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January 21, 2005

A member of a forum I visit received his latest copy of Nintendo 
DREAM magazine and found several articles about upcoming games, 
including Sprite Station and Poems of Happiness. He was nice 
enough to scan them for all to see ^^

The first page is for Sprite Station:
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050121_nintendodream1.jpg

This page details the channels that are available to view via 
the Sprite's "station". There are 9 channels in all.
- Channel 1 
-- Weather Report: find out the next day's weather conditions.
- Channel 2 
-- Farm operation updates: what's going on right now on your 
farm?
- Channel 3
-- Sprite information: The current status of your little helpers.
- Channel 4
-- Animal information: Which animals are in the barn and what 
are out in the field.
- Channel 5
-- Music: change your background music, just like a Record 
Player in AWL and FoMT.
- Channel 6
-- News: Upcoming events that are occurring in Forget-Me-Not 
Valley. Duck festival confirmed!
- Channel 7
-- Mystery Channel: ooh it's a mystery!
- Channel 8
-- Tutorial: How to do things in the game.
- Channel 9
-- Quiz: Win prizes by answering the questions correctly!

Page 2, the bachelorettes of the game ;) Remember, this game is 
100 years *after* AWL. The descendants of the original 
inhabitants now live in the valley.
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050121_nintendodream2.jpg

- Aafi (Ann)
- Arisa (Popuri)
- Erisu (Elli)
- Kaarii (Karen)
- Reona (Lumina)
- the Harvest Goddess
- the Demon Goddess

You can also play BlackJack with Dealer Sprite.

Page 3, Poems of Happiness.
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/poh/050121_nintendodream3.jpg

You can still plant crops anywhere in the "world", and the scan 
has a map of what the land area looks like. There will be books 
and letters stored in your house (just like the bookshelf in 
FoMT). There is also a Pedometer that measures your footsteps, 
and a cave to explore (more mining...). The Pig and the Dog will 
follow you around and there's also a dolphin who lives in the 
sea.

Page 4, Poems of Happiness
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/poh/050121_nintendodream4.jpg

The rival farmer. The cow-girl will also be shipping crops and 
competing in contests against you. You also have a friendship 
meter with the wild animals that live in the forest (monkey, 
weasel, tanuki, and even the dolphin), and a heart-based meter 
for the villagers. Now you can actually see how high your 
friendship is with somebody. Of course, you can also cook. The 
game has several mini games: a Counting game, Hill Climb, a game 
where you take over as much land as possible, and a swimming 
contest.

Until next time!


- What do you call six ducks in a crate?
-- A box of Quackers! 

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POLL QUESTION

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

62.5% =  Karen AND Nami... oh yea...
12.5% =  I don't want to walk that far!
12.5% =  Maybe, if I can get a Chihuahua.
12.5% =  Swiss Cheese has holes in it.
(Total Votes: 48)

This issue's poll:
Q: Which girl would you marry in HMDS?

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