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The Harvest Moon Discussion Thread!

Sorry to barge in, but have any of you played A New Beginning?
I am considering getting it for my 3DS, but I did not enjoy A Tale of Two Towns, so I do not want a repeat.
1) Is there things to do besides the same thing over and over?
2) How are the customization options?
3) How are the graphics?
 
Sorry to barge in, but have any of you played A New Beginning?
I am considering getting it for my 3DS, but I did not enjoy A Tale of Two Towns, so I do not want a repeat.
1) Is there things to do besides the same thing over and over?
2) How are the customization options?
3) How are the graphics?

1. Well, the things unlock slowly, but you do need a routine which you will do over and over. You'll probably unlock everything/everyone by Year 3-4.
2. Amazing! You can change the town and your farm, move houses and add decorations.
As for your character, you can change your clothes (I think there are 93 outfits), skin tone, eyes, eye colour, hair and hairstyle. There's a hair salon for your hair, and a witch will move in who can change your face. Dunno about the skin colour.
3. The graphics are pretty good for the 3DS, but not amazing like some other games. The game is choppy in the town/farm area but it runs smoothly in the mountain area.


I need Amethyst for the Maker Room but I'm only on Fall Year 1. Anybody got extra?

I have some. How many do you need?
 
Aargh Felicity won't accept the ring. -.-

She's at green heart level and I've seen both the black and purple heart events.
 
Aargh Felicity won't accept the ring. -.-

She's at green heart level and I've seen both the black and purple heart events.

Make sure it's on a Sunny day at the right time. The first time I tried with Iroha she just made a dumb compliment on it. It also can't be a festival day. Also, if nothing works, give a few more gifts.
 
Aargh Felicity won't accept the ring. -.-

She's at green heart level and I've seen both the black and purple heart events.

As E765 said in order for her to accept the ring:
*Must be sunny
*Must have seen all heart events up to/and purple
*Can't give the ring on a festival day

I'd also like to add that it MUST be on Saturday or Sunday (I think afternoon works best? I recall the ring not being accepted in the early morning). Blue heart color as well, but if she's at green you're good to go.
 
As E765 said in order for her to accept the ring:
*Must be sunny
*Must have seen all heart events up to/and purple
*Can't give the ring on a festival day

I'd also like to add that it MUST be on Saturday or Sunday (I think afternoon works best? I recall the ring not being accepted in the early morning). Blue heart color as well, but if she's at green you're good to go.

Oh, I did it at like 10 am on a Sunday morning, I guess it was too early, well at least it's Wednesday in my village, so the weekend is close to try again.
 
I am getting into the game!
I am not much into multiplayer, but I also don't know what it entails in this game.
I have a question though: is it bad to chop down all trees on your farm and town?
 
I am getting into the game!
I am not much into multiplayer, but I also don't know what it entails in this game.
I have a question though: is it bad to chop down all trees on your farm and town?

Nope! There isn't anything bad that will happen if you chop them, seeing as they'll grow back again. Trees also give a lot of lumber when you chop them, which is useful for building things. :-)
 
I need more honeycomb products in order to get to Town Restoration Plan #3! The only reason I want this is for a double bed so I can propose to Iroha Winter 1!

Edit: I also need a single bottle for a Seed Maker! Anyone want to help me out here?
 
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Sorry for a double post, but I just needed to put something here.
Got Iroha to red heart, Fall 15 Year 1! It must be just a few days late of the earliest date possible. :P
Also, I don't need bottles anymore lol
 
You got her to a red heart on Fall 15? That's very early.

I'm planning for the revere proposal, so I'm gonna have to wait for Year 2 Summer 22-ish. For the time being, I'm just giving Neil gifts every single day.
 
You got her to a red heart on Fall 15? That's very early.

I'm planning for the revere proposal, so I'm gonna have to wait for Year 2 Summer 22-ish. For the time being, I'm just giving Neil gifts every single day.

Yeah... Now if I could only finish Town Restoration Plan #2 (honey prodcuts, grr) so I can move onto #3 and get a double bed... Winter 1 is when the feather is in stock so I'm trying for that day.
 
You got her to a red heart on Fall 15? That's very early.

I'm planning for the revere proposal, so I'm gonna have to wait for Year 2 Summer 22-ish. For the time being, I'm just giving Neil gifts every single day.

It's also impossible. Just sayin'. Iroha moves in on Spring 15. Talking each day gives 100 FP, and giving her the 500 gift means that's 600 friendship a day. With those 60 days, that's a total of 36,000 friendship. I could count the festivals, but that would be 2000 from the crop, flower bouquet on Spring 30 means 2000 more, winning Summer Crop will be another 2000, and another 2000 will bring you to a total of 44,000.

Even with her 800 gift, which you couldn't have given for all of those days because it's unlocked Summer of year 1, and you still have to grow it, taking away about 15 days, leaving you with 30 days for her 800 gift. So, final calculations, are 900*30=27,000. The other days would be the 500 gift, so 600*30 = 18,000. the 8,000 from winning all those festivals puts you at 53,000. Also note that she doesn't have a favorite animal, and it's impossible to have different clothing that early in the game, so it's a range from 44,000 to 53,000 possible friendship, just 7,000 short of red.
 
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