Harvest Moon on UK VC

By Tom Bramwell Published 4 January, 2008

Along with Chrimbo's DKC3.

As those of you browsing this week's exciting guest-written instalment of What's New may have spotted, the Christmas release of Donkey Kong Country 3 on Wii Virtual Console has been bolstered today by the addition of the SNES version of Harvest Moon.

Like DKC3, which launched on Christmas Day, Harvest Moon asks for 800 Wii Points (approximately GBP 6 / EUR 8), and puts you in the Wellingtons of a small-time farmer working to build an agricultural empire by sowing seeds, milking cows, shearing sheep and selling stuff, before going down the pub to romance the night away and hopefully establish relations with a local maiden.

You'll be able to read about whether it stands the test of time in our regular Virtual Console Roundup soon, or you can bask in Keza's nostalgia instead. And since DKC3 was released at Christmas, we've got you a Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! screenshot gallery along with the expected peculiar Harvest Moon alternative. Enjoy.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Tejstar #1 4 years ago

    Would this be suitable for a 6 year old? I never did get round playing the SNES version, was it any good?

  • jonsaan #2 4 years ago

    Yes it would. Although it's text heavy if it's anything like the other HM games. So reading assistance may be required.

  • Tejstar #3 4 years ago

    Don’t think that should be a problem as long as they don’t use complicated words. Might be worth a purchase for £6.

  • erp #4 4 years ago

    I'm really, really tempted by this, having never played a Harvest Moon game yet often been intrigued by them.

    However, I think I'd prefer to play it on DS/GBA so I'll maybe plump for one of the others in the series instead. Which is the best handheld version to get?

    I was all set to buy the latest DS version until I saw the mauling Keza gave it on here - and having read her various fawnings for the series elsewhere on the site I think I trust her advice...

    PS. I'm kindof a wimp when it comes to games that are even slightly stats-heavy... so please bear that in mind in your recommendations!
    Edited by 1 at 04/01/08 @ 12:33

  • jonsaan #5 4 years ago

    erp. The trouble with the handheld versions is that the series has become overcomplicated in recent years. My fav. Was the gameboy colour version.

  • erp #6 4 years ago

    @jonsaan

    Ahhhh, i was worried about that. Had even the first GBA version been over-complicated?

    Well maybe I'll try to hunt down the GBC version then...

  • Hunam #7 4 years ago

    Holy fucking son of a bitch, I MUST GET NOW!!!

  • ghearoid #8 4 years ago

    @erp

    i've played several handheld versions of harvest moon but my favourite remains harvest moon 2 on GBC. it had a perfect balance of fun, organisation, animal rearing and story. you even had a photographer who would photograph your best moments which you could print out on your GC printer!

    that said, the SNES version has always had glowing reviews so since i've got some Wii points burning a virtual hole in my virtual pocket so i'm going to download this tonight!

    \o/

  • Der_tolle_Emil #9 4 years ago

    The carts are probably pretty rare because as far as I can remember at first they didn't even want to release it in Europe and when it finally was released it was at the very end of the SNES' lifecycle - as far as I can remember the N64 was already released in Europe when this finally came out.

  • gnarl #10 4 years ago

    So too busy to write What's New? Mr Bramwell, but not too busy to write an news report on it? Don't shirk your life's work now.

  • Agent_Llama #11 4 years ago

    Gah, just bought PSP Harvest Moon! Tis very nice. :)