GBA Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town Review

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(More customer reviews)Hmm, where to start?Well, I'll go ahead and begin by saying that this is basically the girl version of "Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town" that came out awhile ago.The games are very similar with the exception of a few, small additions, and of course, the gender specifications of each game.

In this game, you're a single, white, blonde female running a farm all on your own.If you're a fan of the Harvest Moon series, you know that running a farm is much more fun and exciting than it sounds.There are crops to water, animals to feed, cows to milk, sheep to shear, fish to catch, villagers to befriend and much more. =)

However, this game isn't all work.A lot of fun little extra curriculum activities are also entwined into the plot. There are quite a few competitive festivals in which you often get a prize for winning.Some of these include the Cooking Festival (In which you cook a dish and bring it to Rose Square to be judged); the Cow, Sheep, and Chicken Festivals; the Dog Disk Tournament; and much more.

Befriending the villagers will net you some nifty extras.For example, if you and Won become good friends, he'll allow you to sell stuff to him, which is handy because some items he will buy for a higher price than Zack.That, and he'll buy items that you can't normally sell, such as flowers and things you cook.

Mining is also a very fun experience in this game.Busting rocks with a hammer to get ores and gems... Who could say no to that? =P
Once you build up your stamina and learn to make energy-replenishing dishes, you can go very deep in the mines. (Although I'll admit, it can be VERY annoying trying to find the steps down to the next floor on the levels with huge areas. >_<)But if you have the patience, you can reach as low as level 255.The deeper you go in the mines, the more valuable stuff you'll find.And some things you'll find are very useful such as the Cursed Tools, the Goddess Jewels, and the Teleport Stone.

You can upgrade your farm/house in this version of HM as well, but it doesn't stop there. =DYou also get THREE new houses in addition to the one on your farm!Although they are hard to get...
-Vacation Villa (Have Gotz build it for $100,000,000 X_X)
-Mountain Cottage (Present for your 50th Wedding Anniversary)
-Beach House (Get 42 Connectivity Points with HM: Another Wonderful Life for GameCube.)
So yes, as you can see these are hard to obtain, but I guess it gives the hardcore gamers a goal...

The prospect of marriage is always fun, and in this game you have quite a variety.You have the same guys that were in HM: Back to Nature as well as three new secret ones. ^_^The list is as follows:
-Gray (The junior blacksmith)
-Doctor (The town doctor.Odd how his actual name is never mentioned...)
-Kai (The African American lad who only comes during the Summer.He runs a shop on the beach.)
-Cliff (Cute little homeless guy who moved to Mineral Town recently, it would seem.He stays at the Inn.)
-Rick (Red-headed guy who lives at the Chicken Farm.)
-Won (The weird, Asian dude that sells stuff.He lives with Zack on the beach.)
-Gourmet (The big, fat dude that judges the Cooking Festival. He copied Willy Wonka's clothing style... >_>)
-Kappa (A swamp monster, pretty much, lol.Yep, a genuine Japanese water demon...)

So there you have it.All the cool aspects of the game put into detail.Now for the bad things...

-A LOT of typos.Seriously, it's annoying.The oddest one is after you're married to anyone but Gray, go talk to him.He speaks Japanese. O.o
-Your animals can die. =(I know some people think this is more realistic, but I find it extremely annoying.After you go and win the festivals with them and get their affection all the way up, they die in a few years.(Chickens live for about 3 years before they start dieing.Cows and Sheep live for 4 or 5.Can't remember.)Although you can cheat death by saving before you go to sleep and then loading if they die, since the funerals are always in the morning... =)
-There are some very valuable and useful items that are obtained too late in the game. The Gem of Truth is a pain, and the Teleport Stone can only be gotten after the third year, and even then it's annoying getting to it. (All the way at the bottom on the Spring Mine. >_<)Also, a lot of things are just annoying to get.The Goddess Gem, the Kappa Gem, and the Mythic Tools are the main things.
-The Vacation Villa costs waaaaaay too much. X_X One hundred million gill is FAR too much, IMO.Ten million would've been an adequate price, I think....
-The game can get repetitive, seriously repetitive.Once you've played a few dozen years, you're kind of sitting there going "Why am I still doing this...?" lol But for some reason, you can't put it down.Thankfully there's a lot of things to obtain, keeping you interested for that long.

Well, that's about all I've got.If you do decide to buy the game, I hope you enjoy it. ^_^

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Product Description:
You've always lived in the city...working 9 to 5 and enduring the rat race that you call life. That is until one day you came across an advertisement for a fantastic life in the country. Excited, you quit your job, packed your belongings and headed to the country for a new opportunity. However, instead of finding the 'advertised' life you wanted...you found a long neglected farm in a town full of strangers! Never one to shy away from a challenge...you roll up your sleeves, dig in and start to create the life and farm of your dreams! It is up to you to successfully rejuvenate the farm and build a life for yourself with family and friends. The best part is...you can do it anyway you want! Plant and harvest crops, raise farm animals, marry the man of your dreams and start a family...create your own pastoral adventure!

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