This 64 version was only released overseas. There is a translated version but it is not 100% perfect. It is almost identical to the Gamecube version.
The first game, Dōbutsu no Mori (lit. Animal Forest) was released in April 2001 for Nintendo 64. It was ported to Nintendo Gamecube 8 months after that. The US and PAL versions, both called Animal Crossing, were released in September 2002 and 2004, respectively. Wild World was released in December 2005 (PAL version in March 2006). City Folk was released in November 2008 (PAL version one month later).
The Nintendo 64 like all Nintendo consoles were created in Japan.
It first came out in Japan on the Nintendo 64DD, a pheriphal for the 64 released only in Japan. It was called Animal Forest, which is it's Japan name. Then it came to America as Animal crossing for Gamecube. Then Wild World for DS and City Folk for Wii.
Like most Nintendo products, it was invented in Japan.
Nintendo 64
The 64 was the graphics of the game console. In other words, the Nintendo 64 had 64 bits.
There are 218 total.
A Nintendo 64 emulator is a program that allows you to play Nintendo 64 games on other platforms (like your home computer).
The project 64 is a Nintendo 64 emulator that lets you play Nintendo 64 games that you download from websites.
The purpose of the Nintendo 64 was as a gaming console.
The Nintendo 64 runs on 64 bits hence the name.
Nintendo sold the most Nintendo 64 consoles in 1993.