Author: christina2010
Date: Feb 28, 08 5:27pm (PT)
Subject: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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This discussion is basically to talk about the next sequel of Harvest Moon. It's similar to a general discussion only not as active.
Topics:
*Since IOH hasn't came out yet, how do you feel about a new sequel already?
*New Marriage Candidates
*Will the graphics be better?
*Glitches
Opinions are the only thing you can give, I know, but just wondering about your thoughts on this game.
~Christina~
Author: Skywing
Date: Feb 28, 08 5:31pm (PT)
Subject: re: [Discussion] Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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It'a weird that we're talking about a sequel to a game that none of us have.
Anyways, I think the graphics will be the same and it's a sequel but it still has all the same characters only a few more. Is it possible that they made a remake of the first one already?
They'll probably fix the glitches.
Also the new girl bachellorette is cute.
This message was edited by Skywing 93 on Feb 28 2008.
Author: The Rising Nebula
Date: Feb 28, 08 5:50pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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I sort of feel frustrated to see there being a sequel to the Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness game that hasn't even been released yet. We haven't even been able to touch the box that the game comes in yet along play the actual game. Besides this I feel were being cheated a little with all the waiting we've had to done, but then again the wait will all be worth it in the end. Hopefully with the wait the first game won't have so many glitches like HM DS had.
I actually was quite surprised to see both of the new marriage candidates, they are really great. I think that with their looks being altogether classy and rich looking they will make the HM: SS & F game even better in so many ways, if only they could be in the HM: IoH game.
Seeing as how the Shining Sun and Friends game is a sequel and based on it's screenshots the graphics look like they will be quite similar and the same as what Island of Happiness will look like. But hey, at least it's a change from the regular 2D graphics that HM DS had.
Because of such a long wait, with the first game before this one, I'm guessing there won't be as many glitches as there was with HM DS, hopefully. =D If not then, lmao I'm going to freak, what would have been the point to keep us waiting for the game and all.
Author: christina2010
Date: Feb 28, 08 5:56pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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honestly, I too am very upset about having a sequel so soon. It feels like as soon as we get Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, this game will have a release date and we'll wait for it too. If there were drastic changes it would be ok, but I feel as though this game is just like IOH, just with new marriage candidates, which they have plenty of time to add to IOH.
~Christina~
Author: The Rising Nebula
Date: Feb 28, 08 6:02pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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quote christina2010
honestly, I too am very upset about having a sequel so soon. It feels like as soon as we get Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, this game will have a release date and we'll wait for it too. If there were drastic changes it would be ok, but I feel as though this game is just like IOH, just with new marriage candidates, which they have plenty of time to add to IOH.
~Christina~
I have to agree with Christina, I think that with all this time they've had to plan out the Island of Happiness game that they should add in the extra marriage candidates. It also makes me sort of sad to see that the graphic are a lot like the previous game before Shining Sun and Friends, if only they could have improved them even more, but based on the screenshots they look almost identical with the 1st games screens.
Author: Skywing
Date: Feb 28, 08 6:08pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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Like I said, They probably came up with the new stuff after they released the first, thus they would have to not go through with the stuff or make a remake that is slightly different. This is another idea. The first had a few changes so they released it to see how people would react to the changes. (basically a testrun or demo) Then they would make a remake based off of what the peole liked from the first one.
Author: The Rising Nebula
Date: Feb 28, 08 6:17pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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Yes that may be true Skywing 93 but if the Island of Happiness game is only suppose to be a demo, something for us to taste perhaps, what would have been the purpose of holding it back so long, with changing the release date so many times? Obviosly they had some small problem or feature that would take up quite a long time to localize into North America, etc. I wonder what that could be, any ideas guys?
Author: Skywing
Date: Feb 28, 08 6:21pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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Here's some possible ideas for why they might have delayed it a lot:
1. they found more glitches
2. they forget to translate something
3. they felt like it
Author: The Rising Nebula
Date: Feb 28, 08 6:34pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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Some of those are good ideas, except for the "they felt like it" idea, that would just be outrageous. What I have been thinking and leaning towards why they keep delaying the game and all is because of the glitches. It's possible since there were so many in HM DS that they wanted to make sure that there weren't as many and they kept editing, revising, editing, revising, and so on until they couldn't find much at all. This would only be if Natsume truly wants to make up for how the glitches pretty much took over in HM DS. Just my opinion on how things went though.
Author: Toshiko
Date: Mar 01, 08 12:24pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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quote Christina2010
*Since IOH hasn't came out yet, how do you feel about a new sequel already?
quote Skywing93
It'a weird that we're talking about a sequel to a game that none of us have.
Yes it is very strange. But I'm annoyed. But not because they are making a new sequel already but because they kept pulling the release date back for IOH so much that we know about it's sequel before even playing IOH.
quote Christina2010
*New Marriage Candidates
New Marriage Candidates are always good but I like it when they keep some of the old ones. I really do like Suiren though. Sadly, Mark doesn't impress me as much.
quote Christina2010
*Will the graphics be better?
Looking at some of the screen shots. I think they will be the same but seeing as we haven't played either (IOH or SS&F) I can't really say. I think they should at least try and improve the graphics especially seeing as we all know that they are probably only going to keep pulling the date back for reasons we never seem to find out.
quote Christina
*Glitches
Where some glitches can be helpful and some annoying I like neither. I prefer it when the game runs smoothly and you don't have glitches to help you along or to mess everything up. I think they should spend some extra time fixing the glitches especially if they're going to pull back the date on this one just like they have for IOH. If there are glitches I'm going to freak too.
quote Skywing93
(basically a testrun or demo)
Sadly I doubt it. If it was a demo or test run they wouldn't have kept pushing back the release date to fix things (seeing as I can't come up with a better excuse for them pushing back the date). They would have made the demo game as best they could, released it, got feedback and made the remake making sure they fixed everything that was wrong the first time round that they didn't use extra time to fix.
»» Tosh ««
Author: Skywing
Date: Mar 01, 08 1:42pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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The one thing though that I'm wondering is, what will be the difference tbetween the two games? Besides for a couple of new characters and maybe a bonus or two. But what will be the biggest or main difference? Any ideas?
Author: Toshiko
Date: Mar 01, 08 2:03pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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There are in fact so many possibilities to what they are going to change in this sequel but then there are always going to be a lot of things that stay the same otherwise it wouldn't be a sequel.
New ideas are always brilliant to have especially in a sequel but because I haven't played IOH I can't say what I'd like to see differently in this game even as IOH's sequel.
It's possible they could go through every game they have ever made in the Harvest Moon Series and pick out what everyone liked best and try and fit it into the game. Without playing IOH what they might do is practically impossible to guess.
If I had to give them a tip on what we're looking for in a game I would definitely tell them to take a few things out of Harvest Moon Tree Of Peace also known as Harvest Moon Heroes. Yes the game is for the Wii but the game is incredible from what I've heard and it's not yet out.
- The ability to unlock certain things that aren't in IOH through doing certain things.
- More or less goals before you can marry. (I personally wouldn't mind seeing a big difference in that section myself.)
- Different heart events. (They seem to get slightly repetitive these days so a big change in that would be worth it in my opinion.)
- More animals available to buy or your farm. (For example the silkworm and ostrich in HM:TOP/HMH)
»» Tosh ««
Author: xSquirrel_Loverx
Date: Mar 01, 08 3:49pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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=/ New game already? I hope that HM: IOH would come out already. For the things they have changed, I doubt it's going to be a lot.
I agree with Trav though. I [color=ff4500]really hope this won't have as much glitches as HM:DS. I will freak out.\
Is there a release date for Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness yet?
Author: Skywing
Date: Mar 01, 08 4:45pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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I've heard around the forums that IOH is coming out around mid May.
Author: christina2010
Date: Mar 01, 08 8:10pm (PT)
Subject: re: Another Harvest Moon Game? :)
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I definately feel as though they need to make major changes, especially with marriage requirements. I think that marriage requirements should be different for each character, that would be neat. I also think that heart events should be more specific to each character and have a role in the "big picture", not just in whether or not you marry someone.
~Christina~
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