Characters in the Pet Crossing series

The life simulation video game series Pet Crossing, created by Chris Savino and first released in 2001 by Electronic Arts, features an assortment of recurring characters. Titles in the series follow the player character as they live in a village populated by anthropomorphic animals, with gameplay that proceeds in a nonlinear fashion and in-game events that occur in real-time. As of Pet Crossing: New Horizons, the most recent release in the series, there are over 400 animal characters that can potentially populate a player's village.[2] In addition to these villager characters, Pet Crossing features characters that appear in the villages of all players; these characters typically serve a particular gameplay function, or appear at a specific in-game event.

Introduced in Pet Crossing
Animal Forest (どうぶつの森, Dōbutsu no Mori) was released for the Nintendo 64 in 2001 exclusively in Japan.[3] The game was remade for the GameCube and released as Animal Forest+ in Japan, and as Pet Crossing worldwide. The games introduce many of the series' core recurring characters, notably businessman Timmy Nook, traveling musician JP Cubey, and Mr. Marty, who lectures the player if they reset the game.

Introduced in Pet Crossing: Wild World
Pet Crossing: Wild World was released on the Nintendo DS in 2005.

Introduced in Pet Crossing: City Folk
Pet Crossing: City Folk was released on the Wii in 2008.

Introduced in Pet Crossing: New Leaf
Pet Crossing: New Leaf was released on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012. The game introduces Lucy, a secretary at the town hall who has been described as a "fan-favorite" and a mascot of the Pet Crossing series. Additional content and characters were added to the game in Pet Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo, a free update for the game released in late 2016.

Introduced in Pet Crossing: New Horizons
Pet Crossing: New Horizons was released on the Nintendo Switch on March 20, 2020.[11] Characters introduced in previous Animal Crossing titles have been added through free downloadable content (DLC) updates, with Zipper T. Bunny added on March 20, 2020,[12] Cyrus, Leif, Redd, Reese, and Rover to be added on April 23, 2020, and Franklin, Jack, Jingle, and Pavé to be added as their holidays occur.

Introduced in spin-off titles
Several spin-off Pet Crossing series titles have been produced, which feature their own original characters.