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TL;DR using a second controller in port two to enter:

(L+R bumper & Z), D-UP, C-DOWN, C-UP, D-DOWN, D-LEFT, C-LEFT, C-RIGHT, D-RIGHT, A+B, START

Unlocks the GameCube animal crossing debug mode without requiring a modded disk/console.

Makes you wonder what other games have hidden key combos yet to be discovered.

Jak and Daxter had a debug mode that was only found recently, too: https://jadtech.miraheze.org/wiki/Debug_Mode

Interestingly enough, this is the same key combo used to show information on a crash in several N64 games, including Doubutsu no Mori (the original N64 version of Animal Crossing).

It's based on the Konami code [0] a version of which made it into a mouldy peaches song [1]

[0] - http://contra.wikia.com/wiki/Konami_Code

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceV62E-c86g&t=92

I didn't even notice it was a derivation of the Konami code until you mentioned it.

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