I am starting a discussion of what people think of the game, Does it seem good or bad? Options

[Aries]

To me the wind bazaar looks okay but I think in game play the girl and boy look the same except the hair colour is different. Does any one agree with me?

MOD:: Jason: Fixed typos. ;p

[Nurse Fin]

Well, I'm going to be playing the game for gathering info whether I like it or not, but...

There are some things that seem really really cool about this game, and other things that just seem... well, disappointing.

Cool stuff:
-I'm really looking forward to selling stuff at the bazaar
-It seems to make more use of the DS features, like blowing into the mic to make the windmills turn
-Online play! (though, I won't have anyone to play with because of wi-fi incompatiblity, it is still a neat idea)
-Adorable portrait graphics

Uncool stuff:
-The male protagonist looks like he is 5 years old. Especially with that voice. >_>;; And it's going to get married and spawn babies? It's like Harvest Moon: The Pierre Edition.
-None of the marriage candidates (especially the bachelors) have captured my interest yet. Though, Schmidt sounds like he might deliver... *hopes*
-What is the use of the jump feature? If they don't have a good reason for it, then adding a platforming system to HM is just... dumb. It might be fun, but still sounds useless.
-The one-bag-of-seeds-per-crop-square system sounds cumbersome, but like the jumping, I'll have to see how it plays out in the game before making a final assessment of it.

[Avalice]

Uncool stuff:
-None of the marriage candidates (especially the bachelors) have captured my interest yet. Though, Schmidt sounds like he might deliver... *hopes*

Who's Schmidt?

[Nurse Fin]

Who's Schmidt?

He was a character who appeared in the demo, but otherwise there isn't much information or images of him yet. His description is "long white hair, looks kind of domineering". Doesn't say much, but I'm hoping it's something better than an "I say!" gent, a shota brat, Mikami-in-a-turban, or the hippy-dippy artist who is obsessed with eating. Dx If not, then I'll have to settle for Juris and Lloyd...

[HarvestStar]

So girls get Schmidt, and us guys are left Mina-less?! *Still miffed about Mina not being a bachlorette*

Anyway, I don't like any of the bachlorettes, either. Freya remind me too much of Karen(And I didn't like her....) Anemone is too focused, the Mayor's daughter, while cute, doesn't capture my interest, and I'm not a Tsundere fan. But I LOVE Mina. She looks soooo cute. X3 No wonder she has a fanclub...

Onto my gameplay assessment, the jumping looks weird. It needs a purpose. And the one-seed-per-crop thing? They haven't done that since the WL series. I wonder why it's back- on the note of the windmills, I like the idea, but what do they do again? I thought it was cooking with wind......