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August 28, 2003

The "ut oh's" just keep coming.

Ebgames.com is unable to acquire a valid release date for AWL 
from Natsume and has changed their expected date to January 15, 
2004. An email has been sent out to all who have preordered AWL 
from the ebgames.com website letting them know of the delay.

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/234151.asp

With EB giving a release date in January and IGN putting it near 
the end of December, I don't think we're going to be seeing it 
released in October like anticipated ;)

In other news, the keeper of the official Japanese Harvest Moon 
site has updated her news section. The Japanese game is *not* 
going to experience any delays and will still be out on September 
12th. Number 2 news story is the gaming magazine, NintendoDREAM, 
will have a cover story about AWL in their latest issue on 
September 6th. Point no.3 is to announce another AWL special 
website, this time coming from SoftPack. 

http://www.zdnet.co.jp/games/gc/bokujyo/

The special website is a cute little summary about the game but 
it's content is not completely uploaded yet. There are 8 special 
sections of the website:

Bokujou Monogatari Series - Grayed out (unfinished)
Wonderful Life Story - Basic story line, which we all know is 
  about saving the farm ;)
System - Talks about the 10 days a season, 4 season a year stuff.
Characters - Grayed out

MOVIE - Grayed out (auuu....)
Downloads - Grayed out as well
Screen Shots - Available :) 12 pictures to view, some of them old 
  and a few ones I've never seen before. There's a nice picture 
  of the mysterious "brown" cow (pic #7), which seems to be 
  missing a set of udders. I'm making a guess that it's *not* a 
  girl cow :)
Impression - Grayed out, but most likely will have a review when 
  finished.

Keep an eye on the site since it's probably going to be completed 
before Sept 12th when the game comes out. Sections like the Movie 
and Downloads should be finished by then.

Until next time!

- How did the farmer find his lost cow?
-- He tractor down!