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Harvest Moon 64
Developer(s)	Toy Box Studios, Victor Interactive Software
Publisher(s)	Natsume Co., Ltd Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64
Release date(s)	JPN February 5, 1999 USA December 22, 1999
Genre(s)	Farm simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player
Rating(s)	ESRB: E (Everyone)
Media	Cartridge

Harvest Moon 64 (牧場物語2, Bokujō Monogatari Tsū, lit. Ranch Story 2 ^?) is a farm simulation video game developed by Victor Interactive Software and published by Natsume Co., Ltd for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was first released in Japan on February 5, 1999, and was later released in North America in December 22, 1999. It is the third game in the Harvest Moon series. Most of the characters are descendants of the characters from the very first Harvest Moon game. The characters from this game (mainly the woo-able women) were transferred to become most or all of the characters in Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (and its girl remake and their later dual port), and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (and its girl version).

Gameplay

The objective of Harvest Moon 64 is to take over your grandfather's farm, which was left in disarray since his death, with weeds, stones, and tree stumps littering the farm land. The game operates on an accelerated time; a single day lasts very little time, and each season only lasts for 30 days. Time does, however, stand still if the player enters a particular building (i.e.: the bakery or the barn). To get a quality evaluation, the player must cultivate and ship crops, raise quality animals, interact with the other villagers, get married, and have a baby. The player starts out with the bare minimum features for the farm - a small house, a shipping bin, a barn for sheep and cows, a barn for chickens, a silo, a shed, and farm land. The player's house contains a television, a journal, a calendar that shows the date, and a toolbox.

Outside of the player's farm are a variety of locales. The most active locale is the Flower Bud Village, which contains a church, a bar, a bakery, a town square, a flower shop, a library, a tool shop, and other areas of interest.

After going through each season three times (three years), the player's father comes and visits the third summer and evaluates the player's living by talking to the townspeople, observing your personal life and farm, and how many friends you have. If he is not happy, the game will end.

Animals

There are many types of animals, and two classes: livestock and pets. They require food and tender loving care, but livestock more so; because unlike pets, they can die. Livestock that can be bought and raised in the game include chickens, cows, and sheep. The player can make money by raising the animals; by selling the chickens' eggs, the sheep's wool and the cows' milk.

The player may also acquire a dog and a horse. The dog once belonged to the grandfather, but now it is the playable character's responsibility to take care of it. The dog can participate in the Dog Race later in the game. After a certain event, it can also father puppies. The horse is obtained from Ann who lives on Green Ranch. The horse can participate in the Horse Race later in the game as well.

Vegetation

The tools the player starts out with at the beginning of the game: hoe, sickle, axe, hammer, and watering can.

Planting, growing, and harvesting crops is one of the main focuses of the Harvest Moon series. All plant life found in the game fall into three categories: vegetables, flowers, and grass. Seeds can all be purchased at the Flower Shop in the village.

Farmable crops include turnips, cabbage, corn, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Each crop has different sowing seasons, cultivation time, and selling price. They must be watered to grow, and can only be planted in tilled soil. Several crops can be re-watered to regrow more crops to sell. If the player gets a greenhouse from the carpenters, all the seeds of each season will be available for purchase.

Tools

The five most basic tools are in the player's inventory from the start. They include the Hammer, the Axe, the Sickle, the Hoe, and the Watering Can. The Hammer is used to break rocks and flatten earth, the Axe is used for cutting stumps, the Sickle is used for cutting weeds, the Hoe is used for tilling the ground, and the Watering Can is used for watering plants. After a certain amount of usage, the tools will automatically upgrade to silver, and then to gold. These upgraded tools drain more energy but will make farming a bit easier and faster.

House construction

The player can also visit the carpenter and his apprentices in the mountains to request additional construction for the house and farm. The player must have the right amount of money and lumber to have the carpenters build the building (the head carpenter usually comes by the farm, makes an estimate to see if the player has the right amount of items and then works the next day). The buildings are a kitchen (to store foods and keep track of recipes from friends), a bathroom (includes a bath to prevent the player from getting sick), a log terrace (patio), a greenhouse (to grow more vegetables), a stairway to the roof, and a baby bed (for if a player wants their wife to have a baby).

Girls, marriage, and raising a family

One of the many features of the game is the ability to marry a woman and have a child. Each girl also has an admirer that the player competes with. The girls like items that pertain to where they live and/or work, and they each have a special event that can bring them closer to the player. They also have different locations during most of the festivals. The girls have a heart in their dialogue box that shows how they feel about the player. White is the lowest, while pink is the highest. There are five women who the playable character can wed, each who have different hobbies and interests. They are: Elli, whose ailing grandma owns a bakery; Popuri, whose family runs the flower shop; Karen, who lives on a vineyard with a winery; Ann, who works on another farm with her family; and Maria, the Mayor's daughter, who is the receptionist at the library.

Reception

IGN rated the game at 8.2, or "impressive", saying that though the graphics and sound could be much better, the game is addictive.^[1]

Mars Publishing's Parent's Guide to Nintendo Games gave Harvest Moon 64, the only "Parent's Guide Choice Award, for an N64 game. Because of its meeting the requirements of a game that; "displays imagination, creativity, ingenuity of the first order, while offering a playing atmosphere that is educational and enriching."^[2]

Nintendo Power ranked Harvest Moon 64 as the 78th greatest Nintendo game of all time. ^[3]

Sales

According to VGChartz, Harvest Moon 64 has sold 170,000 units in Japan. Harvest Moon 64 has sold 480,000 units worldwide. ^[4]

References

External links

• Harvest Moon 64 at the Open Directory Project

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Harvest Moon 64
Developer(s)	Victor Interactive Software
Publisher(s)	Natsume
Release date(s)	February 5, 1999  November 30, 1999
Genre(s)	RPG
System(s)	Nintendo 64
Players	1
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
Preceded by	Harvest Moon GB
Followed by	Harvest Moon 2
Series	Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon 64 is a game for the Nintendo 64. Your grandfather has died and left the family farm to you. It is up to you to cultivate your land and make the farm a success.

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Harvest Moon 64
Developer(s)	Victor Interactive
Publisher(s)	Natsume
Release date	November 30, 1999 (NA)
Genre	Simulation, RPG
Mode(s)	Single player
Age rating(s)	ESRB: E
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64
Media	Cartridge
Input	Controller
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Harvest Moon 64 was the Nintendo 64 exclusive addition to the Harvest Moon series of Farming Simulation/RPGs. It is one of the favorite games in the series among some fans. It retains many of the familiar gameplay from Harvest Moon on the SNES. There are, of course, better graphics, and new animals to take care of like Sheep.

You have 2 years (not real-time - a day can be a few minutes) to fix the farm from the ground up. You will plant crops, water them, and sell them to make your money. You will also buy animals, take care of them, and sell whatever comes out of their bodies (Whether it be milk, eggs, or wool). Another staple of the Harvest is marriage. Potential wives are:

• Ann, a farm girl.
• Maria, a book worm.
• Karen, a hateful angry woman that loathes her father with every inch of her soul.
• Popuri, a fan of flowers!
• Elli, a baker.

Each woman is, in some way, based on the potential wives of the original Harvest Moon game. Except for Karen, who is a new, and also shows up in Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.

Your average day in the game will involve you taking care of daily chores, such as watering crops and tending to livestock. After shipping whatever goods you've gained that morning, you would probably use the remainder of your time to court women and check out the social scene in the nearby town. Afterwards, you head home, and go to sleep, since you've probably run out of stamina to continue any farm work. When you have no stamina, you can't use tools.

To break up the daily routine, there are time specific events. Some events will get you on the good side of certain townsfolk, while other events are festivals, where you can compete in minigames and win things.