Fun fact about the wild animals in the original! They were simply there to indicate to the player which fishing spots were most ideal that day. Lizard for the waterfall/upstream, Raccoon for down stream, Turtle for the swamp by Cody’s house, etc. ☺️
I never knew this! Now I've got to keep my eye out for whether the creatures are there before I fish! Thank you for your comment! I now know something new and super handy! ^-^
I know it's probably never going to happen, but my biggest hope is that they give players the option to play the game with a more desaturated color palette. The bright and cheery colors akin to Olive Town look nice, but especially when looking at the og and remake side by side, there's a charm in the muted colors of the original. It felt like it added a more somber tone to the game that I'm really going to miss.
Strong agree! I'm actually pretty worried that the brighter color palette will affect how I feel about the game; minor thing, I know. But, I agree the muted colors have charm - I find them calming, in a way.
Fantastic ideas, Josh! You know, one of the most painful things I remember about this game were the cutscenes that would play when you sold an animal. Takakura would say "Alright, [animal's name], it's time to go" and sad music would play with the camera panning to a tree losing a leaf.... it was SO SAD and you'd have to watch that every time you sold one. It made me feel like I was sending them to slaughter and it broke my heart as a kid. They NEED to keep the gritty, emotional stuff like that in the remake.
I can confirm that the selling animal cutscene seems to be gone. In one of my files, I sold a (grown) cow, and there was no cutscene, the cow was just gone once I checked. I personally will say that's good because a cutscene every time you do is tedious. Especially if you only have so much room. (There is an option to double the space of the barn and coop, though)
@@CatMuto Thats such a shame. I can understand the tediousness of it, but it definitely felt like a punch to the heart when you did it. Ah well, modernization wins again.
@@francisco646 I will say, so far, I haven't seen many things that were altered or similar that I think are 'bad'. Like many, I wasn't a fan of *having* to have pregnant cows and time-stack them so that I could get milk, have a pregnant cow, ensure that one gives birth before the next one, etc, etc. I like that it was altered to not having to give birth to get a cow to give milk. Okay, there are some TINY things that were altered that I personally don't like, simply because it causes buttons to not work as I want. (ex. the barn troughs are lower, so animals step on them and you have to push them out of the way so you can put the food into the trough instead of feeding it to them; Flora and Carter have a BAD TENDENCY to stand just a bit too close to a square of the digsite, and you can't dig there until they move) But for the most part, the things that were altered are good or improved upon. But I DO want to play the gamecube versions, just to refresh my mind how things were, to better compare.
Animal Parade is still probably one of my all time favorites! When you mentioned the marriages, I immediately thought of the rivals getting married and having their own kids. That was really nice to add to the game and I wish more installments implemented that.
I feel like AWL was the most immersive HM game of all. I hope they can add quality of life upgrades that make the game simply more enjoyable. I would also like to see more dialogue and have some extra content tied to friends of mineral town since it was already remastered. Maybe add new locations to visit (up the hill) if you have FOMT save data?
I agree with everything on your list. Some things I want to add are: - A trail behind the waterfall connecting the sprites tree area and mining area. HM:DS had this which made it very convenient and i hope they add that for this remake. - Flora and Carter as marriage candidates. - More Dialogue Things I want them to keep: - The huuuuge inventory in our rucksack - The glowing plant lights in the forest (those were so pretty) - The small voice acting for each villager
There IS a shallow path at the waterfall that connects the pond area with the digsite! I can confirm, it is very convient and well-used by me. Flora and Carter are not marriage candidates (right now...?), though I think we should because we have no Science focused child option. (Gustafa's has an interest, but not high) Inventory in the rucksack is currently 40 slots, if I counted right, but I have not really managed to get it absolutely full. (Fortunately, tools and items are separate 'bags') I haven't noticed if the plants glow yet, I didn't pay attention to that.
I completely agree about the atmospheric sounds being utilized instead of just music for every area. Sound has a huge emotional impact on the brain and it can really lend itself to a significant degree of immersion! Also, I am with you on trying to adopt every animal I come across in the wild ... Who would be so cruel-hearted to leave a lizard with a hurt leg out in the wild?! Definitely excited to see how this remake turns out and here's hoping they include these ideas!
I really hope they keep the sky. Like sure, upgrade it graphically I guess, but I used to love just watching the clouds move overhead, and change when it started to rain. And the stars at night... I would spend ages just watching all the pretty stars
it's a long shot, but i would like to see the bachelor options from ds cute added haha. and I don't even mean skye (tho I imagine a fair bit of people will be happy if that was the case), I mean like Griffin or Mason (Mason would be really funny ngl)
Yeah i really hope they add Flora and a younger Carter. Not that old guys are eww but carter was like...a grandpa in DS cute lol. Just make him slightly younger.
@@CryKaze yes but i think they left it as is bc of the older community that plays the games as well. My mom would enjoy the "older" characters in the games as it made her feel as if she wasn't a cougar lmao even tho she played as a younger character she still wanted a mature character to marry. She loved the owner of Horn Ranch in AP but since he was already married she would marry Owen since i guess by his looks felt older? I loved Klaus but it also got annoying how he would bring up his age compared to mine so if they do have older characters to not put that in their dialogue so much.
@@JrockerDiChan666 Exactly Make em appealing for the player, not the character in-game Like how in some games there's a young-looking romance interest. This is because kid players will most likely choose that young romance interest than the older ones
Yes I too LOVE the atmosphere of the game, the sounds and stuff just made me feel all cosy like I love the sounds of Cicadas and rain mainly because of this game. Also yes to the mine but as long as it isn't super irritating like DS... EDIT: I hope you can upgrade the barn because I always wanted a mom, baby and bull of all the different cows. I always felt terrible about selling my cows because the symbol on the sell icon looks like a cow's head on a chopping board.
My top 4 hopes is that they keep the dig site, keep as many of the original events/things that happen to the townsfolk as possible- even the sad ones (it sounds cruel, but this aspect gave the game gravitas), let us marry Flora + one other bachelor, and expand townsfolk dialogue. Edit: I also whole-heartedly agree with you on the ambience sound design choices. Those are at the core of why the valley was such a vibe.
I hope they add more bachelors. I remember Another Wonderful Life was the first Harvest Moon game where I really hated the marriage candidates. I wish they would bring in Skye from DS Cute as he’s my all time favorite bachelor from the series and the two games take place in the same village. Having Daryl or Cody as an option would also work. Mostly I want a faster seed maker. This was the first game in the series to offer a seed maker but it took three days to make one crop into two seeds.
Skye is my all-time favorite bachelor as well! I've always wanted him to come back in another game lol, and this one would be perfect. As for Cody, the Japanese Direct showed a clip of the female protagonist with him and a baby girl. At least, I'm assuming it's Cody. He's younger and has more hair, but he's wearing Cody's gloves, shoes, shorts, etc. :)
Well, from what I see in the trailer, there's a brown skin baby alongside with the female MC & Cody in the beach, so I think Cody will be one of the bachelor candidate... I agree that the bachelor in AWL is kinda sad to look at, since the most decent one that fits the HM standard is basically Rock, the rest are something else, not your common typical handsome face of HM bachelor, one is Elvis wannabe with a huge face & the other one is a guitarist with a weird looking facial hair...
Warning, my comment is a looong one... - Something definitely should be done with the wild animals - and let us have that chihuahua, dang it! Apparently, there were massive rumours back in the day that said you could get it from Carter! - I can understand wanting more changes happening throughout the game, chapter by chapter. - I actually really liked the ordering and waiting, and I don't think that should be taken away. It gives the feeling of the valley being this small community, depending on outside ordering, etc. Adds charm imo. Shops I think would ruin it, but I'm not against a weekly shop like Van's. That concept I can get behind of cause it preserves that small valley feeling. - Customization for the house would be nice. - Agree with the characters and the unique attributes each have. Also with the expressions with the MC. And I agree emphatically about the sounds! That definitely has been missing for the series! It is one of the things which gave AWL so much charm! - Festivals is a bonus in my eyes. - That hill for connection to Mineral Town, imo, would be perfect for a connection to SOS: FoMT for those who have it. Like once you acknowledge to the system that you have it, it would then allow you to hear further dialogue about the farmer in Mineral Town and Van would have even more exclusive things to buy... for both games! - I like the size of the valley tbh. - As someone who never really went to the mines often, I'm meh about the mines. I don't want them to change it so much where it is just like any other of their games, but that's just me. If they do change, at least make it a unique spin and not a carbon copy from previous games. Same goes with the tools tbh. I still want to be able to receive those certain tools from the villagers. - YES, THE CATTLE BREEDING IS A VERY IMPORTANT GAME MECHANIC TO ME (and the chickens too lol). This gave so so much charm to AWL and hasn't really been seen since! It would absolutely do the remake injustice if they changed that aspect! I think if I recall as long as you took care and fed your animals, they did not die. It is when you neglect them, they get sick and die (which was how people had to get rid of the goat; I never had the heart to do that to the goat Lol so I kept it). Some solid points you made! And most I agreed with you on. I think more dialogue is needed the most tbh and events. And I hope and pray they do not get rid of Tartan! The hybrid system they had is pretty unique imo and Tartan is a hoot! I will cry if they consider him irrelevant. Oh and Darryl should still be Darryl, the messy look everything. Adding more scientific scenarios would be a hoot too! Tbh more variety of AWL original music would be lovely (but not necessary). I just want then to keep to the original as much as possible. That's why I think a huge concentration should be on events and dialogue. There is a lot you could do. The game mechanics in AWL is some of my favourite. They can tweak mining and even fishing. Okay, but only in such a way that would be a unique spin and not like previous games. TL; DR: Agreed with most things in the video. As long as the remake is close to the original, respecting it, I will be happy.
I agree that ordering and waiting is fun! I like to see Takakura delivering things in my shed the next day! But since they'll be adding outfits and possibly other things, I thought an extra shop wouldn't hurt. I really hope we don't get disappointed, I can't way to see more gameplay! And thanks for the long comment, it's always a joy to read those 😄
According to the trophy guide for the special edition on PS4, you can get the chihuahua in chapter 6 as long as you've befriended both carter and flora and have found all the artifacts in the mines. Not sure if it's the same for the GameCube original or if it was actually just a rumor for that one
I cannot wait for this remake! When I saw the trailer I was absolutely floored. It was my favorite game on the GameCube and ps2, I never thought it would get a remake. I’m sure they will probably improve many aspects of the game, I can’t wait to fall in love with it again ❤
As someone who hasn't played the original I am excited for this. Seeing old players reaction to this has been amazing and makes me even more hyped for this remake!!
You make such good points, Josh! I like the idea of a farm sim that isn’t just about min-maxing, but about respect for life and death on your farm and in your life. I think that really sets AWL apart from the other installments of HM/SoS and I hope this remake stays true to that theme. Like you, I’m cautiously optimistic!
I agree with your list and emphasis on looking after your animals! It makes it more rewarding. I also hope they keep where your child can pick different career paths and you can watch them grow up! None of the other harvest moons have that i dont think.
maybe im weird for this but.. i really want daryl as a marriage candidate!! i mean cody is probably one now (shoutout to all the cody lovers) let me marry the crazy scientist! XD but really i cant wait for this game, i felt bad that i could never really get into AWL as much as it was loved but this is def getting me hyped and excited!
I know everyone's excited for the core bachelorettes, but I also hope they include Flora and maybe even Leia (the mermaid from the DS version. Although... maybe putting her somewhere other than Daryl's basement) I DO hope the basement is unlocked because I just think it's a funny area. Same with Muffy's upstairs room
I'd really love to see some sort of connectivity between Mineral Town and A Wonderful Life, more things incorporated from Harvest Moon DS/Cute, and of course SKYE as a bachelor!
The original game had such a grubby look that made it seem much more real to me somehow. I hope this isn't lost too much with the updated art style. I also wish the main characters kept their plump, chibi-esque looks. Other than that though, I'm very happy that a new generation of players will get to experience this game in some form. I'll definitely be checking it out once again.
More dialogue, animations, stores , challenges, things to do, areas, and higher difficulty would be fantastic. Story of Seasons has kept itself very basic and small for too long. A Wonderful Life was definitely console quality back in the day so I hope story of seasons goes more console/pc quality than seeming like easy mobile/handheld games. A Wonderful Life is my favorite farming game of all time so I hope they do the remake as best as they could
Holy shit this game is my childhood, I go back to it every once in while. I love this Harvest Moon game so much, and seeing it announced for a remake gave me so much happiness I haven't felt in a while. I really hope things stay the same and things that definitely need to be in the game be in there. Like I think you could connect your GBA to get to Mineral Town, and I never could do that as a kid because I wasn't allowed certain things. One animal I want is Alpacas, I absolutely love Alpacas and when they were introduced in the games I was ecstatic, the others would be the animals that we could never get but were rumored to hell and back that you could get them. The death mechanic in the game was my introduction to feeling grief, I never had anything to grieve for in my childhood and then on and I didn't know about it at first so when my regular Cow "Mary Moo" died it absolutely wrecked me. Like I didn't play for a week after that. Also I want more to be touched on about the goddamn TEDDY BEAR, that thing gave me some feeling of anxiety every time I looked at it. I worried for my kid, what the hell was it doing? Why did Van allow me to buy that damn thing?!
This was a great vid reminding what was so great about the original. I loved the animal breeding aspect. I kinda will miss the quiet muted colours. It felt rustic and peaceful.
There are a lot of things I want but my #1 is pretty minor. In the original if you try to milk a bull it will get a happy music note over its head and moo pleased - which is a bit naughty but amused young me.
I wish that Murray wouldn’t get his makeover unless we gave money to him while he’s begging if y’all remember that. Like start him off a little rough cause he’s homeless and struggling and then if the player chooses to help him, we finally see the reward for that. I liked that he was a hobo… he was my favorite. I followed him for hours at night wondering where he went at bedtime lol I loved that little guy and it would be cool to see more done with him
A part of me also hopes they keep the unique cutscenes they had. Like walking into Darryl’s lab during a thunderstorm would trigger a whole scene. I loved the little hidden cutscenes they had for us to find and with a community now I feel like we’d all have some fun finding them and sharing how to get them. I also hope we can shape our child’s interests and that depending who we marry will effect their base stats towards skills and interests. I feel this game did the children the best and gave them the most focus and it really made it feel like I had a little family. OH! And that if we kept food in the fridge, our kid would eat meals from there. They had so many little things that made this game real like anyone else remember the sound effects for using the bathroom? 😂 I hope they do this game the justice it deserves 🙏🏻 I love your content so I’ll be eagerly following for your updates! Thank you for giving such quality content!! 😁
This game got so many hours from my life lol I remember everything! Especially the wild animals. I miss the camera perspective options. I also loved the music so much I hope they still allow us to change the records that play like before. Omg it would be so cool if we can have some winter activities to do in general. Or other seasonal events. Just to make it more towny lol if that’s a word. Oo keep the camera view I like how open world it feels
One thing I would really love for the remake is adding some of things from the Special edition, like being able to have a girl, one more thing is definitely more love interests. Oh, and easier access to Nami's diary, or change it so you see the hearts would appear in their speech bubble.
All the SE stuff is there, you can have a daughter or a son, and they BOTH look like your spouse now! (Nami's daughter has red hair and blue clothes, just like her son) Nami's diary is still in her room, but there's a villager tab in your menu, where you can see your friendship bar with a villager and, in love interest case, a row of hearts.
Love this list. I agree with the animals dying, especially. It ties into what I definitely need, which is an "end" and for my kid to grow up and pursue thier passions (I may or may not have influenced by abandoning them at strangers houses as a baby 🤓🤣). Gives me an event to strive towards. It looks like, from the trailers, our main characters will age and the kids grow up, so my must-haves seem to already be met.
Was anyone else mystified by that not-interactable shed between the chicken coop and the big farming plot? My siblings and I spent YEARS speculating what could be in that shed/how to unlock it to no avail. It was a bigger mystery to me than how to "tame" the wild animals! I know they won't (in fact I think they removed the building altogether from the remake, based on these trailers), but I would have loved to FINALLY be able to go into that shed!
Not sure if you're aware of the official Japanese site BokuMono! I saw the horse in the visuals and it's sadly not my cup of tea artstyle wise :( same with the sheep and chickens; there was a certain charm in the more realistic version of them I spotted the goat as well, I wonder if they changed them up a bit gameplay wise In any case, I agree with your list tho I'm unfortunately quite sceptical, but here's to a hoping!!
4:15 THAT WAS CODY!? W- ??!! I liked his design model :/ if they wanted to make him a bachelor.. just do that! Makes it 4 & 4 with lumina.. but like :/ I truly was like "oh an entirely new character" 💀
Same! I overall don't mind the design, except he DOESN'T look like an ARTIST to me. (Or even a metal-working artist) He looks like a jock! That's what I'd expect of a bachelor option of Suary/Wally. Give him his gray shirt back, maybe the polka-dot kerchief or use that as his headband, and it'll look better.
I hope Van would sell more rare items or animals. And visit a new place as well. I hope the hybrid crops would be more. More mini games. Some missions. More items to be given by other characters.
Like you I hope they have shops in this game and I really hope they make the areas better looking and more interesting. An issue I have with Wonderful Life and HM DS was how empty and small the valley felt. The dig sight doesn’t have much then a floor and a problem I have with the most recent SoS game was the lack of additional areas outside of town and farm. I like when the games give us an actual woods area where we can get materials and not have to worry about growing them on our farm and I like multiple floored mines. Also, and this was something I always wanted to do in the original games, I want to actually be able to go up that path that was our neighbor farm, the path that is supposedly the entrance to the valley
Things I love in "farming" games in no particular order: 1. Building- Just like Magical Melody, purchasing land, then plopping whatever kinds of buildings you want and furnishing them with whatever you want. (Building skins) 2. Lots and lots of crops- I feel like 10-15 per season is a solid foundation, but the closer you can get to Pam's Harvestcraft the better. 3. Lots and lots of animals- I like having a variety of animals, different varieties of cows is okay, but I'd rather have animals that make totally different products. 4. Many materials to find in the mines, loads of fish species, weird trinkets and treasures like fossils even if they're just furniture like Animal Crossing... 5. Lots of "recipes"- I like having uses for all the materials and animal products... I hate when there's obscure products that have no use... 6. Interactive Locations- I loved in Magical Melody how you had the blacksmith, the carpenters, the vineyards, the hospital, the cafe/inn, other farms and ranches, the general store, the clay artisan... they made the most memorable characters because they do stuff, and I would love to see more of this, and I would love to see more minigames/jobs related to these places. Let us help the fisherman for a day, the spelunker for a day, carpentry/smithing/cooking minigames, diving minigames, horse-races/jobs any day, fossil/treasure-hunting minigames... photography minigames? The holidays should also be interactive... the less cinematic for many of them the better.
It would be cool if the un-adoptable animals like the lizard, turtle, Carter's chihuahua, maybe even Muku-Muku could come and help your crops grow or fertilize them, maybe leave gifts if you get to befriend them enough. Would be a cool middleground of adopting or using them as helpers but not permanently, as maybe they'd all do a different task and you'd need to befriend all of them for full help from them? Kindof like the Harvest Sprites in Friends of Mineral Town and More Friends of Mineral Town. I just think having the unadoptable animals that are a bit of a mystery being able to help you on their farm is a cute idea.
Personally I hope they keep the dig site as is in the remake. I know lots of people want a mine like in DS/Cute. But, tbh, I hope they stick closer to the game they are remaking. I personally don’t want Skye added as a bachelor, but they will definitely need to add more bachelors since only three choices wouldn’t be very fun. It seems they’ve added Cody as a bachelor which I’m excited for. As for the for the farming, I hope they keep the more realistic farming system that was present in the original. It was very unique that made the game feel so different and fresh compared to other games in the series. I have other things I could add, but those are my biggest wish list items.
Im so happy that you’re bringing up the breeding system. That is something that I’ve been afraid of them removing and would be the worst change. This also applies to the goat, because when the goat was done producing milk, there was no way to get miracle potion for her. That’s the only time I’ve seen an animal die in this game, because I had to let the goat die to make space in the barn
The goat can be bred! (For 35.000G) And barn animals don't *have* to be give birth to give milk, though you can still breed them if you want to. (I say it is because the cost of just buying new animals all the time is... meh)
I agree with all of your points! I also hope they keep the gradual season changes and the lighting of the original, with the shadows changing with the time of day. And maybe more barn space, because I felt bad having to sell my animals to make room for calves.
I think these are all great addition ideas. I personally don’t want anything specific from this game but I want the developers to see how much we loved this game and incorporate some of the things that made this game so memorable in future games. I feel like the modern games have lost touch with that feeling so I would love if this revitalized the developers vision for the series going forward!
It'd also be nice if they made new ways to earn profit for your farm other than fishing, digging, and relying on flowers. If there were maybe part time jobs you could do like delivering things for villagers or maybe running the Bar for Griffin... They could give the characters a lot more personality and more fun to visit. Maybe use a "Diner Dash" type aspect if you brought drinks to the people at the bar, or more interactive bartering with your shop visitors, maybe a question to find out what they wanted to purchase... I think it'd be a fun addition to have mini-games and part time jobs like that! I just know I'm gonna need more things for money making.
I think magical melody proved you can have customization and still do cutscenes. I hope they do allow a lot more customization in the game in general, and maybe that abandoned shed can be put to good use as well.
Honestly for me, I want more connection to Mineral Town, like the DS games had. I know it's a stretch and obviously they won't do it. But I want the Valley to be lively with people and characters from FoMT making an appearance will be nice! Especially since we had characters legit have a schedule of leaving the valley and making the valley feel empty, plus it sucks that they can leave, but you're stuck there. Plus it would be a way for the game to have more marriage candidates with all the ones from FoMT coming over and stuff.
I want the “nices” thing with the Harvest Sprites to be explained, and I’d like for the Harvest Goddess to be featured in some way!! I really want them to include the original versions of the old music, like Winter HM which was always my fav. I think it would be nice if more of the older characters died before you do at the end of the game…like Galen and Ramona. It’s really sad, but it’s realistic. Maybe, if you befriend them beforehand, they can leave you some special inheritance. Maybe more new characters can move in if this happens. iirc, I think there is one new character that moves in after Nina dies in the original, but I might be mistaken. I don’t think the valley needs to be much bigger, but it would be cool if the path to the city was still utilized somehow. I don’t know if there will be some kind of special event if you have a Friends of Mineral Town save file on the switch, but Pokemon does stuff like that and I think it would be a cool feature to have.
I admit, that was something I never liked in the original. Nina dies, okay, very realistic... your child grows, mhm, and your partner and the others age... but NOBODY dies in the end before you do? Galen must be 130 years old or even older by the end of the game! (And that's because I presume he might be in his 70s in the first chapter)
I will definitely give the remake a go, but so far I'm not impressed with the art direction. If they keep enough of the good stuff and expand a bit with cool new features, I think I can get accustomed to the art. Here's to hoping! 👃🏻
I agree with the expressions! I'm playing Olive Town right now and the lack of expressions during dialogue just makes everything boring. Seeing the mc and the villager's expressions really makes the interaction more heartfelt
I was so excited for the first Wonderful Life remake that let you be a girl, right up until I realized there were no good bachelors for people interested in men. The DS Cute version added some thief character that kinda helped (wonder if he's gonna be in this remake) but I'd love it if they expanded the bachelor/bachelorette choices.
It'd be great if we could goto the city where some of the characters goto for work. To shop or play mini games. I always wanted to go to the city in this game.
The final part of your video is very very true and my biggest concern,also...the ending to your video where it hopping back n forth on the fence, I was devastated when I found out you couldn't do that on the PlayStation port! It's the little things what matter most
I never played this one and I'm so happy I can finally try it out 😍 I hope they do bring enough change to modernize the game while still keeping the nostalgia in there for those who played it before
I agree a lot with this list. Personally something I'm hoping for is that we have more days in a month like in the other Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, but have them shorter to balance it out. From what I've seen from of the original version the days are longer but there aren't that many. So I'm hoping for the days to be the opposite in the remake.
As a female player, I'm so thankful they upgraded Marlin. There were no good bachelors before and I always begrudgingly chose him. 😅 I really hope they take inspiration from HM64 for the festivals! The New Years, Planting, Flower, Fireworks, Firefly, Starry Night, Spirit, and New Years Eve Festivals were SO, SO good!! 😭😭 Lastly, I hope they take away the hunger mechanic all together. Food should be used strictly for stamina in these types of games.
Omg, i just stumbled upon this! Its like a dream come true. i played awl Back in the gamecube days. Im crying right now. This is wonderful. And it will Release on Steam. I never thought this would happen.
Something that to this day makes AWL more special than any of the other HM games is the earthy tones in the games environment. None of it was really bright, pastel, or too saturated. It was more realistic, and it felt way more down to earth that way. The only other HM game that I know that did a similar thing is HM: Save the Homeland. I'm a little sad that it'll never go back to looking that way. Not even Stardew Valley hits the same way when it comes to the color palette of the environment (unless it was through a mod of some sort I guess).
Honestly the mining aspect of these games is one I dislike the most. I loved this game for many reasons (it was my first Harvest Moon/SOS) and the archeological dig was great. It would be cool if they developed that story line further. I feel like adding the mining component takes away from being a farm sim as you often have to dedicate a lot of time and energy to mine ores that you then still have to pay to have someone upgrade your tools with. I really hope they don't add the typical mine you see in all the other games, it keeps this game unique. Also I feel like mining is often a quick and easy way to make a ton of money early and makes other aspects of the game easier. Plus the cut scenes you unlock when the villagers give you something are great. Hopefully they keep all the unique characters they were great and I mean it makes it feel very typically small village lol. More dialogue/special events and maybe a few more characters who move in and out of town would be nice (have a welcome potluck or goodbye party).
Actually, I'm never the biggest fan of mining, but I found myself often having nothing to do in AWL, so any additional activity is good for me! But I agree sometimes it can break the game when it's not well-balanced and lets you make money too easily. Also, I agree a welcome party would be nice! I just got to chapter 2, Samantha and her family moved in but there was no cutscene whatsoever for them, it felt a bit odd as I was expecting one!
I played the ‘harvest moon ds’ on my Ds and it was like the ‘wonderful life’ from the gameboy. I miss magical melody! I really hope they do well with the remake! I loved Muffy so much! I can’t wait to play the game again!
I also want a Magical Melody remake. The farm rivalry and note collection was so much fun. Selecting your land at the start was also cool. If this remake does well I don't see why they wouldn't remake Magical Melody eventually.
I hope they leave the grim vibe in. Muffy's entire character arc of finally finding a partner who respects her is great, and Marlon, Celia and Vesta all being salty about breaking Celia's heart is a great touch. Not to mention the divorce in chapter 2.
Edit: The image of a bull is on the japanese website. They still have bulls and roosters which is kind of cool. I just think they could expand on the animals a lot. Both farm and wild. I also hope for a number of changes from Harvest Moon DS as well. Maybe visiting characters from FoMT if you have that save data. Further options for buildings. New characters. A change to the dig site. Etc.
I wish the remake made a noticeable distinction between the male and female duck because I see none. The chicks and ducklings do, and so do the rooster and chicken, but ducks? Both white, round, and done.
@@CatMuto That’s because the variety of duck they’re based on- the call duck based on how they sound in game- isn’t sexually dimorphic. That is, the male and female ducks look the same. They do make different calls, as they do in game. It would have been nice if they went with something more like a wild mallard (given how you get them) or the many ducks bred to look like then which has very visible differences, though.
Looking how they changed plenty of character to look pretty (Murrey, Cody, Muffy now Molly, etc...), cutesy mobile kid game design, Im really scared they will just remove death and the more realistic design choice just because "It's a cute kid game now). The overall look of the game just doesnt really excite me even tho I wanted a remake of the game... But that pretty much on my list of what I wish for too but add more bachelorettes and new animals and animal mechanics to take care. Would like that the special edition features on PS2 is also in the remake.
True on all of these, I'm still in shock that this is getting a remake, like out of all games they chose this. Maybe it turned years or something but I'm Hella excited and I'll pre-order it when avaliable
Pretty sure it's because the game will be 20 years old next year; there's somehow a trend of remakes when stuff gets 20 years old 😂 (that might just be me tho) Marvelous was sus on social media too 👀
I have never seen the animal death cutscene in the OG games before. That's... extremely traumatizing! I'd never have picked up the game again if I'd seen a sequence like that.
I think they'll keep breeding since in once of the trailers it looks like there's a bull on the farm, but chickens it's harder to tell but i also hope they add Silkies and you can choose your horses color. and Even if it's DLC i would enjoy more marriage candidates or even past ones again to visit or something, better ways to influence your child career too as Music is the hardest one since he has no toys or much you can give him or do to influence until Chapter 3, maybe even show more changes in personality depending on his interests and show some changes here and there?
what i'm hoping for is more barn space because holy fuck there was too little in the original. you need to keep impregnating your cows for them to produce milk, fine i have no issue with that, what i take issue with is that you can't impregnate them unless there's a free space in your barn for the new calf. so the more cows you have, the more free space you need but the cows you already have are taking it all up, add that on top of the non cow animals that are also taking up space and honestly you end up with a situation where it just isn't feasible to have more than 3 cows at once and you have to sell your newborn calves as soon as possible just to free up some space. so yeah, we either need more barn space or just have the game still let us impregnate the cows even if there is no space and just auto sell the newborn calves. the game should also let us impregnate the goat as well so it too can continue to produce milk.
The goat can be bred, cows can still get pregnant but don't have to be to continue to give milk, and you can buy an expansion of the barn and coop for up to 16 animals in each.
I hope this game becomes more like Harvest Moon DS, which was a remake of A Wonderful Life. So take the charm of the original Game Cube A Wonderful Life and give it the Harvest Moon DS treatment: Give us more possibilities like more levels in the mine and so on.
I think friends of mineral town have the feature of turning off its sound once the time switch to night in gba. Its really quiet and only the sound of bugs can be heard and I love that it feels like the town is sleeping so I think it is quite possible that they might implement it too in the remake like you said :)
Pacing is essential! It’s waaay too long It’s not really too long it was just there wasn’t much to do making each day drag on and after two years I was fed up and there was no new dialogue to be immersive. Lack of dialogue is my biggest pet peeve 😢
Yeah I never pushed through to see the later chapters because there was so little to do besides grind relationships after about two years. It didn't help that the money side of the game was just busted with selling tree seeds.
@@Latronibus this, i feel like the grind of AWL is wierd cause if you don't literally befriend takakura and get the seed combiner/maker plant then grinding is literally hell, too little income for like what 50k cheese maker room, very insane. But it's completely busted if you get the seed combiner cause those high level combined seeds seels for ridiculously high amount
Off the top of my head, I can't think of many things I'd want them to change for the remake. I mean, a lot of my initial annoyances are being taken care of! (The SE content now available, daughters with their own appearance instead of all having brown hair, the SE version but without the obnoxious-to-unplayable slowness, etc) The game had features that I loved as a kid, I still love as an adult, and I don't see much reason to change it. On the one hand, I would like 'more' love interest options, I know a lot of people want (and loved having) Flora (and Carter) as available marriage candidates in DS/DS Cute. I wouldn't mind if they were added in, even as DLC options, because out of the four options to date, none of them have an inherent interest or skill in Science. You *can* influence your child to that career path, but none of them have an automatic interest. And Flora/Carter could fulfill that role. A minor thing, I want Rock's children to have blond hair again. I know his hair is bleached, but still. I found the slightly-tanned-blond-son from AnWL really sweet, I'd love for that to be retained, even for the daughter. I do want to complain about Cody's/Gordy's new design, but... it's an unfortunate truth, that love interests in these games have to be pretty boy attractive. But I do hope they will expand more on the 'evolving' town, not just Nina dying, but other characters, too. What, *Romana* outlives your character? Have more people age, die, move out, have new ones move in, not just Hugh and Katie having the biggest changes.
Textwall incoming! When I was very young, I wanted to finish the winter season so I could start playing the game’s new year, so I opted to ignore everything and go to sleep every time my character woke up until Spring 1. This, literally, killed my entire farm (except the horse) and I was both mortified and traumatized. I effectively starved out my farm animals, my babies whom I loved because I was selfish and didn’t feel like playing through a temporary and stale period in the game. I watched my entire farm collapse in each tormenting scene depicting their tragic and individual deaths due to my selfishness. Takakura’s stoicism when watching that scene play over and over again, those poor animals fall to their side again and again, it just hit hard, and I really related to my character’s repeated expression of sad surprise, guilt, and self-reflective failure. While I would never wish for a young kid to go through a similar nightmare of fear and sadness and guilt, I do think it was a really necessary lesson I needed to learn. A Wonderful Life is about, well, life! It addresses the good (growing up, new life, new friends) and the bad (time passing that you can never get back, loss of life and the permanence of death, annoying scientist neighbors that spy on our son); these details that come with life and the human experience. What I’m trying to say, is... There was a very real consequence that came alongside my naïveté! I wasn’t looking to hurt anyone, but my actions still had an effect on the things I cared about and it definitely helped me understand some of the nuances behind the concept of life as a kid and while taking away the death mechanic is a great way to keep this beautiful game a lighthearted escape from a lot of the real world “bad” that we’re facing right now and it’ll protect kids from that same horrible feelings I had gone through, I think not having some of the counter to all of that happy-go-lucky cheer would leave the game a little more hollow and not nearly as impactful. I hope that doesn’t make me sound cruel!
Cracks me up how so many people want to keep the gloomy atmosphere in the game, but are traumatized by the idea that they might have to see one of their animals die. Don't worry, kids - I'm sure the game will be as sanitized as any other is anymore. Hey, you could completely ignore your horse and let it get blocked into its stable by weeds in PoOT, so any sort of dumb thing that doesn't lead to consequences for your negligence is possible now!
Thank you for the video. I'm hoping they do not remove animal death and sickness the most since they removed it from FoMT. We'll see! aha... I also hope the villagers get more dialogue and more seasonal festivals over since there were all 4 per year. and, this is my own opinion, but I actually hate some of the character remodels. xD Oh well. Thanks for the video!
I agree with you, pretty much with everything. The only thing i'd wanna change is the Forest Sprites... They add nothing to the game. They just explain something here and there. I'd like them to either remove them entirely, or have them play a little more of an active role, by giving quests or something. I didn't understand the point of them at all.
I think they were originally added in as an Easter egg from Save the Homeland (same exact sprites) and to serve as a small guide for some gameplay mechanics (blue feather comes to mind). Personally, I like them, but I certainly wouldn't complain about them having a larger role!
@@dianaburn2474 Yeah but Takashi could have totally explained it. In fact, the role the Sprites play, in the original game, could be filled entirely by Takashi. But yeah, if they choose to give them a larger role, i wouldn't complain about that.
There are some scenes added with them now, and finding 'Sutekis' (Wonderfuls is what I guess they'll be translated as) that will apparently awaken the harvest goddess in the spring. Also, talking to them once a day gives you a recipe now.
i hope the farm animal style doesnt change. the friends of mineral town cows are SO hideous and the anatomy makes them pretty difficult to interact with.
AWL was my very first Harvest Moon Game, got it on a Halloween after eyeing it for ages and played it through the entire night. Easy the best Halloween ever. -I think for the remake I would love if they added some things from the DS remake too. Such as the mermaid wife in Daryls laboratory. She was a lovely addition to the game. My next point ties into it, as in to make some more events, quests that open up the valley even more so that during the years while you play, you always have a little push to keep on going! -And the minigames! I do hope they keep or even add more! I remember how much I loved to play the minigame with the firework brothers, lost so many times but it was a delight!
Honestly things you suggested were so amazing But in reality, im a sucker for SoS especially the one that didnt get played in the childhood so even if they ignored fan advice *cough* pokemon franchise *cough* I would still play it
My one and only complaint will forever be that they've changed Marlin too much. Matthew's new look just does not hit me the same. I foresee a mod in my future.
Cody and Daryl always frightened me as a kid and even now, they still do. I like the new designs I've seen. Primarily Cody, Matthew is okay and we'll have to wait for more. I wish they'd give us more definitive breeds of animals to have as pets. Trio of Towns was the best at it, by allowing you to buy dobermans and German Shepherds.
The first time i experienced a character dying was in the first Story of seasons game on the 3ds and it broke me, then my cow died of old age and i just fell apart Anyway i hope they bring that trauma back :D
Not there, available, and available. Though the customization is mostly different rugs and aesthetic, like red rugs when you married Muffy or blue rugs when you married Nami.
i agree with your list for sure! :D i also hope they let us marry flora, i'd love to be able to romance her and along with the turtle and lizard, i hope as well for that to include the raccoon and chihuahua! i had an obsession with that raccoon as a kid and believed all the rumors about it, i hope they let my childhood dreams come true lol
Fun fact about the wild animals in the original! They were simply there to indicate to the player which fishing spots were most ideal that day. Lizard for the waterfall/upstream, Raccoon for down stream, Turtle for the swamp by Cody’s house, etc. ☺️
I didn't know that!! 🤯
I was told they were pets you could get if you befriended the villagers XD
I never knew this! Now I've got to keep my eye out for whether the creatures are there before I fish! Thank you for your comment! I now know something new and super handy! ^-^
wow are you serious? i remember googling back in the day and google said you could somehow befriend them but it was NOT possible!!
AMAZING! 💖 never knew that, I always thought the turtle was Cody's pet or something
I know it's probably never going to happen, but my biggest hope is that they give players the option to play the game with a more desaturated color palette. The bright and cheery colors akin to Olive Town look nice, but especially when looking at the og and remake side by side, there's a charm in the muted colors of the original. It felt like it added a more somber tone to the game that I'm really going to miss.
That's a fantastic idea and I'd absolutely love it. Worst case scenario, somebody might be crazy enough to attempt to mod that into the PC version.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels this way!!
Facts older just looks better and has more personality and nostalgia etc
Strong agree! I'm actually pretty worried that the brighter color palette will affect how I feel about the game; minor thing, I know. But, I agree the muted colors have charm - I find them calming, in a way.
Not happening.
Fantastic ideas, Josh! You know, one of the most painful things I remember about this game were the cutscenes that would play when you sold an animal. Takakura would say "Alright, [animal's name], it's time to go" and sad music would play with the camera panning to a tree losing a leaf.... it was SO SAD and you'd have to watch that every time you sold one. It made me feel like I was sending them to slaughter and it broke my heart as a kid. They NEED to keep the gritty, emotional stuff like that in the remake.
I can confirm that the selling animal cutscene seems to be gone. In one of my files, I sold a (grown) cow, and there was no cutscene, the cow was just gone once I checked. I personally will say that's good because a cutscene every time you do is tedious. Especially if you only have so much room. (There is an option to double the space of the barn and coop, though)
@@CatMuto Thats such a shame. I can understand the tediousness of it, but it definitely felt like a punch to the heart when you did it. Ah well, modernization wins again.
@@francisco646 I will say, so far, I haven't seen many things that were altered or similar that I think are 'bad'.
Like many, I wasn't a fan of *having* to have pregnant cows and time-stack them so that I could get milk, have a pregnant cow, ensure that one gives birth before the next one, etc, etc. I like that it was altered to not having to give birth to get a cow to give milk.
Okay, there are some TINY things that were altered that I personally don't like, simply because it causes buttons to not work as I want. (ex. the barn troughs are lower, so animals step on them and you have to push them out of the way so you can put the food into the trough instead of feeding it to them; Flora and Carter have a BAD TENDENCY to stand just a bit too close to a square of the digsite, and you can't dig there until they move)
But for the most part, the things that were altered are good or improved upon.
But I DO want to play the gamecube versions, just to refresh my mind how things were, to better compare.
Animal Parade is still probably one of my all time favorites! When you mentioned the marriages, I immediately thought of the rivals getting married and having their own kids. That was really nice to add to the game and I wish more installments implemented that.
I LOOOOVED Animal Parade and tree of tranquility. I want those remade :,)
@@aphraydisiac me too !! I feel like such a small amount of us loveeee ap and tot…hands down my favourite console,art style and marriage candidates
They likely won't appear again, as (Japanese) players have voiced a dislike for rivals and rival events, so...
@@CatMuto that's so lame, it gives the characters and game more life
I feel like AWL was the most immersive HM game of all. I hope they can add quality of life upgrades that make the game simply more enjoyable. I would also like to see more dialogue and have some extra content tied to friends of mineral town since it was already remastered. Maybe add new locations to visit (up the hill) if you have FOMT save data?
couldn't agree moree!!!
I feel like family interaction peaked with Animal Parade though. God i miss all the wild people in AWL though
I agree with everything on your list. Some things I want to add are:
- A trail behind the waterfall connecting the sprites tree area and mining area. HM:DS had this which made it very convenient and i hope they add that for this remake.
- Flora and Carter as marriage candidates.
- More Dialogue
Things I want them to keep:
- The huuuuge inventory in our rucksack
- The glowing plant lights in the forest (those were so pretty)
- The small voice acting for each villager
the glowing plant lights are definitely in, you can see it in the trailer and on the website!!
Seconding Flora and Carter as marriage candidates!
@@NaraKwonPoD oh yah. idk why my brain forgot it saw that in the trailer 😅
There IS a shallow path at the waterfall that connects the pond area with the digsite! I can confirm, it is very convient and well-used by me.
Flora and Carter are not marriage candidates (right now...?), though I think we should because we have no Science focused child option. (Gustafa's has an interest, but not high)
Inventory in the rucksack is currently 40 slots, if I counted right, but I have not really managed to get it absolutely full. (Fortunately, tools and items are separate 'bags')
I haven't noticed if the plants glow yet, I didn't pay attention to that.
I completely agree about the atmospheric sounds being utilized instead of just music for every area. Sound has a huge emotional impact on the brain and it can really lend itself to a significant degree of immersion! Also, I am with you on trying to adopt every animal I come across in the wild ... Who would be so cruel-hearted to leave a lizard with a hurt leg out in the wild?! Definitely excited to see how this remake turns out and here's hoping they include these ideas!
I really hope they keep the sky. Like sure, upgrade it graphically I guess, but I used to love just watching the clouds move overhead, and change when it started to rain. And the stars at night... I would spend ages just watching all the pretty stars
it's a long shot, but i would like to see the bachelor options from ds cute added haha. and I don't even mean skye (tho I imagine a fair bit of people will be happy if that was the case), I mean like Griffin or Mason (Mason would be really funny ngl)
Yes! So far it looks like there'll be 4 bachelors and 4 bachelorettes, I'd love to see a few more added!
Yeah i really hope they add Flora and a younger Carter. Not that old guys are eww but carter was like...a grandpa in DS cute lol. Just make him slightly younger.
@@CryKaze so i wasn't the only one who thought that.
@@CryKaze yes but i think they left it as is bc of the older community that plays the games as well. My mom would enjoy the "older" characters in the games as it made her feel as if she wasn't a cougar lmao even tho she played as a younger character she still wanted a mature character to marry. She loved the owner of Horn Ranch in AP but since he was already married she would marry Owen since i guess by his looks felt older? I loved Klaus but it also got annoying how he would bring up his age compared to mine so if they do have older characters to not put that in their dialogue so much.
@@JrockerDiChan666
Exactly
Make em appealing for the player, not the character in-game
Like how in some games there's a young-looking romance interest. This is because kid players will most likely choose that young romance interest than the older ones
Yes I too LOVE the atmosphere of the game, the sounds and stuff just made me feel all cosy like I love the sounds of Cicadas and rain mainly because of this game. Also yes to the mine but as long as it isn't super irritating like DS...
EDIT: I hope you can upgrade the barn because I always wanted a mom, baby and bull of all the different cows. I always felt terrible about selling my cows because the symbol on the sell icon looks like a cow's head on a chopping board.
My top 4 hopes is that they keep the dig site, keep as many of the original events/things that happen to the townsfolk as possible- even the sad ones (it sounds cruel, but this aspect gave the game gravitas), let us marry Flora + one other bachelor, and expand townsfolk dialogue. Edit: I also whole-heartedly agree with you on the ambience sound design choices. Those are at the core of why the valley was such a vibe.
Digsite remains, the events are still there (many got added), Flora is currently not eligible for marriage, neither is anyone else new except Gordy.
I hope they add more bachelors. I remember Another Wonderful Life was the first Harvest Moon game where I really hated the marriage candidates. I wish they would bring in Skye from DS Cute as he’s my all time favorite bachelor from the series and the two games take place in the same village. Having Daryl or Cody as an option would also work.
Mostly I want a faster seed maker. This was the first game in the series to offer a seed maker but it took three days to make one crop into two seeds.
Skye is my all-time favorite bachelor as well! I've always wanted him to come back in another game lol, and this one would be perfect. As for Cody, the Japanese Direct showed a clip of the female protagonist with him and a baby girl. At least, I'm assuming it's Cody. He's younger and has more hair, but he's wearing Cody's gloves, shoes, shorts, etc. :)
Well, from what I see in the trailer, there's a brown skin baby alongside with the female MC & Cody in the beach, so I think Cody will be one of the bachelor candidate...
I agree that the bachelor in AWL is kinda sad to look at, since the most decent one that fits the HM standard is basically Rock, the rest are something else, not your common typical handsome face of HM bachelor, one is Elvis wannabe with a huge face & the other one is a guitarist with a weird looking facial hair...
Warning, my comment is a looong one...
- Something definitely should be done with the wild animals - and let us have that chihuahua, dang it! Apparently, there were massive rumours back in the day that said you could get it from Carter!
- I can understand wanting more changes happening throughout the game, chapter by chapter.
- I actually really liked the ordering and waiting, and I don't think that should be taken away. It gives the feeling of the valley being this small community, depending on outside ordering, etc. Adds charm imo. Shops I think would ruin it, but I'm not against a weekly shop like Van's. That concept I can get behind of cause it preserves that small valley feeling.
- Customization for the house would be nice.
- Agree with the characters and the unique attributes each have. Also with the expressions with the MC. And I agree emphatically about the sounds! That definitely has been missing for the series! It is one of the things which gave AWL so much charm!
- Festivals is a bonus in my eyes.
- That hill for connection to Mineral Town, imo, would be perfect for a connection to SOS: FoMT for those who have it. Like once you acknowledge to the system that you have it, it would then allow you to hear further dialogue about the farmer in Mineral Town and Van would have even more exclusive things to buy... for both games!
- I like the size of the valley tbh.
- As someone who never really went to the mines often, I'm meh about the mines. I don't want them to change it so much where it is just like any other of their games, but that's just me. If they do change, at least make it a unique spin and not a carbon copy from previous games. Same goes with the tools tbh. I still want to be able to receive those certain tools from the villagers.
- YES, THE CATTLE BREEDING IS A VERY IMPORTANT GAME MECHANIC TO ME (and the chickens too lol). This gave so so much charm to AWL and hasn't really been seen since! It would absolutely do the remake injustice if they changed that aspect!
I think if I recall as long as you took care and fed your animals, they did not die. It is when you neglect them, they get sick and die (which was how people had to get rid of the goat; I never had the heart to do that to the goat Lol so I kept it).
Some solid points you made! And most I agreed with you on. I think more dialogue is needed the most tbh and events.
And I hope and pray they do not get rid of Tartan! The hybrid system they had is pretty unique imo and Tartan is a hoot! I will cry if they consider him irrelevant.
Oh and Darryl should still be Darryl, the messy look everything. Adding more scientific scenarios would be a hoot too!
Tbh more variety of AWL original music would be lovely (but not necessary).
I just want then to keep to the original as much as possible. That's why I think a huge concentration should be on events and dialogue. There is a lot you could do.
The game mechanics in AWL is some of my favourite. They can tweak mining and even fishing. Okay, but only in such a way that would be a unique spin and not like previous games.
TL; DR: Agreed with most things in the video. As long as the remake is close to the original, respecting it, I will be happy.
I agree that ordering and waiting is fun! I like to see Takakura delivering things in my shed the next day! But since they'll be adding outfits and possibly other things, I thought an extra shop wouldn't hurt. I really hope we don't get disappointed, I can't way to see more gameplay! And thanks for the long comment, it's always a joy to read those 😄
Tartan is confirmed! I believe there’s a picture of him on the bokumono website
According to the trophy guide for the special edition on PS4, you can get the chihuahua in chapter 6 as long as you've befriended both carter and flora and have found all the artifacts in the mines. Not sure if it's the same for the GameCube original or if it was actually just a rumor for that one
I cannot wait for this remake! When I saw the trailer I was absolutely floored. It was my favorite game on the GameCube and ps2, I never thought it would get a remake. I’m sure they will probably improve many aspects of the game, I can’t wait to fall in love with it again ❤
As someone who hasn't played the original I am excited for this. Seeing old players reaction to this has been amazing and makes me even more hyped for this remake!!
Flora as a marriage candidate. That's my one wish. :)
You make such good points, Josh! I like the idea of a farm sim that isn’t just about min-maxing, but about respect for life and death on your farm and in your life. I think that really sets AWL apart from the other installments of HM/SoS and I hope this remake stays true to that theme. Like you, I’m cautiously optimistic!
I agree with your list and emphasis on looking after your animals! It makes it more rewarding. I also hope they keep where your child can pick different career paths and you can watch them grow up! None of the other harvest moons have that i dont think.
maybe im weird for this but.. i really want daryl as a marriage candidate!! i mean cody is probably one now (shoutout to all the cody lovers) let me marry the crazy scientist! XD
but really i cant wait for this game, i felt bad that i could never really get into AWL as much as it was loved but this is def getting me hyped and excited!
I know everyone's excited for the core bachelorettes, but I also hope they include Flora and maybe even Leia (the mermaid from the DS version. Although... maybe putting her somewhere other than Daryl's basement) I DO hope the basement is unlocked because I just think it's a funny area. Same with Muffy's upstairs room
Flora won't be added. :( Maybe Leia though.
I'd really love to see some sort of connectivity between Mineral Town and A Wonderful Life, more things incorporated from Harvest Moon DS/Cute, and of course SKYE as a bachelor!
The original game had such a grubby look that made it seem much more real to me somehow. I hope this isn't lost too much with the updated art style. I also wish the main characters kept their plump, chibi-esque looks.
Other than that though, I'm very happy that a new generation of players will get to experience this game in some form. I'll definitely be checking it out once again.
More dialogue, animations, stores , challenges, things to do, areas, and higher difficulty would be fantastic. Story of Seasons has kept itself very basic and small for too long. A Wonderful Life was definitely console quality back in the day so I hope story of seasons goes more console/pc quality than seeming like easy mobile/handheld games.
A Wonderful Life is my favorite farming game of all time so I hope they do the remake as best as they could
Holy shit this game is my childhood, I go back to it every once in while. I love this Harvest Moon game so much, and seeing it announced for a remake gave me so much happiness I haven't felt in a while. I really hope things stay the same and things that definitely need to be in the game be in there. Like I think you could connect your GBA to get to Mineral Town, and I never could do that as a kid because I wasn't allowed certain things. One animal I want is Alpacas, I absolutely love Alpacas and when they were introduced in the games I was ecstatic, the others would be the animals that we could never get but were rumored to hell and back that you could get them. The death mechanic in the game was my introduction to feeling grief, I never had anything to grieve for in my childhood and then on and I didn't know about it at first so when my regular Cow "Mary Moo" died it absolutely wrecked me. Like I didn't play for a week after that.
Also I want more to be touched on about the goddamn TEDDY BEAR, that thing gave me some feeling of anxiety every time I looked at it. I worried for my kid, what the hell was it doing? Why did Van allow me to buy that damn thing?!
This was a great vid reminding what was so great about the original. I loved the animal breeding aspect. I kinda will miss the quiet muted colours. It felt rustic and peaceful.
There are a lot of things I want but my #1 is pretty minor. In the original if you try to milk a bull it will get a happy music note over its head and moo pleased - which is a bit naughty but amused young me.
I wish that Murray wouldn’t get his makeover unless we gave money to him while he’s begging if y’all remember that. Like start him off a little rough cause he’s homeless and struggling and then if the player chooses to help him, we finally see the reward for that. I liked that he was a hobo… he was my favorite. I followed him for hours at night wondering where he went at bedtime lol I loved that little guy and it would be cool to see more done with him
A part of me also hopes they keep the unique cutscenes they had. Like walking into Darryl’s lab during a thunderstorm would trigger a whole scene. I loved the little hidden cutscenes they had for us to find and with a community now I feel like we’d all have some fun finding them and sharing how to get them.
I also hope we can shape our child’s interests and that depending who we marry will effect their base stats towards skills and interests. I feel this game did the children the best and gave them the most focus and it really made it feel like I had a little family. OH! And that if we kept food in the fridge, our kid would eat meals from there. They had so many little things that made this game real like anyone else remember the sound effects for using the bathroom? 😂 I hope they do this game the justice it deserves 🙏🏻 I love your content so I’ll be eagerly following for your updates! Thank you for giving such quality content!! 😁
This game got so many hours from my life lol I remember everything! Especially the wild animals. I miss the camera perspective options. I also loved the music so much I hope they still allow us to change the records that play like before. Omg it would be so cool if we can have some winter activities to do in general. Or other seasonal events. Just to make it more towny lol if that’s a word. Oo keep the camera view I like how open world it feels
One thing I would really love for the remake is adding some of things from the Special edition, like being able to have a girl, one more thing is definitely more love interests. Oh, and easier access to Nami's diary, or change it so you see the hearts would appear in their speech bubble.
Oh, I also want them to update the goat so you can impregnate it, or sell it.
All the SE stuff is there, you can have a daughter or a son, and they BOTH look like your spouse now! (Nami's daughter has red hair and blue clothes, just like her son)
Nami's diary is still in her room, but there's a villager tab in your menu, where you can see your friendship bar with a villager and, in love interest case, a row of hearts.
Love this list. I agree with the animals dying, especially. It ties into what I definitely need, which is an "end" and for my kid to grow up and pursue thier passions (I may or may not have influenced by abandoning them at strangers houses as a baby 🤓🤣). Gives me an event to strive towards. It looks like, from the trailers, our main characters will age and the kids grow up, so my must-haves seem to already be met.
Was anyone else mystified by that not-interactable shed between the chicken coop and the big farming plot? My siblings and I spent YEARS speculating what could be in that shed/how to unlock it to no avail. It was a bigger mystery to me than how to "tame" the wild animals! I know they won't (in fact I think they removed the building altogether from the remake, based on these trailers), but I would have loved to FINALLY be able to go into that shed!
Not sure if you're aware of the official Japanese site BokuMono!
I saw the horse in the visuals and it's sadly not my cup of tea artstyle wise :( same with the sheep and chickens; there was a certain charm in the more realistic version of them
I spotted the goat as well, I wonder if they changed them up a bit gameplay wise
In any case, I agree with your list tho I'm unfortunately quite sceptical, but here's to a hoping!!
4:15 THAT WAS CODY!? W- ??!! I liked his design model :/ if they wanted to make him a bachelor.. just do that! Makes it 4 & 4 with lumina.. but like :/ I truly was like "oh an entirely new character" 💀
Same! I overall don't mind the design, except he DOESN'T look like an ARTIST to me. (Or even a metal-working artist) He looks like a jock! That's what I'd expect of a bachelor option of Suary/Wally.
Give him his gray shirt back, maybe the polka-dot kerchief or use that as his headband, and it'll look better.
I hope Van would sell more rare items or animals. And visit a new place as well. I hope the hybrid crops would be more. More mini games. Some missions. More items to be given by other characters.
Like you I hope they have shops in this game and I really hope they make the areas better looking and more interesting. An issue I have with Wonderful Life and HM DS was how empty and small the valley felt. The dig sight doesn’t have much then a floor and a problem I have with the most recent SoS game was the lack of additional areas outside of town and farm.
I like when the games give us an actual woods area where we can get materials and not have to worry about growing them on our farm and I like multiple floored mines. Also, and this was something I always wanted to do in the original games, I want to actually be able to go up that path that was our neighbor farm, the path that is supposedly the entrance to the valley
You really nailed it about the sound effects out in the country. I've always loved it. I hope we get to marry Cody now. Cody's a badass.
Things I love in "farming" games in no particular order:
1. Building- Just like Magical Melody, purchasing land, then plopping whatever kinds of buildings you want and furnishing them with whatever you want. (Building skins)
2. Lots and lots of crops- I feel like 10-15 per season is a solid foundation, but the closer you can get to Pam's Harvestcraft the better.
3. Lots and lots of animals- I like having a variety of animals, different varieties of cows is okay, but I'd rather have animals that make totally different products.
4. Many materials to find in the mines, loads of fish species, weird trinkets and treasures like fossils even if they're just furniture like Animal Crossing...
5. Lots of "recipes"- I like having uses for all the materials and animal products... I hate when there's obscure products that have no use...
6. Interactive Locations- I loved in Magical Melody how you had the blacksmith, the carpenters, the vineyards, the hospital, the cafe/inn, other farms and ranches, the general store, the clay artisan... they made the most memorable characters because they do stuff, and I would love to see more of this, and I would love to see more minigames/jobs related to these places. Let us help the fisherman for a day, the spelunker for a day, carpentry/smithing/cooking minigames, diving minigames, horse-races/jobs any day, fossil/treasure-hunting minigames... photography minigames?
The holidays should also be interactive... the less cinematic for many of them the better.
It would be cool if the un-adoptable animals like the lizard, turtle, Carter's chihuahua, maybe even Muku-Muku could come and help your crops grow or fertilize them, maybe leave gifts if you get to befriend them enough. Would be a cool middleground of adopting or using them as helpers but not permanently, as maybe they'd all do a different task and you'd need to befriend all of them for full help from them? Kindof like the Harvest Sprites in Friends of Mineral Town and More Friends of Mineral Town. I just think having the unadoptable animals that are a bit of a mystery being able to help you on their farm is a cute idea.
Personally I hope they keep the dig site as is in the remake. I know lots of people want a mine like in DS/Cute. But, tbh, I hope they stick closer to the game they are remaking.
I personally don’t want Skye added as a bachelor, but they will definitely need to add more bachelors since only three choices wouldn’t be very fun. It seems they’ve added Cody as a bachelor which I’m excited for.
As for the for the farming, I hope they keep the more realistic farming system that was present in the original. It was very unique that made the game feel so different and fresh compared to other games in the series.
I have other things I could add, but those are my biggest wish list items.
Digsite remained the same, the appearance is just updated.
Im so happy that you’re bringing up the breeding system. That is something that I’ve been afraid of them removing and would be the worst change. This also applies to the goat, because when the goat was done producing milk, there was no way to get miracle potion for her. That’s the only time I’ve seen an animal die in this game, because I had to let the goat die to make space in the barn
The goat can be bred! (For 35.000G)
And barn animals don't *have* to be give birth to give milk, though you can still breed them if you want to. (I say it is because the cost of just buying new animals all the time is... meh)
I agree with all of your points! I also hope they keep the gradual season changes and the lighting of the original, with the shadows changing with the time of day. And maybe more barn space, because I felt bad having to sell my animals to make room for calves.
All that there, and an option to expand your barn and coop to have a total of 16 animals in each.
I think these are all great addition ideas. I personally don’t want anything specific from this game but I want the developers to see how much we loved this game and incorporate some of the things that made this game so memorable in future games. I feel like the modern games have lost touch with that feeling so I would love if this revitalized the developers vision for the series going forward!
It'd also be nice if they made new ways to earn profit for your farm other than fishing, digging, and relying on flowers. If there were maybe part time jobs you could do like delivering things for villagers or maybe running the Bar for Griffin... They could give the characters a lot more personality and more fun to visit. Maybe use a "Diner Dash" type aspect if you brought drinks to the people at the bar, or more interactive bartering with your shop visitors, maybe a question to find out what they wanted to purchase... I think it'd be a fun addition to have mini-games and part time jobs like that! I just know I'm gonna need more things for money making.
I think magical melody proved you can have customization and still do cutscenes. I hope they do allow a lot more customization in the game in general, and maybe that abandoned shed can be put to good use as well.
Honestly for me, I want more connection to Mineral Town, like the DS games had. I know it's a stretch and obviously they won't do it. But I want the Valley to be lively with people and characters from FoMT making an appearance will be nice! Especially since we had characters legit have a schedule of leaving the valley and making the valley feel empty, plus it sucks that they can leave, but you're stuck there.
Plus it would be a way for the game to have more marriage candidates with all the ones from FoMT coming over and stuff.
Yes! I'd love more interactions with wild animals.. and I completely agree. Death makes the game feel more "alive". Fantastic list
Your video is probably the most realistic and agreeable one I’ve watched. I’m with you on literally everything you said!
I want the “nices” thing with the Harvest Sprites to be explained, and I’d like for the Harvest Goddess to be featured in some way!!
I really want them to include the original versions of the old music, like Winter HM which was always my fav.
I think it would be nice if more of the older characters died before you do at the end of the game…like Galen and Ramona. It’s really sad, but it’s realistic. Maybe, if you befriend them beforehand, they can leave you some special inheritance. Maybe more new characters can move in if this happens. iirc, I think there is one new character that moves in after Nina dies in the original, but I might be mistaken.
I don’t think the valley needs to be much bigger, but it would be cool if the path to the city was still utilized somehow. I don’t know if there will be some kind of special event if you have a Friends of Mineral Town save file on the switch, but Pokemon does stuff like that and I think it would be a cool feature to have.
I admit, that was something I never liked in the original. Nina dies, okay, very realistic... your child grows, mhm, and your partner and the others age... but NOBODY dies in the end before you do? Galen must be 130 years old or even older by the end of the game! (And that's because I presume he might be in his 70s in the first chapter)
I will definitely give the remake a go, but so far I'm not impressed with the art direction. If they keep enough of the good stuff and expand a bit with cool new features, I think I can get accustomed to the art. Here's to hoping! 👃🏻
I agree with the expressions! I'm playing Olive Town right now and the lack of expressions during dialogue just makes everything boring. Seeing the mc and the villager's expressions really makes the interaction more heartfelt
I was so excited for the first Wonderful Life remake that let you be a girl, right up until I realized there were no good bachelors for people interested in men. The DS Cute version added some thief character that kinda helped (wonder if he's gonna be in this remake) but I'd love it if they expanded the bachelor/bachelorette choices.
Skye is not an option, as of yet. I doubt he'll be added. Maybe in a DS/DS Cute remake.
It'd be great if we could goto the city where some of the characters goto for work. To shop or play mini games. I always wanted to go to the city in this game.
The final part of your video is very very true and my biggest concern,also...the ending to your video where it hopping back n forth on the fence, I was devastated when I found out you couldn't do that on the PlayStation port! It's the little things what matter most
I never played this one and I'm so happy I can finally try it out 😍 I hope they do bring enough change to modernize the game while still keeping the nostalgia in there for those who played it before
I agree a lot with this list. Personally something I'm hoping for is that we have more days in a month like in the other Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, but have them shorter to balance it out. From what I've seen from of the original version the days are longer but there aren't that many. So I'm hoping for the days to be the opposite in the remake.
As a female player, I'm so thankful they upgraded Marlin. There were no good bachelors before and I always begrudgingly chose him. 😅
I really hope they take inspiration from HM64 for the festivals! The New Years, Planting, Flower, Fireworks, Firefly, Starry Night, Spirit, and New Years Eve Festivals were SO, SO good!! 😭😭
Lastly, I hope they take away the hunger mechanic all together. Food should be used strictly for stamina in these types of games.
Omg, i just stumbled upon this!
Its like a dream come true.
i played awl Back in the gamecube days.
Im crying right now.
This is wonderful.
And it will Release on Steam.
I never thought this would happen.
Something that to this day makes AWL more special than any of the other HM games is the earthy tones in the games environment. None of it was really bright, pastel, or too saturated. It was more realistic, and it felt way more down to earth that way. The only other HM game that I know that did a similar thing is HM: Save the Homeland. I'm a little sad that it'll never go back to looking that way. Not even Stardew Valley hits the same way when it comes to the color palette of the environment (unless it was through a mod of some sort I guess).
Honestly the mining aspect of these games is one I dislike the most. I loved this game for many reasons (it was my first Harvest Moon/SOS) and the archeological dig was great. It would be cool if they developed that story line further. I feel like adding the mining component takes away from being a farm sim as you often have to dedicate a lot of time and energy to mine ores that you then still have to pay to have someone upgrade your tools with. I really hope they don't add the typical mine you see in all the other games, it keeps this game unique. Also I feel like mining is often a quick and easy way to make a ton of money early and makes other aspects of the game easier. Plus the cut scenes you unlock when the villagers give you something are great.
Hopefully they keep all the unique characters they were great and I mean it makes it feel very typically small village lol. More dialogue/special events and maybe a few more characters who move in and out of town would be nice (have a welcome potluck or goodbye party).
Actually, I'm never the biggest fan of mining, but I found myself often having nothing to do in AWL, so any additional activity is good for me! But I agree sometimes it can break the game when it's not well-balanced and lets you make money too easily.
Also, I agree a welcome party would be nice! I just got to chapter 2, Samantha and her family moved in but there was no cutscene whatsoever for them, it felt a bit odd as I was expecting one!
I played the ‘harvest moon ds’ on my Ds and it was like the ‘wonderful life’ from the gameboy. I miss magical melody! I really hope they do well with the remake! I loved Muffy so much! I can’t wait to play the game again!
Remake Absolutely Needs .. turn wonderful life into DS
I also want a Magical Melody remake. The farm rivalry and note collection was so much fun. Selecting your land at the start was also cool. If this remake does well I don't see why they wouldn't remake Magical Melody eventually.
I hope they leave the grim vibe in. Muffy's entire character arc of finally finding a partner who respects her is great, and Marlon, Celia and Vesta all being salty about breaking Celia's heart is a great touch. Not to mention the divorce in chapter 2.
100% agree. I really hope they don't disappoint me...
Josh you forgot harvest Goddess!
Edit: The image of a bull is on the japanese website.
They still have bulls and roosters which is kind of cool. I just think they could expand on the animals a lot. Both farm and wild. I also hope for a number of changes from Harvest Moon DS as well. Maybe visiting characters from FoMT if you have that save data. Further options for buildings. New characters. A change to the dig site. Etc.
I wish the remake made a noticeable distinction between the male and female duck because I see none. The chicks and ducklings do, and so do the rooster and chicken, but ducks? Both white, round, and done.
@@CatMuto That’s because the variety of duck they’re based on- the call duck based on how they sound in game- isn’t sexually dimorphic. That is, the male and female ducks look the same. They do make different calls, as they do in game.
It would have been nice if they went with something more like a wild mallard (given how you get them) or the many ducks bred to look like then which has very visible differences, though.
Looking how they changed plenty of character to look pretty (Murrey, Cody, Muffy now Molly, etc...), cutesy mobile kid game design, Im really scared they will just remove death and the more realistic design choice just because "It's a cute kid game now). The overall look of the game just doesnt really excite me even tho I wanted a remake of the game...
But that pretty much on my list of what I wish for too but add more bachelorettes and new animals and animal mechanics to take care. Would like that the special edition features on PS2 is also in the remake.
True on all of these, I'm still in shock that this is getting a remake, like out of all games they chose this. Maybe it turned years or something but I'm Hella excited and I'll pre-order it when avaliable
Pretty sure it's because the game will be 20 years old next year; there's somehow a trend of remakes when stuff gets 20 years old 😂 (that might just be me tho)
Marvelous was sus on social media too 👀
@@mincyu sus?, how what happened
I would love the “chapters” to change only when you reach milestones such as marriage, and farm and town rankings over have a set time limit.
I have never seen the animal death cutscene in the OG games before. That's... extremely traumatizing! I'd never have picked up the game again if I'd seen a sequence like that.
I think they'll keep breeding since in once of the trailers it looks like there's a bull on the farm, but chickens it's harder to tell but i also hope they add Silkies and you can choose your horses color. and Even if it's DLC i would enjoy more marriage candidates or even past ones again to visit or something, better ways to influence your child career too as Music is the hardest one since he has no toys or much you can give him or do to influence until Chapter 3, maybe even show more changes in personality depending on his interests and show some changes here and there?
You can pick your horse to be brown, white, or black.
I hope they keep the Hybrid seed system.
I wonder if they would add special features if you had a saved file from sos:friends of mineral town?
I was 100% convinced when I heard the rumor about the chihuahua at the dig site and I was so disappointed lol. I'd love more pets this time around!
what i'm hoping for is more barn space because holy fuck there was too little in the original. you need to keep impregnating your cows for them to produce milk, fine i have no issue with that, what i take issue with is that you can't impregnate them unless there's a free space in your barn for the new calf. so the more cows you have, the more free space you need but the cows you already have are taking it all up, add that on top of the non cow animals that are also taking up space and honestly you end up with a situation where it just isn't feasible to have more than 3 cows at once and you have to sell your newborn calves as soon as possible just to free up some space.
so yeah, we either need more barn space or just have the game still let us impregnate the cows even if there is no space and just auto sell the newborn calves.
the game should also let us impregnate the goat as well so it too can continue to produce milk.
The goat can be bred, cows can still get pregnant but don't have to be to continue to give milk, and you can buy an expansion of the barn and coop for up to 16 animals in each.
I hope this game becomes more like Harvest Moon DS, which was a remake of A Wonderful Life. So take the charm of the original Game Cube A Wonderful Life and give it the Harvest Moon DS treatment: Give us more possibilities like more levels in the mine and so on.
I think friends of mineral town have the feature of turning off its sound once the time switch to night in gba. Its really quiet and only the sound of bugs can be heard and I love that it feels like the town is sleeping so I think it is quite possible that they might implement it too in the remake like you said :)
Pacing is essential! It’s waaay too long
It’s not really too long it was just there wasn’t much to do making each day drag on and after two years I was fed up and there was no new dialogue to be immersive. Lack of dialogue is my biggest pet peeve 😢
tbh, the pacing of PS2 version was fine, we just needed more things to do
Yeah I never pushed through to see the later chapters because there was so little to do besides grind relationships after about two years. It didn't help that the money side of the game was just busted with selling tree seeds.
@@Latronibus this, i feel like the grind of AWL is wierd cause if you don't literally befriend takakura and get the seed combiner/maker plant then grinding is literally hell, too little income for like what 50k cheese maker room, very insane. But it's completely busted if you get the seed combiner cause those high level combined seeds seels for ridiculously high amount
Off the top of my head, I can't think of many things I'd want them to change for the remake. I mean, a lot of my initial annoyances are being taken care of! (The SE content now available, daughters with their own appearance instead of all having brown hair, the SE version but without the obnoxious-to-unplayable slowness, etc)
The game had features that I loved as a kid, I still love as an adult, and I don't see much reason to change it. On the one hand, I would like 'more' love interest options, I know a lot of people want (and loved having) Flora (and Carter) as available marriage candidates in DS/DS Cute. I wouldn't mind if they were added in, even as DLC options, because out of the four options to date, none of them have an inherent interest or skill in Science. You *can* influence your child to that career path, but none of them have an automatic interest. And Flora/Carter could fulfill that role.
A minor thing, I want Rock's children to have blond hair again. I know his hair is bleached, but still. I found the slightly-tanned-blond-son from AnWL really sweet, I'd love for that to be retained, even for the daughter.
I do want to complain about Cody's/Gordy's new design, but... it's an unfortunate truth, that love interests in these games have to be pretty boy attractive. But I do hope they will expand more on the 'evolving' town, not just Nina dying, but other characters, too. What, *Romana* outlives your character? Have more people age, die, move out, have new ones move in, not just Hugh and Katie having the biggest changes.
Textwall incoming! When I was very young, I wanted to finish the winter season so I could start playing the game’s new year, so I opted to ignore everything and go to sleep every time my character woke up until Spring 1. This, literally, killed my entire farm (except the horse) and I was both mortified and traumatized. I effectively starved out my farm animals, my babies whom I loved because I was selfish and didn’t feel like playing through a temporary and stale period in the game. I watched my entire farm collapse in each tormenting scene depicting their tragic and individual deaths due to my selfishness. Takakura’s stoicism when watching that scene play over and over again, those poor animals fall to their side again and again, it just hit hard, and I really related to my character’s repeated expression of sad surprise, guilt, and self-reflective failure. While I would never wish for a young kid to go through a similar nightmare of fear and sadness and guilt, I do think it was a really necessary lesson I needed to learn. A Wonderful Life is about, well, life! It addresses the good (growing up, new life, new friends) and the bad (time passing that you can never get back, loss of life and the permanence of death, annoying scientist neighbors that spy on our son); these details that come with life and the human experience.
What I’m trying to say, is... There was a very real consequence that came alongside my naïveté! I wasn’t looking to hurt anyone, but my actions still had an effect on the things I cared about and it definitely helped me understand some of the nuances behind the concept of life as a kid and while taking away the death mechanic is a great way to keep this beautiful game a lighthearted escape from a lot of the real world “bad” that we’re facing right now and it’ll protect kids from that same horrible feelings I had gone through, I think not having some of the counter to all of that happy-go-lucky cheer would leave the game a little more hollow and not nearly as impactful. I hope that doesn’t make me sound cruel!
Cracks me up how so many people want to keep the gloomy atmosphere in the game, but are traumatized by the idea that they might have to see one of their animals die. Don't worry, kids - I'm sure the game will be as sanitized as any other is anymore. Hey, you could completely ignore your horse and let it get blocked into its stable by weeds in PoOT, so any sort of dumb thing that doesn't lead to consequences for your negligence is possible now!
I'll be honest, in majority of the games, I *never* used my horse. I don't even *get* the horse, if I can avoid it.
Thank you for the video. I'm hoping they do not remove animal death and sickness the most since they removed it from FoMT. We'll see! aha... I also hope the villagers get more dialogue and more seasonal festivals over since there were all 4 per year. and, this is my own opinion, but I actually hate some of the character remodels. xD Oh well. Thanks for the video!
I agree with you, pretty much with everything. The only thing i'd wanna change is the Forest Sprites... They add nothing to the game. They just explain something here and there. I'd like them to either remove them entirely, or have them play a little more of an active role, by giving quests or something. I didn't understand the point of them at all.
I think they were originally added in as an Easter egg from Save the Homeland (same exact sprites) and to serve as a small guide for some gameplay mechanics (blue feather comes to mind). Personally, I like them, but I certainly wouldn't complain about them having a larger role!
@@dianaburn2474 Yeah but Takashi could have totally explained it. In fact, the role the Sprites play, in the original game, could be filled entirely by Takashi. But yeah, if they choose to give them a larger role, i wouldn't complain about that.
There are some scenes added with them now, and finding 'Sutekis' (Wonderfuls is what I guess they'll be translated as) that will apparently awaken the harvest goddess in the spring. Also, talking to them once a day gives you a recipe now.
Such a great list and comments made Josh.
I personally didn’t get to play the original A Wonderful Life.
I’m really excited to play the remake!
I really hope our next remake is magical melody. That was my first and favorite installment.
That would be great. The bright art style they’re going for with the AWL remake would look great for MM too
I mean... on Twitter, they DID show a picture of Magical Melody and Animal Parade, asking which one people would more want to see a remake of... =)
i hope the farm animal style doesnt change. the friends of mineral town cows are SO hideous and the anatomy makes them pretty difficult to interact with.
AWL was my very first Harvest Moon Game, got it on a Halloween after eyeing it for ages and played it through the entire night. Easy the best Halloween ever.
-I think for the remake I would love if they added some things from the DS remake too. Such as the mermaid wife in Daryls laboratory. She was a lovely addition to the game. My next point ties into it, as in to make some more events, quests that open up the valley even more so that during the years while you play, you always have a little push to keep on going!
-And the minigames! I do hope they keep or even add more! I remember how much I loved to play the minigame with the firework brothers, lost so many times but it was a delight!
Honestly things you suggested were so amazing
But in reality, im a sucker for SoS especially the one that didnt get played in the childhood so even if they ignored fan advice *cough* pokemon franchise *cough*
I would still play it
My one and only complaint will forever be that they've changed Marlin too much. Matthew's new look just does not hit me the same. I foresee a mod in my future.
I don’t know anything about this game but I’m excited for it. Can you have farm animals like cows and chickens on your farm?
I would also love to be able to get new outfits for our kids.
Cody and Daryl always frightened me as a kid and even now, they still do.
I like the new designs I've seen. Primarily Cody, Matthew is okay and we'll have to wait for more.
I wish they'd give us more definitive breeds of animals to have as pets. Trio of Towns was the best at it, by allowing you to buy dobermans and German Shepherds.
ngl i'm really excited for this and i love how lively the environment looks
The first time i experienced a character dying was in the first Story of seasons game on the 3ds and it broke me, then my cow died of old age and i just fell apart
Anyway i hope they bring that trauma back :D
My first cow dying because of old age was TRAUMATIC. But I still want it back. It's more realistic.
I like that olive town is a little easier, makes it simple for my 6 year old to play. He loves it.
There was something when you give crop to a plant and combine and she give some new i hope the keep that
I really hope we get the Another Wonderful Life updates. I don’t know how likely that is, but maybe.
The updates from that game? Like the grass having to be fertilized and one-year-long chapters? Yeah, those are there.
Rivals getting married, the ability to change your hair/clothes, and the ability to customize your home.
Not there, available, and available. Though the customization is mostly different rugs and aesthetic, like red rugs when you married Muffy or blue rugs when you married Nami.
I'll never forget the first time my sheep died in the original. . . Me being a kid I cried over it and never bought any more animals the whole game 😂
It would also be great to have like a event or quest to open the unopenable shed from AWL
i agree with your list for sure! :D i also hope they let us marry flora, i'd love to be able to romance her and along with the turtle and lizard, i hope as well for that to include the raccoon and chihuahua! i had an obsession with that raccoon as a kid and believed all the rumors about it, i hope they let my childhood dreams come true lol