GamesRadar - Harvest Moon DS

411mania: The Release List for the Week of August 24, 2009 (News)

Aug 26, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Cursed Mountain, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.

E3: Natsume Bringing Harvest Moon to DSi in North America (News)

Jun 4, 2009

Natsume is the U.S. publisher of the Marvelous Entertainment-created Harvest Moon series, and Natsume U.S. president and CEO Yasuhiro Maekawa has revealed to Gamasutra that the company will be bringing a new version of the venerable franchise to the DSi. This also indicates that the new title is currently under development in Japan.

"I would like to grow steady, but surely. Right now we're expanding our package business to the download contents as well," Maekawa noted. The company has already announced Harvest Moon: My Little Shop, Reel Fishing Challenge, and the Natsume Japan-developed Moki Moki for WiiWare, and Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for mobile and iPhone.

411mania's Release List for the Week of April 20, 2009 (News)

Apr 22, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include DeathSmiles, Little King's Story, Fallout Trilogy, and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2.

New Harvest Moon gets a DS debut (News)

Feb 6, 2009

Natsume is working on another Harvest Moon. The new localization is expected to be Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming. But which Harvest Moon version will they localize this time?

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Comes to Europe (News)

Oct 16, 2008

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, the second Harvest Moon release for NintendoDS which is published by Rising Star Games and distributed by Nintendo arrives to Europe on...

Natsume Hosts Drawing Contest in Honor of Harvest Moon's 10th Anniversary (News)

Sep 2, 2008

IGN reports: Natsume, a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the award-winning Harvest Moon franchise, the company is holding a Harvest Moon Drawing Contest.

Harvest Moon Creator Reveals Next Project To Take Series Online (News)

Oct 3, 2007

Harvest Moon creator and Marvelous Entertainment President Yasuhiro Wada told Game Informer Online that the next Harvest Moon title will take the series online. However, Wada did not say on what platform the game will be. Game Informer speculates a Wii or DS version is quite likely.

Wada made it clear that the online version of Harvest Moon will not be an MMO; it will allow 2-8 players to visit your town. Wada said they're experimenting with having the same NPCs in everyone's town.

Remote emote (Feature)

Sep 25, 2007

Sept 25, 2007 Microsoft and Sony declare blitzkrieg on your soul; Nintendo gives you a shoulder to cry on. With wetted eye we return to our most emotional Nintendo moments… A matter of life and bemani Ouendan's Over the Distance sequence is a mature ode to the recently deceased. Mullered in a motorcycle crash, young Ishida barters three more hours to make peace with his peeved girlfriend Ryouko - prompted by a mad cacophony of drums and cymbals, natch. If you don't cry to these ...

New Moon rising (Feature)

Jun 11, 2007

With more hoeing than Father Christmas, the Harvest Moon games have been providing fine farming fun on Nintendo consoles for ten years. We caught up with creator Yasuhiro Wada to ask him about the series. How did the original idea for Harvest Moon come about? Yasuhiro Wada: I was born and grew up in the countryside, so I wanted to show the appeal of that lifestyle to other people - at the time, there was no such game that showed how good it was to live in the country, so that was one reason. ...

Issue 4 of free magazine for PSP and DS (News)

May 9, 2007

Quick contents listing of issue 4 of the free magazine for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP games. Most notably includes WipEout Pulse, Harvest Moon interview and Worms Open Warfare 2.

Cow-tipping with Harvest Moon (Feature)

Apr 17, 2007

Yasuhiro Wada sowed the seeds that would grow to be Harvest Moon, the successful and long-running farming simulator that's been flourishing ever since its 1997 SNES debut. Still going strong in 2007, the series has made the jump to DS and PSP, and there's even one on the way for Wii. Happy to discuss his work, Wada flew to the UK to see our sister site CVG for a quick chat. Harvest Moon may look like a child's game but it's a deep, complicated challenging affiar. What's your philosophy behind ...

Free DS/PSP magazine Issue 3 (News)

Apr 5, 2007

The third issue of GamerZine's free handheld gaming magazine is out and includes reviews of Ratchet and Clank Size Matters, Final Fantasy II, Harvest Moon, Virtua Tennis 3 and loads more. There's also previews and reviews roundups on all the latest games, plus a feature on retro games compilations and mobile phone gaming.

How to make a game for the PSP (News)

Mar 16, 2007

Issue 2 of HGZine, the free magazine for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, includes an exclusive column by Steve Lycet from Sumo Digital (makers of TOCA, OutRun 2006, and Virtua Tennis) on how a game is converted to the PSP. Also in the issue are reviews of Lunar Knights, Phoenix Wright, Prince of Persia Rival Swords, Spectrobes and many more. There are also previews of Call of Duty Roads to Victory, Harvest Moon, My Sims, and a roundup of every Final Fantasy game in development for handheld devices (no small feat!).

Harvest Moon DS sprouts in Europe this April (News)

Feb 16, 2007

European agriculturists will be pleased to hear that their time to plant has finally been dated on the 13th April. There's also good news for those green-fingered folk who couldn't resist the temptation and have imported the game. The second DS Harvest Moon is already in development.

Harvest Moon DS (Review)

Sep 15, 2006

Some little boys want to reach the stars; others want to become stars themselves. Then there's the small section of the child populace who want nothing more than to farm. Yes, farm. Harvest Moon has been allowing these odd chaps to live out their dreams - in video game form - for nigh on 10 years. Instead of making its debut on Nintendo's plucky handheld an innovative, clever enhancement, it's just another doling of the daily chores. The familiar orphaned boy on a familiar dilapidated family ...

Sep 19, 2006

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