Natsume Inc. announces two Harvest Moon titles for 2005!
Burlingame, CALIFORNIA – January 24, 2004 – Natsume® Inc., a worldwide publisher specializing in unique video games, announced today the addition of two new Harvest Moon® titles to the popular franchise, Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life for the Nintendo GameCube™ and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance™. Both titles are expected to ship June of 2005.
“The first Harvest Moon was introduced in 1997 on the Super Nintendo and since then the franchise has grown in popularity and fan base”, stated Hiro Maekawa, President & CEO of Natsume Inc. ”We are extremely happy to offer these two new titles to our dedicated and loyal fans”.
Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life returns you to the familiar setting of Forget-Me-Not Valley...this time through you play a lifetime on the farm as a female! Cultivate friendships and raise a family among crops and livestock. Make important choices as you marry, start a family, grow produce and guide your child through life’s most challenging chapters.
Just as with Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life, Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town lets you play as a female character. It is up to you to successfully rejuvenate the farm and build a life for yourself with family and friends. The best part is…you can do it anyway you want!
The Nintendo Game Cube™ and Game Boy Advance™ versions will link up to connect the 2 towns featured in the games, it will also enable villagers to travel between the towns triggering new events and many surprises.
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
I remember when Harvest Moon was an extremely obscure SNES game with a cult following and how exciting it was to hear that a 3D sequel was being released on the N64. Now there's so many Harvest Moon games that I'm just tired of the whole thing. They aren't even really building on the formula anymore either. It's like the new games just exist and nothing really new is added. It's ironic that a truly innovative game like Harvest Moon could launch such a milked series (Heh. Accidental pun).
Gotta love the names of those sequels though. It's like they take pride in their rehashing.
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Originally posted by: Artimus
They're releasing a new one in Japan and they give us this!? Why not just wait for the new one which, I believe, already has the girl/guy choice...