Nurse Fin's Welcome to the Wind Bazaar, Observations and first impressions Options

[Nurse Fin]

I don't have the game just yet (grr, gotta wait 'til Christmas...), but other people do. As of today it is available in all game stores across Japan.

Here are some things I have noticed through the wiki:

- Crop system is similar to IoH and SSaF (darn...)
- Most actions are done with the B button now. The A button is strictly for jumping. The "menu" will only display your rucksack; there are no earnings/relationship/status charts on hand (all charts are accessible through the bookshelf).
- For other controls, pressing the L button(?) will toggle walking/running, and the R button will open up a tool selection window.
- Schmidt and Kagetsu are marriage candidates. It is unknown whether there are two more, but it seems unlikely.
- Most of the townspeople are already available, with the exceptions of Schmidt, Kagetsu, and 4 other mystery villagers. The methods to unlock them are currently unknown.
- The save system is like the old HM games. When you start a new game, you pick the slot you want to use (2 total). You can only save when you go to sleep. You cannot make duplicate/backup files (my guess is that it was implemented because of the Wi-Fi...).
- Everything is in real-time. Time doesn't stop indoors (not even in your house), or when you open menus. So far there's no way to pause the game (except closing the DS), so I guess it's something to watch out for.

-Jumping into the water will drop your stamina, but sometimes you can find items in there. Like money, medals, stones...

Obviously I'll have a lot more info once I can try this game for myself. But that's what I've gathered this evening. ^^'


Rival Couples so far:
Juris & Freiya
Agi & Anemone
Lloyd & Shelfer
Dirka & Enju

This post has been edited by Nurse Fin: Dec 19 2008, 01:15 AM

[Nurse Fin]

These are my current stats:

Year 2, Spring 21

3 hearts with Juris
3 hearts with Dirka
3 hearts with Lloyd
2 hearts with Agi
3 hearts with Schmidt (only (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalacry.gif) )
2 hearts with Shelfer
2 hearts with Enju
2 hearts with Freya
1 heart with Anemone
2 hearts with Felix
2 hearts with Erich
1 heart with Isaac
3 hearts with Kevin
2 hearts with Sigyn
2 hearts with Laramie

5 chickens, 2 cows, 1 sheep, 2 cats.
I've got around 90,000G on hand right now. Bazaar is still at 25% even though I've made 1st place twice already.
Storage is 2/8 for size, 1/3 for preservation, and I have the 2nd field...
The only contest I've done is the snowboarding, I got first place and got a Sand Rose...


I think this is the first game I've played that makes me look like an angry hardcore gamer, swearing at the screen and feeling near ready to chuck my DS right out the window. x(