Product Description

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody is a unique new farming simulation and adventure game. Choose to become either a boy or a girl, then start a new life in a small farming village. As you build up your farm, you'll watch your character grow into adulthood -- and guide them toward marriage and a happy family life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4802 in Video Games
• Brand: Natsume, Inc.
• Model: NGSVGG 719593090052
• Released on: 2006-03-28
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: GameCube
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .35 pounds

Features

• Take over a small farm, as you raise all sorts of plants and animals
• Make sure your grazing animals don't escape - and make sure they're protected from wild dogs
• Develop your fishing skills to enhance your diet and your farm's success
• Interact with town folk and make friends and business contacts -- and maybe even fall in love

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Improvement
If you have played Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, you'll find that Harvest Moon: Magical Melody is immensely better. While the graphics may not be "realistic," the "cutesy" graphics are a part of Harvest Moon's legacy, and fit the mood of the game. There is plenty to do in the game to keep you from getting bored. You can farm, fish, mine for jewels and other things, go to a variety of festivals, become friends with other villagers, and much more! You now have a rival, which for all you competitive people like myself, will give you just another reason to keep playing. The layout of the town and controls have a slightly different feel than previous Harvest Moon games. At first it might seem like the town is too big or the controls are a bit tricky, but it's easy to quickly figure out where everything is in the town and the controls really aren't that complicated. Overall, HM: Magical Melody makes up for a lot that was missing in HM: A Wonderful Life, and offers great things new and old to the Harvest Moon series.

The best Harvest Moon yet
Hi, I'm 16 years old, and I have recently purchased Harvest Moon: Magical Melody. I am not dissapointed! The graphics are cute and fun, and all the characters have their own voice. Ray sounds a lot like Tarzan, it's so amusing. There is A LOT of stuff to buy, so money here is very important. Stamina plays a great role in this game, so it is important to upgrade your tools so as not to tire out easily. You can play as a boy or a girl in this game, and for each gender there are 11 possible people whom you can marry. If you marry Jamie, however, the game will end, and go back to the last point you saved. Jamie is your rival, and makes the game 10 times more interesting. Mining has been improved, and now there are mini games to play. Also, the point of the whole game is to collect musical notes to revive the harvest goddess. These notes are fun to collect. I play as the girl, and every time a notw is recieved she says "lucky!". It's just so cute! The animals are adorable, fishing is fun...Just everything has been improved in this game. There is lag sometimes, but it's never a problem. And yes, there is a lack of cutscenes, but come on. If they made this game perfect, no one would want to buy the next harvest moon. Overall, you will not be dissapointed with this game.

Hard, but fun
When I rented this game, I knew it would be fun, and it was, but, it was really hard. It is definitly the hardest Harvest Moon game and probably the funnest once you get to understand it. That's the tricky part, getting used to the game.

PROS

1. It's fun
2. You can get married
3. You do have a kid
4. The graphics are cool
5. The town is bigger and better than other Harvest Moon games
6. All of your animals can reproduce
7. There are contests and festivles
8. If you are lucky, you get a kiss from your beloved in the winter

CONS
1. Really hard
2. Your character walks really slow
3. Long cut-scene at the beginning
4. Takes a while to get used to
5. Confusing
6. Items are a lot more expensive
7. You have to have 8 to 10 hearts to marry someone

I just listed some, but if you like to be challanged, buy this game, if you like easy games, you might not like this game.