Harvest Moon/ Rune Factory General Discussion Thread

[Dolce]

Well recently @Octy; convinced me to buy Harvest Moon A New Beginning and I have to say I am hooked to this game. Normally I'd just stick to Rune Factory because I like the odd combo of farming and dungeon crawling, but with the customization of the entire town, and even your own farmer this game is just too great. Plus all the marriage candidates are too cute in my opinion. Heck I can't choose between Yuri, Witch Princess, or Felicity. Though currently Yuri's winning my favor. >w<

Anyways! Feel free to discuss any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory related things like your fave games, which series you prefer, your fave marriage candidates, or if you have A New Beginning like I do feel free to trade 3ds friend codes to play on wifi with your friends to trade items and whatnot!

For reference, here are all Harvest Moon titles and their release dates...

Console

Harvest Moon (SNES)
August 9, 1996 (Japan)
June 1997 (North America)
January 29, 1998 (Europe)

Harvest Moon (Wii Virtual Console)
January 4, 2008 (Europe)
February 11, 2008 (North America)

Harvest Moon 64 (N64)
February 5, 1999 (Japan)
November 30, 1999 (North America)

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PS1)
December 16, 1999 (Japan)
November 22, 2000 (North America)
January 26, 2001 (Europe)

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PlayStation Network)
December 24, 2008 (Japan)
February 8, 2011 (North America)

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PS2)
July 5, 2001 (Japan)
November 22, 2001 (North America)

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PlayStation Network)
November 1, 2011 (North America)

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (GC)
September 12, 2003 (Japan)
March 16, 2004 (North America)
March 26, 2004 (Europe)

Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (GC)
July 2005 (English speaking world)

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (PS2)
November 11, 2004 (Japan)
October 28, 2005 (North America)
November 16, 2005 (Europe)

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (GC)
November 10, 2005 (Japan)
March 28, 2006 (North America)

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (Wii)
August 25, 2009 (North America)
March 14, 2008 (Europe)
April 3, 2008 (Australia)

Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii)
June 7, 2007 (Japan)
September 30, 2008 (North America)
October 9, 2009 (Europe)
October 22, 2009 (Australia)

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (Wii)
October 30, 2008 (Japan)
November 12, 2009 (North America)
December 3, 2010 (Europe)

Portable

Harvest Moon GB (GB)
December 19, 1997 (Japan)
August 1998 (North America)

Harvest Moon GBC (GBC)
December 31, 1998 (North America)

Harvest Moon 2 (GBC)
August 6 1999 (Japan)
November 7, 2000 (North America)
March 30, 2001 (Europe and Australia)

Harvest Moon 3 (GBC)
September 29, 2000 (Japan)
November 14, 2001 (North America)

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (GBA)
April 18, 2003 (Japan)
November 17, 2003 (North America)
March 26, 2004 (Europe)

Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town (GBA)
December 12, 2003 (Japan)
July 26, 2005 (North America)

Harvest Moon DS (DS)
March 17, 2005 (Japan)
September 12, 2006 (North America)
April 13, 2007 (Europe)
June 7, 2007 (Australia)

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PSP)
November 23, 2005 (Japan)
July 31, 2007 (North America)

Harvest Moon DS Cute (DS)
December 8, 2005 (Japan)
March 25, 2008 (North America)

Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness (DS)
February 1, 2007 (Japan)
August 26, 2008 (North America)
December 12, 2008 (Europe)
March 26, 2009 (Australia)

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (DS)
February 21, 2008 (Japan)
November 12, 2009 (North America)
December 3, 2010 (Europe)

Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar (DS)
December 18, 2008 (Japan)
August 24, 2010 (North America)
September 30, 2011 (Europe)

Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (PSP)
March 19, 2009 (Japan)
April 26, 2010 (North America)
November 12, 2010 (Europe)

Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns (DS and 3DS)
July 8, 2010 (Japan, DS only)
September 20, 2011 (North America; DS)
November 1, 2011 (North America; 3DS)
June 29, 2012 (Europe; both versions)
July 5, 2012 (Australia; both versions)

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (3DS)
February 23, 2012 (Japan)
November 6, 2012 (North America)
April 2013 (Europe)
Australia TBA

and Rune Factory too. :3

Console

Rune Factory Frontier (Wii)
November 27, 2008 (Japan)
March 12, 2009 (North America)
April 1, 2010 (Europe)

Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (Wii/PS3)
February 24, 2011 (Japan)
October 11, 2011 (North America)
May 25, 2012 (Europe)

Portable

Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)
August 24, 2006 (Japan)
August 14, 2007 (North America)
February 13, 2009 (Europe)
March 12, 2009 (Australia)

Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)
January 3, 2008 (Japan)
November 18, 2008 (North America)
October 8, 2010 (Europe)

Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)
October 22, 2009 (Japan)
November 9, 2010 (North America)
September 30, 2011 (Europe)

Rune Factory 4 (3DS)
July 19, 2012 (Japan)

[Octy]

Okay, I love the Multiplayer option Harvest Moon 3DS: A New Beginning has to offer. It helps raise the affection of your animals, so you can win festivals, and you get items as well. It's a win-win situation.

Also, the marriage candidates are awesome. On my first file, I plan on either going after Allen or Rod. In my second File, I'm already in a relationship with Neil and have him at red heart. I just need to finish upgrading the bed so I can marry him. X3

Also, the new animals such as Yaks is amazing. We also get Llamas, two different colored Alpacas, two different sheep, two different chicken, three different breed of cows (Normal, Jersey, and Bubble)... just so much.

How To Get Married | Harvest Moon: A New Beginning

^ This shows the marriage candidates for the game.

[FinalArcadia]

I haven't tried the Harvest Moon for the 3DS yet, but my favorite in the series is Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for the Wii. Harmonica Town as a setting was really pretty, and there were so many possible marriage candidates (and unlike the other games where there is usually only one I'd ever pick, I like a bunch of them). Also, the music was lovely on there.

For Rune Factory, I've only actually played one of those, being Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny for the PS3, but it's a great game. However, the one trophy that requires you to get 100 colds is kind of a pain. XD

Does anyone else kind of wish the Harvest Moon series (for console installments) would also be available on PS3 (or Sony systems in general)? Rune Factory worked great there, and I would love to play Harvest Moon games with trophy support.

[Sweenix]

I found harvest moon on PS3 i think it's called tales something.. dunno

Is it any good?

[Contrary]

I'm hoping to get the 3DS games soon. From what I've heard, it sounds a lot better than Tale of Two Towns. (The only HM game I quit halfway through.) I've played the RF games, and they were pretty fun.

[Octy]

There hasn't been any Harvest Moon games released for the PS3 (to my knowledge), but there were a few titles for the Psp. I don't think they were popular or lasted long with the HM community. I think they were the following titles:

Innocent Life
Harvest Moon Boy and Girl
Hero of Leaf Valley

They did have "Save the Homeland" on the Playstation 2, and they had "A wonderful Life: Special Edition" where you had an extra marriage candidate.

[Dolce]

Well I usually buy games for my handheld systems like Sunshine Islands, and RF1-3. Are the games on the larger systems any better?

[Octy]

Well, I absolutely loved Animal Parade and Tree of Tranquility (Both on the Wii), so it's hard to pick for me. I even loved all of the Gamecube versions of the games (such as Magical Melody, Another Wonderful Life, A Wonderful Life).

[Shinobu]

I need to find my copy of Friends of Mineral Town. That game was perfect.

[Octy]

I tried playing "More Friends of Mineral Town", but I had a hard time figuring out where everything was in the game. ;;

[Dolce]

I used have that game but I lost it. D: And Cliff, and Trent who were two of my fave guys too. >.<

Oh Big Sis Octy your horrible getting me amped for this. D;

[Contrary]

Has RF4's English date been announced yet? I really want to get it! (Unless the plot requires you to seduce and marry a character again.)

[Octy]

I haven't seen much on it yet, just the pic. There's a chance it might be localized but not too sure as of yet. Especially since it was released in Japan on July of 2012. If it were to be released, it would be sometime this year.

[Shinobu]

Save The Homeland had good music:

[Bouffalant Herdier]

I've only played the first Harvest Moon on the GBC and Friends of Mineral Town on the GBA, I should get back into the series.

The GBC game wasn't all that good, but Friends of Mineral Town, man, I was addicted to that for ages. I fondly remember giving Popuri chocolate every single day for almost two years until she fell in love with me and finally agreed to marry me. It's a pity that she liked my dog, Lub Lub, though.

I also got a good chuckle when I was rich enough to purchase some golden lumber, which enraged the town's people into shouting at me and calling me "Moneybags". Hey, no need to be jealous just because I'm going up in the world!

And not to mention, the terrible translation was a hoot. At one part of the game, a character started talking to me in Japanese! XD