What new things would you like to see in harvest moon?

[suyumi]

Harvest moon is one of my favorite games ever, but sometimes I wish I could change some features of the game, such as, being able to use your furniture for something more than decoration, which you can’t do in HM: animal parade, so this tread is for all those creative people that have new ideas, who knows maybe Natsume will consider them in the next game they create.

[Honeydew]

unfortunately, natsume only localizes the games, they don't create them. but new ideas are always fun to think of

i'd like more of an actual storyline, more than just "saving the town" or whatever. more characters would be nice too, especially characters that you can't marry but aren't just the parents/siblings of the people you can :P

[suyumi]

huh? jeje im kinda of new here. Can u explain to me how they "localize" them?

I would also like to see more of the storyline and have more freedom deciding your personality and your kid ones insead of him just being able to be fiery or quiet, studious or romantic.

[Lexy]

I don't want a storyline anymore. They ruin the game. Unless it's like STH or HOLV. I play Harvest Moon games to farm, as unique an idea it is. xD

So just being left on the farm to bring it back to life suits me! As for what I'd like as something new.... uhh... nothing gimmicky at least.

I don't know... Harvest Moon is better done simple. Cutscenes are what I want more then anything to make special events more immersible.

[Honeydew]

basically natsume takes the harvest moon games created by marvelous interactive in japan and localizes them for north america. the change the language, sometimes names and things like that and make them ready for the north american market. there's a lot more to it than that i'm sure, but i don't know everything about it n_n;;

i'd like the kids personality to be based kind of the way they did it in A Wonderful Life, where the people you made friends with effected the child's likes and dislikes and all that. i wasn't fond of the way ToT or AP did their personality things.

[mockingbird]

Originally Posted by suyumi

huh? jeje im kinda of new here. Can u explain to me how they "localize" them?

I would also like to see more of the storyline and have more freedom deciding your personality and your kid ones insead of him just being able to be fiery or quiet, studious or romantic.

Harvest Moon games are developed by Marvelous Entertainment, who produce and create the games in Japan.

Natsume's job is to change the text in the game, fix any glitches, and edit scenes or graphics that they don't feel is appropriate for their American audience

[mockingbird]

Originally Posted by Honeydew

basically natsume takes the harvest moon games created by marvelous interactive in japan and localizes them for north america. the change the language, sometimes names and things like that and make them ready for the north american market. there's a lot more to it than that i'm sure, but i don't know everything about it n_n;;

i'd like the kids personality to be based kind of the way they did it in A Wonderful Life, where the people you made friends with effected the child's likes and dislikes and all that. i wasn't fond of the way ToT or AP did their personality things.

haha you beat me to the punch by a few seconds

[Honeydew]

Originally Posted by Lexy

I don't want a storyline anymore. They ruin the game. Unless it's like STH or HOLV. I play Harvest Moon games to farm, as unique an idea it is. xD

So just being left on the farm to bring it back to life suits me! As for what I'd like as something new.... uhh... nothing gimmicky at least.

I don't know... Harvest Moon is better done simple. Cutscenes are what I want more then anything to make special events more immersible.

i like the simple games too, but i'd just like a different storyline other than saving the homeland or whatever. i've been there, done that multiple times and would like something different. not more i guess, just different. cut scenes would be great though, there aren't nearly enough of those

[mockingbird]

Storylines like saving the goddess are old, but the story in Twin Villages looks promising. I'm looking forward to it....

[XiahouXiao]

I have a few random things I want to see in an HM game:

1. I want to be able to buy WATER. Not for drinking only, I wanna use it for cooking. I have no idea why, but I want to.

2. I wanna be able to grow garlic. I <3 garlic.

3. Being able to make your own clothes. In AP you can buy them, and, if you have sheep and I guess a yarn maker (never played AP :/), you make yarn as dye it, but the only thing you can do with that is sell it. What if you could make it into clothes? If you had a list of yarn colors you need, and let's say, the ones you have are highlighted? You could make the clothes to wear, or give as a gift! Your kids could also wear them! If you could make clothes, that would be my character's hobby, apart from cooking, of course.

4. Speaking of cooking, I want to be able to buy any crop that you can grow, just like in IL. If you have tons of money, and cook A LOT, then buying the crops would be really useful. I don't like growing the vegetables I cook with. I would MUCH rather buy them.

5. Visit other places. If I could live in Mineral Town, and travel to...Leaf Valley, or some other place, I would be the happiest girl in the world. You could take a boat or horse, or even walk.

6. This goes with making clothes. Growing cotton. You could also use the cotton, after it is dyed, to make clothes. I already went on a short rant about that, and I don't think you want to read another one ^_^

7. Buying meat. In HoLV, my character lives off of fish and eggs. What if you could buy meat? I honestly would NEVER buy an HM game if you had a slaughterhouse on the farm, but buying meat is good. You could buy beef, pork, chicken, and any other meat my brain cell has failed to tell me of. Then, there would be more interesting recipes to learn!

I THINK that is about it. My brain cell fails me a lot, so if I forgot one, :P. Anyway, those are my ideas!