Wada discusses Harvest Moon at GDC 2012 Options

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

So it seems Wada talked at a panel about various aspects of Harvest Moon. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of gaming press didn't really care until he mentioned a completely different game so most sites seem to be covering the little blurb at the end about Deadly Premonition. Does anyone have any good sources for what was covered? I've only found these two that actually covered Harvest Moon.

http://www.1up.com/news/yasuhiro-wada-harvest-moon

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/165143/...idnt_happen.php

[Mizukithepanda]

I'll see if I can't find a video of the panel at the very least.

Unless you already have a link to one. (Which would be awesome.)

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Nope. Those two links are all I can find that's substantial. =\

[Celia]

Shame. I would've liked to have watched the panel.

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Joystiq has put together a much more satisfying article: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/10/yasuhiro...t-harvest-moon/

[Charmy]

"The next Harvest Moon should be on the moon." Oh my god. No. X"D

[Mizukithepanda]

Weeeell, farming on a space colony might be interesting. Having to learn how to cultivate your crops in artificial biospheres and befriending all of the civilians, scientists, and other government officials might be pretty interesting...

Though, about that article, I have to say.... if "A Wonderful Life" is what Wada wanted Harvest Moon to be, then I never want to see that come to fruition again. A Wonderful Life pretty much took everything that was fun about the series, rendered it completely pointless during the course of the main game and then spat it back at your face after you'd finished. Granted, I do understand what he was getting at with 'living life' being his vision, but it could've been handled so much better than it was in that game.

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Yeah, I've always thought the concepts of AWL were great, but the execution was terrible. I figured they'd keep going along those lines over time, but they shifted right back to the old style after the For Girl version.

[Pumpkin Patch]

Yeeeaaaah I'm not sure I'd cast my vote for a Harvest Moon game on the moon. But I will that it would probably be interesting.

That is a really nice article. And yay my first Harvest Moon game is his favorite (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaevil.gif) .