Harvest Moon (series)
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Harvest Moon (牧場物語 Bokujō Monogatari?, Farm Story) is a series of farm simulation/role-playing video games produced by Victor Interactive Software (acquired by Marvelous Interactive in 2002). Yasuhiro Wada is considered the father of the Harvest Moon series. English translation and distribution of the game is done by Natsume. The object of the game is to maintain a farm over a period of time, tending the crops and livestock through the seasons, while befriending the nearby townsfolk and getting married in some games. The first game was Harvest Moon, released for the SNES in 1997. Games in the series have also been produced for Game Boy and GBA, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS , and GameCube; with upcoming titles for PSP and the Wii.
Most Harvest Moon games are permutations of a central formula. The game generally takes place over a set period of time (generally 3 years), in which the player is charged with the task of running a successful farm, getting married, having a child, and becoming friends with the townsfolk.
Most gameplay in the Harvest Moon games consists of planting seeds to grow fruits and vegetables in the spring, summer, and autumn, and collecting items, making home improvements, and building personal relationships in the winter. A successful farmer must weigh the cost, selling price, number of harvests, and growth times of the various types of production in order to pick the best product for each of the seasons.
The player must also balance their physical resources; if players over-exert themselves, they might not have the energy to perform needed activities, or might even get sick and miss a day of farming.
[edit] Console
[edit] Nintendo DS
The 2006 Harvest Moon DS was the first Harvest Moon game released for the Nintendo DS system. You play in Forget-Me-Not Valley and the game follows the familiar themes of farming, animal husbandry, and marriage that are central to the other games in the series. This incarnation utilizes the Nintendo DS' dual screen system to navigate menus and view the map, among other things. There is a widely reported "freezing" glitch in this game, wherein the game and music will suddenly freeze as the character enters/exits a new area on the map (including buildings).
[edit] External links
- Official Harvest Moon homepage (Japanese)
- Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On - Second DS title
- Harvest Moon Evergreen
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