Although similar to the GBA version, this game does bring some fresh new things to Harvest Moon.

User Rating: 8.4 | Bokujou Monogatari: Colobocle Station DS
By PharaohsVizier | Review Date:
Harvest Moon DS is getting bashed from all major reviewers because of its strikingly similar graphics, gameplay, sounds, sprites, and so on from the greatest game of all times on the GBA, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. I would say that it is true that it takes almost everything from that game, but I would not deduct as many points as IGN, Gamespot, Gamespy and so on did. They took a system that worked well, and just put it out again, didn't change anything because it worked. This is a good and bad thing, it kept everything that was great about the GBA, which is everything. The game is very playable, very fun, and retains everything you loved in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. As a negative side, as a result of taking it directly from the GBA version, it basically lost all touch screen functionality, the few things they use the touch screen for feels like a cheap gimmick.

Harvest Moon DS is a very playable game. You are a farmer, and you need to farm to save the Harvest Goddess, throughout the game you also find sprites that help you in certain ways. In the game, you not only farm (digging, watering, planting, so on) you also meet girls. Your job is to farm, get money, woo a girl, and marry her. That is true with all the Harvest Moon games. If you've never played a Harvest Moon game before, then you may think that this is a very stupid idea that will never work. But Harvest Moon is an age old series, starting in the original Gameboy and the SNES. The formula has been reworked many many times. Just the Gameboy alone has 3 versions. The game is highly addictive, even if it doesn't sound like it. You will find yourself playing for hours and not even realize it.

The controls for Harvest Moon DS is good, it retains the complex but easy (yes I know its contradictory, but once you get the hang of it, it is very good) controls of the GBA version. The touch screen is used a little bit, and every time I use it, I want to cry, it is so badly implemented. If you never use the touchscreen, then the controls are good, but when you use the touch screen, it really sucks.

Overall, this game is taken largely from the Gameboy Advance version, the similarities are too big to ignore. The game is in no way bad, in fact it is great. The only problem is, if you had played the Gameboy Advance version, you don't want to play this one. If you haven't, pick this game up, it is worth every dollar.

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