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January 07, 2005

The ever-vigilant Terranigma Freak (the individual responsible 
for my interest in HM) noticed today that the website 
http://www.jeux-france.com has some new scans up from the recent 
edition of Famitsu Weekly. Jeux-France found 5 new images of 
Harvest Moon DS and placed them on their website. How nice of 
them!

A few of the screen shots show the full map of the Forget-Me-Not 
Valley, displayed in the lower screen of the DS. Romana's 
Mansion is still there, along with the Blue Bar, Besta's farm, 
Daryll's house, and a few others you have seen if you've played 
AWL. There's a couple of new buildings on the beach too, as well 
as the path that leads back to Mineral Town, which you could 
never walk up in the Gamecube version. Perhaps you can now? 
Hmmm....

Map -> http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050107a_famitsu.jpg
Map -> http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050107b_famitsu.jpg

In the lower screen it appears as though you can zoom-in on a 
map area that you want to see close up. The lower map is 
sectioned off like a grid, and there's even a screen shot of a 
zoomed-in image of Romana's mansion area and the Fireworker's 
house.

Mansion -> http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050107c_famitsu.jpg
K & P's house -> http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050107f_famitsu.jpg

Another screen shot is the same Popuri one that we've seen 
before, but since Sprite Station is situated 100 years after AWL 
it's obviously not *the* Popuri we all know. Now that we have a 
clear screen shot, we can see that Popuri's descendants's name 
as "Arisa". That could translate out into English as Alisa or 
maybe even Alice.

P's Grandchild -> http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050107d_famitsu.jpg

Mayor Thomas' descendant is still named the same. I guess 
there'll be a Mayor Thomas no matter what!

Thomas -> http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050107e_famitsu.jpg



Until next time, and happy year of the Rooster!


- Why did the rooster cross the road?
-- To cock-a-doodle do something!


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POLL QUESTION

Last issue's results:
Q: What kind of Chicken Festival would you enjoy?

45% = A breeding judgement show
39% = A Chicken-eating contest!! Mwahaha
16% = The old Chicken Sumo is fine

This issue's poll:
Q: Would you like to have M.Town and F.Valley in the same game?

Vote at http://www.fogu.com/hm/hmlist/poll/
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