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Harvest Moon Comments by Ellie Gibson

8 September, 2005

Farming goes handheld.

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Teeth
08/09/05 @ 12:05
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Nice interview. Robots, eh?? Very interesting...
smelly
08/09/05 @ 12:06
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Wooot! Great news!!

Now all we need is a feature where you can put you wife on the game (or in the case of muffy, get her working as a stripper).. And it needs guns to go rob other farmers.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 12:09
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It's a shame they missed the boat on connectivity in the DS version.

I'd agree about the characters, there are some very interesting storylines in there for an ostensibly kiddy title - like in the GBA version where there's that guy whose wife ran away, came back with a kid, and then lef the kid there and ran away again, or the woman whose husband's gone off looking for a rare herb so she doesn't keel over and die or something, except she'd rather he was just there because she's so lonely.
myiagros
08/09/05 @ 12:20
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thank god the PSP version is a new game.
Have recently heard they are also rereleasing HM:Back to nature on PSP, in a surround, not even incorperating widescreen.
deaner
08/09/05 @ 12:24
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That's my favourite ever Eurogamer interview.
joey
08/09/05 @ 12:24
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Yasuhiro Wada: If I had to choose a piece of hardware to buy, I'd choose the PSP. But if I wanted to play, I'd buy a DS!

Fair comment I think. still there is something about that bloody PSP that makes me want one...and it's not the games.

Just been thinking...*ouch* the new Ipod Nano comes in shiny black also...I wonder why?
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Nikanoru
08/09/05 @ 12:29
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15 years? Try 9.
Aretak
08/09/05 @ 12:31
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The version of Harvest Moon on the Cube was rubbish beyond belief. I took it back the day after I got it.
renzo
08/09/05 @ 12:40
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PSP, obviously.
drumbaby
08/09/05 @ 12:40
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Gotta be PSP
drumbaby
08/09/05 @ 12:48
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Went off...had another think..yup, still PSP ;)
renzo
08/09/05 @ 12:53
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Out of that list of games, how many have you played?
smelly
08/09/05 @ 12:54
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Well obviously if you're a kid who only cares about pretty gfx and showing off your 3d pixels of games more suited to a tv set than to a handheld (which thanks to short battery life you have to sit next to power poitn to play properly anyhow) then you're going to love the psp.

And I can understand that.

Me, i'm sticking with DS as i like games. Kirby canvas is the best game i've played in almost a decade!!!! Given choice of that, or to replay games i already own on ps2? No contest.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 12:57
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" I knew that DS is better for GAMES.

Ask yourselves if you can only one system which will you get."

What are you talking about? What place has such a comment got here?

This article is about a Harvest Moon game coming out for both DS *and* PSP - the PSP version has an interesting new setting, WiFi features and possibly downloadable content. The DS version is more traditional but has interesting user input and probably some mini games, and also that whole catch'em all thing with the new creatures mentioned, but lacks online and connectivity features.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 12:57
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Also let us try for just once not to turn every thread into a DS vs. PSP war?

Please?
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 13:02
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What the hell are you talking about?
renzo
08/09/05 @ 13:02
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I was not going to ask you to go on, but after seeing that you listed Ultimate Card Games, I absolutely have to.
joey
08/09/05 @ 13:03
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Think this was my fault - sorry, just thought it was an interesting comment.

BACK on topic - it's nice to see different features on the two systems dont you think??
renzo
08/09/05 @ 13:03
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Fill my ignorant brain with your magical lists!
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 13:04
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"Fill my ignorant brain with your magical lists!"

LOL!
kangarootoo
08/09/05 @ 13:07
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Had someone already nabbed the bengali username then? Man, that must have drove you nuts. Good to see you found a solution though.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 13:09
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joey - yes; they are completely different systems so it makes sense to redesign for each system. Different price point, different user base, different input system, different capabilities, different screens. You'd be mad crazy to try and make the exact same game work on both consoles.
kangarootoo
08/09/05 @ 13:14
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"Dont LOL"

Top work.
kangarootoo
08/09/05 @ 13:15
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"Back on topic here are the scores for HArvest Moon DS"

Does anyone else know what is going on here? Let me have a go.

Banana
Apple
Mango
Pomegranit
Plum
Banana... Doh!

Clearly I'm just not cut out for this list business.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 13:21
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Shows what I know. Comment deleted.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 13:27
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So, is that a good or bad score for Famitsu?
smelly
08/09/05 @ 13:28
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"nooooooooo!! can't. afford. both. :( "

Get the one which appeals to you the most then! :-)
kangarootoo
08/09/05 @ 13:28
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You ever get that feeling that you don't have the information you need to make a decision? I'm now really not quite sure whether bengalibengali is being serious, or reeling us in.

Either way this thread is swiftly becoming an effective cure for insomnia.
smelly
08/09/05 @ 13:49
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"In comparion Nintendogs got "

Yes.. but in terms of reviews.. the numers are pointless without the words.

A number score on its own is meaningless. All the reviewers mayve said "this is the best game in the world.. if you like this sort of thing, if you only like fps games, it sucks" for example.

souljah
08/09/05 @ 14:06
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"We've already heard that you can stroke the animals with the stylus"

Hello, Jack Thompson? Zoophilia...where you do stand?
trevd72
08/09/05 @ 14:40
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have any of you seen the PSP shots of this. It looks a cheap ass port. it does not use the full screen, intead there is a grass border down each side. so if they could not be bothered to optimise the screen i would imagine nothing else is updated. RE-HASH - RIP OFF
kangarootoo
08/09/05 @ 15:03
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"http://www.gamestats.com/objects/695/695643/#reviews"

LOL. Thats put my mind at rest now, I know what I am dealing with again.

@smelly.

Has this thread taught you nothing?! Numbers and lists are all that counts. A universal constant exists that keeps all reviews inherently balanced ;)
Derblington
08/09/05 @ 15:11
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Trev - Oh dear.
Teeth
08/09/05 @ 15:23
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Anyone got a link to these PSP screens or is trev just winding people up :)
toy_brain
08/09/05 @ 15:30
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I never really got into Harvest Moon: AWL on the Gamecube (played the first year, got married, then stopped after a couple months on year 2), though that could be because I just never had the time or inclination to sit down for hours on end to plod through it.

Mabye it'll work better on a handheld - being able to grab a quick go here and there whenever the mood takes me.
Oh, and I hope theres none of that getting married and raising kids stuff anymore - that kinda just got in the way of the farming and freely buggering about for me.
trevd72
08/09/05 @ 15:52
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here you go, scroll down the page a little.

http://www.pspupdates.com/2005_09_05_archive.html

and the source (just found it)

http://psp.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143420
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Teeth
08/09/05 @ 16:07
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Wow. Well I hope they've re-thought that. It looks pants.

He did mention about it being set on an island with a robotic main character though so I guess that's a pretty old screenshot. They'd be mugs to foul up the PSP version of this IMO.
SuperGamerMatt
08/09/05 @ 18:06
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Stroking cows, hmm
SuperGamerMatt
08/09/05 @ 18:08
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Anyway which version should I get? Eeeny, meeny, miiny, mo (reminds me of that Simpson's episode)
Machiavel
08/09/05 @ 19:11
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Sounds great - except that you're actually a robot.!?!?!?!
smelly
08/09/05 @ 23:05
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"The game concept might be interesting, but they should do something a bit better than just porting stuff, IMO. "

Reads article (espeically robot bit), looks at shots.. thinks shots are a tad fake.

Dont judge until you see for yourself (same goes to all those numpties that are pre-ordering consoles before they've seen games running on them! muppets!)

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