Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
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| Developer(s) | Marvelous Interactive |
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| Producer(s) | Yasuhiro Wada |
| Designer(s) | Miki Miyagi |
| Artist(s) | Igusa Matsuyama |
| Composer(s) | Ai Yamashita |
| Series | Story of Seasons |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
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| Genre(s) | Simulation, Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (牧場物語 ミネラルタウンのなかまたち Bokujō Monogatari: Mineral Town no Nakama Tachi?) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Marvelous Interactive Inc.. It was first released in Japan on April 18, 2003. Many praise it as the definitive entry of the series, combining elements from the best-selling console entries and introducing many notable series staples. It was later released on the Virtual Console for the Wii U on June 11, 2015.
The player is a farmer whose goal is to make a profit from the farm he runs by producing crops and raising livestock. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is the first Game Boy Advance game of the Harvest Moon series, and is a remade version of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.
The main character in the game has no default name. In the opening sequences, the player is shown as a young boy living in the city, whose parents take him to see the country. During their trip the player becomes lost, and finds himself on the farm of an old man in Mineral Town. The old man helps the player contact his parents, and offers to let him and his family stay for a few days, as he has no family of his own. The player's parents agree, and the player stays on the farm for a while. On the farm, the player plays with a girl who then becomes friends with him. After the player leaves Mineral Town, he continues to write letters to the old man. One day, when he has grown up, the letters from the old man suddenly stop. The player travels to Mineral Town, finding the farm neglected, and discovers the old man had died around half a year ago. The mayor of Mineral Town informs the player that in the farmer's will, he left the player the farm. The player decides to restore the farm, beginning the game.
The player starts with five tools, and must earn money by clearing the large field on the farm and planting crops, mining, or foraging. This money may be used to buy other things, such as livestock, and to expand the farm.
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