animal crossing: deluxe features/changes

player skin tone can now be chosen upon character creation
overhauled skin tone/tanning system, each skin tone has 8 tanning levels
overhauled storage, works like acww and onwards, expanded to 160 slots per player
proper widescreen support added
camera transition between acres can be disabled
tools can be swapped and put away with d-pad
camera angle can be changed outdoors with c-stick
keyboard support (dolphin, as well as real hardware - using the PSO keyboard)
GBA no longer necessary for accessing island, kapp'n always available at the dock
blathers can assess fossils, unlocked by donating 15 fossils
fossils can be mailed to farway museum to be sold after blathers' assessment is unlocked
ordinances from acnl/acnh added
patterns can be placed on ground
patterns can have transparency
additional palettes added for patterns, unlocked by befriending sable
e+ villagers, furniture, bugs/fish, K.K. slider songs added
ique furniture added
acww wallpaper/flooring added
mushroom furniture from acww added, can be found while mushrooming
villagers from acww and onwards in process of being added
scrapped furniture/clothing from dnm added
"forbidden four" NES games can be obtained through normal gameplay
quicksaving added (z+start)
letters can be thrown out indoors
letters can be multiselected for being mailed, marking as read, receiving enclosed gifts, being thrown out
outdoor decor from e+ added, obtained through a visiting NPC named renna
villager moveout system overhauled to be like e+ (look at nookipedia for more details)
chance of villagers moving out when visiting other towns reduced from 100% to 10%
resetti's surveillance center added (originally from e+)
tom nook can be woken up to access the store at night (originally from e+)
tom nook sells one K.K. slider song each sunday
player can deny having a statue built when loan is fully paid off
nookington's no longer needs a second memory card for it to be opened
crazy redd now sells four items instead of three
crazy redd is guaranteed to sell at least one painting per visit
new fruit type - chestnuts
fruit, mushrooms, and candy can now be stacked up to 10 when picked up
overhauled flowers, now work like acww and onwards
flowers can be dug up and moved with a shovel
new flower type - roses
new flower type - jacob's ladder (originally from e+)
hybrids can be bred with a watering can (sold by nook)
golden watering can is now the perfect town reward
golden axe changed to being obtained by purchasing 100 saplings from nook
can become best friends with villagers, they'll greet you as you pass by
best friend dialogs from e+ added (live song gifts, greetings, etc)
villager quests can now be progressed if the relevant villager is inside an igloo
balloon presents now play a sound effect when floating by
balloon presents are more likely to actually collide with a tree
top floor of house can be expanded to 8x8
basement's wallpaper/flooring can be changed
music players inside houses can have their volume raised/lowered
more furniture can be used as a surface for tabletop items
gyroids can be placed on tables
placed tabletop items can be rotated
rotated diaries no longer have their positions reset
sale day overhauled to be like e+
fireworks festival occurs each saturday in august (july 4th fireworks festival is still present, shrine and wishing well)
newly created towns can have a 50/50 chance to have a shrine, like dnm/dnm+, instead of the wishing well
if there's a shrine in the town, the new year's celebration is the jp version of the holiday
more acre types are valid for tortimer to build the third bridge
town tunes can be typed with the keyboard
support for higher framerates, up to 200fps (work in progress, some things not fully converted to delta time)
gyroid outside player house can now be assigned a nickname

acdx credits/contributors: cuyler, mangoma'am, finalhaunt, nintendo gamecube™, scorbunnyear, hay, yourpalfox, others

page last updated: february 19, 2026