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September 24, 2003

Let me tell you a story...

Once upon a time, there lived a fellow named Nab. Nab lived in 
Nintendoland, where he gets all of the yummy video games he 
craves. One day his friend from Englishland, Uul, telephones 
Nab's castle with a request.

It seems as though in Englishland, Uul doesn't have the same 
access to games as his friend Nab has. Uul has heard through the 
Mario Pipeline that Nab has a copy of the new Gamecube Harvest 
Moon game. Uul has heard of "connectivity" between the Gamecube 
game and his copy of the Gameboy "Friends of Mineral Town" game.

Unfortunately Uul doesn't own a Gamecube, hence the reason he's 
calling Nab.

Nab also has a copy of FoMT, but he's a nice fellow and knows Uul 
would love to have the extras that come via the connectivity. 
He's curious to see what happens when the games are hooked up, 
but opts to wait until his friend Uul arrives with his FoMT game.

So the two of them hang out in Nab's castle one day play'n 
Harvest Moon. Nab hooks up Uul's copy of FoMT and his copy of AWL 
(for the first time) and the magical creatures "Ban" and "Luu" 
appear in Uul's game! Oh joy! "Luu" doesn't do very much but 
"Ban" has a magical Record Player for sale. Uul is a happy fellow 
and returns to Englishland with Ban and Luu.

After Uul leaves, Nab hooks his copy of FoMT to the Gamecube. He 
can connect too (and does several times), but there seems to be a 
problem.

There's no "Ban" and "Luu" in Nab's copy of FoMT.

He gets some of the other features, like the Mineral Town Library 
has a bookshelf that gives descriptions of the Gamecube 
character's, but that's about it. Even the Gamecube characters 
talk about how well Nab's FoMT farm is doing. Perhaps "Ban" and 
"Luu" are trapped inside of Uul's game? Nab calls Uub back to 
Nintendoland and explains the problem. Uul has no issues with 
connecting the games back up, so they give it a try.

"Hey, this isn't the same game that you have been connecting with 
before!" say the Gamecube Harvest Sprites and the FoMT Goddess.

"... err.... umm... " go Nab and Uul, with puzzling looks on 
their faces.

Ban and Luu are still un Uul's game, and remain trapped there for 
eternity. The Harvest Sprites that manage the Gamecube's 
connectivity only recognize Nab's FoMT game and refuse to connect 
with Uul's anymore.

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Just one of the few bugs in AWL :) I'm stuck with one FoMT that 
has Ban and Luu (and won't leave!) and the other that doesn't 
have them at all. AWL refused to connect to the game with Ban and 
Luu, and will only recognize the data on the game that doesn't 
have them. When people complain about game postponements and 
companies hurry as fast as they can to release games, little 
glitches get missed :) 

So remember, 1 FoMT to 1 AWL :) If your friend wants to connect, 
start a new save-game in AWL.

On the bright side, my main copy of FoMT now has 16 connectivity 
stars. Too bad my AWL refuses to change it's count to anything 
else but 6. *grumble*

Until next time!

- What did the bored cow say when she got up in the morning?
-- "It's just an udder day"



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