One thing about Animal Parade that I like was it builds on the rival marriages where eventually the couples have their own kids as well. However, because Animal Parade from what I remember is the last HM game to include rival marriages, this is the only game where new children can be introduced as a result of rival marriages
I'm definitely excited to get into the Rival Marriages. I didn't get any bachelorettes or bachelors up to 4+ hearts as to avoid any of those cutscenes before I did the marriage vote. It's sad that I know Marvelous will never bring them back because the Japanese audience despises them
@@krystaldragon17 Yes. My understanding of the situation is that, if there is a rival marriage mechanic, the Japanese audience believed that those two characters, lets take Chase and Maya as example, were a fated pair. They thought it was awful that the player could come in and essentially steal someone else's destined happiness, so Marvelous got rid of them as a concept
@@JackDuckGoose I think the solution that RF2 does for this is a good concept, where the partner of the bachelorette you choose ends up marrying someone else (unless you don't marry mana)...they should expand it more and give everyone an alternative option with their own story
when this game inevitably gets a remake i just really hope they leave the character designs as they are and bring back the original artist, the art style and character designs in this game are genuinely the best in the series in my eyes. also praying that they don't oversaturate the colors of the environment like they did with a wonderful life, the more muted and realistic colors are part of the vibe imo
Same!! I love the main artist for the series (Igusa Matsuyama) but the artist for ToT and AP (Mika Nunokawa i believe?) captured the perfect style for the wii.. It looked so good! I hope in general they experiment for the art style in future entries tbh
I can see that. I personally would love to see one just for modern convenience and quality of life improvements. The hours that I've spent waiting in loading screens, picking crops on at a time, and traversing the massive map of Animal Parade are definitely a pain point for me. This video would have been out two weeks earlier if it weren't for all that extra time lol
@JackDuckGoose I totally get that. I guess for me, that's a big part of the charm. The days in Animal Parade are so long, so I don't really think that speeding up those processes is a make or break in the game for me. But yeah, it does get a little drawn out, that's not a lie.
my favorite character is probably the harvest king! it's so refreshing to finally have the harvest king finally make a physical appearance in a HM game! he's also such a fun bachelor, not my favorite mind you, but he has some sweet dialogue and cute interactions with his kids. also....have you seen him? 😍😍 he's so handsome!
I remember when this came out, I played it for 18 hours straight. I’m surprised our Wii didn’t explode. I was a sucker for the Wizard and Harvest King lol
I had such a soft spot for Calvin, he reminded me a lot of Griffin who I was very bitter didn't return as a bachelor in the AWL remake lol. Here's hoping Animal Parade will get a remake next!
Not being able to have all the animals with the designs being as good as they are was a crime. I've settled on cows, sheep, and goats for my current playthrough, but I love the horses. Toby's my go-to, he's a good egg.
I do love me some Toby. I really don't want to sell any animals since I'm attached to them now, but if I could go back. I'd probably do Cows, Ostrich, and Goats.
My favorite npc from animal parade is the witch princess! She's hilarious and fun. My favorite non-romanceable npc is Bo, he's very in tune with nature, I love his dialogue as you increase his friendship
Oo man I have to keep pausing and coming back to this video because I didn't realize how emotional this would make me Animal Parade is my favorite game in the series, I've played it all the way through dozens of times and watching someone else play is an experience I've never had before. It's difficult! I keep wanting you to do things my way, LOL. But it's fun, too! I get to see a completely different playstyle and experience the game for the first time again. I am so happy for this video. Thank you.
Thanks so much for commenting! I'm curious, what would you do differently? Like you, I've never watched someone play AP, so I don't know if there is a "Right" way to play it lol
wonderful on PS2 was my first HM but i think animal parade was my favorite. it felt like a culmination of all the good i loved about HM games. some character customization, tons of townfolks, the rival marriages, tons of crops and animals. two kids! just a ton to work on and spend time on without it feeling too repetetive. i literally only have my wii these days to play this game every couple years lol
I definitely think that Animal Parade is one of the most content rich HM games out there. Compared to AWL and MM, I personally feel that AP does most things better. Hopefully they remake MM and AP so that I can judge all the remakes lol
I'd do nasty things to the President of Marvelous if they did. You hear that Suminobu Sato? Give me an Animal Parade remaster and just name the time and place.
This is one of my top 5 for next remaster! (Tales of Two Towns is my number one, I love that one so much) I also didn't play this back when it came out (because I didn't have a Wii) but I played it in a ~totally legal way~ later and I fell in love with it! The Wizard and Toby are my favorites, they are just too cute ❤
Selena and the Harvest King and the Goddess and Toby had me in a chokehold as a child.... and as a adult honestly. I think the art style and designs are just so charming for everyone!
I do remember playing it, by lending it from our local media library. But Young-Me didn't really understood what to do there, so I never played that much of it sadly - Now I really would love to give an other chance nowadays!
This is by far my favorite game of the series!😊 It has so many fun parts to it. I love that it has a story/quest line and a decent amount of areas. I like having different mounts to use and the circus animals for teleporting. The mines are fun also. It's nice having multiple houses to use in the different areas. I love how many wild animals you can befriend and make into pets and how they get crowns if they win contests (really enjoyed having a snake wearing a crown). The pets can follow you and gather items for you. It's great that you can have multiple kids and assign your spouse a job out and about or help with a farm task and your kids help farm too.😌 So many parts to enjoy!💕
Yeah, AP is definitely one of the more feature rich entries into HM. Much like everyone else in the comment section, I'm crossing my fingers for a remake soon lol
YESSSSSSS!!!! I've been replaying this game like mad lately (I just made a 15-hour cross country move, been between jobs so I've had a lot of time) and it is just as good if not better than I remember. This game used to consume my summers back when I was in school (along with AWL). Witch Princess best girl btw and it's not even close
I can see that Finn is your favourite headache in this game 😂 When I was young, I found Chase interesting. Now, I've grown up & I like Wizard's & Gill's personality the best.
Yay! I love watching your videos while grinding in HM Light of Hope. I went from being a defender of it to being extremely frustrated by how much RNG is in it as I try to complete the encyclopedia. Plus most of the fish dishes specifically require rainbow trout or arapaima, which aren't available year round and there's just too many other fish you can catch instead of them....
Season specific items, fish, etc. are always such a double-edged sword. While I like the idea of scarcity, sometimes it's implemented in a way for the sake of scarcity, which isn't that great lol
This game is nice for those that want a slower pace harvest moon game. Personally i enjoyed being able to do so much just in 1 day. I think each game has the right balance. Also my favorite character is the wizard
I 100% get that. I definitely felt rushed in MM and AWL at points. AP just seems a bit disconnected, if that makes sense. The map is so massive, your character moves so slowly, and the loading screens are definitely noticeable. A remake that addresses that disconnection would definitely be a warm welcome.
Rarely, do I pause what I'm doing when recording to do a live comment. Maybe it was because each day took like 45 minutes, but it legit felt like my progress was stifled for hours because of that lol
never watched any of yer vids but the fact you don’t have ads in this day and age says so much more than about you as an individual and what kinda person you are gained a new sub and so much respect for you hope you get everything you dream of 🫶🏻🩷
Thanks so much! I'm sure that if this ever became my full-time job, which I'm under no illusions that it will, I'd incorporate some ads or sponsors. But for now, it's just a fun side hobby so why would I need to litter my stuff with ads lol
Fun fact: if you have a second Wii remove. You can rub the Wii remote over people and it will help you get affection with them. You can do it twice until they produce hearts. It even works on animals.
The wizard will always be my favorite. When I played this as a kid I was sold on Chase until I met the wizard. I didn't even know he was a marriage candidate until I got a heart event with him and I fell harder.
I guess no unique experiences exist bc this was SOOOO me as a kid. I adored Chase until i realized i could have the wizard and gunned for him instead :)
I loved this game to pieces as a kid but it was always an effort to play. I wasn’t a huge fan of the controls or the camera angles or how long it would take to traverse the town in early game. Would love to see a remake so I can enjoy it now older and able to understand the game mechanics better
Right there with you, brother (or sister or however you prefer to be addressed). If the game just gave you a horse on Day 1, that would be perfect. The camera angles are definitely annoying, but not too much of a deal breaker for me, but a solid remake of this game could be a top3 farming game all time
Dont think I have a favorite character, but I love a lot about this game. I love the sounds the cows feet(?) makes when you ride it, the cow is adorable! And I love the details, like the kappa by the bridge, the ghost at the cemetary and the rubber duck that hides at your farm and moves around (based on the weather, I think). It always made me smile when I found him, usually in the water tower. And the music is nostalgic as I played this a lot a long time ago. My favorite puzzle is the one where you roll a duck egg off a roof. 😅
I agree. The whimsical little touches to this game really gives it a unique vibe. Not to say that other HM/SOS games don't add little things like that, but they're much more obvious in AP lol
I never had a Wii as a kid, so I didn't get to play this one until later in life either. It's a fun game though, I liked it! Glad to see you playing it too.
@@JackDuckGoose I've never really thought about it honestly. It's probably because he's really blunt and sarcastic at first and softens when you get to know him. I like guys like that in video games.
Love to see your videos pop up in my notifications! I personally have never heard nor played this HM, so purely going off of aesthetics I'd have to say my favorite character is Dale's dog.
My fav ToT/AP character is Julius! ❤ He's just so pretty, I've always loved his fashion and he's such an interesting take on the blacksmith/artisan archetype. I also LOVE the whole Garmon Mine district in this game so getting to visit him there was a plus 😊 Just started the video but I hope you enjoy your time with AP!! The Wii games are truly special and it's always awesome seeing content for them
Thanks so much for watching! Outside of some Harvest Sprite chicanery from Collin, I've had a lot of fun with AP! Definitely worth the time to play. Also, I agree with you about the Garmon Mines District. Far and away my favorite place to visit in the game
This game has one of the best rosters of bachelor and bachelorette designs I've seen in a HM/SoS game! If this gets a Switch remake, I hope the art style leans a little closer to the really cute illustrations than these models ;;;; The Wizard's design is the one I like the most (though the Harvest King is DANG, too)
another fun fact about the word "fugue", it's ALSO a musical term, so it fits in with the rest of the world's musical themed naming scheme. it's a composition where several parts of a melody are each introduced in staggered intervals, and harmonize together. it's a VERY complicated structure for music, which is why it's also used as the name of a mazelike forest dungeon like fugue forest!
I was in the State orchestra in middle school. I was 2nd Chair, 2nd Part Violin. No big deal. Maybe they get into fugue composition later, or they just never taught us that word lol. Anyways, since then I've completely forgotten how to read music, but I still really love me some violin lol
@JackDuckGoose violin fugues possible but difficult (and rare; i think most composers just didnt have the taste for them), so I'm not surprised you didn't encounter them! I did piano in high school, and despite it being a much more polyphonic instrument, I struggled with them. they're just plain difficult without a good teacher.
My favorite Animal Parade Character is Luna! She’s cute! 🥰 Selena is also another favorite of mine. :) This video is amazing! I can’t wait to see you play 100 days of Harvest moon Ds! ❤🎉 Marrying the Harvest Goddess isn’t required to beat the game so you can choose Between all 14 girls. Normal Girls Muffy Celia Nami Lumina Flora Special Girls Harvest Goddess Witch Princess Keira Leia the Mermaid Mineral Town Girls (GBA to Ds connection required) Ann Elli Karen Mary Popuri
Worth noting: Marrying a Mineral Town girl will end your game. So... Don't, if you're looking for 100%. Also, depending on which version/revision you're playing, you can bust the game wide open pretty easily.
DS is an interesting prospect. I've only played a little, and even then I barely scratched the surface. Would definitely be interested in giving it the old 100 Days treatment to see if I like it lol
harvest king my beloved! also i usually listen to long form videos like these while studying or working on my school outputs but i ended up watching all of this in one sitting because of how much i love animal parade lol, i always did love watching other people enjoy one of my favorite hm/sos games
From one Jack to another, I’m glad to see this! At release I opted for Tree of Tranquility instead of Animal Parade but have always intended to play it. I just unpacked my old wii and found my never-played copy of Animal Parade and looking forward to starting it (especially with this handy video to help me prioritize what to work towards)
Yay! I'm glad you get to play it! This video will definitely help you get around some of the more basic stuff, but there are still a lot of intricacies that I have yet to discover lol
This happened to pop up on my recommended feed and this hit me so hard in the nostalgia gut. I miss the old HM games, just such appealing cute games I remember pouring hours into. I might have to find a way to play them again now 😭
Thanks for watching! Just remember, this is only an over the counter strength dose of Nostalgia. You'll need a prescription strength dose for to alleviate your other symptoms.
ahh I'm so happy! i needed a cheer me up, and to see you play my favorite game is like a dream come true. i tried playing it a few days back, but i wasn't able to retain enough energy for it so the timing couldnt have been better either. i hope you enjoyed it as much as i enjoy watching you play!
@@JackDuckGoose It’s like AP beta, I still love the game but I did play it before AP. (Ap is my fav) Ap def has more stuff and fuller world but I found tot easier to play as a kid since it’s simpler haha. ToT is better for beginners AP is tot 2.0
Ahh your videos are so comforting to me bc I love the Harvest moon series (specifically MM, AWL, and AP ironically). I appreciate your videos so much! Also, as someone who recently has been playing through Animal Parade again, a single day can sometimes take like 2 hours, so nice job making this so succinct lol
Yeah, I decided to do a super full day (i.e. gifting every villager, doing all the farming chores, mining, fishing, etc.) and I think my longest day was about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
This was my first Harvest Moon game. I remember watching PeanutButterGamer's video on it way back in the day and feeling like I needed to buy it because he made it look so interesting.(His tea song from that video is etched into my mind) When I finally bought it I only played it for 3 hours at most and felt so overwhelmed by the game for some reason. As I work through watching your video I hope it'll encourage me to give it another shot since I've become a fan of the series.
I watched all of PBG's HM videos back in the day. His "marriage song" (for the lack of a better phrase) from that video is etched into my mind as well lol
I played this a few years after this came out, it was originally too short after tree of tranquility for me. But when I eventually did pick it up I put so many hours into this game!
I'd say the main story is pretty short, granted I did kinda speedrun it lol. There are still a lot of sidequests, cutscenes, and other stuff still to do so thats nice at least lol
Thank you for playing this one! I've always enjoyed your videos and have been secretly hoping you'd do one about Animal Parade for a while, so this really made my day!
When Cain asks you what your favorite food is, what does it do? Does it increase friendship levels with certain characters or does it do something else?
it might also slightly increase profit based on whatever you picked. so if you picked cheese then animal products are worth more, vegetables means crops are worth more and fish means fish-related items are worth more. i could be wrong though
I’d never really got hooked on this game like I did previous games but after watching this now I’m thinking about scouring eBay for this game and dragging out my Wii. I hope this gets a remake similar to wonderful life
Even though I mostly go for the bachelors (mostly), since I'm a girl. I really like them in this game. Selena and Witch Princess are the ones I typically like the most. Though the Harvest Goddess has the prettiest design in this game too but she's always really difficult to marry in all the games from what I know. As for bachelors, I really like all of them but especially Jin. (Always loved the Doctor Bachelors in the games looking at you POOT). He was so cute and awkward. The bachelors were such a refreshing take in general as they were older-looking so props for that on the devs's part.
I think the Harvest Goddess is pretty easy, comparatively, to marry in AP. In other HM games, there are a string of things you need to accomplish first, like shipping every crop, having all goddess tools, etc. but in AP, I'm pretty sure she's just another bacheloerette that you need to get to 10 hearts lol
COMING IN CLUTCH ON THE BUSIEST DAY OF MY WORK WEEK AGAIN!? So excited to watch this, will be editing my comment soon! ❤🎉 Ok, I finished it! I'm in the same boat; I never had a Wii so I never got to play this gem, but I was obsessed with looking at Fogu and videos of the heart events back on old-school RUclips. I dreamed of the day where I could get it! Sadly, even until today, I haven't gotten to it, but I'm also very hopeful that it gets the remake treatment because I think it's the perfect time to do so. Especially because this game has rival marriages and kids right? Which I feel like is so rare! I'm currently working on getting every achievement in Olive Town and whew... That game sure is a grind. Not the worse game by any means but definitely not at the top, so I'm dying to see a return to form with rival marriages, kids, and a plethora of things to do! Thanks again for all your hard work. I gush excessively but your vids really are a joy to watch. Not sure about favorite character in AP but I remember seeing Luke and he was right up my 15-year-old alley, lmao the bandana with the flames did it for me and I was psyched. That's all, I did my part by liking the video so hope we see more! :D
Lol thanks so much for watching and putting so much detail into your comment. Sadly, I think the japanese audience actively dislikes rival marriages, so I would be surprised if they get added into the (fingers crossed) inevitable remake of AP. Luke is a solid character, I think it's silly that he kinda just stays in the forest until you find him. Real mountain man vibes lol
This game has almost as much nostalgia to it as A Wonderful Life and that is saying a LOT! I vividly remember my mom watching me water like 100 tomato plants and saying in disbelief "how do you have the patience to water these every single day but don't have the patience to clean your room??" Edit: Also I had the biggest crush on Owen, but since I played a male protagonist and they didn't support same sex relationships, I had to marry the tailor girl and in my head canon my farmer had a secret affair with Owen...
LMAO the secret affair! I love it! My mom knows about my RUclips videos and even now she is surprised that I have the patience to play and edit these games knowing how I was as a child was the exact opposite lol
I always loved the wizard and harvest god in animal parade. I liked having a challenge while playing I guess lol I would love to have a remaster of this game where I can marry whoever I wanted like they did for a wonderful life. I miss when games like this had rival couples/children, it made the game so much more interesting and worth playing for extended amounts of time
Always so fun to see you explore a new Harvest Moon title!! Just watching it makes me itch to play Animal Parade again; hoping for that remaster for sure! And hoping for another 100 days!!
This game was a huge part of my childhood. I would play it for hours when I was sick. I swear I killed my wii playing this game as we eventually got rid of it. This is my standard for any farming game and Stardew Valley comes close to filling the void. Luke and the Wizard were my boys. I would love to replay this on the switch!
When you named Colleen, I thought you were PURPOSELY naming your coop animals after npcs bc Calvin is also a character in the game 😂. I ADORE this game and would absolutely love to see more from you! tbh, I think my fave character is actually Finn; the way he hangs in the hot springs with you is just so funny to me.
that would be out of pocket to name my animals after the NPCs lmao. Honestly, I guess I didn't think about the names of the animals outside of the fact they start with a C lol Finn and I do be chilling in those hot springs fr
I played Harvest Moon - Back no Nature as a Kid, and after playing over 8k Hours in Stardew valley, i made it my goal to play every single Harvest Moon and Story of Season game ever Made, i arrived at the Wii Era not too long ago :D
@JackDuckGoose n64 Was quite nice, but the time management was hard here and there. Save the homeland also grew on me, hated the art style at first tho.....
My favorite Harvest Moon next to A Wonderful Life. Glad you are playing this. This is one of the best it's slow but worth it! I love Mineral Town to as well. Of course Magical Melody was fun back in day to. I have quite a few favorite bachelors,and bachelorettes in this game. They are so full of personality. Last game to have rival marriages and it was nice seeing there marriage and kid's to. Sad this was the last game for it but I love it so much. One of my all time favorite Harvest Moons ever! Wish could get a Switch remaster of it but it's great as is for now. To answer your question if I had to choose out of both bachelor and bachelorettes. My favorite bachelor is well between Gill, and Toby, and Jin. Honestly can't choose and my favorite bachelorette is well like the bachelor it's hard to choose I love Anissa,Kathy,Candace,Renee. Favorite character in general hard to choose. I love the bachelor's and bachlorettes the most I listed so also my favorite character's. It's hard for me to list all aspects I like of them. I like to many of them. If you ever play the normal DS Harvest Moon games, Sunshine Island's is the best to me. Hope you play it one day to.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! That's the first time I've seen shouts for Jin and Kathy as favored bachelors/bachelorretes! I don't have any immediate plans to play a DS HM yet, but you know how things go lol
@@JackDuckGoose Your welcome. First time for everything. Was just getting an idea if every play them. Think Sunshine Island's is the best out of the DS games. If ever get around to them.
Wizard is my favorite, pairing him with the player character they have a very sun and moon dynamic which I love. A lot of this game for me was just thinking about the characters' lives and relationships to each other, almost in a fanfiction sense. 😅 And with the map being so huge and it taking a few minutes to get anywhere, you get plenty of time to think.
most definitely. I remember in the early days of this video just running around thinking about how to make money and what I need to do. So much so that I forgot eventually lol
you can’t ask us who are favorite animal parade character is. When it’s really animal parade or tree of tranquility 😂 They both had the best of both worlds. Each with its own flaws and unique spins. Locked bachelors, rival marriages, part time jobs, short cuts/fast-travel, kid-overtaking farm+numerous cutscenes throughout the years and so much more. This is just what sticks out to me even though it’s been years since I played. Overall Animal Parade character ? The Harvest God. Loved him and the music in his area😂
Honestly, I tend to forget the animal parade part of the game. 😂 Its in the name, but feels like a side quest plot. Reviving the Harvest Goddess through replacing the bells is the main storyline.
Animal Parade is definitely my favorite Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons game. I love all of the characters a lot. For the longest time Chase, Luke, and Gill were my favorites, but I genuinely like almost all the characters in this game. My current favorite is the Wizard. One of my favorite memories is definitely my friends, family, and I mispronouncing Fugue Forest every time we saw or it was mentioned it in the game.
See, I can't be the only one to call it Foogoo forest. Fewge forest, while it makes sense given the musical nature of the game, just doesn't roll off the tongue as well lol
@@JackDuckGoose Yes lol. Our pronunciations would just get goofier the more I played around people. Foogwee and foogway were some of my favorite we would come with different ones all the time despite the correct way to say it lmao.
@@kissyinu9670 Sounds like me and my friends playing NHL 10 and getting obsessed with the name of a singular player and changing their stats to be godlike lol
Unfortunately I do not have a favorite character because I never got super far in this game, but watching your video made me want to revisit it PROPERLY.
This is my favorite harvest moon game out of all of them. Its tied with stardew valley for my favorite cozy game. My favorite character is the Wizard aka the first candidate I married. The wedding scene is so sweet. Also idk how many Bleach fans there are here but my friend and I used to joke that Toby is just Gin Ichimaru on the down low.
you are a godsend!!! thank you so much, i havent started the video yet but i know you will play this game the absolute best! I really loved the little pig because its the same sprite as in magical melody
If Tree of Tranquility had the quality of life updates but the same soundtrack and map would be so good. But my favourite character from the games is Luke’s carelessness.
Thanks so much for being a part of the Discord community and helping me out! I'm glad I got your name pronounced correctly. I just assumed it was in reference to the mineral lol
My favorite characters are Shelly and Candace, such sweet ladies! I married Luke my first playthrough and Owen in the second, I'd absolutely love a remastered version of this game! Great work on the video, you're very entertaining!
MAN I hope Animal Parade is one that gets remade. It's so good!! I still like to replay this one a ton! My first time around I married Luke, and he's easily still my favorite boy. The only one who was optimistic and trying to fix things when everyone else was all doom and gloom
I never played this game before but i never got a chance to play it since i don’t have my Wii U anymore because my Wii U got throw out in the garage during the March break in 2020 & it was very heartbreaking for me right now & the wizard is my favorite bachelor in this game so far & he is super adorable & he love drink coffee & looking at the star at night time & i feel like most of the bachelor that I married so far that drink coffee i know it is crazy but I will make a club for the bachelor & I called the coffee & tea club & i really wish if harvest moon animal parade get a remake for Nintendo switch with the new tittle & the new tittle is called Story of Seasons Animal Parade & that game is the only game I really want for Nintendo switch after luigi mansion 2 HD remake for Nintendo switch
@@JackDuckGoose yeah & I hope marvelous can add a free play mode so u can continue playing the game without restating it from the very beginning of the game from scratch & Marvelous better add same gender relationship system as well so people can marry a bachelor or bachelorette regardless which gender u are locked in that will be so cool in my personal opinion
I'd die happy if I got to play even a port of this on switch. I always married Luke or the Wizard. Luke makes an adorable girl dad. Also loved the rival marriages in this game.
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How do you get your game looking so clear? Please tell me your ways, playing my Wii now is a blurry mess on my flatscreen
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I'd kill for a Switch remaster on this one. The Wizard was always my fav for these Wii era ones tbh
Me too! This one and Tree of Tranquility
I love Wizard I want to marry him in HD
Way better than the stuff they have made recently
@@SunakoHaywood Agreed
I think I saw something after SoS: AWL came out about them taking a poll on which game to remaster so I hope they actually do it.
One thing about Animal Parade that I like was it builds on the rival marriages where eventually the couples have their own kids as well. However, because Animal Parade from what I remember is the last HM game to include rival marriages, this is the only game where new children can be introduced as a result of rival marriages
I'm definitely excited to get into the Rival Marriages. I didn't get any bachelorettes or bachelors up to 4+ hearts as to avoid any of those cutscenes before I did the marriage vote. It's sad that I know Marvelous will never bring them back because the Japanese audience despises them
@@JackDuckGoose The japanese audience hated rival marriages?!
@@krystaldragon17 Yes. My understanding of the situation is that, if there is a rival marriage mechanic, the Japanese audience believed that those two characters, lets take Chase and Maya as example, were a fated pair. They thought it was awful that the player could come in and essentially steal someone else's destined happiness, so Marvelous got rid of them as a concept
@@JackDuckGoose I think the solution that RF2 does for this is a good concept, where the partner of the bachelorette you choose ends up marrying someone else (unless you don't marry mana)...they should expand it more and give everyone an alternative option with their own story
That would be nice! I just don't think they have the cajones to implement it lol
when this game inevitably gets a remake i just really hope they leave the character designs as they are and bring back the original artist, the art style and character designs in this game are genuinely the best in the series in my eyes. also praying that they don't oversaturate the colors of the environment like they did with a wonderful life, the more muted and realistic colors are part of the vibe imo
Same!! I love the main artist for the series (Igusa Matsuyama) but the artist for ToT and AP (Mika Nunokawa i believe?) captured the perfect style for the wii.. It looked so good! I hope in general they experiment for the art style in future entries tbh
Fingers crossed they keep it faithful. I have low confidence in that, but it's nice to dream lmao
I don't think this game needs a remake honestly.
I can see that. I personally would love to see one just for modern convenience and quality of life improvements. The hours that I've spent waiting in loading screens, picking crops on at a time, and traversing the massive map of Animal Parade are definitely a pain point for me. This video would have been out two weeks earlier if it weren't for all that extra time lol
@JackDuckGoose I totally get that. I guess for me, that's a big part of the charm. The days in Animal Parade are so long, so I don't really think that speeding up those processes is a make or break in the game for me. But yeah, it does get a little drawn out, that's not a lie.
When I played as a kid I fell in love with the Wizard. To this day he's my favorite marriage candidate in any of these life Sims ever.
Seems like the wizard has everyone in a choke-hold lmao
My sister agrees lol
omg, yes.
I was legit obsessed with him when I was a teenager. Still am, in a sense. :P
my favorite character is probably the harvest king! it's so refreshing to finally have the harvest king finally make a physical appearance in a HM game! he's also such a fun bachelor, not my favorite mind you, but he has some sweet dialogue and cute interactions with his kids. also....have you seen him? 😍😍 he's so handsome!
he is daddy, like fr
That reaction to harvest sprites taking the day off was funny
I've been told that my humor is the best thing about me. That and the fact that I'm just unfathomably handsome and humble.
I had no idea this was the case at all, like holy cow.
I remember when this came out, I played it for 18 hours straight. I’m surprised our Wii didn’t explode. I was a sucker for the Wizard and Harvest King lol
My longest session when recording for this video was about 8 hours, so you've got me beat lol
@@JackDuckGoose Farming games are my addiction. Actually playing Fields of Mistria while I type this lol
@@mastersenna11 I've been streaming FoM and I'm having a great time lol
An animal parade video in 2024??? I LOVE TO SEE IT!! My favorite characters are Luke and Candace
when will Marvelous add the option to legally adopt the NPCs into my household?
I had such a soft spot for Calvin, he reminded me a lot of Griffin who I was very bitter didn't return as a bachelor in the AWL remake lol. Here's hoping Animal Parade will get a remake next!
Well Collin is on my list now. Can't believe he takes off the holidays when his only job is to ring a freaking bell.
@@JackDuckGoose For some completely dumb reason I said Collin when I meant Calvin lmao
@@CL-lx2pm Ahhh that makes more sense lol
Not being able to have all the animals with the designs being as good as they are was a crime. I've settled on cows, sheep, and goats for my current playthrough, but I love the horses. Toby's my go-to, he's a good egg.
I do love me some Toby. I really don't want to sell any animals since I'm attached to them now, but if I could go back. I'd probably do Cows, Ostrich, and Goats.
We stan squinti boi ♡
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An almost two hour video? Get your drinks and your snacks cause it's movie night💞
JDG and chill frfr
I am in awe of your patience, processing all that flour! While i love Animal Parade it is defo SLOW
Listen, I'd do anything for money.... I mean, not anything, but, like, a lot.
My favorite npc from animal parade is the witch princess! She's hilarious and fun.
My favorite non-romanceable npc is Bo, he's very in tune with nature, I love his dialogue as you increase his friendship
Oo man I have to keep pausing and coming back to this video because I didn't realize how emotional this would make me
Animal Parade is my favorite game in the series, I've played it all the way through dozens of times and watching someone else play is an experience I've never had before.
It's difficult! I keep wanting you to do things my way, LOL. But it's fun, too! I get to see a completely different playstyle and experience the game for the first time again. I am so happy for this video. Thank you.
Thanks so much for commenting! I'm curious, what would you do differently? Like you, I've never watched someone play AP, so I don't know if there is a "Right" way to play it lol
When I played as a kid, I remember I really loved the Wizard, Toby, and Owen! This game definitely needs a remaster!
One day, my sweet summer child, we will get that remaster
wonderful on PS2 was my first HM but i think animal parade was my favorite. it felt like a culmination of all the good i loved about HM games. some character customization, tons of townfolks, the rival marriages, tons of crops and animals. two kids! just a ton to work on and spend time on without it feeling too repetetive. i literally only have my wii these days to play this game every couple years lol
I definitely think that Animal Parade is one of the most content rich HM games out there. Compared to AWL and MM, I personally feel that AP does most things better. Hopefully they remake MM and AP so that I can judge all the remakes lol
This is my favorite game in the entire harvest mon/ story of season series! i hope one day they do a remaster for this game on the switch
I'd do nasty things to the President of Marvelous if they did. You hear that Suminobu Sato? Give me an Animal Parade remaster and just name the time and place.
This is one of my top 5 for next remaster! (Tales of Two Towns is my number one, I love that one so much)
I also didn't play this back when it came out (because I didn't have a Wii) but I played it in a ~totally legal way~ later and I fell in love with it!
The Wizard and Toby are my favorites, they are just too cute ❤
I loved tale of two towns! So many fond memories
I am also playing this game in a ✨totally legal way✨ lol
Selena and the Harvest King and the Goddess and Toby had me in a chokehold as a child.... and as a adult honestly. I think the art style and designs are just so charming for everyone!
The arty style really is nice. Absolutely no complaints from me lol
I do remember playing it, by lending it from our local media library. But Young-Me didn't really understood what to do there, so I never played that much of it sadly - Now I really would love to give an other chance nowadays!
That's exactly how I felt about Magical Melody. Both games are definitely worth the time investment in my opinon
This is by far my favorite game of the series!😊 It has so many fun parts to it. I love that it has a story/quest line and a decent amount of areas. I like having different mounts to use and the circus animals for teleporting. The mines are fun also. It's nice having multiple houses to use in the different areas. I love how many wild animals you can befriend and make into pets and how they get crowns if they win contests (really enjoyed having a snake wearing a crown). The pets can follow you and gather items for you. It's great that you can have multiple kids and assign your spouse a job out and about or help with a farm task and your kids help farm too.😌 So many parts to enjoy!💕
Yeah, AP is definitely one of the more feature rich entries into HM. Much like everyone else in the comment section, I'm crossing my fingers for a remake soon lol
YESSSSSSS!!!! I've been replaying this game like mad lately (I just made a 15-hour cross country move, been between jobs so I've had a lot of time) and it is just as good if not better than I remember. This game used to consume my summers back when I was in school (along with AWL). Witch Princess best girl btw and it's not even close
That's exactly how I feel about AWL, so maybe I'm just old lol. Witch Princess seems to be a very popular pick lol
I can see that Finn is your favourite headache in this game 😂
When I was young, I found Chase interesting. Now, I've grown up & I like Wizard's & Gill's personality the best.
Finn's okay. A little clingy, but I'm the only one who can see him so I understand lol
Luke will always be my first ingame love; replaying and seeing his all caps confession still cracks me up
he really got that anime protagonist energy huh
Yay! I love watching your videos while grinding in HM Light of Hope. I went from being a defender of it to being extremely frustrated by how much RNG is in it as I try to complete the encyclopedia. Plus most of the fish dishes specifically require rainbow trout or arapaima, which aren't available year round and there's just too many other fish you can catch instead of them....
Season specific items, fish, etc. are always such a double-edged sword. While I like the idea of scarcity, sometimes it's implemented in a way for the sake of scarcity, which isn't that great lol
Also, to answer your favorite character question. Its wizard. He's a chill dude and i need those chill vibes in my life lol
He does seem totally unbothered by absolutely anything lol
This game is nice for those that want a slower pace harvest moon game. Personally i enjoyed being able to do so much just in 1 day. I think each game has the right balance. Also my favorite character is the wizard
I 100% get that. I definitely felt rushed in MM and AWL at points. AP just seems a bit disconnected, if that makes sense. The map is so massive, your character moves so slowly, and the loading screens are definitely noticeable. A remake that addresses that disconnection would definitely be a warm welcome.
That yellow harvest sprite shock was hilarious 😂😂😂
Rarely, do I pause what I'm doing when recording to do a live comment. Maybe it was because each day took like 45 minutes, but it legit felt like my progress was stifled for hours because of that lol
I love these 100 days videos 😊 i hope you make a part 2! Loved this game as a kid, so im really hoping they'll remaster this one
Thanks so much for watching! The like target is very quickly being reached so it's all but guaranteed lol
my favourite animal parade character is Luke!!!! i was so head over heels for him....
it's the bandana isn't it?
never watched any of yer vids but the fact you don’t have ads in this day and age says so much more than about you as an individual and what kinda person you are gained a new sub and so much respect for you hope you get everything you dream of 🫶🏻🩷
Thanks so much! I'm sure that if this ever became my full-time job, which I'm under no illusions that it will, I'd incorporate some ads or sponsors. But for now, it's just a fun side hobby so why would I need to litter my stuff with ads lol
Fun fact: if you have a second Wii remove. You can rub the Wii remote over people and it will help you get affection with them. You can do it twice until they produce hearts. It even works on animals.
it's a shame I don't have two remotes lol
@@JackDuckGoose damn you don’t have player two lol
The wizard will always be my favorite. When I played this as a kid I was sold on Chase until I met the wizard. I didn't even know he was a marriage candidate until I got a heart event with him and I fell harder.
I guess no unique experiences exist bc this was SOOOO me as a kid. I adored Chase until i realized i could have the wizard and gunned for him instead :)
I love that the wizard is not bothered by anything. Just kinda a chill dude who has a telescope and magic lol
@@JackDuckGoose my favorite bachelor who's really just a guy!
@@ksaed2497 just a guy being a dude
I really hope this is the next one they remaster. This game is incredible and this video is such a soothing experience.
I'm a Wizard lover. 💜
Fingers crossed for the remaster lol. Thanks so much for watching!
Love the video!!! Animal parade was one of my favourites. The Wizard had my heart from day 1 lol
Wiz got everyone in a choke hold I guess lol
I loved this game to pieces as a kid but it was always an effort to play. I wasn’t a huge fan of the controls or the camera angles or how long it would take to traverse the town in early game. Would love to see a remake so I can enjoy it now older and able to understand the game mechanics better
Right there with you, brother (or sister or however you prefer to be addressed). If the game just gave you a horse on Day 1, that would be perfect. The camera angles are definitely annoying, but not too much of a deal breaker for me, but a solid remake of this game could be a top3 farming game all time
Animal Parade is the best Harvest Moon game of all time and one of my favorite games period!!!
I'm blinded by nostalgia for rankings but it is pretty great lol
Dont think I have a favorite character, but I love a lot about this game. I love the sounds the cows feet(?) makes when you ride it, the cow is adorable! And I love the details, like the kappa by the bridge, the ghost at the cemetary and the rubber duck that hides at your farm and moves around (based on the weather, I think). It always made me smile when I found him, usually in the water tower. And the music is nostalgic as I played this a lot a long time ago. My favorite puzzle is the one where you roll a duck egg off a roof. 😅
I agree. The whimsical little touches to this game really gives it a unique vibe. Not to say that other HM/SOS games don't add little things like that, but they're much more obvious in AP lol
This game is my favorite game of all time! I was obsessed with it as a kid. If they announce the remaster of this game, I will start sobbing.😂
That's how I felt about AWL so hopefully they do it lol
I never had a Wii as a kid, so I didn't get to play this one until later in life either. It's a fun game though, I liked it! Glad to see you playing it too.
I agree! It is a very good game that I hope gets a remaster lol
harvest king being marriageable was mind boggling to kid me
what's the point of an all powerful god-like entity if you can't shaboink them
Chase in every playthrough ive ever done. Gill, Luke and Wizard are honorable mentions.
What is it about Chase that makes you so feral?
@@JackDuckGoose I've never really thought about it honestly. It's probably because he's really blunt and sarcastic at first and softens when you get to know him. I like guys like that in video games.
@@IIyana08 Fair enough lol
Love to see your videos pop up in my notifications! I personally have never heard nor played this HM, so purely going off of aesthetics I'd have to say my favorite character is Dale's dog.
If I could only talk to the animals and complete all the quests, I would lol
My fav ToT/AP character is Julius! ❤ He's just so pretty, I've always loved his fashion and he's such an interesting take on the blacksmith/artisan archetype. I also LOVE the whole Garmon Mine district in this game so getting to visit him there was a plus 😊
Just started the video but I hope you enjoy your time with AP!! The Wii games are truly special and it's always awesome seeing content for them
Thanks so much for watching! Outside of some Harvest Sprite chicanery from Collin, I've had a lot of fun with AP! Definitely worth the time to play. Also, I agree with you about the Garmon Mines District. Far and away my favorite place to visit in the game
I literally just regained my copy of this game! Going to be replaying it! So excited to see a current play through of it
Who ya gonna marry tho?
@@JackDuckGoose Any of the marriage candidates with no rival (I.E: Witch princess, Harvest goddess) so I can see all of the rival cutscenes.
@@Syphocumulus that's valid af
This game has one of the best rosters of bachelor and bachelorette designs I've seen in a HM/SoS game! If this gets a Switch remake, I hope the art style leans a little closer to the really cute illustrations than these models ;;;;
The Wizard's design is the one I like the most (though the Harvest King is DANG, too)
imagine being able to date the harvest king and the wizard at the same time tho
another fun fact about the word "fugue", it's ALSO a musical term, so it fits in with the rest of the world's musical themed naming scheme. it's a composition where several parts of a melody are each introduced in staggered intervals, and harmonize together. it's a VERY complicated structure for music, which is why it's also used as the name of a mazelike forest dungeon like fugue forest!
I was in the State orchestra in middle school. I was 2nd Chair, 2nd Part Violin. No big deal. Maybe they get into fugue composition later, or they just never taught us that word lol. Anyways, since then I've completely forgotten how to read music, but I still really love me some violin lol
@JackDuckGoose violin fugues possible but difficult (and rare; i think most composers just didnt have the taste for them), so I'm not surprised you didn't encounter them! I did piano in high school, and despite it being a much more polyphonic instrument, I struggled with them. they're just plain difficult without a good teacher.
@@LucOfArcadia Very interesting. I guess I was just too young to get into the complexities. I did stop around age 14 so that would make sense lol
if only we can get another Remake Story of Season for this game. this game has better camera angel, so many potential on the story, cool feature 😭✨
I agree. A better camera would make this game much more playable lol
My favorite Animal Parade Character is Luna! She’s cute! 🥰 Selena is also another favorite of mine. :)
This video is amazing! I can’t wait to see you play 100 days of Harvest moon Ds! ❤🎉 Marrying the Harvest Goddess isn’t required to beat the game so you can choose Between all 14 girls.
Normal Girls
Muffy
Celia
Nami
Lumina
Flora
Special Girls
Harvest Goddess
Witch Princess
Keira
Leia the Mermaid
Mineral Town Girls (GBA to Ds connection required)
Ann
Elli
Karen
Mary
Popuri
Worth noting: Marrying a Mineral Town girl will end your game. So... Don't, if you're looking for 100%.
Also, depending on which version/revision you're playing, you can bust the game wide open pretty easily.
DS is an interesting prospect. I've only played a little, and even then I barely scratched the surface. Would definitely be interested in giving it the old 100 Days treatment to see if I like it lol
Thanks so much for dropping this in here. That's great to know!
harvest king my beloved! also i usually listen to long form videos like these while studying or working on my school outputs but i ended up watching all of this in one sitting because of how much i love animal parade lol, i always did love watching other people enjoy one of my favorite hm/sos games
Yay! Thanks so much! Hopefully you're studying has resulted in excellent marks
From one Jack to another, I’m glad to see this! At release I opted for Tree of Tranquility instead of Animal Parade but have always intended to play it. I just unpacked my old wii and found my never-played copy of Animal Parade and looking forward to starting it (especially with this handy video to help me prioritize what to work towards)
Yay! I'm glad you get to play it! This video will definitely help you get around some of the more basic stuff, but there are still a lot of intricacies that I have yet to discover lol
This happened to pop up on my recommended feed and this hit me so hard in the nostalgia gut. I miss the old HM games, just such appealing cute games I remember pouring hours into. I might have to find a way to play them again now 😭
Thanks for watching! Just remember, this is only an over the counter strength dose of Nostalgia. You'll need a prescription strength dose for to alleviate your other symptoms.
Owen is my favorite bachelor for sure, I like my guys kind hearted and buff which you don’t find very often in Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games
so a fellow himbo enjoyer, huh?
ahh I'm so happy! i needed a cheer me up, and to see you play my favorite game is like a dream come true. i tried playing it a few days back, but i wasn't able to retain enough energy for it so the timing couldnt have been better either. i hope you enjoyed it as much as i enjoy watching you play!
Thanks so much for watching! I hope your day got better!
Thanks for playing this! I hope you continue this playthrough or start Tree of Tranquility!
Thanks so much for watching! I'll have to give ToT a closer look since my cursory viewing had it look a lot like AP lol
@@JackDuckGoose It’s like AP beta, I still love the game but I did play it before AP. (Ap is my fav) Ap def has more stuff and fuller world but I found tot easier to play as a kid since it’s simpler haha. ToT is better for beginners AP is tot 2.0
Chase is for sure my favorite, ever since tree of tranquility! Watching this got me to break the wii-u from storage and play again!
Hopefully you're game still works and isn't scratched up lol
Ahh your videos are so comforting to me bc I love the Harvest moon series (specifically MM, AWL, and AP ironically). I appreciate your videos so much! Also, as someone who recently has been playing through Animal Parade again, a single day can sometimes take like 2 hours, so nice job making this so succinct lol
Yeah, I decided to do a super full day (i.e. gifting every villager, doing all the farming chores, mining, fishing, etc.) and I think my longest day was about 1 hour and 45 minutes.
This was my first Harvest Moon game. I remember watching PeanutButterGamer's video on it way back in the day and feeling like I needed to buy it because he made it look so interesting.(His tea song from that video is etched into my mind) When I finally bought it I only played it for 3 hours at most and felt so overwhelmed by the game for some reason. As I work through watching your video I hope it'll encourage me to give it another shot since I've become a fan of the series.
I watched all of PBG's HM videos back in the day. His "marriage song" (for the lack of a better phrase) from that video is etched into my mind as well lol
AS someone who played this as a kid thanks! Such a nostalgia trip
Thanks so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed your legally prescribed dose of nostaliga
I played this a few years after this came out, it was originally too short after tree of tranquility for me. But when I eventually did pick it up I put so many hours into this game!
I'd say the main story is pretty short, granted I did kinda speedrun it lol. There are still a lot of sidequests, cutscenes, and other stuff still to do so thats nice at least lol
i dont know you or your channel but an hour long video of any hm/sos game deserves a follow and a comment so thank u sir
Thanks so much for subscribing friend! I appreciate it a lot!
Thank you for playing this one! I've always enjoyed your videos and have been secretly hoping you'd do one about Animal Parade for a while, so this really made my day!
Thanks so much! Hopefully they remake the game and you can date all the boys lol
When Cain asks you what your favorite food is, what does it do? Does it increase friendship levels with certain characters or does it do something else?
it might also slightly increase profit based on whatever you picked. so if you picked cheese then animal products are worth more, vegetables means crops are worth more and fish means fish-related items are worth more. i could be wrong though
honestly, I have no clue. I thought it mgiht have to do with your birthday present, but I'm stumped lol
@@JackDuckGoose yeah that’s what I heard as well, but I hope finds a definitive answer soon.
I had never heard of this HM entry until today! Thanks for always making cozy content though
Thanks so much for watching! It was definitely off my radar until everyone suggested playing it.
I’d never really got hooked on this game like I did previous games but after watching this now I’m thinking about scouring eBay for this game and dragging out my Wii. I hope this gets a remake similar to wonderful life
Yeah, a remake would be the cats pajamas. A nice HD remake with QoL would make it brilliant
Even though I mostly go for the bachelors (mostly), since I'm a girl. I really like them in this game. Selena and Witch Princess are the ones I typically like the most. Though the Harvest Goddess has the prettiest design in this game too but she's always really difficult to marry in all the games from what I know.
As for bachelors, I really like all of them but especially Jin. (Always loved the Doctor Bachelors in the games looking at you POOT). He was so cute and awkward. The bachelors were such a refreshing take in general as they were older-looking so props for that on the devs's part.
I think the Harvest Goddess is pretty easy, comparatively, to marry in AP. In other HM games, there are a string of things you need to accomplish first, like shipping every crop, having all goddess tools, etc. but in AP, I'm pretty sure she's just another bacheloerette that you need to get to 10 hearts lol
COMING IN CLUTCH ON THE BUSIEST DAY OF MY WORK WEEK AGAIN!? So excited to watch this, will be editing my comment soon! ❤🎉
Ok, I finished it! I'm in the same boat; I never had a Wii so I never got to play this gem, but I was obsessed with looking at Fogu and videos of the heart events back on old-school RUclips. I dreamed of the day where I could get it! Sadly, even until today, I haven't gotten to it, but I'm also very hopeful that it gets the remake treatment because I think it's the perfect time to do so. Especially because this game has rival marriages and kids right? Which I feel like is so rare! I'm currently working on getting every achievement in Olive Town and whew... That game sure is a grind. Not the worse game by any means but definitely not at the top, so I'm dying to see a return to form with rival marriages, kids, and a plethora of things to do! Thanks again for all your hard work. I gush excessively but your vids really are a joy to watch. Not sure about favorite character in AP but I remember seeing Luke and he was right up my 15-year-old alley, lmao the bandana with the flames did it for me and I was psyched. That's all, I did my part by liking the video so hope we see more! :D
Lol thanks so much for watching and putting so much detail into your comment. Sadly, I think the japanese audience actively dislikes rival marriages, so I would be surprised if they get added into the (fingers crossed) inevitable remake of AP. Luke is a solid character, I think it's silly that he kinda just stays in the forest until you find him. Real mountain man vibes lol
Ya know, I can't decide who's my favorite... Chase, Toby, or the ghost
Chase seems to be a popular pick lol
This game has almost as much nostalgia to it as A Wonderful Life and that is saying a LOT! I vividly remember my mom watching me water like 100 tomato plants and saying in disbelief "how do you have the patience to water these every single day but don't have the patience to clean your room??"
Edit: Also I had the biggest crush on Owen, but since I played a male protagonist and they didn't support same sex relationships, I had to marry the tailor girl and in my head canon my farmer had a secret affair with Owen...
LMAO the secret affair! I love it! My mom knows about my RUclips videos and even now she is surprised that I have the patience to play and edit these games knowing how I was as a child was the exact opposite lol
I always loved the wizard and harvest god in animal parade. I liked having a challenge while playing I guess lol I would love to have a remaster of this game where I can marry whoever I wanted like they did for a wonderful life. I miss when games like this had rival couples/children, it made the game so much more interesting and worth playing for extended amounts of time
Yeah I'm excited to see the Rival Marriages! It's a shame that if this game was remade, the would 100% axe that mechanic though
Always so fun to see you explore a new Harvest Moon title!! Just watching it makes me itch to play Animal Parade again; hoping for that remaster for sure! And hoping for another 100 days!!
Thanks so much for always watching!
This game was a huge part of my childhood. I would play it for hours when I was sick. I swear I killed my wii playing this game as we eventually got rid of it. This is my standard for any farming game and Stardew Valley comes close to filling the void.
Luke and the Wizard were my boys. I would love to replay this on the switch!
I love the 2D vibe of Stardew. It reminds me a lot of playing FoMT, but you cant beat a solid 3D farming simulator lol
When you named Colleen, I thought you were PURPOSELY naming your coop animals after npcs bc Calvin is also a character in the game 😂. I ADORE this game and would absolutely love to see more from you! tbh, I think my fave character is actually Finn; the way he hangs in the hot springs with you is just so funny to me.
that would be out of pocket to name my animals after the NPCs lmao. Honestly, I guess I didn't think about the names of the animals outside of the fact they start with a C lol Finn and I do be chilling in those hot springs fr
First Magical Melody and now MY FAV Harcvest Moon, Dude i love you so much! You brin back my Childhood!!!
Thanks so much! I'm glad I could provide that nostalgia hit you needed lol
I played Harvest Moon - Back no Nature as a Kid, and after playing over 8k Hours in Stardew valley, i made it my goal to play every single Harvest Moon and Story of Season game ever Made, i arrived at the Wii Era not too long ago :D
Nice! What's been your favorite so far?
@JackDuckGoose n64 Was quite nice, but the time management was hard here and there. Save the homeland also grew on me, hated the art style at first tho.....
I still have this game and the Wii! I love it! I get the bells done like 2 3 seasons done except for purple hearts are hard
Yeah the Purple bell is quite the challenge lol
Collin did the bare minimum for his job and it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while
he really is an unbothered king, and I have a begrudging respect for that
My favorite Harvest Moon next to A Wonderful Life. Glad you are playing this. This is one of the best it's slow but worth it! I love Mineral Town to as well. Of course Magical Melody was fun back in day to. I have quite a few favorite bachelors,and bachelorettes in this game. They are so full of personality. Last game to have rival marriages and it was nice seeing there marriage and kid's to. Sad this was the last game for it but I love it so much. One of my all time favorite Harvest Moons ever!
Wish could get a Switch remaster of it but it's great as is for now. To answer your question if I had to choose out of both bachelor and bachelorettes. My favorite bachelor is well between Gill, and Toby, and Jin. Honestly can't choose and my favorite bachelorette is well like the bachelor it's hard to choose I love Anissa,Kathy,Candace,Renee. Favorite character in general hard to choose. I love the bachelor's and bachlorettes the most I listed so also my favorite character's. It's hard for me to list all aspects I like of them. I like to many of them.
If you ever play the normal DS Harvest Moon games, Sunshine Island's is the best to me. Hope you play it one day to.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! That's the first time I've seen shouts for Jin and Kathy as favored bachelors/bachelorretes! I don't have any immediate plans to play a DS HM yet, but you know how things go lol
@@JackDuckGoose Your welcome. First time for everything. Was just getting an idea if every play them. Think Sunshine Island's is the best out of the DS games. If ever get around to them.
Thank you so much for making Animal Parade content!! It's one of my favorite games so it's great to see people still enjoying it today ❤️
No problem! It was a fun time to play and edit and I really hope they remake it so everyone can enjoy it!
Wizard is my favorite, pairing him with the player character they have a very sun and moon dynamic which I love. A lot of this game for me was just thinking about the characters' lives and relationships to each other, almost in a fanfiction sense. 😅 And with the map being so huge and it taking a few minutes to get anywhere, you get plenty of time to think.
most definitely. I remember in the early days of this video just running around thinking about how to make money and what I need to do. So much so that I forgot eventually lol
This is my favorite Harvest Moon game! Im obsessed with everything about it. My favorite character is probably Candace
Anytime I talk to her my first thought is, "Candace? More like Candeez nuts, amiright?" I'm 28 years old
you can’t ask us who are favorite animal parade character is.
When it’s really animal parade or tree of tranquility 😂
They both had the best of both worlds. Each with its own flaws and unique spins.
Locked bachelors, rival marriages, part time jobs, short cuts/fast-travel, kid-overtaking farm+numerous cutscenes throughout the years and so much more. This is just what sticks out to me even though it’s been years since I played.
Overall Animal Parade character ? The Harvest God. Loved him and the music in his area😂
the harvest king do be daddy so I get it it
I have never played animal parade because I didn’t have a Wii. Now that I have adult money I’m gonna buy one and animal parade
I'm 100%, undoubtedly, utilizing original hardware. Do you hear that, Nintendo?
Honestly, I tend to forget the animal parade part of the game. 😂 Its in the name, but feels like a side quest plot. Reviving the Harvest Goddess through replacing the bells is the main storyline.
True. The Circus/Parade is a means to an end for me. That end being fast travel lol
@@JackDuckGoose 😅
in animal parade, i love anissa and witch princess. they’re my favorite bachelorettes in this series
I'm partial to Selena, I guess lol
Animal Parade is definitely my favorite Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons game. I love all of the characters a lot. For the longest time Chase, Luke, and Gill were my favorites, but I genuinely like almost all the characters in this game. My current favorite is the Wizard. One of my favorite memories is definitely my friends, family, and I mispronouncing Fugue Forest every time we saw or it was mentioned it in the game.
See, I can't be the only one to call it Foogoo forest. Fewge forest, while it makes sense given the musical nature of the game, just doesn't roll off the tongue as well lol
@@JackDuckGoose Yes lol. Our pronunciations would just get goofier the more I played around people. Foogwee and foogway were some of my favorite we would come with different ones all the time despite the correct way to say it lmao.
@@kissyinu9670 Sounds like me and my friends playing NHL 10 and getting obsessed with the name of a singular player and changing their stats to be godlike lol
My favorite character in Animal Parade is the Wizard (Gale), he's just the kind of character I really like. Runner up is the Harvest God
If only the Wizard was like Gale from BG3 lol.
Unfortunately I do not have a favorite character because I never got super far in this game, but watching your video made me want to revisit it PROPERLY.
You definitely should give it a try! It's definitely something you can get sucked into lol
This is my favorite harvest moon game out of all of them. Its tied with stardew valley for my favorite cozy game.
My favorite character is the Wizard aka the first candidate I married. The wedding scene is so sweet.
Also idk how many Bleach fans there are here but my friend and I used to joke that Toby is just Gin Ichimaru on the down low.
I've only watched a couple episodes of bleach, but you're right. He's a dead ringer lol
you are a godsend!!! thank you so much, i havent started the video yet but i know you will play this game the absolute best! I really loved the little pig because its the same sprite as in magical melody
Thanks so much! That pig really comes in clutch lol
I hope Tree of Tranquillity is next! 😊
Isn't ToT kinda like AP, just an older game?
@@JackDuckGoose Eh kinda, it's a bit different
@JackDuckGoose the characters are the same but the story is different!
@@justteena93 I'll have to dig a little bit deeper then
@@drd3athdeftying Interesting, might have to look into that lol
If Tree of Tranquility had the quality of life updates but the same soundtrack and map would be so good. But my favourite character from the games is Luke’s carelessness.
I mean, my man did stay in the forest for god knows how long. He does seem pretty careless lol
Thanks for the Shout Out! Great video as always.
Also, good job on the correct pronunciation of Kyanite, I have been Kyah-nite many times
Thanks so much for being a part of the Discord community and helping me out! I'm glad I got your name pronounced correctly. I just assumed it was in reference to the mineral lol
My favorite characters are Shelly and Candace, such sweet ladies! I married Luke my first playthrough and Owen in the second, I'd absolutely love a remastered version of this game! Great work on the video, you're very entertaining!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
MAN I hope Animal Parade is one that gets remade. It's so good!! I still like to replay this one a ton! My first time around I married Luke, and he's easily still my favorite boy. The only one who was optimistic and trying to fix things when everyone else was all doom and gloom
Thats facts. Before ringing the bells, everyone was kinda raining on my parade lol
I never played this game before but i never got a chance to play it since i don’t have my Wii U anymore because my Wii U got throw out in the garage during the March break in 2020 & it was very heartbreaking for me right now & the wizard is my favorite bachelor in this game so far & he is super adorable & he love drink coffee & looking at the star at night time & i feel like most of the bachelor that I married so far that drink coffee i know it is crazy but I will make a club for the bachelor & I called the coffee & tea club & i really wish if harvest moon animal parade get a remake for Nintendo switch with the new tittle & the new tittle is called Story of Seasons Animal Parade & that game is the only game I really want for Nintendo switch after luigi mansion 2 HD remake for Nintendo switch
Fingers crossed that Marvelous brings it back so everyone can enjoy it in HD!
@@JackDuckGoose yeah & I hope marvelous can add a free play mode so u can continue playing the game without restating it from the very beginning of the game from scratch & Marvelous better add same gender relationship system as well so people can marry a bachelor or bachelorette regardless which gender u are locked in that will be so cool in my personal opinion
I think my favorite character is that Jack guy. I hear he has god level patience!
you should tell my wife that lmao
THE LEGEND HAS RETURNED
we're so back
I'd die happy if I got to play even a port of this on switch. I always married Luke or the Wizard. Luke makes an adorable girl dad. Also loved the rival marriages in this game.
just let me call up my contact at Marvelous and we'll get this moving in the right direction
Just bought Animal Parade and Tree of Tranquility for the Wii this past weekend. Playing them for the first time now 😊
Let me know how it goes! I'm invested now lol