Ushi No Tane
Harvest Moon News
Issue 72
http://www.fogu.com/hm/

January 28, 2007

HM:Island comes out in Japan in 4 days! Woo! Marvelous has upload
images of the Harvest Goddess and Witch "Princess" on the Kimi To
Sodatsu Shima web site, confirming they exist in the new DS game.
There's been a lot of girls available, but not a whole lot of boys if
you're playing as Chelsea. Quite strange...

The Japanese children's magazine Shogaku San-Nen-Sei has released
their February edition, including the last chapter of the HM:Island
manga comic. This story revolves around Chelsea, but it is on a
different island than the previous story about Mark. I've uploaded
and translated my copy of it:

 http://www.fogu.com/hm/scans/manga/index.php

For those who didn't know yet, Natsume has announced plans to release
an English version of Rune Factory (Nintendo DS) and Innocent Life
(Playstation Portable) in North America. The specific release date is
unknown, but Natsume's press release states that they plan on having
both games available in Quarter 2 (April, May, or June) of this year.

Famitsu has a few new tidbits of info on the new HM Wii game,
Yasuragi No Ki. Marvelous has changed the design of Casey and Gil;
Casey now wears a short skit and a crop top (instead of long pants),
and Gil now looks more like an English schoolboy instead of a fellow
wearing a white suit. Casey also helps her dad with his Restaurant
and she has a "bad mouth", and Gil is the arrogant son of Mayor
Harbal. 

Until next time!

- Who tells the best chicken jokes?
-- Comedi-hens!

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PAST POLL QUESTION

Q: After watching you, do your friends now play Harvest Moon?

32.8% = Yes! I've helped spread farming fandom!
29.9% = They all thing it's a dumb game  :'( 
28.4% = A few, but they're diehard fans now.
09.0% = I like to show them my virtual cow pies.
(Total votes: 67)

This issue's poll:
Q: Do you plan on importing HM:Island this week?

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