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

[therealssjlink]

Alright, don't want to derail the topic with posts like these, so I won't post another until I am near completion.

Current Stats:
Character:
Male (Name):ミチェル
Bazaar is at 50% (SHOULD BE 75; All of the dialogue, including me winning, matched with the other upgrades. Not sure why it won't move up. I win every time so...)

2 Cows
-(まきば）10 hearts (MAXED)
-(モウモー） 3 hearts
2 Sheep
-(カリファ）10 hearts (MAXED)
-(メーリー） 1 heart
4 Chickens
-(ぴよこ) 9 hearts
-(チープ) 6 hearts
-(まりち) 6 hearts
-(ここ) 5 hearts
4 Cats
-(きこ）[Black & White] 3 hearts
-(ぼご）[White] no hearts
-(ミュー）[Black and White] no hearts
-(エニクッス）[Black and White] no hearts
4 Dogs
-(キバ）[Black and White Short Ears] no hearts
-(たいが）[Brown and White Short Ears] no hearts
-(けいこ）[Black and White Short Ears] no hearts
-(たろう）[Dark Brown Long Ears] no hearts
1 Horse
-(ひろ）[White] no hearts

Money made this year total (only 5 weeks in): 668,866 G

19/49 Fish. Level is ミドル級な釣り人 (Middle Class Fisherman)
64/85 Bugs. Level is 虫とりキング (Insect King)
36/239 Recipes. Level is 調理師奥伝 (Chef Initiation)
255/255 Windmill. Level is 伝説の風使い (Legendary Wind User)

5 hearts Shelfer (green heart)
1 heart Enju (purple heart)
1 heart Freiya (gray heart)
2 hearts Anemone (purple heart)
2 heart Juris
1 heart Dirka
1 heart Llyod (not romanizing steROID)
1 heart Agi
1 heart Felix (needs two for next Shelfer event)
1 heart Erich
1 heart Stewart
1 heart Sania
1 heart Minna
4 hearts Kevin
1 heart Isaac
1 heart Sigyun
1 heart Lalami

Only missing 2 people.

Got a gold medal for the Cow festival
Got a gold medal for Snowboarding

Storage (80%):
4/8 for Size
3/3 for Preservation

Ranch (70%) has:

2/2 on fields (made them both tree fields)
1/1 on cellar

My Bazaar Stall has 9 slots.

Have 2 fishing rods.
Levels:
Default Rod: 3 hearts
Normal Rod: 1 heart (upgrade only did half a heart...>_>)
Watering Can: 1.5 hearts (standing does 3 in a row jumping does 3X3)
Hoe: 1.5 hearts (standing does 3 in a row...jumping does an odd of two complete rows of three and the bottom row only has one in the middle)

Have the big bed
Have all cooking equipment
Have had (at at least one point) every item Felix sells except the last fishing rod.

Snowboard/Skateboard times:

Beginner's Course: 4.72
Advanced Course: 5.89 (might've beaten it, but I don't feel like checking)

Well, I think that's everything.

Still can't figure out how to train my pets, though (unless it just takes forever).

Oh, and I saw Juris and Freiya's second cut scene (and Freiya's first. So now I've seen all of the female gray heart events).