If the wife's affection is kept high for a season after marriage, she will become pregnant and give birth two seasons later. If players upgrade their home twice, buy certain items, and rescue 60 Harvest Sprites, they may choose to marry. However, it can be brushed to increase its affection towards the player.Īfter earning enough money, the player may upgrade their house by calling Gotz, and buy a kitchen, appliances, or furniture items by using the Harvest Sprite Shopping Network. This horse does not need to be fed, and cannot get sick. After the player ships 1000 items, Takakura will bring him a horse to keep. Cows and sheep require an animal shed to live in before they may be purchased, and ducks and chickens require a bird shed. Cows, sheep, ducks, and chickens are available for purchase, and must be housed in different types of pens, which must be bought from Gotz, the town's woodcutter. While the cat does little, the dog may be trained to fetch balls and chase away wild dogs from the farm.

Players begin the game with only a dog and a cat on their farm.

Each crop must be planted during a certain season for example, turnips must be planted in the spring. Growing crops is slightly different from the previous Harvest Moon games rather than being restricted to his own farm land, the player may grow crops on unowned fields of various sizes and fertility all over the valley.

Players earn money primarily through their farm, by growing crops or raising livestock. It is the first entry in the series without series creator Yasuhiro Wada heavily involved, though it borrows many assets from Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, such as the graphical style from the former and setting of the latter. It was published and developed by Marvelous Interactive, and released in Japan on March 17, 2005. Harvest Moon DS is a farm simulation role-playing game for the Nintendo DS, part of the Story of Seasons series. Farming Simulator Role-Playing Rating(s) ESRB

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