There is also the option (in the Japanese version of the game) to “marry” (inasmuch as go through a ceremony and even have children with) one of the four special bachelorettes of the original DS game. He is different from the other bachelors in that he will only show up at night, in sunny weather. These can be viewed by equipping the Love Ring item. Heart events are triggered (by you or your rival) when each bachelor has a certain amount of Love Points for the character. The more affection a bird has for you will directly increase egg size. Feed for the poultry can only be purchased from Popuri over the telephone, and cannot be made by the player. Chickens will lay eggs consistently every day, but ducks only every two days. Cows can be milked every day, and sheep shorn every eight days.Ĭhickens and ducks lay eggs. Wool and milk can still be obtained without using the lower screen and stylus, but it will be less and therefore with a reduction of profit. Activities such as milking, shearing and grooming occur on the touch screen, with the quality and quantity of produce directly related to the player’s skill. Crops will die at the end of each season, leaving the player to plant new ones more appropriate for the time of year.Ī great deal of interacting with the livestock is done on the bottom screen, making use of the DS’ functionality. When crops mature after a certain number of days, the produce can be harvested and shipped. Seeds need watered every day (unless it’s raining - but seeds planted indoors still require watering) using the Watering Can, which can be filled up at any body of water. There is a very slim chance of this happening however.
Also, giant versions of produce can sometimes be found, which sell for ten times that of their normal-sized counterparts. Flower seeds can be created using the Seed Maker, which changes any flowers you forage into a bag of seeds.
Special seeds are available from the Sprite Casino, with the correct number of Medals as payment. Seeds will change each season, to reflect what can be grown in that period. Karen from can be contacted over the telephone, and she will sell the same seeds at the same price as Vesta’s Farm. There are several different ways to purchase seeds. The only place this happens is in the secret Waterfall cave. Super crops take two days less to mature.The field near the Goddess pond is considered fast. Fast crops take one less day to mature.There are four different kinds of field that can be farmed on, harvesting time being decided by this. A child may be male or female however gender is randomly determined.House wallpaper/carpet combinations are customisable.Outfit colours can be changed, with 18 outfits for each character.The most obvious is gender, and two playable characters.Once the Harvest Goddess is back, the player can then propose. It is the job of the player to rescue the Sprites, when 60 have been rescued the Harvest Goddess is restored. Because of the characters extreme laziness, the Harvest King sends the Harvest Goddess and all of the sprites to a different world. The premise of the story is near identical to Harvest Moon DS. A child can be born from any married couple, male or female. A similar ceremony called the “Best Friends” system may be performed with one of the four special bachelorettes from the original DS game in the Japanese version. The player may also propose, once the Harvest Goddess has been rescued, to one of six (eleven, if Friends of Mineral Town or More Friends of Mineral Town is inserted into the GBA cartridge slot) bachelors. To create a lucrative and flourishing ranch, the player’s objective is to raise animals and grow crops, and sell the fruits of these labours.
Instead of playing as a male farmer, the player is offered (through a series of less than subtle questions) one of two female characters the blonde “Claire” from Harvest Moon for Girls and More Friends of Mineral Town, or the brunette character “Jill” of Another Wonderful Life fame.