Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons!

[Samansu]

Hi there!

I was wondering if there were any other Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons fans here! I have been playing them since Harvest Moon 64 and I really love the series. I am not a huge fan of the 'new' Harvest Moon games (post Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons split), but the new game Skytree Village looks pretty interesting. If you feel like it and are a fan, answer these questions! ^-^​

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[B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR="#008000"]Favorite Festival:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
[B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR="#008000"]Favorite Bachelor:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
[B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR="#008000"]Favorite Bachelorette:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
[B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][COLOR="#008000"]Do you like Rival Marriages?:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]

Here are my answers!

Favorite Game: Harvest Moon: Animal Parade
Least Favorite Game: Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley
Favorite Crop: Strawberry
Favorite Animal: Sheep
Favorite Festival: Starry Night Festival in Animal Parade
Favorite Bachelor: Klaus from Story of Seasons
Favorite Bachelorette: Candice from Animal Parade
Do you like Rival Marriages?: Yes and I wish they would bring them back! :C

 

[TARDISMouse]

I'm so glad someone made a thread like this! I've been a huge fan since I was in fifth or sixth grade and I'm super excited for Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns!

I'm also surprised that my answers to the questions are pretty similar to yours!

Favorite Game: It's a tough one, but I'd say Story of Seasons or ToT/AP.
Least Favorite Game: The Lost Valley.
Favorite Crop: Strawberries
Favorite Animal: I like the Suffolk Sheep and their cute pink wool It reminds me of cotton candy (which is why I almost always have a sheep named Cottyn and a suffolk named Candie)
Favorite Festival: Firefly Festival and Starry Night Festival
Favorite Bachelor: Klaus from Story of Seasons! I love him to bits, and I'm glad I did the extra work to get his reverse confession and reverse proposal (Also, I wish people weren't so rude to others about their choice of bachelor/bachelorette. I'm getting really tired of seeing it all over the fandom)
Favorite Bachelorette: Candace from Tree of Tranquility/Animal Parade. She reminds me a lot of myself, actually.
Do you like rival marriages: Ah, yes and no. Yes because most of the pairings were just so sweet together, and no because some could have been executed better. I'd like it if they brought back rival marriages in a way that's similar to the support system in Fire Emblem, like having multiple potential pairings for each character, and allowing the player to have at least some input in who gets together. Like if you don't like X character with Y character, you can put X with Z, for example.

 

[Samansu]

I'm so glad someone made a thread like this! I've been a huge fan since I was in fifth or sixth grade and I'm super excited for Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns!

I'm also surprised that my answers to the questions are pretty similar to yours!

Favorite Game: It's a tough one, but I'd say Story of Seasons or ToT/AP.
Least Favorite Game: The Lost Valley.
Favorite Crop: Strawberries
Favorite Animal: I like the Suffolk Sheep and their cute pink wool It reminds me of cotton candy (which is why I almost always have a sheep named Cottyn and a suffolk named Candie)
Favorite Festival: Firefly Festival and Starry Night Festival
Favorite Bachelor: Klaus from Story of Seasons! I love him to bits, and I'm glad I did the extra work to get his reverse confession and reverse proposal (Also, I wish people weren't so rude to others about their choice of bachelor/bachelorette. I'm getting really tired of seeing it all over the fandom)
Favorite Bachelorette: Candace from Tree of Tranquility/Animal Parade. She reminds me a lot of myself, actually.
Do you like rival marriages: Ah, yes and no. Yes because most of the pairings were just so sweet together, and no because some could have been executed better. I'd like it if they brought back rival marriages in a way that's similar to the support system in Fire Emblem, like having multiple potential pairings for each character, and allowing the player to have at least some input in who gets together. Like if you don't like X character with Y character, you can put X with Z, for example.

Oh wow! Our answers ARE really similar! XD Cottyn and Candie are adorable names for sheep! ^-^ I also really like the goats! They are cute too!

Why do you like those festivals best? I like them because they actually seem romantic! ^///^

I agree about rude people in the fandom! I am an adult so I don't like the shota-esqe characters as marriage candidates and tend to go for the older/more mature guys (Klaus, Jin, Gale, etc.) and the shy/quiet/serious girls (Angela, Candice, Maria, Mary Sabrina, etc.), but I don't go around bashing the other characters just because it isn't my style!

Yeah the shy/quiet/serious girls remind me of myself too, so that is why I like them! ^-^

I like your idea with the rival marriages a lot! The Fire Emblem system works really well IMO, so it would be nice if they implemented it! Mostly I just hate that everyone else in town is perpetually single! :C It makes me sad that they are forever alone because you didn't choose them. They deserve to be happy too! <3

- - - Post Merge - - -

and I am soooo pumped for Trio of Towns! ^-^ Right now I am planning to marry either Ludus or Ford in my girl file and Siluka or Kasumi for my boy file! I wish they would let us have more than 2 save files again! It is so hard to choose! ;n;

Also I really like that there seem to be a TON of events and chances for scenes with the bachelors and bachelorettes! It is super exciting! ^-^ <3

 

[TARDISMouse]

Yeah, that's mainly why I like those festivals, too! I like the cute romantic stuff.

Rude people in the fandom is actually why I stopped using Miiverse except as a quick way to save screenshots to my computer, and stopped looking in the HM/SoS tags on tumblr. I just got tired of immature/petty arguing, and I saw it everywhere I went, it seems like. I tend to like the more mature bachelors too, and it frustrates me how people like to complain that they're old, or call them gross or perverts and the like. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable marrying someone like Mistel for example, since he looks really young, but I don't attack those that do like him because I can understand that different people have different opinions/preferences, and that's just fine. I just wish people could leave each other alone. Just be happy and play the game, you know?

I hate that too, when my character is the only one in town that ever gets married, it makes me feel bad because I want everyone else to be happy, too. That's why I think it could work really well with a FE-type system. (On a semi-related note, I was so happy when both Kamil and Licorice were in SoS, because I've shipped them together since they were Cam and Reina in Tale of Two Towns. I dunno, I always thought they'd be a cute couple for some reason.)

And in yet another similarity, those are my two bachelors of choice from the new SoS! XD I haven't decided yet who I'll marry on my boy file, though. I'm super excited for how each town is so different and has its own festivals, it looks really interesting and I can't wait for the game to be released!

 

[Samansu]

Haha! Maybe we are secretly related! We are so similar! ^-^

I agree that Cam and Reina would be super cute together! I wish we could make them get together! ;n;

Yeah I am really excited about all of the variety of events and festivals! They have always been my favorite part anyway! ^-^ My only problem will be wanting to do everything all at once and not having the time! XD

 

[Greggy]

Favorite Game: Innocent Life. Back to Nature and The Lost Valley are also good. So much hate for The Lost Valley. I, myself, loved the farm customization and crop varieties the game offered. I'm honestly excited for Skytree Village.
Least Favorite Game: Story of Seasons. The game felt like a huge chore to me, so I sold it back again. I also HATED A New Beginning.
Favorite Crop: Sweet Potatoes
Favorite Animal: Cow
Favorite Festival: Tomato Festival from Back to Nature
Favorite Bachelor: Chase from Animal Parade
Favorite Bachelorette: Karen from Back to Nature
Do you like Rival Marriages?: Depends. I wish there's a matchmaking system in the game where you can pair up bachelors and bachelorettes and have children like in the Fire Emblem games.

I like Harvest Moon (Story of Seasons, not so much), but I don't really consider myself a part of the fandom. I find the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons fandom quite annoying.

 

[Samansu]

Thanks for the response! ^-^

I by no means hate The Lost Valley, but it isn't really my style. It is definitely interesting though and I am looking forward to Skytree Village too!

Tomato festival was so fun! <3 We need more mini game festivals!

Oh yeah the fandom is awful! I have been playing for over 10 years, but I don't consider myself to be in the fandom.

 

[Greggy]

The severe lack of fun minigames in the festivals made my playthroughs in newer Harvest Moon games shorter. Back to Nature really nailed it with the festivals!

Also the thing that crossed the line with the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons fandom to me is that they are constantly hating on everything Natsume makes even though Natsume is trying their best to live up with the Harvest Moon name by listening through fan feedback. I don't like how Tumblr and the other websites being blinded with hate on Skytree Village without knowing how much it improves over The Lost Valley just because it's not Story of Seasons, and they're circlejerking on how much of a "flawless piece of art" Story of Seasons is, disregarding its major flaws, just because it's the real Bokujou Monogatari.

 

[Samansu]

OMG yes! BtN had the best festivals! That is one thing I have hated about the newer games. Festivals are just boring cutscene things... I wan races, tomato fights, egg hunting, and swimming! ^-^

Ugh they do? I avoid all of those places because I just don't have time to deal with that. Really the major thing I disliked about Lost Valley was the lack of a village. Everything else was totally fine! Also, it was their first attempt! Cut them some slack guys! The improvements from Lost Valley to Skytree Village look amazing! Some people are jerks and just want to hate I guess. I'm too old to have irrational and passionate hatred for something! XD

 

[Greggy]

Yeah, it's better to avoid Tumblr, Reddit, and Miiverse whenever a Natsume Harvest Moon is announced. Such a shame.

Anyway... enough of that, who are your favorite NPCs? My favorite NPC is Duke. He's such a bro towards my farmer. We could go drinking in the Inn's bar after a hard day's work.

 

[Samansu]

Hmm I always really liked Barley and May in BtN. I always felt bad for little May and Barley was really sweet. Duke was pretty cool too, but I'm not a bro so he isn't my favorite! XD BtN really was a great game. I wish the for Girl version didn't end when you got married though! :C

 

[Greggy]

To me, BtN had the best set of cast. The NPCs aren't too eccentric and they feel like they're really residents of Mineral Town. Barley is a sweet old man that taught me how to make ice cream, and May's backstory is complex based on Manna's gossip.

I played the Girl version of BtN in the PSP (which is called Harvest Moon Boy And Girl) and I don't want to get married and just lez out over Karen, but the game still ended because I didn't get married. Still, Back To Nature is a great game.

 

[Samansu]

Yeah they did a great job with them. It was definitely an improvement on HM64 for sure! They really did feel believable. Sometimes the NPCs are more like caricatures!

Oh yeah I have Harvest Moon Boy and Girl. I as super disappointed that it will end even if I don't get married though... That is lame! :C It is still an amazing game for sure! ^-^

 

[Greggy]

Harvest Moon 64 had a darker theme to it. I played BtN first before 64, and I was weirded out with the different relationships and how broken Karen is. It made me appreciate the lighter and more fun tone of of BtN.

 

[Samansu]

HM64 was my first Harvest Moon game, and I still love it! It is pretty dark though. Gotz is an abusive alcoholic, so both Sasha and Karen are really broken. I am always torn because I want to save Karen, but if you let Ann and Cliff get married they beat each other soo... I usually marry Ann to prevent that. It is priority number one for me to befriend everyone in the vineyard in that game, so their situation is better! ^-^

 

[Greggy]

Yup, the vineyard people had so much problems in them so I always try to befriend them first whenever I replay 64. In BtN I always let Cliff go away and make Ann an old maid because of the... past problems they had together in 64. I still married Karen in BtN and made Ann single forever, she doesn't seem to be lonely about it anyway.

A Wonderful Life is also tough when it comes to picking which girl to marry. I married Muffy though. I don't want her to be heartbroken again but I don't want Celia to be bitter towards me. I never married Nami (I might if I play as a girl, but noooo, no same-sex marriage in Harvest Moon), but from what I've heard she's a deadbeat mother if you married her. I made Nami leave the town after marrying Muffy over her.

 

[Samansu]

Yeah that may not be a bad idea. Ann seems content not to marry in 64 for sure. I feel like she wants I more in BtN. Poor Karen gets screwed in BtN too since she has to marry Rick and he ia a huge jerk! XD

I have married Name before and she is pretty awful as a mom. I like Celia better than Muffy, but I do feel bad for Muffy... See this is why I want rival marriage! I don't want to leave a girl lonely and miserable forever because I didn't choose her... ;n;

 

[Greggy]

Yup, Ann certainly doesn't want to get married off in BtN so I made her stay that way. I don't even like Cliff, sorry for the fangirls.

I don't even think there's someone for Muffy in A Wonderful Life, unlike Celia (who has Marlin) and Nami (who has Gustafa or Cody? It's either one of them I can't recall). Griffin was more like a father to her. If you didn't married Muffy you'll feel bad about her because she often cries at the beach every night because she's getting so lonely. Muffy is also a sweet wife and a good mother without being too boring and traditional, so she's my pick in AWL.

 

[Samansu]

Yeah I will admit I haven't played AWL since I was a kid and I wrote Muffy off as a ditzy, spoiled girl so I never got to know her. I always wanted to protect Celia from Marlin he was a jerk, but maybe he is sweet to her. Poor Muffy really is all alone. Maybe I will try to marry her next time. Honestly I want to marry Flora though! XD yay for hot archaeologists! ^///^

 

[Greggy]

You can only marry Flora in the DS games, which I never played, afaik. Too bad, I also liked her.
Speaking of hot archaeologists, what's your opinion on Calvin or Phoebe from ToT/AP? They seem to be forgettable in the fandom but I like them both, especially their child Heath.