Harvest Moon DS Cute is a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS and part of one of the most acclaimed franchises in the RPG universe. Farming is the key element to the game ala Sim Farm where daily activities center around the characters' farm in Forget-Me-Not Valley, including raising livestock, planting vegetables and fruit, and decorating your house.
Fast Facts:
- Developer: Marvelous Interactive, Inc.
- Publisher: Natsume, Inc.
- Genre: Role-Playing game
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- Mode: Single-player
- ESRB Rating: E (Everybody)
- Release Date: March 25, 2008GameSpot: Harvest Moon DS Cute
Story
The Harvest Goddess and Witch Princess have always been the best of enemies through time, but one day the Witch Princess unknowingly cast a spell banishing the Harvest Goddess to another world! The Witch Princess’s sent all 101 Harvest Sprites to find the Harvest Goddess, against their will. You must find all 101 Harvest Sprites and bring back the Harvest Goddess.
Gameplay
The game offers a female lead with a host of potential husbands as well as the regular crops and livestock to raise. As you play throughout the game there are various accomplishments that happen - getting married, buying your first livestock, shipping 100 of each crop - that can potentially save a sprite. You don't have to actually look for the sprites but rather attain these goals. The handling does not use much in the way of the touch screen. Rather most of the action is controlled by the A and B button to plant, water, and pick your crops. There is a new addition of a touch glove where you can actually pet your animals (similar to Nintendogs. There are over 5 different crops that you can plant as well as flowers and grass.
