Tom Nook, known in Japan as Tanukichi, is a fictional character in the Animal Crossing series who operates the village store .
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Tom Nook, known in Japan as Tanukichi, is a fictional character in the Animal Crossing series who operates the village store .
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Tom Nook first appeared in the Nintendo 64 game Dobutsu no Mori, released in Europe and North America on the GameCube as Animal Crossing.
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Tom Nook sells a house to the player at the beginning of each title in the series, giving a set mortgage for them to pay and offering to upgrade it after the mortgage is paid off.
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Tom Nook has made several appearances in the Super Smash Bros.
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Ninomiya agreed, and both felt that Tom Nook's perceived greed is diminished by the city's price index compared to that of his shop.
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Tom Nook first appears in the Nintendo 64 title Dobutsu no Mori as the town's main shop owner and continues his job in the next two installments.
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The chores Tom Nook assigns the player to do are meant to help them get used to the controls of the game.
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Tom Nook's store goes through four upgrades and changes throughout the game.
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Tom Nook has made several minor appearances in the Super Smash Bros.
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Tom Nook has been featured in several promotional items, including plush toys.
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Tom Nook has received mixed reception since his appearance in Animal Crossing.
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Tom Nook is a kind of condensation of the corporate bourgeoisie.
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Tom Nook has been satirized in several articles, often compared to a mob boss, kingpin or otherwise a bad person.
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IGN listed him among the top 100 video game villains, suggesting that Tom Nook has a nice face, but the "cold, dead heart of a megalomaniac whose sole desire is to make a quick bell".
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Tom Nook has been personified as a devious character, as well as a gangster, including an issue of the web comic VG Cats, which depicts him roughing up the player's character for his rent money.
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