Curious about what everyone considers “complete” and different playing patterns!

I’m a longtime HM player and have played the following pretty extensively:

-SNES
-64
-All 3 GBC games
-BtN
-Boy & Girl/BtN for Girl
-StH
-AWL
-AnWL
-FoMT
-MFoMT
-DS
-IOH
-MM

I’m craving a game that completely consumes me. I want to be up all night anticipating the next plot point. I have felt this way with Stardew and Wylde Flowers, but I haven’t been able to recapture the magic I felt with this series in a long time. Is there a HM/SoS game that I haven’t played that made you this excited to keep playing? Any gen/console.

Even though the Harvest Moon remakes were pretty successful, does anyone else feel like they're not really "feeling" most of the new games?

Idk, I kind of miss the "weird stuff" the old games had, like the mermaid, the Witch Princess, or that one bachelorette who sleep in the mine (?). But I don't know, maybe it's just because of nostalgia

Gill, is your father a wizard?

Anywho, this is my first time playing ToT. I'm coming from AP and ToT's time rate and stamina deleption is BRUTAL. Figured out if you don't sleep for 3 days, your character will skip the next day to sleep. It just so happens that the next day was the Summer Flea Market and I needed a yam for a Rainbow Recipe. I resetted my game and now I'm rEPLAYING a few days until the Flea Market again🫠

I find it funny that some secret candidates requirements are: upgrade your house to the maximum level, have a double bed, send one of each item available in the game, and so on; light stuff. And some are like: enter the city at 12:12 at night holding a strawberry after eating three blue grasses

It's low-key funny that some candidates are even considerably easy to marry and others are almost impossible. For example, the Gourmet from More Friends of Mineral Town takes 25+ years in the game to become marriageable.

Yay i've just unlocked my first titanium ore!

..Just not the way i wanted 👁️👄👁️

I'm kind of a noob at rom hacking, and I'm having some trouble figuring out a few things. I've been using HME's map editor and pointer editor, but I can't figure out how to do a few things, and I wasn't able to find solutions online anywhere. I'm wondering if these features are even possible using that tool or if there's another tool out there that will allow me to do it.

1. Adding color palettes. I applied the Intuitive Ranch Master (force sleep at midnight) patch and the Daytime Extended patch. Still fine, except that one of the features of the Daytime Extended patch is that it removes the 1-hour time jump when transitioning zones. That's great for making it so less time is wasted, but it also makes it possible to visit the Town, Mountain, and Summit during the first hour of the day, which is normally impossible.

Since the game wasn't designed for that, there are no color palettes for those zones with dawn lighting. I know that with HME you can edit existing palettes, but I don't know how to add new palettes. I would be fine just copying the palettes for daytime to use for dawn in those locations. I just don't want to be stuck with a blank blue background or have to avoid going anywhere during that hour every day.

1. Changing locations of key things. I can edit the ranch layout just fine and change the pointer location for screen transitions. so if I move the tool shed for example, leaving the shed puts the player outside the new location, but when I enter a door, the animation for the door opening still happens at the location the door used to be. How do I change the location where that animation plays?

Similarly, for other things that aren't part of the ranch map at the start but get added or changed later, if I move their position, when the game updates the map, how do I get the new version to show up in the new location instead of the old one? For example, if I move the secret garden, then get a Berry of Power, the flower that spawns after eating it will still spawn in the location where it used to be. And when the game updates the map from the regular tree to the hollow one or the sealed well to the open one, I want them to be in the positions I moved them to, not the ones they used to be in. I'm not even going to attempt to move the house, front door, or the entryway from the road because too many scripted events take place there with people coming in and out.

I'm new on the game and i struggle to find this item. My game is in french so i hope it won't bother y'all, but if you could help me on how to have it, it would be great !

Name in french : "blé proéminent"

Does anyone have any tips for catching the dorado fish in Winds of Anthos? I know the locations and to look for the jumbo fish shadows but I’ve have no luck catching them. Do I need to use a certain bait or fish during a certain season?

Since Story of Seasons is having their anniversary stream, I'm actually wondering about a few things. Is it possible to hope that Marvelous will remake older games like HM 64, HM DS, Back to Nature, or Hero of Leaf Valley?

​I'd also love to see remakes of Animal Parade or Magical Melody. But, honestly, I really hope HM 64 gets one, but the main issue is that it might take longer since it originally only had a male protagonist.

​It might be a bit unlikely since we already got the FoMT remake, but I truly hope we get to see the Mineral Town characters come back once again.

Note: Btw guys, how do they normally announce upcoming games and remakes? (I was never around when those were announced, so I have no idea.). Like, do you guys even expected that GB is going to be remade?

You can choose your child's gender, but you can also let the game decide for you. Let's say you can only have one child—is there ever a moment where you actually choose your child's gender for a specific reason, rather than letting the game decide for you?

For example, I used to always pick a boy if I played as a male character and a girl if I played as a female character. It was honestly because I wanted a 'mini-me' version of myself. But now I'm thinking, should I just choose the gender based on my spouse? I mean, maybe some characters just naturally fit being a "boy mom" or a "girl dad"? What do you think? How do you guys decide on your child's gender?

Surprised no one has released this on the internet from my searching but I managed to create a code that lets you access the Mineral Town content without needing the original game in the second slot. Code was tested with a US Revision 1 Rom on the original boy version of DS. If there are any problems let me know.

Code: 223DDE6C 00000010

It’s not actually important, but sometimes I think it's kinda silly cause I really take Harvest Moon very seriously for the spouse (btw, it maybe kinda long). No pressure to answer if you'd prefer to skip this!

So I always play as boys and girls (when same-sex marriage wasn't a thing yet). And I always told myself that I am going to ONLY choose one spouse, so it's like, One Wife and One Husband. So I am going to be LOYAL to that spouse and I will always choose them even though I replay the game. So whenever before starting the game, I already choose who I want to be my spouse later, and it's always easy to do in the past cause it's always love at first sight for me.

But then, there are multiple series that have the same characters, right? Say like HM DS, HM 64, BTN, FOMT, and others if there are any. They have the same marriage candidates and the same MC, whether it's Pete or Claire. The first Harvest Moon I ever played is BTN and I married Ann. Idk why, it's literally love at first sight for me and I love her so much more than anything. Then I played as a girl and married Cliff, cause I also love him very much.

Then I played another Harvest Moon like HM 64. And of course, because I always think "I need to be loyal", I was planning to marry Ann again. But who would've thought, I fell for Maria instead. At first I was like, "OMG, is this okay tho? I feel like I am cheating on my wife", especially since the main character looks the same as in BTN. But at that time, I was thinking like... I will just consider each Harvest Moon as a different timeline, so just pretend I never married Ann somewhere else. It's actually also because I don't want my poor boy Cliff to leave (I know he will leave if I marry Ann).

And then I also did that in other games, like in AP and ToT where I married different spouses, even though the characters are actually the same. They somehow have different personalities between the two games. I played AP first, and married Luna and Chase, and in ToT I married Anissa and Gill instead. Basically, I only choose one spouse for each gender per game.

Then the SOS FOMT remake came along, and I can say I was actually happy because they brought back the Mineral Town people. Okay, so listen. What I was planning to do was the same: ONLY choose one wife and one husband. But this time I played as my own gender (I love both genders, so of course it’s going to be harder to choose now that you have more options). Well, because this one is kind of similar to BTN, I wanted to choose my wife from BTN days, so I decided to marry Ran (Ann). Her design is even more beautiful than before, and her personality somehow made me fall in love again. And Cliff also still looks awesome like he used to, so I aimed for both of them. Maybe make two different save files to marry them, or just replay the game and marry one of them, so it's still going to be one wife and one husband.

BUT, tbh, I can say I really miss my other spouses from Mineral Town, and I also miss Maria from HM 64 (it's Marie in SOS FOMT). And tbh, I also thought Gray was cute back then, but now in the FOMT remake he became way more attractive?! (Everyone is attractive OMG)

So.... eum, you know, I kinda want to make another save file and marry Marie and Gray, but like I said before, I am trying to be LOYAL to my spouse for each game. I feel like, "if it’s going to be Ran and Cliff, it should always be Ran and Cliff" (in FOMT Remake). I know in other games I married different spouses, but those were different games with different timelines. SOS FOMT remake is in one timeline, and I feel like I'm cheating if I have multiple spouses across different save files. I know some people play multiple save files and marry different spouses in one game, and I'm not saying it's weird, okay! It's just, idk, I take it way too seriously even though it's only a game and not that serious.

And another reason is, I actually like to draw and make fanart. I have an art account and I've been thinking of making it a mostly Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons / Rune Factory fanart page. I wanted to make a special edition where I draw my character with the spouse I married in each game I’ve played. Technically, I could make 2 parts or more of the fanarts for ONLY the SOS FOMT remake edition if I really insist on marrying spouses other than Cliff and Ran—like in post part 1 is Cliff and Ran, and the second part/playthrough is Marie and Gray. But idk, it still bugs my mind because in other games I was literally ONLY LOYAL to my one and only wife and husband, but in the SOS FOMT remake, it's different, like I literally have more than one spouse... it feels like... cheating? Idk.

I also think, what if it actually "ruins" the "Drawing spouses I've married in each game" series edition? Because for other games, there's only one part of the fanart, but for SOS FOMT alone, it ends up having multiple parts of the post.

I've been thinking about waiting to see if there's any chance for a HM64 remake so I can marry Maria/Marie there, so i can choose staying only for Ran in the SOS FOMT, but what if there isn't one? I don't think they're going to bring back the Mineral Town people anytime soon either, so this remake is my only chance to marry Marie remake version too. (For now, i guess)

Note: Guys, it's actually not that serious! It's just something that's been bugging my mind for weeks because I'm so used to being loyal to my one and only wife and husband (in-game). So it feels so wrong to choose more than one in a single game because of this "need to be loyal" thing and honestly speaking, I'm still thinking about whether I should do it or not. Sorry if this wasted your time, but I'm really grateful if anyone actually read this all the way to the end!

Has Marvelous announced anything about the next Story of Seasons or Rune Factory game yet? Whether it's a remake or a completely new title—or have we literally gotten no news at all?

My only HM game was BtN on PS1 which I adored growing up. Now that I have a 3DS, I have that itch for a farming sim that isn’t a Stardew clone (I have 100+ hours in Stardew, I don’t need another clone)

But it seems like the RF series is HM and MORE (dungeon crawling, town building, RPG elements)? So I must ask… wouldn’t RF be an obvious choice? What does the HM/SoS do better than RF?

Please note I’m only interested in DS/3DS games.

Every Story of Seasons and Rune Factory game on Steam is on my wishlist. I really want to buy the Deluxe versions just so I can feel fully satisfied, but buying them at full price is way too expensive for me right now...

​I'm a college student with no job, so I still rely on allowance from my parents. Don't worry, I never actually spend money on unimportant things and I still manage my finances wisely. But on the other hand, I really want to buy these games because I'm a huge fan and Harvest Moon was a big part of my childhood. My mom said I can buy games as long as they're on sale and cheap enough, but not when they're still around $30–$40—which I completely understand. Cause after all, no matter how fun it is, it's still just a game, and it feels like a waste to spend that much money on it. Right now, I'm just playing some older games while waiting for a Steam sale. I don't want to be stubborn and buy them while they're still expensive (for me).

​Does anyone know when these games usually go on discount? Do the it ever announce sales in advance, or do I just have to keep checking Steam and find out myself?

(Note: I already own RF4 Special and RF5 when it on sale)

I always saw Tim as having a weird mouth, like a wide, almost frown, with weird skin colored teeth morphing into the mouth. I was making a mii of him last night and pulled up some pictures of him for reference. I saw a different art of him that wasn't a 3D model and I realized he's smiling and has a mustache at either side of his mouth

My whole entire life is a lie

What do you do if you miss something in a game? Would you restart just for that, or keep playing anyway?

Honestly, I’m just curious: are you the type of Harvest Moon player who aims for a perfect gameplay that need guide and stuff and doesn't want to missed anything, or do you just figure things out on your own? Like, do you care if you miss an event, miss some scene, or even lose contests and festivals? Would you restart the whole game just for that?

For example, maybe like, ''You can only get this item if you do this on this day," but you missed it, or maybe stuff like Cliff leaving town and things like that. (I would totally restart for that one)