Ihad a friend who was always talking about harvest moon saying how it is the best game ever. I decided I should check it out because it did look interesting, I mean growing crops and wooing a virtual girl (because I could never do ether in real life.)
Because I told my self that I would never get any electronics from eBay and that I thought emulators where illegal I drove to the Retro gaming store. There I saw that the store was huge and filled I noticed that the games that were good selling were at the very front of the store like Pokemon gen one-three although some games up there did not really look like retro games.(Pokemon Black is not retro, of corse Harvest Moon is not really retro either.) I walked up to the counter the girl behind it looked as thought she could care less about her job.
I thought that that was a reasonable price so I bought it and took it home the pack that it was in was missing so it was put into a plastic GBA case. When I put it into my game boy everything loaded fine. Looking back on it the starting screen said HARVEST MOON Mineral Town, instead of HARVEST MOON Friends of Mineral Town. I loaded up a game and started playing, making money and trying to woo Ann, the innkeeper's daughter. About 2 months in game something strange happened.
The day started normally but when I went outside of my house Elli (the town nurse) was there crying. When I talked to her she said that her grandma had died of her hearth had just stoped, probably from old age and that she invited me to her grand mothers funeral. It was on the the Friday in three days.
I was interested in that since I thought people never died in harvest moon, only animals. The days went by and nothing happened. The day of the funeral the doctor Elli, Stu the mayor and I where around a funeral and Carter (The town Priest) Was talking, saying how she would always be remembered as a caring lady.
Latter the next month during Fall Karen came to my house looking very sad that Rick, his sister Popuri and mother Lillia were all ill and likely not going to make it to the end of the week. Again odd because Lillia was often sick a lot but never fatal also never contagious. The next day Karen came back and saying Lillia and Rick had passed and that was close. After he said that he ran away from the farm.
Again next time I looked on the calender I saw that Lillia's funeral was on Monday and Rick's funeral was on Wednesday. Again this time the Monday the Mayor and I were standing around the grave stone. Carter only was able to say:
The Wednesday was Rick's funeral and almost just as depressing with the fact of it was carter who called the funeral short after he was unable to say anything about this. The graveyard had grown northward.
Things were starting to feel depressing but (and I have no idea why, I guess curiosity) I continued to play the game. The week latter I had worked myself almost to fainting so I went to the clinic to buy a turbo-jolt, but when I walked inside I saw Elli over the patients bed and on the bed the doctor was laying down on it.
When I talked to Elli she said that the doctor had become sick with what ever Lillia had gotten and that Elli herself was feeling the sickness. After that my character ran out of the room. Again the next day The mayor had came to my house and told me that the doctor had passed away during the night and Elli was almost gone so the hospital was closed off so do not work to hard.
The exact day later, my character was woke up by knocking at the door when he opened the door the mayor ran in exhausted he said that Stu (Elli's young (like 6 year old) brother) had locked himself in his house The screen faded to black and faded back in with my character banging on the door to Stu's house, but to no avail.
The Mayor and my character keep trying to open the door and the whole day went by and it never opened. later my character ave up and slid his back against the door he looked up at the mayor and then two text boxes appeared one said:
The mayor cried, "Not many, Ann, Doug, and Cliff. Most other people left , the supermarket is closed so are the winery chicken and cow farm. Why ... why is this happening to this town... why, Carter was right this town is done... but this is the only place I can be."
After that a cut seen happened it showed them on a path next to a mountain as they were walking a avalanche of rocks sweep us off the path. Then the harvest goddess showed up on screen, looked around then twirled around. It Show the calender it said Summer 13th. The game faded to black. Then the title menu came up it said HARVEST MOON friends of mineral town.
I loaded up the save data and what showed up was the day before I had learned Ellen died when I went outside the game seemed fine there were no problems no deaths no suicides. Then I turned off the game because (You all know that you can only play harvest moon for 5 hours.) I will still play this game as long as it is normal.
The protagonist of the series, with Yuuto and Naomi being the newly-added options of appearance for the Friends of Mineral Town remake. They were all originally from the city and came to Mineral Town to take over a rundown farm.In Back to Nature, the male protagonist was sent to the farm that belonged to their grandfather for the summer because their parents were too busy to take a family vacation. He met a girl whom he made a promise with, and years later was asked by the Mayor to take care of the farm. The female protagonist has a different scenario, she was in the low point of her life with no job and no family to go back to. After the ship she was on was wrecked by a vicious storm, she was stranded on Mineral Beach. She eventually agreed to take care of the farm after being asked by the Mayor to turn over a new leaf.In Friends of Mineral Town, the female protagonist was tired of her city life and saw an advertisement for the Mineral Town farm and jumped at the chance of moving there. The male protagonist spent part of summer vacation in Mineral Town and came across the old man running the farm and befriended him. The remake changed this for both protagonists to have been sent to the farm that belonged to their grandfather for the summer because their parents were too busy to take a family vacation. Adaptational Backstory Change: In 64, Pete was living with his grandfather and inherits his farm. In Back to Nature, Pete was visiting his grandfather until he met a girl in Mineral Town. The girl would grow up to be his wife once she tells him. Canon Name: The male and female protagonist are called Pete and Claire, respectively. The new options in the Friends of Mineral Town remake are named Yuuto and Naomi by default. Character Customization: The Friends of Mineral Town remake added minor customization by giving the player two design choices for each gender, as well as the option to play with pale, peachy, or tanned skin. Childhood Friend Romance: In Back to Nature, all of the bachelorettes are revealed to be the childhood friend Pete met as a child. However, the wife specifically is the one who was that childhood friend rather than all of them. Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Claire in PS 1 version is this. First Girl After All: Friends of Mineral Town reveals that the boy/girl the protagonist played with while visiting Mineral Town was the person they end up marrying. Forgotten First Meeting: In Back to Nature, Pete's wife is revealed to be the Childhood Friend when they first met as kids. The bachelorette of the player's choice also seem to forgotten about Pete herself until it dawns on them that Pete was the boy they met a long time ago. From New York to Nowhere: All of them used to live in the city, but for various reasons ended up in Mineral Town and taking over an old farm. Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Claire has blonde hair and is a nice person. Innocent Blue Eyes: Claire is the only protagonist with them. Limited Wardrobe: Played with in the Friends of Mineral Town remake, as the protagonists have recolors of their outfits and that of the other protagonist of the same sex available to change into. Overalls and Gingham: Claire wears a gingham shirt with her overalls. Proper Tights With Skirt: Naomi wears black tights under her shorts.
Ann is the daughter of the innkeeper and frequently helps out in the restaurant.Her romantic interest is Cliff, one of the guests at the inn. Barely-Changed Dub Name: Goes from 'Ran' in the Japanese versions of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town to 'Ann' in the English translation. Big Eater: Claims to eat a lot and usually eats the most during the Harvest Festival. One of her Heart Events in Back to Nature involved her having digestion problems from this trait. Dub Name Change: Called 'Ran' in the Japanese versions of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. Averted in the English Story of Seasons port, where her name remains "Ran." Feminine Women Can Cook: Inverted, with Ann being the most tomboyish of the bachelorettes, but is also the best female cook in the town. Girliness Upgrade: The Friends of Mineral Town remake changed her clothes from overalls to wearing a white tunic and jeans. It's arguably a more fitting attire for an innkeeper's daughter. Supreme Chef: A very good cook that helps out her father preparing the delicious meals found at the inn, and she can win the Cooking Festival. Tomboy and Girly Girl: Hangs out with Popuri a lot, making her the tomboy to Popuri's girly girl. If you decided to romance her as a female character in the Remake, you fit this dynamic quite nicely. Tomboyish Ponytail: Kept her hair in a braided ponytail. The Friends of Mineral Town remake changed it to being just a ponytail. Unrelated in the Adaptation: Harvest Moon 64 had her and Gray be Rick's cousins. They aren't related in Back to Nature and Friends of Mineral Town. Wolverine Publicity: Out of the female love interests, she was shown more than the others during advertisements and promotional material. This could be because of her farmgirl attire in the original.
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