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Harvest Moon Wii looks retarded cute. There are fat little cows and sheepsters, little kids with big fat heads, rainbows, puffy clouds, green rolling landscapes, and not the slightest evidence of bleeding cattle trapped in barb wire or feces anywhere in sight! The Japanese site doesn't offer much information, but we can safely presume that you'll be able to use your Wiimote to groom cows and perform all other kinds of repetitive farming activities.

One must look upon the entertainment value of this game with guilt. If your great great grandparents were alive and saw you playing a video game that wantonly trivializes the hardships of rural life, they'd probably kick you in the face. Lucky for us, they're dead and have long been eaten by worms, which we also play with. They just wouldn't understand. Harvest Moon Wii will be responsible for the exploding heads of women and children in Japan later this year. 


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Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 11:46
Snaileb
Explode my head Harvest Moon!! Please?
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 11:47
bhive01
I've never played this series. Is it like animal crossing with it's menial tasks that just waste time. That whole it's work, but for some reason it's fun thing?
moclippa's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 11:54
moclippa
"If your great great grandparents were alive and saw you playing a video game that wantonly trivializes the hardships of rural life, they'd probably kick you in the face."

Hah, I always love your humor Niero... Kick me in the face... thats so true, I'm sure they would. That does it, out of respect for the dead, I won't play this game.
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 12:09
Toneman
If they know what's right, they'll replace the main character's head with my Mii's head.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 12:15
BluDesign
I've never played Animal Crossing so I can't relate. I do know that this game is a major time waster, so like animal crossing, they do share that trait. If you're all up into milking cows every day and chopping up stumps, this game is the one you've been waiting for.

You have chores, responsilbilities, you are tasked with finding a wife/husband and wooing them, working 8 hour days, and you have to pay your bills.

Screw what I said yesterday about Sonic. THIS is the first truly adult Wii game.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 12:16
Topher Cantler
HAha, best headline ever.
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 12:17
Knives
I like harvest moon games, i like to pretend I'm responsible somewhere :p
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 12:47
Mxyzptlk
@ bhive01:

It's like Animal Crossing, but your menial tasks have a little more purpose day to day.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 12:54
Rockvillian
This looks promising, but I hope they add more customization this time around. All my previous experiences with Harvest Moon games is once you get married and have a kid, you're pretty much left with repetetive tasks for the rest of the game. And no, "winning" Harvest Moon is not a reward.

Wifi could help, but I doubt that'll happen. Fingers crossed!
Zooma's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 13:02
Zooma
A good friend of mine once told me that only bitches play harvest moon. I then looked at her, and replied...
"fuck you"
dorock's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 13:09
dorock
I've loved the Harvest Moon series ever since I played the first one on the SNES.I think what sold me was being able to have a family. (I was a sad child) :D The 64 version was fun even if it was riddled with bugs galore.

Though I never really cared for the cube version. I think the PS version was perhaps the best in the series.

Though this looks pretty and like fun.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 13:19
BahamutZero
I play video games to escape real life. why would I want brutal forced labor and a nagging wife?
PITT sauce's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 13:35
PITT sauce
This game would be sweet if hot babes were playing it.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 13:43
deiga-the-semivaliant
The cuteness in here is nothing compared to Magical Melody for the GC. That harvest moon was so cute, my eyes bled.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 13:55
BahamutZero
bleeding eyes are cute
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 14:17
CaffeinePowered
I loved the SNES/N64 ones, but the one for DS that I bought was definitely not good
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 16:41
Dexter345
I haven't enjoyed a Harvest Moon game since the SNES version. It's been more of the same since then.
Jecrell's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 17:00
Jecrell
I know people that would kill for this game...
You underestimate the obsessed Harvest Moon fans.
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 18:33
Magesx
I rented the Gamecube version once.

I was pissed at wasting a rental on that shit.
inque's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/30/2007 18:35
inque
Actually our family business deals with raising pigs. If this game can provide me training for artificial insemination (oh the joys of squeezing a pig's penis with the Wiimote!), my dad would buy me a Wii today!
ta0cha0s's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2007 04:46
ta0cha0s
ghey.
Zooma's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2007 10:38
Zooma
Touche Bahamut... Touche
IamBunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2008 15:49
IamBunny
I adore this game and will personally kill anyone to get it....... anyone!
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