Nostalgic Harvest Moon: FOMT

As you saw on my Birthday blog, I bought ALLOT of Harvest Moon Games. I <3 Harvest Moon, Ever since I bought my first game when I was 14. Sure I was a bit to late to get the HM Franchise fanbus. But I never stopped loving this awesome stuff :D

My first HM was Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town. This was just before Victor Interactive Software was bought by Marvelous AQL and Rising Star Games came in the scene play when Harvest Moon DS came out. Coincidentally its also one of the few games who boxes I kept.

First of all this opening screen is just fun. I always get happy when I see this screen and hear the music. And before I go rambling. This game was full of glitches and typo's in the translation which adds to the fun. But I'll keep those to myself for people who stumble on to this blog. It kinda takes the fun out of it :) And a thing I am missing with this game is the connectivity with the DS version. They had it in the Japanese and American releases, But Rising Star took it out for some ungodly reason. And so a whole lot of fun extra's where lost for the DS version, I still haven't forgiven them for it.

I just remembered that this was before I used my usual HM name Kelleth... And look at how long I played this. 7 years in game time! Actually that's not allot... I blame Pokémon Sapphire! Seriously though. I did my best and this was the first game I was actually good on most if not all the activities.

 On this game I am married to Ann who ran the Hotel/Bar with her dad. She was also the most easy to catch lol I always found it fun to hang out there at late times. So it was easy to just drag a present along

Back then I had to much to do on the TheGoodLife Farm. But I took every damn chance to win every side events and festivals. I particularly liked cheating on the horse races to get lots of presents and money for the misses. :)

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When it comes to Horse Racing, enter your horse. On the day of the competition, bring your basket and save the game before entering the Rose Square.
You may bet in the first two races if you want, but you don't have to. In the third race, bet 99 times on your horse and when you win, buy 39 broaches and sell them the next day by leaving your basket in the square (it won't disappear). Remember that broaches are much more worthy than diamonds. - ING_Cheats
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Also I found it funny that pretty much every cooking festival was a sure win when you managed to put a truffle in the dish. I actually enjoyed these standard festivals more then say the swimming contest in Back To Nature/B&G. And now that I think about it... That's why I dislike A Wonderful Life... Just 4 Festivals that weren't interesting at all. And why I loved the HMDS version so much because there where a ton of fun festivals to play out! Sure it keeps you away from the tasks on the farm... but look Fireworks! Who cares about farm work!?!

On the business side I got LOTS of things done. Like every member in my family having 10 hearts. And me having 9 of the power berries (I forgot which one I was missing) even the blue one. Sadly I never hit past the 1200000g. Which I needed to because I wanted to buy the open plot in town. And I don't think I'll ever hit the 50 anniversary to earn that home. lol

My animals though where doing great. I admit that could have done better with the sheep though and maybe let the animals out some more... As you can see quite a few chickens died of old age. So I renamed the chibby's with numbers and skipped 13. I never got that annoying with taking care if the animals like I did with the brushing thing in HMDS. But some days I just wanted to skip it and just hang out in Mineral Town.

The town is awesome. I love all the characters who all have lots of intertwining back stories and are just fun to hang out with. And I do love how the road on the left on the mountain leads to the Forget-Me-Not Valley from HM: A wonderful Life and HM: DS/Cute. Also there are no sea monsters in this game and Hanna does not get puppies in this game! :P I should have spend more time on the beach with Kai, But most of my time was spend on my farm, on the mountain and in the bar... Seeing a drunk Rick is terrifying.

Lets ignore the drunk Kai-beating poultry farmer and move on to my farm. Its pretty empty at the moment. I only have a line of strawberries which hopefully are harvest-able in the 2 days I have left. Also yeah the map is screwed up. You try to make a map from 16 DS screencaps. :P

At least I don't need to hoe down every square each day like I have to in Harvest Moon Boy & Girl or other certain games. As once the ground has been tilted no flash weeds pop-up randomly every damn day.  I can usually make up to 7 rows of crops on this field. The rest is grass for the cows and sheep

 Sadly I cannot grow anything right now.

Because my plants where already watered when I last saved

So I am stuck watching my crops grow. O joy...

I could cook. But then again I know EVERY recipe out of my head lol

 The cows, sheep and chickens have been tended to. Soooo all that's left is....

Sigh... fishing is fun. But not in spring. I never caught anything but trash in Spring!! Winter is for fishing! and that Image is correct! The fishes where trolling with the players! :P

What is fun though is mining, But this game has certain issues. I remember that no matter how healthy you are you always need to save each level. Because if you don't have any stamina drinks on you you'll out of steam in just a few levels down. And if you have a basket and fall unconscious you will be saved by the Doctor. No not that Doctor! I mean Doctor Trent! You wake up in the hospital. Like you normally do after passing out. But your basket is still on the floor you left it at! So you have to go back! Which fatigues you even more! So its best to avoid that and instead save like every level. Another reason for saving before hand is that once in a while you'll hit a dead end. And with that I don't mean level 255 of a mine. I mean that no matter at what level you might be, there's always a chance of not finding the stairs down and ending up with a blank field. So you are stuck and have to start over. But that's nothing, in HM: DS shit goes really tough! In those mines there's demonic chickens and other evil shit attacking you! You fight with basic garden tools, and they get tougher with every so level down! Who the hell do they think you are? Link!?!

So yeah... The mines are one of the reasons I still haven't gotten LV7 yet. I should really get back to playing soon and make that my first and foremost task. After that I'll maybe get to fish up some King Fish and hopefully get that house.

bachelorettes                                            

Aside from marrying Ann you can also go for: Popuri is the cute chicken-loving sister of the raging alcoholic Rick. She's a bit childish at times but wants to be taken as an adult. Even though she still wants your chocolate on the Pumpkin festival which is strictly for kids. I like her she's cute. ^_^ Karen is the daughter of the supermarket owner, she's a drunk like Rick who is of course her love interest. She fails at cooking. Mary: The shy daughter of a botanist and an housewife. She runs a library that holds allot her dad's books. Elli: The Granddaughter of one of the oldest residents of Mineral town. Who works for the Doctor... again Trent! Not that Doctor! She constantly worries about other people's health. And lastly the Harvest Goddess. Who aside from being hot isn't worth the trouble in this game. She's barely at your home (only for special stuff) and even if she was, she only got some character developments in the DS games from DS to Sunshine Islands and the Tale Of Two Towns. So that's about all the choices. Good choices And yet some how went for Ann lol

I can't really remember why I choose Ann as a bride. If I would to play it now I would have gone with Popuri. After playing older games through emulators I learn they changed allot about Ann in this game compared to the original where she (or her ancestor) was a blacksmith. I should try a starting a new save game one day.

Other Marriage Candidates:                  

Speaking of new games, here are a few of my other Marriage candidates. In HM:DS My bride was Muffy (also on AWL but I don't care). She's the same a Popuri in most ways. But unlike Popuri she doesn't have to put up with an annoying brother and a sick mother. Instead she lives with and hippy dude named Griffin who is awesome but at least twice her age... Next to her is Chelsea from HM: IH and HM: SI, a hard working day dreamer who falls in love with you because you work so hard on your farm. Seriously the gifts do zip here. She's cute though and worth the trouble. In Grand Bazaar my wife was Freya who is an hard working hotty who's barely in town. I remember choosing her because then I'd have more time catching bugs (which I ruled at) When I get started on playing the Grand Bazaar I actually bought instead of pirated I will probably choose her again or go for Emiko who is a mysterious lady who lives inside a water fall.

I actually hate Hero Of Leaf Village. Mainly because you need to run around just to be able to sell stuff. But I did manage to marry Alice. Who's basically the baddy of the whole story. But she's so cute xD. Next up is some one I wanted to marry but didn't after I decided to buy the actual game first instead of wasting my time with my R4. She is Nori from The Tale of Two Villages. She's not all that special but she looks cute and she's an tea addict like I am in real live. I am playing TToTT and I am loving it. Nori is definitely up next xD.  And lastly is Iroha! She is the black smith of Echo Village. She works hard and is really serious. I haven't really played the game yet. So I don't know much else about her And seeing how I still need to buy and 3ds and how Rising Star still is going to lay back doing nothing to the game for about at all, I doubt I am going to in the near future. Heck the 3ds is region locked. So I can't even buy one from America! Damn you Nintendo!!

O god, Muffy you are so adorable!

 Any way they aren't my all of favourite brides. I played a few other Harvest Moon/Rune Factory games. But Its better to keep the list short for this blog lol

Any way I really do feel like playing Harvest Moon: FOMT again. I want to play it anew and start over. But because I don't want to delete my old file I'll probably buy a new copy of FOMT. Till then I am happy with the other games I got :D

And that's about it. My Harvest Moon Blog is done. I wish that I could tell you more. But aside from this DS and AWOL I played most of the other Harvest Moon/Rune Factory games on Emulators for the DS and PSP. So I can't really count those as games I played lol. But as you can see on my birthday blog I am trying to buy them. (Even though its going to bite me in the back with toku stuff) And then I'll probably post another blog ^_^

All these images where taken from my own copy of Harvest Moon: Friends Of Mineral Town and my Bokujou Monogatari: 15th anniversary art book. All copyright goes to ©Marvelous AQL to ©Natsume inc and to ©Rising Star Games. And be sure to check out Ushi No Tane for actual HM details and info instead of random fanboy rambling.

Birthday Presents 2012

After putting it off to long here's the blog for my B-day presents
Books And Manga                                   

First of all are my Rosario + Vampire season II volumes 7 to 9 which I bought in one go. I've been loving this series since the start. I do hate the anime, But the manga is awesome. I hope to buy them all. And I am glad that I can pre-order without any trouble on ABC.nl. I can't wait till October for Volume 10!

 I got this book form my aunt and her boyfriend. At €48 this AWESOME thing was so expensive!! And worse is I used this stain glass shell thingie to weigh it down in order to make photo's. But I FORGOT THE LEAD!!. So now we need to go to the art store and get a really really really really soft eraser to get the marks off without actually damaging the awesome nostalgic art! *face palm*

 I got this along with the 3 Rosario+Vampire books. Its pretty cool to see Superman acting like a jack-ass. Its like the opposite of what people thought the original Superman was. One gripe though is that due to the publication error back in 37 the beginning of the first adventure is quite a few pages in the back. I knew this, but I forgot to start there any way lol

And lastly my sister Pauline got me a cook book. It will be fun to try stuff out but sadly the kitchen is a mess and I should first was some dishes.

Harvest Moon                              

From the money I got I got a bunch of games which are WAY to expensive here in Holland. Both of these where just about 21 shipped instead of 40... fuck you Dutch game stores! I have pirated the both of them and I enjoyed them. So I am glad that I am actually able to buy them now.

Another game that I have pirated was Frantic Farming. I love this game and I just checked I still haven't deleted it yet. So the fact that this thing is still in Britain till its paid off (paypal is trolling) or so doesn't bother me that much :)

 I've been wanting to get this game for a while now. And I did play it through the PSP store. but I wanted the actual copy so here we are. Just 1 problem though. The ass-hat who sold me this put up the complete version the next day. And that one included the Jewel Case and instruction book. Now I don't need directions with this game. But I do prefer having a jewel case to put the damn thing in. Worst is the dude pm'd me a day later with an apology and if I wanted the box. I told him yes and asked him to send me the e-mail so I can pay the extra costs. The bastard never pm'd me back. WHY ASK IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON IT!?! Don't buy anything from PowerUpVideoGames. A-holes
Other Games                 

 I also bought a Japanese copy of Pokemon Green. But for some reason it hasn't arrived yet. Which is weird since its from France. It shouldn't take more then a week. I hope everything is all right. And If it does get here I'll own all of the 4 gen 1 games.

 And the last game I got is Pokemon Platinum. Now I just need Pokemon Diamond to own all gen 4 games.
I haven't even started playing yet lol.
Dvd's                                               
These aren't really presents in the normal sense. the shop owner kept Dragon Ball separate for my birthday and gave Ultramaniacs for half price. I still paid for them. He just ensured I got them.

This aperently supposed to be part 1 of the Chinese Dragon Ball Dragon Box. But strangely all the copyrights to Toei have been removed from the descriptions. Combined with the fact that the first dvd won't allow my to flash through the openings and endings without constantly going back to the first episode gives the idea that this is a bootleg. Even though its quality seems pretty great.

As for Ultramaniacs. Same quality. but for some reason everything is still in Kanji. Even though the descriptions clearly state that its an dvd set made for Hong Kong audiences and has English subs (not as bad as Toku HK subs). I really like that I found this because I used to watch this stuff subbed back in 2004. and I never really finished it. Maybe because it wasn't Shonen or Sailor Moon or whatever. Any way now I can finish this! I just hope its not that bad.... If it is I'll send it to Cinwicked xD
And Also...                                                                  

For some reason this thing hasn't arrived yet either. I hope it does soon. Because I kinda regret getting it. Not because its not awesome, But because I did find it here eventually and it was just €10, €3.57 less then I paid.

Lastly I got a DX Shinken Red Key from Sayo in Japan. Way cheaper then I'd normally pay for it. And she also got me a Dragon Ranger Key too for the same price. Hopefully she shipped it yesterday. Be sure to visit her Ebay profile for toku stuff.


I got allot this year, And I don't need more lol. I just hope those last 3 things arrive soon :)

Kelleth: Some More Story Line Part #1

Originally Posted On: 11-2-2011
I actually did not want to put an ending to the fan-fic that I reposted. But I think I left it a little bit to open. In a metaphorical sense what I gave you guys was just like the trailer and the 5 minute intro of a game. Which ain't that much. So I guess I'll put down some more plot which would have been added if it where a script for a Rune Factory game :P
  
This is based on: 

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Also keep in mind that certain parts of this story are hastily pasted together. Meaning that it does not take place in 1 day, but rather several weeks maybe even months. So stuff does happen which are not being mentioned in this blog for the sake of keeping it short. Think of it as cut-scenes.

First for the people who where to lazy to read the previous blog

Kelleth a Sechs Super Soldier and his parents escape and he disappears. Some time later he ends up at the north East end of Norad country. He sees a farm, fall asleep and gets slapped by a cute half-elf who he later saves from berserking orcs. The half-elf named Desseliah gives him a farm and asks him to meet the town. He think ''why the hell not?'' and runs after her.

And Now To Tie The Ends Of The Plot Part 1

Spring Dungeon (Forest)

Red Ant

Desseliah and Kelleth meet the town people and finally meet Desseliah's great uncle (Kabor) from her human father's side. He used to run the now neglected farm but finding monster ranching more fun and the settings of the farm wrong for a ranch. He bought some new plot of land and started a business there in stead. He asks Kelleth who he is and where he comes from but seeing how its been previously said that the Sechs empire has been invading Norad, Kelleth just claims he doesn't remember fearing that they would chase him out of town. The grandfather is happy that some new help arrives because the plants have not been growing at all in that part of Norad. Its been said that its because the seasonal Summer dungeon is running out of its borders lately. He request you ask the blacksmith (T'Nog, a dwarf) to help him out on a quest to see what's wrong. Kel goes back to the black smith who tells him that he must first train allot to get to the Summer dungeon. His training is basically made out of farming and fishing to get the village more food. After that he needed to fulfil an exam that consisted out of going to the Spring dungeon and beating the biggest monster around. (which is basically the first boss game-wise)

Game time and events will pass so meeting people and events have happened but are not mentioned directly in this blog

Summer Dungeon (Desert)

Goblin Pirate

After that a season has passed. T'Nog now finds Kelleth worthy of surviving the monsters in the Summer dungeon and together they run run off to check out what exactly is wrong. Passing and closing a few gates and the monsters that appear from it,T'Nog mentions that the monsters seem twice as strong then usual. But it isn't really a problem just yet. They finally reach the middle of the dungeon. Where they find another Sechs power plant which runs machines that keep gates open. It was abandoned for some reason but its still functional. The power plant doesn't seem to be working like it used to and is probably what caused the Summer dungeon to expand. Suddenly they hear a loud roar and a sudden earth shift upwards suddenly block the way out. From out the shadows mutated forms in Sechs uniforms appear squealing from pain and anger. T'Nog tell Kelleth to turn of the machine while he defeats the mutants. Kelleth runs towards the machine and out of the earth another wall of earth separates him from the blacksmith. He suddenly feels a whole range of negative emotions burning him as his tattoo's become pitch black again. The machine has gone array and formed a humanoid shape which proceeds to attack Kelleth. (Boss Battle)
 
Back To Town

Meanwhile no one seems to notice the Sky whale from Rune Factory Frontier right above their heads

The machine was beat and the Sechs goons turned to normal. A light escapes from the machine and thrusts itself in to Kelleth who then fall unconscious. T'Nog who is strong because of his job as a blacksmith, not only carries Kelleth in one arm but also drags the 4 chained up Sechs soldiers to the town. Once back the captured soldiers (bound to be picked up by the Norad army) tell the towns people that all they remember was that the energy source of the machine was kept secret by the higher ups and the only thing they where supposed to do is keep the thing maintained and save. And that there are several more of those machines spread out over the 4 different dungeons. Desseliah being an half-elf is worried about the Spring Dungeon (forest) and runs of to find the machine. Not even thinking about her own safety or the fact that the machine might run amok too. Kelleth awakes to a crowd of people (mostly marriage candidates as it follows the traditions of the original games) at his bed side. Kabor tells him that he has been out for a while, and since he destroyed the rouge machine they hope he will help them destroy the others and make the land prosper again. Before Kabor can go on with his eternal rambling some one runs in saying that Desseliah was heading towards the Spring dungeon just a few hours easier and has not returned yet. Kabor tells T'Nog to go check on it, But T'Noch still seems injured from the battle with mutants. Kelleth immediately volunteers to go in to the dungeon. And against the concerns of his friends he heads of as quick as he can with new stronger weapons given to him by T'Nog and food the villagers gave him for the trip.
 

Spring Dungeon (Forest Again)  

Monster Mushroom

He enters the forest and instantly noticed that its far from the training grounds he was used to. He fights his way trough even more powerful monsters then the one he had encountered in the desert. He kept running back home to heal, forge better weapons and get more powerful. (Which in game time would be at least a few days) Till he was strong enough to beat his way through the army of monsters. He finally reached the flowerbed in the middle of the forest. There he sees Desseliah unconscious but alive lying half way on an Shrine dedicated to the elf kind and the forest. ''She must have fought till she was exhausted and fell asleep here'' ''So strong...'' He puts his jacket over her and lays down some food and medicine for her after he made sure the gate was destroyed. He whispers ''I'll be back as soon as I take care of this'' as he looks on to the road ahead which seems to be the origin of allot of noise. He runs towards it to find an huge ugly Chimera-like creature which seemed to have been the machine which has fused itself with not only the soldiers that guarded it but also several very powerful monsters in the area including the monster he was supposed to test himself at the beginning of his adventure. The only way he seems to want to beat this abomination is to hit the non organic parts till those fall apart. (Boss Battle) After destroying the mechanical parts a light yet again phases towards him and fuses with him. Instead of fainting like he did last he is able to stay up. He sees the monsters separating like nothing ever happened teleporting back to the Forest of Beginnings. And the humans fall unconscious on the floor. Desseliah walks towards him with his jacket still around her and without even wiping her mouth from the food she chowed down. ''I-Is it over?'' Kelleth replies '''The forest is cleared and back to normal again!'' as he ties down the villains and wakes them up. With a big grin on his face he says: ''I'm going home to tell the others that you are all-right and to hand these guys to the authority!'' He looks at her ''Are you coming too?'' Blushing she just nots ''Yes'' and joins him as they all walk to the town.

End of Part 1
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