Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar, New HM game for the DS, 12/18 release Options

[Nurse Fin]

I've been looking up information about this for the past few days (it was only announced on the 23rd-24th), trying to figure out what this is.


And thanks to some scans from Cher @ Ushi, this is not a rumor, it's legit.

http://www.fogu.com/hm/scans/080925_windbazaar01.jpg
http://www.fogu.com/hm/scans/080925_windbazaar02.jpg

I'll try to gather/translate more info on the specs later. But wow. They only just barely announced Wakuani!

[Nurse Fin]

From what I heard from some TGS convention-goers..

-this game will have voices. I don't know if you can turn them off. For example "Yaa!" and "Ei!" when using tools, and a "Yatta!" when putting stuff in the shipping bin. And the male protagonist has a female voice... according to many people it sounds kinda cute but gets old fast.
-Your character can jump up and down, I don't know how that will be put to use in the game...
-The demo field was 6x9, but it should be bigger in the final version...
-1 bag of seeds seems to produce only 1 square of crops
-1 second of real time = 1 minute of game time
-You can only fish in certain locations
-The town is small, but the bazaar seems big

New characters (not 100% sure on the romanizations, but):

Aunt Claire - Regular old lady...?
Ange - sharp-looking girl with light blue hair. Most likely eligible for marriage.
Erich - looks like Ange's father.
Sigyun and Laramie - twins. Sigyun is the outgoing type, while Laramie looks shy. They are little girls.
Szmidt - He is probably a marriage candidate. He has long white hair that is tied back and seems coldhearted.

This post has been edited by Nurse Fin: Oct 13 2008, 12:52 AM