In the final version of the original Animal Crossing, Dōbutsu no Mori E+, they had an interesting way to support what could be considered DLC.
The E-Reader.
Those cards very pretty data-dense, and what is an AC villager if not a set of textures, some short strings, and a dozen numbers?
Which is how this can exist: an editor to create your own E-Reader villager data, that you can then inject into your game with a save editor, by Cuyler36. It's really quite impressive that this is possible.
This requires a specific format, of course, and some means to either convert the result to an actual E-Reader dot code or a save game editor, but it's the same kinda data that the official extra characters used. Which is neat!
I figure for something like Project Special K it'd be significantly more... off the shelf, so to say. A villager in later AC games is still mostly just a pile of textures, some strings, and a bunch of numbers. Except that at least in New Horizons every single one of 'em has a complete copy of their 3D model but what ever mooom.
But in PSK I suppose it'd be pretty simple. You don't need any special file formats or bespoke compression systems when it's literally just a pile of PNG textures and a JSON definition file.
Then you can just stick all that in a .zip file, plonk it in the mods folder, share it, and have it probably just work. Barring things like two villager mods trying to use the same folder and/or internal ID.
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Doubutsu no Mori e+
The generic crab, classified as a bug here, was introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+, a revision of the game. It has not returned in any future Animal Crossing title.
Image provided by @stoic--rose.
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I was so close T_T
I recently realized Nintendont supports the GBA link cable and wanted to find out something I’d been insanely curious about for several years: Doubutsu No Mori e+ minigames that could be downloaded via link cable.
I still have my old GBA and link cable so I decided to give it a shot, and...I got this error message. I’m honestly surprised I made it to the title screen if it wasn’t going to work. My best guess is that there’s some sort of region lock.
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“Dizzy” e-Reader Card w/ corresponding Letter (US Series 4, Released May 12th, 2003)
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Bought a box of Doubutsu no Mori e+ e-reader cards for when I eventually start e+ (I’m still just playing + for now)
I did get the e-reader bundle of e+ so it came with a few cards as well
I’m just super surprised that I can find new boxes of these 19 years later in brand new condition
It’s WILD man
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Excited to announce I will be streaming Animal Crossing e+ this Friday at 8 pm EST! It'll be my first time playing + I'll be live translating it into English, so feel free to stop by! https://twitch.tv/starlitglitch
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first time in my life cleaing her car to perfection and all I had to do was slow the fps down to 10% 💅
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