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The Witch Princess has always hated the Harvest Goddess, when she performs a prank on the Goddess though she accidently sends her to a different world! The Witch Princess sent the Harvest Sprites to that world to help her find the Goddess but she also needs your help, by doing farming chores ... Read review
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Advantages: The characters, game controls and the farmind idea. Disadvantages: Music.
...Princess has always hated the Harvest Goddess, when she performs a prank on the Goddess though she accidently sends her to a different world! The Witch Princess sent the Harvest Sprites to that world to help her find the Goddess but she also needs your help, by doing farming chores and interacting with the villagers of Forget-Me-Not Valley sprites will be sent back to their original world and soon the Harvest Goddess will be saved.
... ...are a big issue in Harvest Moon, festivals are hosted for them, they give you produce which you can sell for a lot of money and you can actually pet them. You'll have to buy a pair of touch panel gloves from a character and then walk up to a animal, the animal appears on the bottom screen which you can interact with the stylus.
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Age Rating: Everyone - Simulated Gambling, use of alcohol.
The Witch Princess has always hated the Harvest Goddess, when she performs a prank on the Goddess though she accidently sends her to a different world! The Witch Princess sent the Harvest Sprites to that world to help her find the Goddess but she also needs your help, by doing farming chores and interacting with the villagers of Forget-Me-Not Valley sprites will be sent back to their original world and soon the Harvest Goddess will be saved.
Like all of the Harvest Moon games you'll begin the game with a farm that's overrun with weeds and some tools that will help you continue the game. You can choose the name of your farm and character aswell as a name for you cat and dog. The game revolves around farming and after certain objectives have been met a sprite will appear and go down to the hut where they all live. The tools you'll start off with are a sickle for cutting down weeds, an axe, hammer, hoe and a watering can.
The only buildings on your farm right now is your tiny house, a stable and another house that belongs to someone else. If you want some new buildings then you'll have to ring Gotz the woodcutter on the telephone in the game house, other shops can be reached with this telephone where you can buy seeds, chickens and cows.
Animals are a big issue in Harvest Moon, festivals are hosted for them, they give you produce which you can sell for a lot of money and you can actually pet them. You'll have to buy a pair of touch panel gloves from a character and then walk up to a animal, the animal appears on the bottom screen which you can interact with the stylus.
Throughout the game your character will appear on the top screen and the bottom interacting screen will have the rucksack items on view, the save menu, the map, assets page and the sprite channel. The sprite channel is hosted by sprites and new channels can be unlocked with special sprites you discover. The first channels you're given is the weather channel and a tutorial one where you can look for farming tips.
After finding a certain amount of sprites you'll be asked to come to a celebration where they'll be opening a new help system. If you want to get help from a sprite with the farming you'll have to earn medals by playing gambling games with the sprites.
Mining is also a way to earn money for seeds and other things, the only place you can mine in is inside a cave nearby a waterfall. You'll need the hoe and hammer for this, the first mining area is an area where you dig up money and items you can sell or give to a girl you want to marry in the game. The other area will need a hammer to use on rocks before you can till the ground.
There are four months in a Harvest Moon year and each month has new festivals for you to attend. There are sheep festivals, chicken competitions and all of these brings the community closer and makes people like you more. You're allowed to get married to one woman in the game and have one child with her, you'll have to woo her into marrying you by giving her flowers and other present until the heart icon that appears next to her when you talk to her turns red.
An extra option to this game is being able to connect to Mineral town with the DS, the Gameboy Advance games Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral town or Harvest Moon: More friends of Mineral town can be put into the GBA slot in the DS and then you'll be able to play with the characters in the other game.
The instruction manual that is given with the game is very helpful with new players, the controls are in here as well as shop opening times, characters profiles and birthdays and information about farming.
Having been a fan of the PS1 Harvest Moon game I was delighted to find a DS version that I could take around with me. It was easy to control the character and to clear my farm of weeds although I sometimes still forget the shop opening times even when I look at the instruction manual. This game is highly addictive in a good way and I found myself playing for several hours non-stop. The graphics may not appeal to all audiences but the characters and animals reminded me of the PS1 version and added to the cute factor with the small cartoon illustrations that appear when you talk to characters. One thing I found annoying was the background music which didn't change at all and it was so annoying that I ended up turning the sound down. Fans of the Harvest Moon series and games related to farming will enjoy this and will get many months of fun out of this what ever age you are.
Advantages: Replay value, Easy to get into, Addictive Disadvantages: Music can get repetitive
...For those who don't know, Harvest Moon is a video game series that has progressed from the SNES to the N64 to the PSX and all the way to the 'Cube and now, the Nintendo DS. The series typically puts the player in the role of a farmer in charge of a run down farm. The surrounding area always has a village to visit where one can buy items and attend various events. The aim of the game is to make money by planting/growing crops, rearing animals and ... ...unlocks etcetera is amazing.
Harvest Moon is an RPG (Role Playing Game) which is completely non-violent - unless you include destroying a few dark creatures down the mines.
==It's A Hard Knock Life==
The game begins with a nice little cutscene with the Witch Princess (new as far as i can tell) and the Harvest Goddess. The Witch inadvertently makes the Harvest Goddess turn to stone and vanish. In an attempt to rectify the situation, she sends all ...
Whiternoise 20.12.2006
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Advantages: a good educational game Disadvantages: have to be older to fully understand it
...saw my daughter had received harvest Moon for her DS on her birthday. Lately I had seen it advertised more and more on tv and it looked like a game I could easily get lost in.
My poor daughter didn't stand a chance as I whisked it away from her after a couple of hours, on the promise that I would have a look at how it worked and help her play the game!
The general idea of Harvest Moon is to run your own farm, growing crops, rearing animals and ... ...season has ended you cannot harvest anything from them anymore.
So as we start out on our new farm which has nothing but empty field and a house and stable, you are presented with a cat and a dog, which you have to name. There is also a horse stable as I just mentioned so a horse is to be found somewhere. I managed to get my horse after a few days and I wont give it away here how I did it, but it was a heavily debated question between me and my ...
ang_2906 20.06.2007
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Advantages: Multiple possibilities, Relaxed gameplay, Endless Disadvantages: Cost of buildings and extensions
Harvest Moon DS is a farming simulation game where you care for your animals while making money to expand you farm. The game begins with the Witch Princess casting a spell on the Harvest Goddess that turns her to stone and sends her and the Harvest Sprites to another dimention. The task then falls to you to recover these sprites so that she will return to this realm.
Your basic farm consists of a stable, water hole, mailbox, your house, your mentors ... ...season and you can even harvest some crops more than once! When you are selling you produce you do however have to make sure that it is in the shipping bin before 5:00pm (game time) otherwise you will not get paid for it, but you must be careful because when something goes into the bin it can not be retrieved.
You begin you game with a dog and a cat, but as you complete some tasks then you unlock a horse that can help you get around the town quicker ...
RKTay 27.07.2007
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Advantages: Like other versions, good simulation game, quite addictive Disadvantages: a little repetative, graphics not great
...all the other versions of harvest moon, so if you enjoyed those you will like this.
The aim of this game is to find the magic elves which as far as i can tell so far happens from random events, these elves can then help you run your farm e.g watering crops, collecting lumber. The charaters in the game are almost exactly the same as those in the PS2 version ( its a wonderful life) as is the layout of the villiage. The farm however is different, you ... ...bit repetative it's really easy to get the basics but more difficult to complete due to little instructions. IF you liked other harvest moon games you will definately like this as apart froma few tweaks its much the same, and therefore if not don't bother. Also graphics are very basic. ...
littlemissh13 12.12.2007
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Advantages: addictive, graphics lots to do Disadvantages: time goes to fast
Harvest moon for DS This is a very addictive game I can’t stop playing it.
To start: When you first start you must choose names for your character and pets,
Your pets include:
◙ a cat
◙ a dog
◙ and you will get a horse at some point in the game.
Once you have chosen your names you will meet a few other characters. E.g. the witch princess and the harvest princess. The witch princess is fed up of the harvest princess saying ... ...the sprites these are the harvest princesses loyal friends and want to help save her and the crops but they have scattered around you town so you need to find them if you wish to help the harvest princess. Your farm: When you first start out you only have the basics:
◙ a watering hole: where you animals can drink from and for you to collect water to water your crops ◙ a horse shed: this is to store your horse at night ◙ your house: ...
nitram3000 14.06.2007
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Advantages: Small, fun, reasonably cheap. Disadvantages: The amount of time you may use it.
the games what they are, your able to draw things, control characters, animals, move around and many more features with this feature, just make sure you don't loose the pen, although they are reasonably cheap to replace.
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Product details
Publisher
Natsume
Developer
Marvellous Interactive
Release Date
17th March 2005
Age
3+
Genre
Simulation; Kids/Family
Sub Genre
Life Sim/Virtual Pet
Max Number of Players
1 Player
Platform
Nintendo DS
EAN
45496462994
EAN
5060189090112
Manufacturer's product description
Fans of the Harvest Moon series will soon see that they're tilling familiar soil with the Nintendo DS version. Setting up your farmstead while maintaining relationships with the local honeys puts forward hours of challenges for you. Luckily the Harvest Sprites can help you on a day-to-day basis. As you perform tasks in the game you discover a Harvest Sprite once you hit certain benchmarks (such as chopping so much wood or cutting so much grass). Once you discover a Harvest Sprite you can visit their tree - a home the Keebler elves would envy. There you can request that a group of Harvest Sprites help you with some duties whether it's watering your crops or helping you with your stamina. They don't work for free though. You need to give them medals. You can buy medals or earn them by beating the house in a poker minigame. Hey Harvest Sprites love their table games. Whether you're farming wooing mining or building you'll need to move fast. Time really flies once you're out and about in the sun. When you are inside buildings or the mine time will stop so that you can get your work done.
