Animal Crossing: Every Way Tom Nook Evolved From N64 To Switch
Tom Nook is one of the Animal Crossing series' most iconic characters, and has undergone some key changes since his early appearances. He appears in every single release, and is also one of the most polarizing characters — some Animal Crossing players consider Tom Nook to be a greedy, capitalistic monster while others find him to be an altruistic tanuki who provides for the towns in which he resides. Regardless of fans' personal preferences, Tom Nook is an integral part of the long-running simulation series, as he's tied to multiple important in-game mechanics.
Tom Nook goes through many different changes throughout the Animal Crossing series in terms of everything from his appearance and demeanor to the nature of his career. Despite his evolutions, there are a few constants about the roles Nook plays throughout the games. He always has something to do with a player's mortgage and management of their home, and is always at least peripherally involved in the Animal Crossing town store, which can be upgraded.
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It's generally agreed upon that the Animal Crossing series has had five mainline entries, but that's really only true in America. The game Doubutsu no Mori — which means "animal forest" in Japanese — was released for the N64 in 2001, originally designed to work with the N64's 64DD peripheral drive in order to utilize its real-world clock, but the fiscal failures of the 64DD led to a vanilla N64 release which lacked several features. From there, an expanded version called Doubutsu no Mori+ released for the GameCube several months later, and the Western port of the game included more details than the new Japanese title due to changes made to help
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