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

[FoodAssassin]

gaaah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalagrin.gif)
I saw the screenshot of Anemone. shes absolutely adorable. now I really wanna marry her (it was kinda a hard choice. I LOVED her and Enju but I dont like the way Enju looks in the game, and I love the way the other girls look in the game but I digress...)

but I just wanna know,

1- are the rival events like the other DS games? like, you have to be in year 4 to get the last one? or more like ToT where you can get them whenever?

2- is it easy to get love points up?

3- is this game like IOH? cuz IOH was a major dissappointment to me (the only aspect of that game I liked was Lanna and Sabrina ><) and I dont want to get this one simply because I like Anemone.


please and thanks you,
-F.A.T. (food assassin.... uh... t.) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalagrin.gif)

[Nurse Fin]

1- are the rival events like the other DS games? like, you have to be in year 4 to get the last one? or more like ToT where you can get them whenever?

2- is it easy to get love points up?

3- is this game like IOH? cuz IOH was a major dissappointment to me (the only aspect of that game I liked was Lanna and Sabrina ><) and I dont want to get this one simply because I like Anemone.

1 - They're kind of like the DS games because I think there's a time frame, but the big difference is they will only activate if the marriage candidate is below a certain heart level. For example, when playing as a boy, the first Lloyd/Shelfer event will NEVER activate if Shelfer has more than one heart. The second event won't activate if Shelfer has more than 3-4 hearts, and so on... so I think they're really hard to get, because:

2 - ...it's extremely easy in this game I think. For example I've never given gifts to any bachelors but Schmidt but they all have a blue heart just from talking to them now and then. Which is why I can't get the rival events.

3 - No, I really really don't like IoH but I'm having a lot of fun with this game (aside from the occasional frustration with activating events...). The crop system is somewhat similar to IoH but it's much more lenient, so crops don't rot or wilt as often as they do in IoH, and they don't always grow at a snail's pace because of the unpredictable weather. (I've actually never encountered that problem so far in my file)

[FoodAssassin]

1 - They're kind of like the DS games because I think there's a time frame, but the big difference is they will only activate if the marriage candidate is below a certain heart level. For example, when playing as a boy, the first Lloyd/Shelfer event will NEVER activate if Shelfer has more than one heart. The second event won't activate if Shelfer has more than 3-4 hearts, and so on... so I think they're really hard to get, because:

2 - ...it's extremely easy in this game I think. For example I've never given gifts to any bachelors but Schmidt but they all have a blue heart just from talking to them now and then. Which is why I can't get the rival events.

3 - No, I really really don't like IoH but I'm having a lot of fun with this game (aside from the occasional frustration with activating events...). The crop system is somewhat similar to IoH but it's much more lenient, so crops don't rot or wilt as often as they do in IoH, and they don't always grow at a snail's pace because of the unpredictable weather. (I've actually never encountered that problem so far in my file)

hm... well in that case I think I might get this. unless it comes out around the same time as EAM... then ill have to wait longer and by then there'll probably be a sequel or another one coming that looks better... sigh... so many new gmes coming, so many more to come, so little money and time. =[

thanks though Finny. I cant wait to hopefully get this game. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalagrin.gif)
-F.A.T.