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Game Debate to the Death!<br>Animal Crossing VS Harvest Moon photo

Last week's Damacy debate rolled in dozens of votes, and two of the katamaris were the closest competitors this competition has ever seen. We <3 Katamari took an early lead, but Katamari Damacy caught up quick. They were neck and neck for a while, and then Katamari Damacy rolled ahead by a dozen votes. As the debate dwindled down though, a wall of We <3 Katamari votes were cast to even things up. Here are the results:

  • Me & My Katamari: 2 votes
  • Beautiful Katamari: 2 votes
  • Katamari Damacy: 29 votes -- Tie!
  • We <3 Katamari: 29 votes -- Tie!

We've only had a tie one other time in the past, and it's good to know that the Prince and King of the Cosmos are that inseparable. This week we're getting ready for Thanksgiving by debating over two game series that revolve around food. The Harvest Moon series has been curing our digital hunger for a decade, but in recent years the Animal Crossing series has been keeping us just as busy.

Which of the two series do you enjoy more, and why? It can be a series as a whole, or just a single game from either series that you enjoyed the most out of them all. Give us a reason for your decision, get some friends to give their opinions as well, and check back next week for the winner. And have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!







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Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:34
Roryzilla
Animal Crossing!
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:34
Roryzilla
Animal crossing is overall more fun and quirky.
smackifilia's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:38
smackifilia
harvest moon bitches
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:38
Fronz
Animal Crossing is a bit too tedious for me, I wish you could do things in that game faster. Although I LOVED fossil hunting in the first Animal Crossing.

I don't think they've made the perfect Harvest Moon yet, but they're slowly getting there. I wish it felt a bit more like farmer Link in Hyrule, with more interesting characters. My vote still goes to Harvest Moon though.
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:38
timtheterrible
Harvest Moon. You can waste ungodly amounts of time doing the most mundane things in that game, and you never stop to ask yourself why until it's too late...I think this is an endorsement.
taumpytears's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:39
taumpytears
Harvest Moon, a real man's game.
Aerox's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:39
Aerox
Animal Crossing, but it's close.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:40
Fronz
@ electro lemon -- it was a TIE between we love katamari and katamari damacy. 29 votes for both, and 2 votes for the other two.
Sheir's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:43
Sheir
Harvest Moon, bitches.
stone_clearing's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:45
stone_clearing
harvest moon
bluexy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:50
bluexy
Thinking about Animal Crossing makes me cry, due to that endearing YTMD making the rounds...

I'll go with Harvest Moon for the sake of my manly emotions.
Chaosye's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:50
Chaosye
Harvest Moon. The N64 one was awesome.
amalgamut00's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:52
amalgamut00
Animal Crossing just because Harvest Moon hasn't really wowed me for awhile.
Das Inchworm's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:54
Das Inchworm
animal crossing. Farming is gay.
Hoygeit's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:55
Hoygeit
Animal Crossing.

I have to say it or Tom Nook will whoop the shit out of me.
Little Burro's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:58
Little Burro
Animal Crossing FTW!
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 22:59
ZombiePlatypus
Animal Crossing... I really dig Harvest Moon as well, but once I get sick of whatever HM I'm playing I never touch it again. I can always go back to AC...
ComradKyro's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:02
ComradKyro
Animal Crossing!It was so close, but i just played animal crossing to death. until... i stopped... then the WEEDS!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:06
Cheeburga
Harvest Moon for the mother fukken win.
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:15
Magesx
Animal Crossing Animal Crossing Animal Crossing.
SchickOuttaShape's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:23
SchickOuttaShape
this was actually very very tough. but i had to go with Animal Crossing.
riomccarthy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:25
riomccarthy
This is really hard for me, as I really love both series. I think I'll have to go Animal Crossing just because parts of it are just so wacky, and you can do a little bit more variety of things. =)
charliesuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:27
charliesuh
I'm a huge fan of both, Animal Crossing is a LOT newer than Harvest Moon, and Harvest Moon USED to be amazing, recently... not so much.
So currently I'd have to go with....


ANIMAL CROSSING!
bigfatton's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:30
bigfatton
HARVEST MOON

No doubt
iNFERN0's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:35
iNFERN0
/cry both of these games are terrible.

Since when did dtoid turn into the main page at GameFaqs?

I hope I don't see a character battle survey pop up! ^_^
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:37
necrozen
Animal Crossing

but it was real close.
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:37
JonDarkwood
I will always love Harvest Moon the best, and specifically Harvest Moon 64 as candidate for best of the series. Animal Crossing never grabbed me much. It was more fun to raise crops and animals and get paid for it, than it was to just run errands and collect stuff for my house.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:40
s0lesurviv0r
Harvest Moon, this game made me fail exams keeping me up late milking cows.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:41
Fronz
Jeez, iNFERNO, it's thanksgiving for crying out loud, yuh communist!

If it makes you feel any better, I was originally gonna have it be GUN vs Call of Juarez due to Indian genocide, but this matchup seemed like a closer debate.
NukaCola's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:41
NukaCola
Harvest Moon has more interesting, believable characters and was overall just more fun for me. As neat as the features are in Animal Crossing, the overall gameplay experience is much more fun with Harvest Moon. Harvest Moon FTW.
A Humble Mr Perfect's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:46
A Humble Mr Perfect
animal crossing sucked an entire year of life away.

and i enjoyed it
16bitmonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:46
16bitmonster
animal forest! :]
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:47
Unicorn
ANIMAL CROSSING
HANDS AND PAWS DOWN

ANIMAL CROSSING DOMINATES ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2007 23:51
Gavin
Harvest Moon, without a doubt...

Animal Crossing gets old a hell of a lot quicker. I finally got around to buying a 360 recently so I'm just starting out on Viva Pinata. Where is the Viva Pinata love?
sleepingagain's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:09
sleepingagain
animal crossing
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:11
BluDesign
I've played Harvest Moon, I haven't played Animal Crossing.

But Tom Nook scares the living shit out of me, so Animal Crossing.

Viva Pinata is ghey. I played it for 20 hours and it gets boring fast.
Unless you like watching paper maiche animals screw.
JonDarkwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:13
JonDarkwood
Ron told me in IRC once, that Viva Pinata was a phase, like fingerbanging.
Hamblasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:13
Hamblasto
Harvest Moon. While I still play AC:WW everyday, HM's characters and especially its music are more memorable to me.
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:14
MaxVest
Animal Crossing. Trying to explain its greatitude is like trying to tell you why must i cry?
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:16
ShadowXOR
Animal Crossing
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:21
Wedge
HARVEST MOON D=
Shalashaska161's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 00:27
Shalashaska161
Harvest Moon. Playing it on the GBA was one of the most fun and memorable games I've ever played. Animal Crossing was great fun, but it became really boring after a while.
Floyd1911's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 01:10
Floyd1911
Harvest Moon is teh awesomest.
tsunamikitsune's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 01:17
tsunamikitsune
Animal Crossing, hands down.

The only good Harvest Moon was Back to Nature for the Playstation. That was the first one I played and it was amazing, but no other one has been any good.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 01:21
Fading Star
Harvest Moon.
Yashoki's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 02:14
Yashoki
Harvest moon because I can name my Moo Moo Cows and Sheep. All Animal Crossing gives you is pretty limited stuff. Theres alot, but it's limited. And once you do all of them once It just feels really pointless to do it again, all for some bells and more wallpaper? At least I can get me some bitches in Harvest Moon.
Anemone's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 02:21
Anemone
Harvest Moon for sure. I prefer my mundane task sims to leave me feeling like I've accomplished something when my character lays his little head down and the game saves.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 02:22
Knivy
ROCK BAND!

Err..i mean, Harvest Moon.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 02:29
ArrestedDeveloper
I tried the Animal crossing franchise but couldn't get into it, on the other hand I've been obsessed with Harvest Moon since SNES days, IT HAD AN EFFIN EGG HUNT IN IT@. Harvest Moon wins.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/21/2007 02:53
KaL YoshiKa
Harvest Moon for at least pretending to involve the player in more the savage wealth and material good accumulation.
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