Animal Crossing/Version Differences/Changes made in Dongwu Senlin

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In 2006, the original N64 game was ported to the Chinese-exclusive iQue Player under the title Dongwu Senlin (a direct translation of Doubutsu no Mori, meaning "Animal Forest"), featuring a brand new Chinese localization. Notably, the game was the final iQue title published before the system's discontinuation and the concurrent shutdown of its content distribution servers, both in 2018 (a whole 12 years after the port's release). While mostly unchanged from the 2001 Japanese release, a number of modifications are made to fit the game to the Chinese market.

Startup Logo

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The splash screen that appears upon booting the game up is replaced with a fade-in and fade-out of the iQue logo, reminiscent of the splash screens seen in +, Animal Crossing, and e+. The key difference however is that the logo appears over a white background instead of a black one.

Title Screen

Nintendo 64	iQue

Writing Interface

Doubutsu no Mori	Animal Crossing	Dongwu Senlin

The writing interface uses a keyboard-based layout similar to the one used in Animal Crossing, accordingly fitted around the design of the iQue controller. However, the art style is radically different.

Location Changes

Signs and logos are translated to Chinese.
The Japanese post office logo, 〒, is replaced with a generic letter symbol.
The sign on the side of Nook's Cranny is altered to a black-on-red design rather than a red-on-white one.
The Bell Shrine is redesigned, featuring altered textures and omitting both the bell rope at the front and the wooden accessories at the top.

Item Changes in Dongwu Senlin

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The Grab Bag's sprite is altered.

The N Logo furniture item and N Logo Shirt clothing item are replaced with the iQue furniture item and the iQue Shirt clothing item, respectively.
Various other furniture items are replaced with the Podium, School Desk, Graffiti Desk, Desk with Books, Yellow Sand Pile, Back Rubbing Bed, Bedside Table, Heating Oven, Wooden Slippers, Stone Table, Stone Stool, Incense Burner, Terracotta Armored Samurai, Bronze Armored Samurai, Kneeling Terracotta Figurine, Kneeling Bronze Figurine, Terracotta General Figurine, Bronze General Figurine, Headless Terracotta Figurine, While Colored Face Egg, Red Colored Face Egg, Porcelain Piggy Bank, Pottery Piggy Bank, Wine Jar, Large Water Tank, Brazier, Wooden Toilet, Left Stone Lion, Right Stone Lion, Large Bonsai, New Year's Eve Goods, Noodle Man Rack, and Guan Gong Statue.
The Round Forest Fence wallpaper item and Light-Colored Wood Flooring item are added, replacing other wallpaper and furniture from the Japanese version.

The Mexican Shirt and Game Console Shirt clothing items are added, replacing other shirts from the Japanese version.
The Corner Flag, Goal, Electronic Scoreboard, Telephoto Camera, Billboard, and Switching Cards furniture item, as well as the Audience Wallpaper item and Green Field flooring item, are added.

Other Changes

All town names sport the suffix "村" ("village"). New Horizons would introduce a similar feature with island names, all of which feature the "Isle" suffix at the end across languages.