Harvest Moon Wii details spilled

By Walt Wyman, GameSpotPosted Aug 11, 2006 12:57 pm PT

Marvelous plants the Harvest Moon seed on the Wii with Bokujo Monogatari Wii; new island-based DS Harvest Moon game revealed.

Marvelous, the maker of the farming-life strategy franchise Harvest Moon, isn't taking time off to celebrate the series' 10th anniversary this year. Harvest Moon: Innocent Life for the PlayStation Portable has already been released in Japan--where the series is known as Bokujo Monogatari--while a Nintendo DS title, Rune Factory, is slated for release there on August 24.

But the company has recently revealed information on perhaps the most anticipated game in the series: Harvest Moon for the Nintendo Wii. It appears that the game--tentatively titled Bokujo Monogatari Wii--will make ample use of Nintendo's next-gen controller to simulate farm chores, according to the latest Weekly Famitsu.

A handful of screenshots in the magazine demonstrated the Wii-mote's capabilities, including swinging the controller like a hoe to till soil, tilting it like a watering can to water crops, and swinging it like a scythe to mow down weeds. In game, icons appear on the screen's right side to cue players when to move the controller, but otherwise the series' mechanics seem unchanged: Players must still tend to their fields and animals if they want their farms to flourish. Bokujo Monogatari Wii's release date and price have not been announced.

The Wii wasn't the only Nintendo system to get a new Harvest Moon game. Marvelous also announced a new Nintendo DS title, called Bokujo Monogatari: Kimi to Sodatsu Shima. The game's main characters--an old man, a mother, and her three children--are shipwrecked on a deserted island, but by cultivating the land, they can eventually encourage people to begin immigrating to it.

According to Famitsu, every operation on the game can be performed with the DS stylus. As in the GameCube's Harvest Moon: Magical Melody, players can choose between a male and female character--whom players can marry off if they find suitable matches.

80 Comments

  • HeavyMG

    Posted Dec 10, 2007 3:59 pm PT

    when i saw this, i got a giddy feeling in my heart, and then i smiled really big. i love harvest moon. i love natsume, i love marvelous.

  • HylianHeart

    Posted Jun 3, 2007 9:21 am PT

    I am so excited. But I have carpel tunnel, so I hope that there will be other ways to carry out the chores besides waving my wrist around all the time

  • 1sweety17

    Posted Apr 16, 2007 12:41 pm PT

    sounds better. i'm looking foward to it

  • gcube10

    Posted Apr 4, 2007 4:03 pm PT

    Should be good

  • pixiedust35147

    Posted Mar 5, 2007 5:38 pm PT

    I love Harvest Moon!

  • Erikf86

    Posted Dec 19, 2006 5:03 pm PT

    Yeaah boy! Harvest moon kicks.

  • broojo02

    Posted Sep 18, 2006 3:10 am PT

    Man I can't wait to hoe that ground and chop that grass!!! Get me nice and healthy!

  • AlphonseElric23

    Posted Aug 18, 2006 3:57 pm PT

    Valen_Ca: That would be great!I hope so!

  • pixiedust35147

    Posted Aug 17, 2006 4:06 pm PT

    I am so ready for this game, its gonna be great!

  • Zero254

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 7:03 am PT

    Getting hit on is weird but funny when it happens.

  • Shox14

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 6:59 am PT

    Imagine breaking up a sweat cutting the grass... This is gonna be, like, the console which will get addicts getting their colesterol levels down.
    I do hope that this new harvest moon is made better than the GC version; not in terms of graphics, but gameplay. I mean...the GC one was cool at first, but there were some rediculous glitches and somethings that were vital to getting through the game could only be found in internet walkthroughs & cheats.
    Something totally new would do the trick though, like, nothing like it at all (not including the fact about excercise)

  • palomaydarla

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 5:14 am PT

    looks very cool, i've never played any version so far... i would like to have the wii, but its so expensive... if i buy it, Harvest Moon will be on my collection, that's for sure!! (*-*)

  • Kbs64

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 7:56 pm PT

    I'm ready to start harvesting the fun when this comes out :-) Power to the Wii

  • lvlUNE3B

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 5:02 pm PT

    Harvest Moon is natural game.... it should be on every console.

  • bobreturns

    Posted Aug 15, 2006 2:28 am PT

    i always wanted the game but i never bought it for the GC

  • reece590

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    Yep, My sister is deffenately going to get the Wii now that they are making a harvest moon for it, She plays the current ones all the time!!!!

  • capthunt

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 12:47 pm PT

    Pff consoles

  • Flan_Man

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:37 am PT

    Harvest Moon for the SNES was the best one of them all. Cutting the grass... reminds me of Bart Simpson performing Virtual Chores for fun.

  • Rebel582

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:38 am PT

    I have a Harvest Moon game for the PSX. It's not Nintendo only. Never pretended to be Nintendo only.

    I don't know if I should look forward to this or not. Hopefully they have an alternative to using the Wiimote as an actual tool. I think it would get tiring to keep flicking my wrist over and over again. Although I guess that's how it is IRL...

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Aug 14, 2006 3:53 am PT

    Harvest Moon is cool. and the screenshots available for the Wii version ( which are available at Cubed3.com ) look nice n crisp.

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