Unfortunately, it seems like Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life might be heading in the same direction, i.e. Pioneers of Olive Town, the latest game, is full of rather boring normal people, and although you can dress up as a cat or a buffalo every single day if you want, that’s about as funky as things get. In later games, that trademark weirdness has slowly been draining away. The eligible pond monster I mentioned (left), although he’s way more human in the remake (right) - Images: XSEED / Nintendo Life Even as recently as Trio of Towns, there was the option to marry Woofio, a large dog mascot, and you’re informed at one point that there’s no one actually inside the costume, and he’s in fact a human being that was cursed by a forest spirit. Friends of Mineral Town lets you marry a pond monster. Harvest Moon DS was full of strange stuff, like the mermaid that lived in a mad scientist’s basement, or the fact that you have to murder your own animals to marry the Witch Princess. ![]() It’s not the only weird game in the series’ history. There’s a talking plant, and a yeti, and a mysterious homeless man who sometimes steals from your farm unless you train your dog to chase him away. It had a full lifecycle in which you could live 30 years and then pass your farm onto your kid. I’m not just saying that because I’m basically a nerd donut filled with delicious nostalgia jam, but because it was a really weird game. ![]() My very first Harvest Moon game was A Wonderful Life on the GameCube, which is lucky, because it’s one of the best. Today, Kate’s not impressed by what she’s seen of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life so far… Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over.
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