Well. I got ambushed by a new Harvest Moon release. Completely blind-sided. Didn’t have a clue it was coming out. Yeah.
That was a week ago, actually.
Apparently everyone else was also surprised by this release. When I got the game (2 days after the NA release), there was not a single FAQ/Walkthrough to be found online. I checked all of the usual suspects an was completely unrewarded. In fact, the only information I could really find on the game was on the Wikipedia of all places.
Now, I’m writing a FAQ on the game. It looks like other people have finally started producing docs as well. I’ll be posting it online as soon as it gets a bit longer (it’s currently only 28k). Penny and I have each played through half of a year of the game by now. I’m technically 1/4 of the way to “winning”.
Aside from the wierd controls and strange graphics, this is arguably my favorite Harvest Moon to date. They stole about 1/2 of the new features Nicole and I came up with for Strawberry.
Since I’m already writing a FAQ, I am not really in the mood to write a full review.
But… given this current stimulus and recent conversations I’ve had with Adam and Chris, I just might be revisiting (and revising and rewriting) my Strawberry spec.
Update: Yeah, so the FAQ was about 70% written before I forgot about it and scrubbed the HD it lived on. Go me.
I’ve been playing Magical Melody, and have only 3 notes to go: the oink, oink note, expert fisher, and meek heart. How do I get these? I think I’ve gotten every fish except the good squid on this game. Where and/or when do I find that? My pig’s dug up one truffle—does it have to find a certain #? I’ve had everyone up to 10 hearts except Nami, who’s almost there, and the Gormet…I’d appreciate your help. Thanx.
Oink Oink – You need to ship truffles. I don’t remember how many, and you don’t need the pig’s help to find them. Just go nuts around Mora trees with the hoe
Expert Fisher – Catch one of everything. The squid can be found on the island.
Meek Heart – This is a free one for getting the other 99. You should pick it up when turning them in.