Famicom games

Much like Animal Crossing on the GameCube, Animal Forest contains several classic Famicom (Japan's NES) games in which Mario characters star, or make a cameo appearance.

• Donkey Kong
• Donkey Kong Jr. Math (DK cameo)
• Golf
• Pinball (cameo)
• Tennis (cameo)

Mario-related items

The three shirts that reference Mario in Animal Crossing first appeared in Animal Forest on the same characters. Here, the characters are named Aruberuto (Mario logo shirt), Massuru, (Luigi logo shirt), and Mamii (Toad shirt).

More Mario references from Animal Crossing that may have started in Animal Forest are possible, but unconfirmed.