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February 24, 2005

Mr.Kyledove sent me an email with scans of the latest Harvest 
Moon games for GC and DS ;) I found the scans off of another 
site, then discovered Kyle had already sent me and email with 
links to them. I guess I should check my email first thing in 
the morning, heh. The scans come from the latest issue of 
Nintendo DREAM (not Famitsu as some sites are saying).

Shiawaze No Uta (Songs/Poems of Happiness)

Page 57 - 
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/poh/050224_nintendodream1.jpg

The story of the game revolves around the Harvest Goddess. She 
has been mysteriously turned to stone and it's up to you to find 
the Happiness Tones (special music notes) to turn her back to 
normal. Your Rival has the same idea of course. The Tones are 
then given to the Sprites, who turn them into musical 
instruments.

Seems more like it should be Songs and not Poems, eigh? ;) 

Page 58 - 
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/poh/050224_nintendodream2.jpg

When you start the game you can choose from 3 different farm 
houses. One house is in the village area, one is at the beach, 
and the third is next to the river. You can arrange the 
furniture in any pattern you want. You also don't start with the 
Animal Barn, so your livestock roam free. One bag of seed will 
plant 9 crops (just like in FoMT).

Page 59 -
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/poh/050224_nintendodream3.jpg

Some of the people living in Flower Bud Village ;) There's Mayor 
Teodol and his daughter Maria, the Farming Store owner (I'm 
guessing Animals) Hans and his daughter Ellen, the seed sellers 
Nina and Liz, Doctor Azuma, the builder Woody and his helpers 
Joe and Kurt, the new guy Blue, and a wandering fisherman named 
Leif. You will also experience events as you raise your 
friendship with the residents, just like in the previous 
versions of Harvest Moon. The Rival's name is Reon.

Korobokkuru Suteshion (Sprite Station)

Page 32 - 
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050224_nintendodream4.jpg

The story for Sprite Station is similar to the Gamecube game. 
The Witch Goddess (Majyosama) and the Harvest Goddess 
(Megamisama) are good friends until one day one of Majyosama's 
spells go awry and turns the Harvest Goddess into stone. To save 
the Goddess, Majyosama had to send the Sprites and the stone 
Goddess to another world (Shiawaze No Uta perhaps?).

Page 33 - 
http://www.fogu.com/hm6/img/050224_nintendodream5.jpg

You have to use Medals to hire the Sprites to do work. You can 
also play mini games (ie. Poker) if you earn Coins. There are 
some images of new characters (Flora, Carter, Stary, Hugh, 
Takakura, etc.), and you also have a new item called the Touch 
Panel Glove.

mmmm, sounds yummy!


Until Next Time!


- What kind of bird lays electric eggs?
-- A battery hen!


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POLL QUESTION

Last issue's results:
Q: Which girl would you marry in HMDS?

36.3% = Reona (Lumina)
25% = Kaari (Karen)
17.5% = Aafi (Ann)
11.3% = Erisu (Elli)
10% = Hey, what about Mary?!
(Total Votes: 80)

This issue's poll:
Q: Would you play as a Boy or a Girl in Shiawaze No Uta?

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