: A clean Japanese ROM of Dōbutsu no Mori (N64).

Sadly, unlikely. Nintendo has shown no interest in localizing N64 games that require heavy text translation. Japan got Sin & Punishment on NSO; the West did not. Because Animal Forest is a text-heavy life sim, Nintendo would rather you buy New Horizons .

: While significant portions of dialogue and menus are translated, the project stalled around 2014-2017 and was never fully finished.

Because the N64 version was never officially localized for the West, fans have spent over a decade developing translation patches. Animal Crossing Wiki Dōbutsu no Mori (game) | Animal Crossing Wiki | Fandom