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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness | 
| From: Natsume, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 491
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 10007
Model: NDS10007
UPC: 719593100072
EAN: 0719593100072
ASIN: B00149TZ66
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: BRAND NEW , GIFT QUALITY, FACTORY SEALED, IN STOCK AND READY TO SHIP TODAY.
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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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. | !['Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' bachelor #1: Vaughn]() | 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. | !['Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' bachelorette #2: Sabrina]() | Name: Sabrina
Gender: Female
Bio: Sabrina came to the island with her father, who is president of the mining company. She is a quiet, shy girl who helps her father with his work and is very interested in ores. | !['Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' bachelor #2: Shea]() | 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. | !['Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' bachelorette #3: Witch Princess]() | 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. | !['Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness' bachelor #3: Denny]() | 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.
Product Description
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 a 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 My Opinion October 7, 2008
I was very excited about this game, I got it pretty much right after it came out. The only other HM game I've played was the original one, so I was excited to see all the new things on this game.
I noticed a lot of people having problems with the stylus control. In the beginning, it was a little awkward, but after playing it for a few weeks, I've pretty much got it under control. I have had some issues with getting stuck and dropping some things, but not really enough to be a bother.
My biggest problem was that gameplay was real slow in the beginning. For the first two "years", very little happened. After spring of the third year though, gameplay has gotten much better. Almost too much is going on now. My advice on this is just stick with it, because eventually it will pick up.
I've only just started my third "year", so I know there's a lot that hasn't happened yet, but so far, I'm enjoying the heck out of it. If you like the other HM games, I would definitely reccommend this game. I'm 23 and female, and I think this game is addicting.
 Solid addictive game but pure time waster October 6, 2008
Like many of the reviewers that gave average scores, I'm a veteran HM player. I've played Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness for over fifty hours now and have been quite disappointed. It's addictive, but it's no fun and frustrating.
Pros:
1. Includes both boy and girl main characters in one game. Huge plus.
2. Use of touch controls compared to HM DS. People complain about frustrating controls, but one just needs to get used to it. Note that you can use the D-pad/buttons to select and use the tools.
3. Almost no typos and glitches. Very solid.
4. Rebuilding an entire island town is a refreshing approach.
5. Tool upgrading thru wonderfuls adds a nice RPG element.
Cons:
1. Frustrating randomness. Crops only grows depending on weather conditions, which makes sense. However, you can go a whole season without profit cause it rained too much or get a series of cloudy days.
2. Cheap events and cheap festivals. The elements that really made the HM games great are neglected once again. The festivals have no activities, just participation crap. Where are the tomato fights, chicken sumo, horse racing, etc?!? There aren't even any mountain top romance scenes.
3. Mining is still no fun and is a huge time sink, and you can't avoid it if you want to progress. Mining sucks.
4. A lot of corner-cutting design decisions: several villagers have the same model, no wedding dresses/tuxedos for marriages, repetitive dialogs.
5. You're forced to socialize occasionally to prevent people from moving out or from refusing your gifts. Note that this game can reach up to 99 villagers.
6. So many tiny and costly upgrades meant to just slow you down.
7. Animal care mini-games are no fun and just gives you blisters.
8. Harvest Sprites no longer help you with the farm work!
A game you've played before only longer October 4, 2008
I've played nearly every Harvest Moon game on every system and this one is by far my least favorite. The main reason for this is that, in my opinion, the game doesn't really add any enjoyable elements to the series but instead places restrictions on all your activities to make them take longer to accomplish. For example, many of your crops are locked and won't be available until the second year comes or you ship a certain number of crops (likely accomplished your 3rd year or later). Does making it take longer for you to unlock things really make this game harder or more enjoyable. I think it just makes this game long and repetitive.
The Ultimate Harvest Moon Challenge October 3, 2008
'Island of Happiness' may be the ultimate challenge for players of 'Harvest Moon'. Your character can be either a boy or a girl. Having two slots for two different games allows you to play each gender independently on the same cartridge. Although the basic landscape and characters are the same for both genders, obviously candidates for marriage differ completely. This means that you effectively have two games in one when you buy IoH. In fact, rather than having only 4 possible 'Heart Events' for each Eligible Girl/Bachelor leading to marriage, each has different events based on the responses that your character makes in the course of each Event. The amount of detail that went into this game is staggering. Crops no longer simply need to be watered daily. There are Crops that require 'more' water or 'less' water, as well as 'more' or 'less' sunlight. Rice can be grown in special rice paddies and you can grow wheat, soybeans and buckwheat in your field. The addition of a Thresher and Flour Mill to the ordinary set of Makers in your Maker Shed increases the number of 'processed' goods. Island of Happiness, in short, can occupy the player for years. You need patience and determination to unlock every option, but as always, Harvest Moon can be played on many levels and even a beginner can enjoy this game, going at his/her own pace. There is no 'win' or 'lose' situation here. The graphics are wonderful and as ever, 'Harvest Moon' offers romance, poignancy, friendship and humour to its fans. It is more than a game: it represents a profoundly balanced philosophy of existence for every age group.
A Great game! October 2, 2008
5 stars=great, 4 stars=good, 3 stars=fine, 2 stars=poor, 1 star=horrible
Ill start with the controls. U can only control the character with touch screen. 4 ****
Sound(music): The sound is good and not annoying. I dont find it being repetitive. 5 *****
Gameplay: There is tons of stuff to do. U can fish, mine,cook, do house upgrades, huge selection of stuff to build and buy. 5*****
Graphics: Nothing wrong with graphics. Reminds me of HM Magical Melody.
5 *****
Overall, this is a great game. Will keep u busy for a long time. Best HM that i played on the DS.
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