The Animal Crossing GC decompilation project is starting to bear fruit! It's amazing to see the tireless effort that's put into these projects, chipping away at code line by line, function by function, file by file. Even without mods, I think they're worthwhile just as research projects for understanding what makes games tick, but they open up a whole new world of possibilities and breathe life into these old games.

Features I spotted:

• Optional widescreen
• Character customization (you no longer have to be a )
• Optional smooth camera (removing the screen transitions between acres)
• New bugs and fish
• Collecting furniture that was only available in other regions (which I assume means JP and CN—I don't think there were exclusive items in the EUR/AUS versions)
• Build outdoor decorations (this was a feature in the JP versions—not sure if it's simply bringing that feature over or implementing it in a new way)
• New fruits
• No longer having to mail your damn fossils (hell yeah)
• Exterior home decorating via a new traveling NPC?
• Cycling through held items without having to go through the menu
• Waking up Tom Nook to shop at night (this was only in the JP GC re-release that followed the US release)
• Sitting on rocks (?!)