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Harvest Moon Gets in Touch with its Feminine Side

01.21.05

IAN ELLER
STAFF REPORTER

Today Natsume stated that both Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (GC) and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town (GBA) will indeed be coming to North America this June. Both games will further the Harvest Moon experience by, for the first time ever, presenting the player with a purely female-centric role. Obviously, this inverses many aspects of the game, such as wooing and wedding the guy. As always, the main premise of the game will be to cultivate crops, develop relationships, build a family, and interact with nature in order to lead a healthy, productive existence. Not suprisingly, GC/GBA connectivity is supported as well, allowing players to traverse between Forget-Me-Not Valley and Mineral Town.

"The first Harvest Moon was introduced in 1997 on the Super Nintendo," Natsume President and CEO Hiro Maekawa proclaimed, "And since then the franchise has grown in popularity and fan base. We are extremely happy to offer these two new titles to our dedicated and loyal fans." Not much more than this has been said, but expect more information as it surfaces.