{"id":601750,"date":"2026-03-21T00:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/animal-crossing-encyclopedia"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:46:50","slug":"animal-cross-encyclopedia-will-teach-kids-about-creatures-and-critters-where-blathers-failed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/animal-cross-encyclopedia-will-teach-kids-about-creatures-and-critters-where-blathers-failed-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Cross encyclopedia will teach kids about creatures and critters where Blathers failed to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/animal-cross-encyclopedia-will-teach-kids-about-creatures-and-critters-where-blathers-failed-to.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Japan is getting an incredibly wholesome looking <strong>Animal Crossing<\/strong>-themed encyclopedia that&#8217;s meant to be an educational tool for kids. <\/p>\n<p>Blathers has plenty to say about all kinds of critters and creatures in the world of Animal Crossing, but we don&#8217;t always want to hear it. For those who do want to learn a bit more though, there&#8217;s an encyclopedia based on all of the non-anthropomorphic animals in <strong>New Horizon<\/strong> coming out later this year, though unfortunately it&#8217;s Japan only (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/animal-crossing-is-getting-its-own-nature-encylopedia-in-japan\/\">VGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the book will have information on all 235 species that you can find and catalogue, but the pages shown off mostly just show little tidbits of information. As well as this, the book comes with a 57 minute long DVD, and the pair together are meant to teach kids about various aspects of ecology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/animal-crossing-encyclopedia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/animal-crossing-encyclopedia\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is getting an incredibly wholesome looking Animal Crossing-themed encyclopedia that&#8217;s meant to be an educational tool for kids. Blathers has plenty to say about all kinds of critters and creatures in the world of Animal Crossing, but we don&#8217;t always want to hear it. For those who do want to learn a bit more though, there&#8217;s an encyclopedia based on all of the non-anthropomorphic animals in New Horizon coming out later this year, though unfortunately it&#8217;s Japan only (thanks, VGC). Apparently the book will have information on all 235 species that you can find and catalogue, but the pages shown off mostly just show little tidbits of information. 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