also similar to the fortune telling shops in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Submitted by Fryguy64

Pokémon Pikachu & Game Boy

One of the items you may be asked to collect from a forgetful villager is the Pokémon Pikachu 2, a pedometer-based virtual pet starring Pikachu. This is the second version, with the translucent grey case and color screen.

Another item you may be asked to collect is the Game Boy.

Submitted by Fryguy64, Dasher Misire

1UP Rock

Each day, one of the rocks in your town will have bags of Bells inside. Repeatedly hit it with your shovel to make the Bells fall out. The last three bags of Bells make the 1UP sound effect from the Super Mario series when they come out.

Submitted by TV Eye, wanderingshadow

Other References

Rover's Mario Impression

When you create a character to move into an existing town, Rover the cat calls Tom Nook from the train, and he sometimes starts the phone call by saying:

"It's a ME! Hey, good impression, right?"

The impression is of Mario, and one of his trademark catchphrases.

Kapp'n's Shanty

When you use a GBA-GC Link cable and sail with Kapp'n to Animal Island, he will sing a variety of songs. One of them refers to Mario:

But I ask this of ye:
Can games sing like me?
Mario can't croon, bro!
Don't ye agree?

Sometimes Kapp'n will also ask you if you've ever spent a night in a Hyrulean prison. Hyrule is the setting of The Legend of Zelda series.

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver is a seagull who washes up on the shore once a week and shares tales of his travels around the world. He occasionally mentions regions from other Nintendo games:

Gracie's Hyrulean Line

When Gracie is wearing an official Gracie design shirt, she will say that it's part of last year's Hyrulean line, referring to Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda series.

Useless Rupees

Sometimes when inspecting a cabinet you will find 100 rupees, but they're useless here. Rupees are the currency in The Legend of Zelda series.

Hylian Loach

When you catch a Loach, your character will say:

"I wonder if it's Hylian?"

This is a reference to the Hylian Loach, the rarest and most difficult fish to catch in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Nintendo Power

Sometimes, one of the villagers will ask you to help them navigate the maze in the back of their Nintendo Power, the official U.S. Nintendo magazine.

Super Mario Sunshine Dream

When you scan Bob's Animal Crossing-e e-Reader card, he sends you a letter telling you about a dream he had:

"I was in the middle of one great catnap when I saw you in the strangest dream. You were running around on a tropical island with a water pump on your back!"

This refers to Super Mario Sunshine.

Submitted by Fryguy64, Jamydanny, aquatics64, cukeman, Señor Koopa, adamgnome, angrysun