Soon, two dogs will appear and the protagonist chooses one to keep while Takakura attempts to find an owner for the other one. He then shows the protagonist the barn, the tool shed, the chicken coop, the food storage, the protagonist's house, and his house. The protagonist (who is by default named Mark in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition) is then seen walking down the village with Takakura, and he explains how he and the protagonist's father owned the farm. So I brought him to Forget-Me-Not-Valley.". Your son didn't seem to know much about farming, but he was willing to give it a try. I told him about the farm you left to him. But he didn't seem to have a direction in life. Takakura, an old man who used to be the protagonist's father's best friend, is speaking (or thinking) to his father, stating: "He wasn't unhappy. When the player begins the game, they see a coastline in Forget-Me-Not valley. In addition, some NPCs will make periodic trips to Mineral Town, returning with new items to sell or hints for the player. Non-player characters (NPCs) in Forget-Me-Not Valley will begin to make comments about events in Mineral Town, and vice versa. Initiating the connection requires going to the mountain path next to the vegetable farm where Celia lives in A Wonderful Life, and throwing an offering into the Harvest Goddess' pond in Friends of Mineral Town. If the player connects a Game Boy Advance with Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town or Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town to the GameCube while playing A Wonderful Life, the two games can exchange information. The game can also end early if certain actions are taken, such not marrying by the end of Chapter 1 or causing the player's wife to divorce. If he becomes a farmer or a rancher, he will take over the family farm, although he can not marry. At the end of the game, the (now adult) son will choose one of seven possible careers: farmer, rancher, musician, artist, scholar, athlete, or scientist. The child's developing personality may be influenced by taking him places, introducing him to people, and giving him gifts related to various fields. The player's son will look similar to their wife, and have a unique set of interests and talents. This is the first Harvest Moon game in which the player not only has a child after marriage, but the child ages to adulthood as well. The player can do this by feeding any two different seeds or crops to a talking plant, Tartan, who appears after befriending Takakura and visiting him in the morning, from Chapter 2 onwards. The game offers a variety of crops and trees, and offers the ability to create hybrid crops. To obtain the highest quality crops and seeds, the player must water and fertilize the crops every day. Each crop has its ideal growing season, and will do poorly if planted at the wrong time of year. Plants must be watered more than once per day and nourished with fertilizer to obtain high-quality fruits and vegetables. The player's farm has three fields, with varying levels of fertility. The Mukumuku can only be seen during Winter near the tree in which the Harvest Sprites live, and the surrounding area commonly referred to as "the forest." Seen in the wilderness are a tanuki, a lizard, and a turtle, as well as a chihuahua that appears to be a pet at the dig site.Īlso notable is the Mukumuku, who resembles an abominable snowman. Later in the game, the player may receive a cat from Romana. The player starts the game with a dog, and has the choice of floppy or pointed ears. In addition to these traditional Harvest Moon animals, this is the first game in the series to feature ducks and a goat. The cow will stop producing milk after 40 days, and will have to be impregnated for her to continue making milk. The player starts the game with one cow, and can later acquire additional, higher-quality cattle as well as sheep, chickens, and a horse. Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life, the girl version of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, was released for the GameCube outside Japan in July 2005.Ī remake, titled Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S, on June 27, 2023. It was later re-released on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 with improvements upon lag issues rooting from the PlayStation 2 port. The GameCube version offers connectivity with the Game Boy Advance game, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.Ī special edition version titled "A Wonderful Life Special Edition" was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan in 2004 and North America in 2005. It was developed and published by Marvelous Interactive, and is part of the long-running Story of Seasons series of video games. Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life ( 牧場物語~ワンダフルライフ, Bokujō Monogatari: Wonderful Life) is a video game that was released in Japan in September 2003 and March 2004 in North America for the GameCube.
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