- Play as a boy or a girl.
- Attract settlers by building your farm.
- Fall in love and start a family.
- Explore the biggest portable Harvest Moon ever.
- Compete against other ranchers via online with Nintendo Wi-Fi.
Product Description
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You're shipwrecked! Luckily no one was hurt and most of the
passengers set sail for their destinations, but you found an
abandoned homestead on this remote island. With hard work and
skillful farming, you will prosper and help your adventurous
shipmates establish a new village with roads, bridges and
exciting places to visit. There's a lot of farming to do, people
to date and animals to care for, it's a new beginning and a
chance to raise a farming family of your own!
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In Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness players' plans to start a
new life are drastically changed when the ship you are on is
destroyed by a tropical storm. Now you find yourself stranded on
an isolated island with a family of four from the ship. However,
it seems that the island once was inhabited before
what happened
to the people that used to live there? As you develop the island
by growing crops, taking care of animals and expanding your farm,
others will start to move onto the island and this mystery may be
solved. The better you do, the more the island will grow. Though
it was not your original dream, now is your chance to create your
very own paradise.
Create your own paradise
Farming provides food and prestige.
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Find happiness with the perfect mate.
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Track character status and assets.
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Enjoy farm-flavored mini games.
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.First Things First: Farming
Working with your fellow refugees, your first order of business
is to create a farm. With what you grow you will soon be able to
feed yourself and your fellow castaways and eventually will
graduate to raising animals (some of the animals included are:
cows, sheep, chickens and ducks). As you build up your farm,
people who have an interest in the farming business move on over
to the island and seek you out. These people open up shops and
facilities, contributing to the island's development, and provide
you with new areas to explore and new people to speak with.
Getting Married
What good is paradise without someone to share it with? Once
players have established themselves on the island by building and
maintaining a farm and successfully raising animals on their
homestead they will begin to notice that there are quite a few
more people on the island than they initially suspected. Like
yourself, many of these new faces are looking for someone to
share their lives with. In addition to success on the farm,
marriage also requires a few other requirements, but once
satisfied you are free to play the field, go on dates and search
available profiles for that special someone. But be careful. You
will not be compatible with everyone you meet. Just a few or the
bachelors and bachelorettes you will run into are: Name: Natalie
Gender: Female
Bio: Natalie is one of the people who is shipwrecked on the
island with you. She can be rather rough, a tomboy and
competitive, and usually makes fun of her brother. Name: Vaughn
Gender: Male
Bio: An exotic animal dealer, Vaughn has a very serious, almost
emotionless attitude. He comes to the islands on Wednesdays and
Thursdays and carries a lot of money. Name: Sabrina
Gender: Female
Bio: Sabrina came to the island with her her, who is president
of the mining company. She is a quiet, shy girl who helps her
her with his work and is very interested in ores. Name: Shea
Gender: Male
Bio: Shea is the adopted son of the witch doctor, Wada. He helps
Wada by guarding his hens, ducks and birds from the Demon Bears.
Unlike other bachelors, his heart is invisible. Name: Witch
Princess
Gender: Female
Bio: The Witch Princess grew tired of living in Forget-Me-Not
Valley and so moved to the island in hopes of meeting new people.
In addition, she heard that the Harvest Goddess is here. She
keeps 21 small teddy bears and one large one in her house and has
an invisible heart. Name: Denny
Gender: Male
Bio: Denny is very familiar with the sea. He heard there's a lot
to be found on the island, so when his mother told him to meet
new people he came to check it out. Though normally cheerful, he
has quite a temper when mad.The island is full of challenges, but
with hard work and skillful farming, you will prosper and help
your adventurous shipmates establish a new village with roads,
bridges and exciting places to visit. There's a lot of farming to
do, people to date and animals to care for. It's a new beginning
and a chance to raise a farming family of your own.