Let's Play Harvest Moon!

But first, someone decide between Sunshine Islands and Grand Bazaar for me.

Sunshine Islands in a nutshell is me shipwrecked on an island (I think) starting up a farm, and getting more people to move in.

Grand Bazaar is me having a stand at a weekly Bazaar, selling me stuff.

Both are basically farming games with dating sim aspects to them.

Here are the bachelorettes from both that I would consider marrying:

Sunshine Islands:
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...0hQ3KZx0d3PI4gJulia the animal lover http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...ady2POJVb8YbyILanna the former music idol http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...E7gUL23_woKB3MSabrina the shy book worm

Grand Bazaar:
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...CB9LoNKbnFkOEwDaisy the upbeat maid http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...2J54RPSmA-kJBgSherry the kind mayor's daughter http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...wK_0WRqZgZVCxMFreya the career minded straight talker

This should be fun :jess:

Aso, let me know if the images don't work

On the first one marry Julia, she looks like a wicked piece of crumpet. On the second one, Sherry seems like an ideal loving wife.

I vote Sunshine Islands; it sounds a lot more interesting. I also second the Julia pick. :)

Sunshine Islands & Shabrina, because shy bookworms need love, too.

So far looking like Sunshine Island and Julia

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Colonel Angus

Sunshine Islands & Shabrina, because shy bookworms need love, too.

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I second this. Sabrina is my favorite of those listed.

If you have to go with Grand Bazaar though, I say Freya.

Well now we're at a tie :colbert:

I won't be playing until tonight so we'll see if one last person chimes in

Well sharky broke the tie for me and he went with

*drumroll*

Julia! Excellent, so let's get started shall we!

A note first:
Harvest Moon has a lot of days just spent doing the same thing over and over again. So that this doesn't become boring, I'll only post the new or interesting stuff that happens. Because of that, I might not update all that often. This will be more of a background noise LP than anything. But regardless, I hope you have fun and enjoy!

http://i.imgur.com/qzmPYMQ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/NO5gnyV.png

Hmm... so I heard this was the improved version of Island of Happiness, but it seems they took out the shipwreck part

http://i.imgur.com/I0EUo6P.png

I named our character Mike because why not. Also his birthday is Spring 19.

http://i.imgur.com/CLnDIdZ.png

Taro arrives

This game is already throwing some curveballs at us

http://i.imgur.com/7NRSfQW.png

Give me a bigger house

http://i.imgur.com/ZllrJub.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/O4PJ8hr.png

But of course, he won't let me immediately do that. Instead I need to learn about "farming" or whatever

http://i.imgur.com/HkX7utO.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/LRl1kdB.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/B6KAkid.png

Now I get to name my ranch

http://i.imgur.com/T8jZ0vR.png

:jess:

http://i.imgur.com/pqDSJmv.png

This is how I'll make my living

http://i.imgur.com/flQUF0D.png

I'll skip the long explanation for you

http://i.imgur.com/thWDvDi.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/in93w4n.png

Pro tip: Do not till in a 3x3 because until you get enough money to upgrade your watering can (yep) you won't be able to water the middle square

http://i.imgur.com/aHm7N0M.png

Already a pro farmer :smug:

http://i.imgur.com/X5X9WG3.png

Pfft talk about unrealistic :roll2

So he gives me some free turnips

http://i.imgur.com/exOGA7r.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/shzgce5.png

And he wasted a whole day with that

Time does go by ridiculously quickly in this game. I'm used to the newer Harvest Moons where they seem to have fixed some kinks (like the middle square watering)

Anyways, let's see what our nearest event is:
http://i.imgur.com/TFB0Zj9.png

I think we know who will be getting my chocolate ohohohoho

So anyways, Day 2

After watering my turnips, I go around meeting some villagers

http://i.imgur.com/zMfRVua.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/c1d2NAQ.png

Cute kid

http://i.imgur.com/1SqlSJd.png

Elliot is our love rival! He has a chance of marrying Julia. We cannot allow this! But for anyone who wants to play a lady:

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/elliot.jpg

The grandson of Taro, this bachelor tries his best to help his family with the daily shipments off of the Sunshine Archipelago. He has a lot of pressure from his sister and grandfather to perform exceptionally, but he does tend to mess up from time to time.
Elliot has somewhat of a self-esteem issue, and may seem unsure of himself on occasion. He does have a good heart, as well as being gentle and kind.


Next we meet

http://i.imgur.com/9W01ZE8.png

Who is a guest judge in a Tale of Two Towns, which I recently played :jess:

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/pierre.jpg

This food gourmet has an ever quenching goal of locating tasty ingredients for his cooking recipes. He may look child-like but he is a master in the kitchen. Pierre's dream is to try every type of food in the world.
Pierre's attitude is always cheery, especially if there's some sort of new food around that he hasn't tried before.

His possible match is a woman named Natalie, who we will meet shortly.

In fact, here she is:

http://i.imgur.com/giL5ZpE.png

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/natalie.jpg


Natalie is the granddaughter of Taro and daughter of Felicia. She is the younger sister of Elliot but you wouldn't expect it. With the way she teases her older brother, you would expect that she is the typical older sibling making fun of the younger one.

She can be a little bossy and a bit of a perfectionist, but she is that way because she wants to be her best when helping her family with the shipping chores.

Then we meet this adorable little girl:
http://i.imgur.com/hKLXBEE.png

How? How did this happen?

Finally we track down our future bride :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/vIh6orZ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/98S7VWR.png

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/julia.jpg


Julia helps her mother, Mirabelle, at her shop on Verdure Island. She likes to eat a variety of cooked dishes, but unfortunately her own cooking skills are not ideal. Julia has a fondness for animals except for fish, which she absolutely hates. Sometimes it seems she would rather take care of animals than other people.
She has a cheerful personality, but most people are interested in her daisy-duke shorts, open shirt, and tall boots.

I didn't write those descriptions for the record :erm:

Then we meet a really pretty lady:

http://i.imgur.com/Y4stDVF.png

I like her :)

She is the mother of Natalie and Elliot and Taro's daughter.

Next up:

http://i.imgur.com/y8f1ZhK.png

Yep, that guy exists

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/vaughn.jpg


An animal trader by vocation, Vaughn spends most of his time traveling to other locations. He is only on Verdure Island on Mondays and Tuesdays, where you'll find him at Mirabelle's animal shop. Vaughn does not have any family and prefers to keep to himself.
If you talk to Vaughn he will appear cold and snobbish. As you warm up to him by giving gifts, the cowboy will become more talkative.

He does clean up nicely in that suit

Later we see Julia down by the beach

http://i.imgur.com/hUOslOm.png

Aww :jess:

And meet some more people

http://i.imgur.com/vFgHhtt.png

That scary man is the father of Sabrina, who was our almost bachelorette

http://i.imgur.com/IsQU8ho.png

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/sabrina.jpg

The beautiful daughter of millionare Regis, Sabrina lives in her lavish mansion and helps her father with his mining business. She is very quiet and doesn't like to attract a lot of attension. Sabrina loves to read books, as their is a large library in the mansion.

Sabrina looks about 12, but I assure you she is a grown woman who can marry and have children. Her potential mate is none other than cowboy up there :greenie:

http://i.imgur.com/Kc1s5IB.png

He's Denny, a fisherman

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/denny.jpg


A fisherman by trade, Denny spends his morning out on the ocean. He is back at his hut on the beach of Sprout Island by 8:00 am. He is proud of his skills, as the giant fish print on the back wall of his house indicates how well of an angler he is. Denny's little bird is named Popper, and it always sits on Denny's shoulder.
Denny likes a challenge and has a very cheerful attitude.

In case you missed it, he's a fisherman

And then we meet another potential bachelorette

http://i.imgur.com/vltiYWJ.png

http://fogu.com/hm8/img/villagers/lanna.jpg

A former music idol, she moved to the island to take a break from her hechtic career. Lanna enjoys fishing and has a collection of fishing poles in her house on Sprout Island. She has a small ego because of her popularity.

This is a good pairing because she likes fish so much, she can marry Mr. Fisherman.

Denny that is

Denny is a fisherman

So we meet people, and also some pictureless plebs that mean nothing to us and head to bed

The next morning

http://i.imgur.com/kjhcG43.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/dbhfMwe.png

He gives me some tools, such as things to make lumber and clean up my horribly dirty ranch (the town is awful as well quite frankly) and then I get to tend to my crops and start cleaning the ranch up

That'll be all for now, but I'll leave you with this:

http://i.imgur.com/gGsO75a.png

Not even married yet and she's already mothering me :colbert:

Tune in next time :monster:

Interesting stuff. I never played this game before & knew nothing of it. I always thought it was some standard rpg.

Nope, its a farming/dating sim! There's a good many of them if you ever wanted to try one. I'd recommend one of the newer ones as like I said, they've worked out some kinks. But its still fun!

I do so enjoy your DS playthroughs. I can scroll through them at my leisure, and the remarks for certain events are super humorous. Anything in the vein of the Stinky Cheese FFIV playthrough from Necro is a-okay! Keep up the good work~

First week of year 1 is complete! Here are some of the happenings:

We find out that Lanna is quite fond of herself

http://i.imgur.com/CcTfNxs.png

Those are pics of her and her achievements right on the wall by her entrance

Then I upgrade my watering can so I can water the middle crops

Like so

http://i.imgur.com/E4pWGT3.png

Next morning:

http://i.imgur.com/eHpkSv4.png

Basically he teaches me how to pick my crops. He also explains quality

http://i.imgur.com/NZVmtqE.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/6tiTTTz.png

And we grew some good crops :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/qI2ph7U.png

Yay!

We chat with Elliot, our love rival

http://i.imgur.com/JK0DQWc.png

Bastard :argh:

And since we grew our turnips, its time for some new crops! Potatoes it is

http://i.imgur.com/c53seWh.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/fppU9DE.png

After about 3 days, Mike got hungry so I fed him some curry

And on the 6th, it is a special day :omgomg:

http://i.imgur.com/rXW8N6o.png

That'll get us some points

When I'm not chatting with villagers and growing crops, I clean up my farm because quite frankly its very messy (as is the whole town). That includes things like chopping wood in to lumber and smashing these rocks like so:

http://i.imgur.com/Fit79fc.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/fmfq2XE.png

Having material like that and lumber helps with the cost of building some things for your farm.

Some more socializing:

http://i.imgur.com/zVgjlUJ.png

:|

And it's hard to tell because you can't even see all of it on the screen, but Sabrina's bedroom is bigger than my ENTIRE HOUSE

http://i.imgur.com/NKcTbPo.png

And that's all for now :monster:

Next time:
-After growing my potatoes, I'll be buying a chicken coop. This is excellent because one of Julia's preferred gifts is eggs, which means more points towards wooing her
-There will also be the first festival, that I don't have everything to participate in yet, but I'll still be giving gifts to the ladies

Stay tuned!

999999999G? Those turnips must sell very well! :eek:

No, my game thing is bugged. I actually wasn't planning to cheat on this one :P

Well actually I was but it was to make time go slower. Couldn't get it to work though, which might be how that max moneies happened instead

Not gonna complain about how it bugged though :jess:

Now you can BUY happiness~! lol

Not really. This game is surprisingly stubborn about making you DO things instead of just being able to buy them

darn game :colbert:

Year 1, Spring Week 2

BIG week this week. Let's see what was going on.

First I am greeted by a mystery voice

http://i.imgur.com/l0zgFOH.png

:erm:

http://i.imgur.com/DdVT1un.png

Mike does so

http://i.imgur.com/Vh395Kk.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XC6msLn.png

:|

http://i.imgur.com/8ITP38S.png

....

http://i.imgur.com/nOZuHK3.png

.....okay......

So why couldn't I see it before?

http://i.imgur.com/3L5BAMn.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/JJo39dw.png

Sure, why not

http://i.imgur.com/kefnep9.png

They did. It is a magical bridge made of leaves (no joke)

http://i.imgur.com/z4U6yxR.png

They do introductions

http://i.imgur.com/VWWXYkw.png

Well that's nice :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/QO78FsO.png

My first "enchanting" is a few days where Julia's house will gain extra friendship points!

Spring 9

So anyways, my potatoes still haven't grown, so I go and get myself more turnip seeds while I wait for them

http://i.imgur.com/iCF5cTi.png

Yup

We also find that dastardly Elliot in Julia's house

http://i.imgur.com/gnTZnae.png

:argh:

I also manage to pick up a gift of the ground that much pleases Julia!

http://i.imgur.com/N5nddlw.png

It's a flower of some sort. Yay us!

We also socialize

http://i.imgur.com/C4STh5h.png

She looks so sad all the time

It's okay, I have resting sad face too

Cowboy is back today

http://i.imgur.com/cKVjw2I.png

I also spot a bridge to lighthouse island

http://i.imgur.com/o4HsApy.png

Yep

Spring 10

http://i.imgur.com/eXlWfPa.png

What's this? I head over to Shrine Island and find some peeps there

http://i.imgur.com/A5mLf6v.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/IRRhCiN.png

None of this has been terrible so far

http://i.imgur.com/WH0C5Eh.png

Of course you are

http://i.imgur.com/yCNxZTa.png

The islands ask me to restore the islands

http://i.imgur.com/rYtaydl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/wb4MeK3.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/JWspbOa.png

Of course not

http://i.imgur.com/iT8RZQO.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/HnNdmIL.png

Yup. Mike agreed to this without a second thought.

http://i.imgur.com/aY8xrje.png

(The first few are surprisingly easy to find)

http://i.imgur.com/U1M3NOh.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/LkWkkuU.png

I can see where it got its name

So with that done and over, we resume normal farm life while searching for sun stones

http://i.imgur.com/6dquLqL.png

The old man tells you the weather

http://i.imgur.com/LxEYupZ.png

This girl

http://i.imgur.com/volwogW.png

:jess:

It was in some bushes

Spring 11

Let's start the morning on a positive note

http://i.imgur.com/kL50GuE.png

It was near where I get my water

It's also Mirabelle's birthday!

http://i.imgur.com/tqNKTdO.png

We run in to Lanna

http://i.imgur.com/AU6vqVe.png

No, not even a little bit

Spring 12

Oh look!

http://i.imgur.com/C62V8Og.png

It was in a well

Now with this we can raise our first island!

http://i.imgur.com/8ENyUW6.png

So we are treated to a scene of the island raising very dramatically

http://i.imgur.com/lPzZNXn.png

We do so

The next day

Spring 13 (Friday the 13th :eek:)

http://i.imgur.com/CgRiAYZ.png

He's a nice man :jess:

It's also Pierre's birthday!

http://i.imgur.com/GC0lkkF.png

Our new island:

http://i.imgur.com/IX3Sse7.png

That's... that's it. That's all there is to it

But now its finally time to get my chicken coop!

Spring 14

http://i.imgur.com/nvJeHWJ.png

:jess:

Mirabelle shows up and gives me some tips and a free chick!

http://i.imgur.com/w8e2SHX.png

I named her Billy because why not

I did pick the worst day ever to get my chicken coop though because its raining, I have no chicken food, and Mirabelle is closed on Saturdays :colbert:

Oh well

So its boys give cookies to girls day, but I can't make cookies yet :(

So instead I give out chocolates! Lanna was the happiest!

Also

http://i.imgur.com/1OXMSNJ.png

ELLIOT :argh:

But he does give us another sunstone!

And our potatoes still aren't grown, but the turnips are, so I harvest them and plant some more

http://i.imgur.com/iuPsA85.png

Let's look at our next event!

http://i.imgur.com/oPo9nXU.png

Welp, I won't be able to participate in that, but we may be able to watch :jess:

Oh its also Mike's birthday!

So stay tuned for next week :monster:

Also, I'm playing another Harvest Moon game on my PSP, and I'm courting this lovely lady:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...%28HoLV%29.jpg

Thought I would share :jess: Isn't she precious?

I didn't know there was one on PSP. Are you emulating that, as well? Or do you actually get the legit experience playing on the system for that one? :P Also congrats on your new island

Nah, I don't emulate any PSP games

Basically my rule is the newer the system the less I'll emulate it. So right now that means no PS3, 3DS, PSP or the even newer ones. I did try a PS2 emulator since I have my game discs to put in my computer but it was way too slow

I put PSP in the same generation as the DS and my computer runs them a lot better than DS games. But I get your point. Even if a flash cart were available for 3DS, I wouldn't buy into it. Nor do I have any interest in pirating Vita games. Its more about the abandonment of games and consoles that we still love. So I'm totally with you. In fact, I'm still buying the DS games that I put on my flash cart and end up falling in love with. Its pittance, but at least the developers will get something for an old game~

/tangent

I guess I go by which games can I buy new to support the industry? I still see a lot of new PSP games at GameStop and none really for the DS so there you go. Obviously lots of 3DS games and stuff. That seems to be my cutoff

I want YOUR GameStop :( Ours has nothing but used PSP games in generic cases. And not even any really good or interesting ones

But I'll stop side-tracking the thread

Year 1, Spring Week 3

Spring 15

First thing we do is buy a chicken because Mirabelle gave us a chick and the chick doesn't give us eggs

http://i.imgur.com/J7OIWMs.png

Now we have Jilly and Billy

We go socialize

http://i.imgur.com/N2NDpIN.png

His faces are amazing

Also, by going back and exploring some places, we get some sun stones!

http://i.imgur.com/KqUlM99.png

I got one from Link Island and one from the Lighthouse place

Spring 16

We get our first egg :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/DOGVljz.png

Thank you Jilly

Potatoes STILL won't let me harvest them even though they look ready, so I plant more turnips

http://i.imgur.com/pUyQaLp.png

Learning that if I give the villagers enough of stuff they love, they'll give me sunstones, this happens when I give Julia another bag of chicken feed (seriously, this is one of her favourite things. I can buy it from her mom's store for like 10 bucks)

http://i.imgur.com/1ZIc0ZD.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/oT459jB.png

So time to go around giving gifts! I was giving her a gift everyday anyways because I'm trying to woo her

We also run in to this friendly fellow again

http://i.imgur.com/7jvq5A5.png

So friendly

Spring 17

It's Chen's birthday!

http://i.imgur.com/AufKb87.png

:jess:

Spring 18

Not much happens except

http://i.imgur.com/7w2PkdW.png

I can't participate yet due to my obvious lack of sheep, but I can watch

http://i.imgur.com/dbrbXqu.png

Like I even have a lamb

Why is she pointing and laughing at me :stare:

I also buy a fishing rod!

http://i.imgur.com/zSkO9lF.png

Spring 19

It's Mark's birthday but no one celebrates because of the sheep festival :(

Let's see who is in attendance shall we?

http://i.imgur.com/8AY8cXE.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/lbK77q0.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/bY1TNzJ.png

Today we learned that people on the island are very enthusiastic about sheep

http://i.imgur.com/YYYZo5w.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/79zEH8R.png

:eek:

oh my

http://i.imgur.com/32IptMG.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/HCnhtPT.png

So that's that. Congrats to all the winners

Spring 20

Today, our potatoes FINALLY let me harvest them, as well as some turnips

http://i.imgur.com/8pG3gGV.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/MMiw3rT.png

Also

http://i.imgur.com/35Mhy22.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/OLjItLz.png

Another sun stone :jess:

Spring 21

Not much big happening except

http://i.imgur.com/6USihgS.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/tL2GT7Y.png

:jess:!

For anyone wondering, Denny got some turnips and Natalie got some chocolate

And that's all for this week! Week 4 will probably be up soon as I'm sicky today and taking it easy, which means more video games :monster:

When oh when will those 'tatoes ripen...

Okay! Today we finish up the Spring season and next time we will go in to the fall

Year 1, Spring week 4/5

There were only two days left to spring at the end of this week, so I went ahead and did them

First off, let's take a look at the nearest event:

http://i.imgur.com/yEXToKy.png

Still not for me

Man, Year 2 is going to be so much more fun

Spring 22

http://i.imgur.com/sMqrGEF.png

I got a house upgrade :jess:

With that, I buy a fridge and some storage bins and I can eventually start cooking (when I actually put forth the effort to get recipes >.>)

Also, my chickens are both grown up now!

http://i.imgur.com/ZbxlGGg.png

And my new kitchen:

http://i.imgur.com/Ci3hr6e.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/qC1281Y.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/SIgtt2l.png

This doesn't always work :colbert:

Spring 23

http://i.imgur.com/7usRQUS.png

Thanky

http://i.imgur.com/JoWwfSl.png

Okay

I also find the lone cowboy and give him some chocolate

http://i.imgur.com/23Jz0U5.png

Not so tough now, are ya :smug:

Lanna has a present for us (she likes fish, I gave her fish)

http://i.imgur.com/dJFEr9k.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/03SQsKG.png

Excellent

Then I get my first (and so far only :cry:) recipe

http://i.imgur.com/oodPfEU.png

I go check on that shrine to see how many sunstones I have and he gives me a clue where to find another one

http://i.imgur.com/9Lyntd3.png

:jess:

Spring 24

The Horse Festival!

Let's see who is around

http://i.imgur.com/A7AS19J.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/1i2iS1h.png

Elliot is standing right next to Julia :argh:

http://i.imgur.com/iqY2wku.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/YrmGWmQ.png

Those two really like festivals

http://i.imgur.com/7GWYaRQ.png

He looks so pleased

And winners

http://i.imgur.com/sOrFCRO.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/wjpgDOC.png

Mercury got the best time

http://i.imgur.com/Rv5pGwh.png

:jess:

Spring 25

I plant some Turnips because oh gosh I forgot about the turnip festival

http://i.imgur.com/dN23b6N.png

I find out Julia likes eggs more than chicken feed (crazy right?) which will give us +500 friendship a day (plus another 100 for talking to her) instead of +300.

For the record, we need about 70 000

http://i.imgur.com/6xhrTSx.png

Pierre pulls through for us

http://i.imgur.com/g4ndoBX.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/aERh0xp.png

:jess:

Spring 26

We get a barn!

http://i.imgur.com/Zzrd29W.png

Of course, Mirabelle shows up with a gift

http://i.imgur.com/PLJzl7I.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/zPRSLMA.png

:jess:

http://i.imgur.com/4t0O9zJ.png

Checking on our stuff we see that Julia is up to 2 hearts :omgomg: Which means she's between a few hundred and a few thousand points to our first heart event :omgomg::omgomg::omgomg::omgomg:

Spring 27

I get Gooey a friend

http://i.imgur.com/alxNLvX.png

And the lovely Miss Felicia has a present for us

http://i.imgur.com/eTBAO3L.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/6StKevq.png

She also likes eggs

Also, its our good builder friends birthday!

http://i.imgur.com/1z0ZR26.png

He's nice when he isn't terrorizing Hyrule, so I gave him some lumber, which he seems to like

Spring 28

http://i.imgur.com/FUawQMd.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/LbSwkNE.png

My turnips had better friggin hurry up and grow :stare:

Also

http://i.imgur.com/e2nA0eL.png

:jess:

It's going to be so hard to get sunstones after I got all of the easy ones out of the way :lol:

Spring 29

Before I can head over to the festival, I have a visitor

http://i.imgur.com/x3oOnaU.png

Oh?

http://i.imgur.com/yTlxBLt.png

I pick the light brown one and name him

http://i.imgur.com/uDYGUWH.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/aNWJcvk.png

SO MY TURNIPS DIDN'T FRIGGIN GROW IN AND NOW I FAILED AT THE FIRST FESTIVAL I ACTUALLY COULD HAVE PARTICIPATED IN GAAAAAAAHHHHHH

http://i.imgur.com/C3PVw2c.png

:cry:

So some other people win and everyone is super disappointed in me

http://i.imgur.com/HN6OWN3.png

I'm going to grow the heck out of those tomatoes :argh:

But don't worry, I still have something special coming up :monster:

Spring 30

http://i.imgur.com/scOdaqv.png

Oh, sure, NOW THE TURNIPS GROW IN :nonono:

On a brighter note, I go give Julia her egg and

http://i.imgur.com/UmJiMjh.png

TA-DA!!! She has a purple heart by her pic now which means

IT'S TIME FOR OUR FIRST HEART EVENT :excited:

So I leave and come back

http://i.imgur.com/JZN7v93.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/NODLdZu.png

sharky says Julia looks like an English teacher who seduces her students

http://i.imgur.com/jUXB4K7.png

Aww

http://i.imgur.com/9jiaSpq.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/CTnlO3o.png

Like a gentleman, I offer to help

http://i.imgur.com/xdkO8wE.png

So we cook and Mirabelle comes home

http://i.imgur.com/hHCASM6.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/TzVJ3dV.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/xzxLA5t.png

She looks so angry about it

http://i.imgur.com/c2zazM0.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XKQgmww.png

She looks happier now

http://i.imgur.com/wCX9Yts.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/HUbbbaT.png

We do so

http://i.imgur.com/j45JRnM.png

:jess:!!!!!!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/cP2JChJ.png

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that explains the looks

So a heart event in a month, not too shabby :smug:

Let's take a look at the Fall calendar

http://i.imgur.com/VF4PrOX.png

I'll show you the upcoming event next time

ALSO!!!!

ALSO

We're going to be raising our second island :jess:

And it'll be much more exciting than that stupid Link Island :colbert:

This Spring we accomplished:
-No event participations :(
-1 heart event!
-15(?) sunstones
-2 chickens
-2 cows
-A dog
-A house upgrade
-A new kitchen
-Lots of turnips
-One batch of potatoes

Methinks sharky had a crush on his English teacher. ;) :p

I don't know why I said Fall earlier :confused: Must have been sicker than I thought

We are now in Summer!

Year 1, Summer Week 1

Summer 1

First thing that happens:

http://i.imgur.com/UD9W84C.png

Another new pet

http://i.imgur.com/YMtPMQi.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/AFjJAbT.png

Aaaand now I get a horse :monster:

I pick the white one and name it

http://i.imgur.com/qnm1ryZ.png

Yaay

So I am having problems with the horse. I can't do the horse festival practice because I have no microphone and my horse just kinda... doesn't listen. I can't even find it half the time :-/

Anyways, our nearest event:

http://i.imgur.com/Ndt5HTP.png

A ha! Will definitely participate. I won't win the first year, but still worth a go

Here are some new crops for the season:

http://i.imgur.com/OK6XfBZ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/ZAjz9ph.png

Growing the tomato right away this time :stare:

And we get to raise another island :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/aELIBY6.png

It's actually two connecting islands

http://i.imgur.com/cqUvRSI.png

And on it we find a pond. Because I've played Harvest Moon games before, I throw an egg in there

http://i.imgur.com/TKFVi51.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/bsnE5x6.png

She knows my name and stuff

http://i.imgur.com/NBcvKas.png

Yep

And the other island

http://i.imgur.com/OUsFRtp.png

:erm:

Also, we get some more new recipes

http://i.imgur.com/X4RGJPy.png

Summer 2

Mirabelle has something for us

http://i.imgur.com/VJiwXFL.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/xfvdzZq.png

:jess:

We need 8 to get the next island I want

Another recipe

http://i.imgur.com/zaQUM1A.png

Poor Sabrina is having a hard time this summer

http://i.imgur.com/wRHIFKq.png

On the brightside, Pink Cat flowers grow in the summer, which make a nice and free gift for her :monster:

Someone else has a gift for us

http://i.imgur.com/05gE0ZE.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gPCLQ12.png

:jess:

2 down, 6 to go

The Harvest Goddess likes eggs

A lot of people like eggs

http://i.imgur.com/ATfTiK9.png

And another recipe

http://i.imgur.com/mRhFaHT.png

I go home and successfully cook my first dish

http://i.imgur.com/6bV2SON.png

Alright, Master Chef, here I come :smug:

Summer 3

We get another recipe made from the blueberries I can find everywhere this season

http://i.imgur.com/6D214NL.png

I have never had blueberry juice. I wonder how it would taste

I also learn that giving them the same ingredients over and over will yield different dishes

http://i.imgur.com/1N8pE2p.png

Yay curry :jess:

Something else exciting is happening

http://i.imgur.com/c1pMZJj.png

Let's go see our new residents!

http://i.imgur.com/tdCe9iq.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Q3qLZD4.png

She asks me if I did anything bad to her bear and then does this

http://i.imgur.com/QFGJPOr.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/cz5qAZi.png

MAGIC

http://i.imgur.com/SNV3VmS.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/6vAURmy.png

I like how she doesn't have a name. It's just Witch Princess.

She is also a bachelorette but she has a hidden heart so you won't always know when her events are or how close you are

http://i.imgur.com/0ZBwADi.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/vWXNOIU.png

The characters are featured in several games

After she tells me to leave her bear alone, we meet someone else

http://i.imgur.com/UBi5bar.png

She likes the stuffed frogs

http://i.imgur.com/QOwrsAo.png

*cough*

So she offers to mess with the bear with me but tells me to leave the frogs alone

http://i.imgur.com/mLQwQH0.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/02RkJgv.png

Good family

But those aren't all of our new neighbours. On the adjourning island, near the Harvest Goddess spring,

http://i.imgur.com/WmOoLGc.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/874WrOp.png

More people!

http://i.imgur.com/v3Z87Uw.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/bqv6dhx.png

Yup

http://i.imgur.com/tS7RZlw.png

You can't say she isn't real. She's hanging out in the pond just outside

http://i.imgur.com/RWIL83X.png

Her in game character looks kind of creepy but her portrait is adorable :jess:

You cannot marry Alisa in this game even though she has heart events

She was also in Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns that I just finished playing, and you could marry her in that game, but she couldn't have your babies because....

Well you know >.>

http://i.imgur.com/ssssBL7.png

Yeah really

Summer 4

Look who enjoys the new Church :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/zUoxYDl.png

Aaaand

http://i.imgur.com/VZDqCKP.png

Summer 5

Not much excitement since the island raising. Witchkins checks out her new surroundings

http://i.imgur.com/of2PtTr.png

:erm:

AAANNND

http://i.imgur.com/hRvyFH2.png

Curry gives so much

And we take a look at our relationships, and notice that Julia is up to 3 hearts :jess: and Lanna is becoming quite fond of us as well

http://i.imgur.com/T56ZlZh.png

So that's all for this week. Most of the day is spent:
-Watering crops
-Letting the dog out
-Trying to find my horse
-Brushing/feeding/talking to the cows
-Letting the chickens out
-Grabbing the eggs
-Talking to everyone
-Putting the dog back in
-Putting the chickens back in

And next week we have a few things:
-Gonna keep trying to get the sunstones
-CHICKEN FESTIVAL
-Going to upgrade my barn and get a sheep

Stay tuned :monster:

I see you make curry rice & curry noodles, but can you make curry a drink?

I'll let you know :P

Year 1, Summer Week 2!

Summer 6

First thing, we are greeted by Mirabelle

http://i.imgur.com/x6c9537.png

I will participate!!!

http://i.imgur.com/a74LOf8.png

So we get to choose which chicken goes with her for today

http://i.imgur.com/uJBumRs.png

Obvious choice is Billy, who likes me more than Jilly

http://i.imgur.com/PYjAztq.png

Bye Billy!

Also, that's the most obedient chicken I've ever seen, it just walks along beside her

New recipe!

http://i.imgur.com/lH0MyMy.png

Interesting :erm:

And

http://i.imgur.com/3l69Gjy.png

:jess:

Now I have the recipe for next year's cookie giving affair

Also, after throwing enough eggs in a pond

http://i.imgur.com/PGqBrgF.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/GBEL2lN.png

Alright :smug:

After some help from little elf looking dude, I find a few more

http://i.imgur.com/W7GOuF7.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/kYjtBUl.png

YAY

Summer 7

Chicken festival!!!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/mXlv6sW.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/nc1MruX.png

D'aww

http://i.imgur.com/QDVAvvg.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/eGxbdII.png

Her glasses take up like... 2/3 of her face

http://i.imgur.com/KJe5fhX.png

Always a pleasure, Vaughn

http://i.imgur.com/v4vVn5g.png

This man knows how to emote

http://i.imgur.com/zD7Dwif.png

Sadly, no Julia (talking to people on festival day gives extra points) but it might be a good thing because everyone is going to be pretty disappointed

http://i.imgur.com/2ZLXQaT.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/hJKaIJy.png

And where did I rank?

http://i.imgur.com/ygu1P7B.png

Hey, at least its not dead last :D

http://i.imgur.com/fp7q68J.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/SDxQEMY.png

Wooooo~!....?

http://i.imgur.com/jRLGgfZ.png

Poor girl

http://i.imgur.com/eZ8ccqR.png

AHAHAHA HIS FACES

Let's see what out next event will be

http://i.imgur.com/V8XDoHo.png

Def going to participate in that!

Summer 8

My gross onions are ready for harvesting

http://i.imgur.com/Fqy680H.png

I go buy more to plant, as well as some tomato seeds at some point so I always have some growing for the festival

http://i.imgur.com/axg0z2i.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/DjgK3TO.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/AE2kGrp.png

:plumcheer:

New recipes:

http://i.imgur.com/Dv58poi.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/G4VABW1.png

Summer 9

http://i.imgur.com/EqckRkL.png

UPGRADED BARN!!!

Soon we shall have sheep! And eventually a third cow who we shall name Mooey (Mooey, Gooey, and Ooey)

http://i.imgur.com/EngNF1K.png

Oh dear :S

http://i.imgur.com/HguLoaR.png

I give Witchkins a much appreciated gift. Do you know what she likes? Fodder. That's right, cow and sheep fodder.

Sabrina has something for us as well

http://i.imgur.com/ld7yoli.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/weCAIHC.png

Yay another moon stone!

More recipes:

http://i.imgur.com/1TrecwR.png

and

http://i.imgur.com/MtK4YDu.png

I don't know what I was expecting at this point

So miraculously on the night before the typhoon, I manage to wrangle my horse in to the barn

http://i.imgur.com/W38SrDS.png

Darn horse :colbert:

Summer 10

http://i.imgur.com/6cb08xz.png

That's literally it. So I spend the day inside practicing my cooking

Because of the typhoon
-My pets didn't get fed
-Some debris destroyed some of my crops
-I couldn't go buy what I needed
-I couldn't practice for the dog competetion
-I had to spend all the next night picking up my destroyed yard
-More sheep delay

So much fun

:nonono:

Summer 11

http://i.imgur.com/M1WHtol.png

With this next feeder, we can get a sheep!

http://i.imgur.com/nnfztwX.png

YAY

New recipes:

http://i.imgur.com/3FUWGo2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/OmDVBTv.png

Yep, no curry this time

http://i.imgur.com/8F35y1Q.png

:stare:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone talks about how scared or not scared they were of the storm

Summer 12

http://i.imgur.com/5snNdCj.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/q9e9fIW.png

:omgomg:

I doubt I'm going to win, but I'm excited anyway!!

New recipes:

http://i.imgur.com/C5kO3Kg.png

:erm:

The heck is a spaghetti salad???

http://i.imgur.com/GBk6ggf.png

Mayonnaise is good for many things, so I am happy

Also, it's someone's birthday!

http://i.imgur.com/ToJSNpz.png

:jess:

And now

http://i.imgur.com/ah63sOV.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/PTb9Xou.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/ccbuzeC.png

And with that, we will be able to raise another island next week :omgomg:

So stay tuned for next week when we will
-Wait for the cows to FINALLY GROW UP MAYBE???
-Participate in the cooking festival
-Raise another island!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by shion

http://i.imgur.com/ld7yoli.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/weCAIHC.png

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Her glasses actually change shape depending on her mood. When she's reserved and blushing, they're much shorter, when she's bubbly, they're perfectly round.


While I appreciate that you did finally make a Zelda reference with Gannon, I'm a little disappointed that you missed the obvious opportunity with to do so when he built the bridge to Link Island.

Aww, I was thinking it, but forgot about it when I wrote up the post :(

Great stuff, shion! I think I missed it, what do Sun & Moon stones do?

At least the horse didn't get blown away :3

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Colonel Angus

Great stuff, shion! I think I missed it, what do Sun & Moon stones do?

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They raise up the islands

Oh, also *A Note to anyone interested in the series
If you haven't played a Harvest Moon game before, since I've played a whole bunch of them this past few months, I would recommend a Tale of Two Towns for 3DS. So far I've found its the easiest for a beginner.
The time goes by slower than some games, giving you more time to manage stuff stress free, you can catch fish with your bare hands for some easy money in the beginning without worrying about buying a fishing rod, and the game is great about introducing you to stuff with some help and at any easy pace. Like in this game, I couldn't participate in most events at first, and that was never a problem in that game. This could be a pro or a con for some people, but they also have you select a farm, one of which is more animal focused and one is more crop focused, so the inexperienced player won't be overwhelmed with large amounts of both at the same time.

Plan to update this soon. Been a looong in game week, it'll be a big update

But heart event :jess:

Okay this is going to be a BIG update, so bare with me

Year 1, Summer Week 3

Summer 13

Day of the cooking festival! Let's socialize

http://i.imgur.com/NhiL9AT.png

You mother makes it seem like that might not be such a good idea :-/

http://i.imgur.com/0LhrJ0m.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/OlTEdnU.png

Yes, there is a different theme every year

http://i.imgur.com/FritOTO.png

Not surprised

http://i.imgur.com/7U7yGkp.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gENcNoR.png

I like the festivals for this LP because I don't post every time I talk to someone (they mostly say the same stuff anyway) so this is a good chance for you guys to see all the different personalities and such, especially if you want to play one day and don't know who to pursue

http://i.imgur.com/SOzNQ8P.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/FB9USHV.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/tTVcpq0.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/UEBT3pF.png

Basically everyone is at this festival :erm:

http://i.imgur.com/4XY1GoP.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/hCna2Dp.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/nk5Vsz8.png

I am going to enter!

http://i.imgur.com/V7pc7X8.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VE9SUxP.png

YAY

So I go back home to make a salad. Sadly, with my (lack of) cooking skills and ingredients, I can only make a very basic recipe. But I do spice it up slightly by adding onion

http://i.imgur.com/WXw7Tv6.png

So we head back to have our dish judged and hope we don't get last place

http://i.imgur.com/S9PpIJR.png

First is Felicia

http://i.imgur.com/xYCxWrj.png

Elliot made the same thing as me

http://i.imgur.com/zNyD2qs.png

ELLIOT :argh:

Gannon made somethin fancy

http://i.imgur.com/nY6f7ie.png

:eek:

And me

http://i.imgur.com/7dLN3uS.png

:(

And the winner is.................

http://i.imgur.com/XYkdKP9.png

Yay Gannon :jess:. He's a nice man

http://i.imgur.com/CcfhhjP.png

Boo :(

What's our next festival?

http://i.imgur.com/UvmFWp7.png

Don't have a cat either :G

Summer 14

After giving Vaughn enough chocolate...

http://i.imgur.com/2b4d8uh.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/SwtFgQh.png

:jess:

New recipes:

http://i.imgur.com/TuSbSr5.png

Better than Spaghetti Salad :stare:

And it is time to RAISE ANOTHER ISLAND :omgomg:

http://i.imgur.com/j2P4VLR.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/NLAUTAv.png

So its very um... lava-y

http://i.imgur.com/T8Q4KTs.png

I also go grabbing in to the lava pool beside me because why not

http://i.imgur.com/CF6b8Qd.png

:jess:

http://i.imgur.com/QG5enUN.png

How? Its been undersea this whole time :stare:

Friggin Regis

http://i.imgur.com/t9X7NLu.png

Over the weak I get a few ore and coins

Summer 15

Guess who just got a blue heart :omgomg::omgomg::omgomg:!!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/6TOasFU.png

Which means its time for another heart event!!

http://i.imgur.com/79vkeRk.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/5uQ4gUV.png

What's going on here?

http://i.imgur.com/COCbg5T.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/R8JhdRL.png

HMM

http://i.imgur.com/ALo6fLz.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/zSfqK6l.png

Julia has gone insane

http://i.imgur.com/BO7Vhrp.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/GPTKuRH.png

I'm a lady so I know how to respond to that question

Mirabelle is displeased

http://i.imgur.com/J6wD1ff.png

So we go out to check

http://i.imgur.com/yu2Mznf.png

BUT THEN

http://i.imgur.com/Ykc1cyi.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/9svtEIr.png

And so we find

http://i.imgur.com/w6fZ4Ew.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/NRThxyh.png

Well yay :jess:

Also

http://i.imgur.com/awFzYmI.png

MMMM

http://i.imgur.com/6sqFpBJ.png

And Witchkins gives us a present too

http://i.imgur.com/jIchAGc.png

Summer 16

http://i.imgur.com/BrBMqZK.png

We have a bigger chicken coop now! Just need to buy another feeder and we can get another chicken

AND our cows have finally grown up :D

http://i.imgur.com/ujqrWh5.png

Now we can get milk

http://i.imgur.com/8aK2ecZ.png

Yayz

Some other stuff happens

http://i.imgur.com/QdkjYpw.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/1rPsGzY.png

Who is this?

http://i.imgur.com/e66x4as.png

He's not done

http://i.imgur.com/sdfhDgR.png

Yep

http://i.imgur.com/J3EOUnE.png

Okay good. I don't think he had much choice in the matter though, tbh

http://i.imgur.com/HDievq1.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Ha7koth.png

Alright

http://i.imgur.com/tmxWSrl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/LdRiliJ.png

I can... see... the resemblance? (not really)

So new villager

And new recipes!

http://i.imgur.com/0K4dy1U.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Sko9PsV.png

MMMMMM

But the excitement isn't done for the day yet

http://i.imgur.com/jjri8Dj.png

No one talks like that

http://i.imgur.com/k6dchwE.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/cAx7Qhu.png

How so?

http://i.imgur.com/L6ucUsZ.png

BUT WAIT says Mike

http://i.imgur.com/NTlUr77.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/NP2JPgg.png

Well that's nice of her at least

So she goes on to move in to the hotel

Let's see how Will is doing

http://i.imgur.com/c392kRK.png

Ahahaha his face. He's so bored with it

And new girl:

http://i.imgur.com/vojJ9Ku.png

Summer 17

http://i.imgur.com/u7cmPHX.png

Already another festival

http://i.imgur.com/I5aEHvv.png

yeah well

Our corn is ready :jess:

http://i.imgur.com/hewgi1O.png

We finally get our new chicken:

http://i.imgur.com/J4q4WeX.png

It's also Regis's birthday but he doesn't like what I gave him so too bad

Funnily enough, I found something in the mine afterwards that he would like, but only one gift per day. Oh well

New recipes

http://i.imgur.com/4D5VM2H.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/noWKRcl.png

YAY

Oh and also

http://i.imgur.com/GJ71IgY.png

WHOO

Summer 18

Cat festival time!

http://i.imgur.com/d7fg870.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/G9WWdAS.png

The cats are pretty cute. I like the white one most

http://i.imgur.com/xxfSRa7.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/nbulTuO.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/ggH39p4.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/jc1W9X3.png

Will can tell when a cat is classy. I'm glad we have his skills on the islands

http://i.imgur.com/hmngfxp.png

So let's see who wins

http://i.imgur.com/X3Wxbfu.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/Ffq85mU.png

Cassie is the winner!

How exciting

Next contest will be:

http://i.imgur.com/5uYHOCv.png

Oh another one I can participate in!

Summer 19

The busy week winds down, but we do get a nice gift from Alisa

http://i.imgur.com/ohkerMh.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/nf1QG1Y.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/ThSYZNE.png

:jess:

And that's all for now :monster:

My kitty would be the one that completely ignored me and just stayed curled asleep. Unless I was allowed to use Tuna or something to draw its attention, but that would probably be cheating.

It would still be the cutest, though.

I think your corn grew before those potatoes ever did.


When will you be able to harvest pumpkins, Pumpkin?

By the time I could buy them, they wouldn't have grown in by seasons end :/

I mean, thy might have, but I'm not super confident in that

SO NEXT SUMMER