a deep dive into harvest moon: the original stardew valley 🐮❤️🌽
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farming games like animal crossing and stardew valley have grown increasingly popular over the years, but did you know that they were inspired by a different farming game: harvest moon? the series, now known as story of seasons, has been around for nearly 30 years and has dozens of installments. in today's video we decided to take an in-depth look at the franchise, from its creation in the 1990s to its decline in popularity today. have you ever played harvest moon?
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@@djhal5903I agree
There's a new MMORPG inspired by Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, & Breath of the Wild called PALIA. They even threw in a few elements from Pokemon & Cooking Mama.
The idea of somebody never hearing of harvest moon baffles me. Farming sims are so overlooked in the gaming community!
After playing the Stardew Valley, I googled similar games and Harvest Moon didn't come up even once.....
But now my eyes are opened
Also I understand these games are mostly for consoles which usually are less popular than PC releases
agree! I was so surprised by the name of this video, I thought it was really famous?
@@juliemood1873Stardew Valley essentially copied what Harvest Moon did and perfected it!
Likewise I spent my youth playing Harvest Moon right up to it becoming Story of Seasons I still continue to play it i'd thought everyone knew of the series
many of my friends never even heard of stardew valley
Seeing Harvest Moon being called "The original Stardew Valley" has instantly aged me 50 years.
ModernGurlz is in her gamer girl era.
Since it’s gone through the same issues, can you make a video on the Style Savvy/Fashion Dreamer series?!
I would love to see their take on them as well, specially since it mixes games and fashion.
I actually need this in my life right now. Maybe in November when fd releases?
THIS 💯
Need her to do a video essay on Shining Nikki while also rating the outfits
STYLE SAVVY WAS MY FAVORITE GAME EVER the music was the best lmao
I never played Harvest Moon, but growing up, I always saw Harvest Moon, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing next to each other on game displays. They were always the big three to me lol
I grew up playing harvest moon back to nature, and my favorite girl Popuri was a big inspiration that followed me through all my life until now. I'm too a pink hair girl now ❤😂
I really liked Ellie's gentle demeanour and maturity, but man you are extremely correct Popuri's design was so figgin' cute! I was always so torn between who to marry lol
@@Mayeko The Best part is the thing about naming a chicken with her name be a thing to conquer her heart 😂😂💕💕💕 it was so funny and adorable
Mine was Animal Parade, growing up, Maya was my dream girl (probably bc I'm also a glutton so I relate to her lol). Married her with 0 regrets!!🥧🍰🍨🧡🩷
Yes! I loved Popuri.
i named my dog after popuri!!
I love Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons! They are some of the best farming sims ever. Most people talk about Stardew Valley but never realize just how influential the series is and how popular it was before Stardew Valley came out
i BEGGGED for harvest moon as a kid. my mom had to fight for her life to get me that game for Christmas one year. i feel bad I haven't finished the game, she deserves that much.
don’t feel bad about what you didn’t do, just appreciate what you did! she got you that game because you wanted it, and i bet you were sooo psyched when she gave it to you, right? that was what she did it for.
GIRL THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD. I love that you’re expanding your content into gaming!!!
Been obsessively playing a story of seasons a wonderful life. This vid came at the perfect time lol
Oooo tell me, how do you make the kids happy
Harvest Moon DS was my jam, I do really miss the pixel sprite style of the past, the 3D look just didn't hit the same way but I absolutely appreciate the experience I got from it. Still a huge fan of farming/management style games ☺️
Dang, ModernGurlz doing video games now!? Goddesses do exits! Also, Love & Pies is legit a fantastic game.
Harvest moon on the game cube will always have a special place in my childhood
Samee
me too!
For me it was harvest moon DS 🥰
Aaand rune factory, I played it on my 8th birthday and it's been my favorite game series ever since, I've played every game in the series at least once.
Magical Melody! I love that game so much. ❤
“Havent heard of.” Harvest moon raised a generation fym
Ah Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. I still remember the day I quit my job, mid December 2000, walking down to Electronics Boutique, buying HM:BTN and its guide and taking it home and just playing it for 5 days straight. Still love the series and in a shock to no one I adore Stardew Valley too. Good times.
omg thank you so much for making this video! harvest moon is so dear to me, it really shaped my love for cozy games; i started playing it when i was in elementary school and now im 26 and i can still proudly say that it' one of my favourite games ever! im sad that its been kind of overlooked in recent years,,
Same! I used to have like, journals dedicated to it lol. About everyone’s likes and dislikes, my favorite festivals, the best crops to grow in each season…etc etc
I cannot believe you’re making a video about one of my favorite series ❤️😭
I played Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Back to Nature in middle school and it’s still the greatest farming game I’ve ever played to this day. It has a charm that no other games can replicated. Everything in the game, the characters, the sceneries, the events, the dialogues are sooo charming!!
This game influenced my whole existence 😭❤️
Grew up on harvest moon planning on it being a relaxing game, when in fact is awoke the treasure goblin in me at a very young age and every iteration I've played, yes even since the very first, has been me ignoring the townsfolk and raking in fat stacks of cash!
Harvest Moon is the OG farming sim!!! Nintendo Ds girlies unite lol
How have people not heard of harvest moon? It was super popular when we were kids?
29:33 you could also romance the mineral town bachelors if you inserted friends of mineral town in the gba slot! also I wasn't expecting to see a vid on the HM series pop up on my feed but it was definitely a pleasant surprise as a long time farm game player
OMG the moderngurlz/gaming cross over I never knew I needed
EXCUSE me NEVER HEARD OF HARVEST MOON??? I was ADDICTED to this game as a child. The Harvest Moon Soundtrack is still one of my faves! And I still haven’t managed to marry because I am too busy exploring the mines…
I’m so happy this channel is making gaming content!!
Wow if someone's never heard of harvest moon they probably haven't heard of the games on the thumbnail either. Living under a rock
Ash: "we get it. It's jelly filled"
Also, now I want to play this. You have a knack for video game reviews! Next series: fashion analysis for video game franchises
The cool part is that Japan has so many more games that aspire to lack combat and be relaxing than just Story of Seasons and Animal Crossing (absolutely not a farming sim). From picture diaries to dating sims it's common design aspirations for games. Localisers almost always deemed those types of games unfitting for the fatality craving, chainsaw/gun hybrid obsessed english speaking gamers in the west.
This is absolutely the thing I look forward to most in gaming, the slow creep of realisation that maybe there are some gamers that don't want to chainsaw a man's head off.
I have always wanted to hear your thoughts on the outfits in Scream queens, going over the characters and why they dress they do. Would be great since spooky season is starting!
yes please i love scream queens fashion
I do not know how many hours I have spent playing Island of Happiness but each hour has given me immense happiness
i want to cry right now you made a video about my favorite game series ever and are giving it the attention it deserves. i am so happy
ModernGurlz and Harvest Moon was not in my bingo card lmao it's like my childhood i can still play it now and be the happiest woman ever i'm so glad u made a video about it
ive heard of it !! IT WAS MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD😭😭😭
GIRL SAME
IT'S A GENRE DEFINING WORK!!
OMG one of my favorite channels covering one of my favorite games! This is a match made in heaven!
I would love to see more gaming videos from you, as you feel like making them!
Nobody asked but Harvest Moon 64 remains my favorite of the titles I’ve played - I love how inter-connected the community is and the variety in festivities and events. It’s up there as my most replayed video game ever!
Elli was my first HM love and I still have a soft-spot for her. My second was Cliff and I was so happy I could marry him in Mineral Town - even if he’s not ‘the same’ Cliff.
My second favorite is probably A New Beginning. It added enough new features (for me - I missed the entire Wii and DS gen of HM) without being overwhelming. Soseki remains one of the hottest bachelors visually, although his ‘you’re such a baby’ act gets old. I wish we had more ‘grown up’ looking characters to wed. Oh well.
I grew up playing Harvest Moon and I loved them! Of course now I prefer Xseeds Story of Seasons. The US kept the harvest moon name but none of the creative team, thus why Harvest Moon titles are so bad now.
Harvest moon is a game I play till this day so I’m happy somebody put some credit to this game for all its sons that have come out
AHHH I love this! 💕🌳👩🏽🌾🌾 I grew up playing HM on the GameCube and DS and it has always been one of my favorites! I feel like no one ever talks about it and how it impacted sim type games so thank you 🙏🏻 the art style really inspired me as an artist as well
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What's everyone's favorite HM/SoS game?
I remember borrowing my friends gba just so I can play More friends in Mineral Town. She always married Rick and I always married Gray.
Another spiritual successor to Harvest Moon besides Stardew Valley is Coral Island.
I spent hundred of hours on Harvest Moon DS, it's got a very special place in my heart
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature was my childhood. ConcernedApe did an excellent good job with Stardew Valley to satisfy my need of a rewarding farming-simulator but HM will always have a special place in my heart. I would still hum the fall theme from HMBTN once in a while.
it kills me seeing harvest moon/story of seasons being called the original stardew, i grew up on these games and i will always see them as the superior, yes stardew got a lot right and is an amazing game and i love concernedape, but the old HM games always had this charm to them, each release new marriage candidates, new characters, new stories! i respect everyones opinion on the matter, just pains me that so few nowadays really dont know HM/SoS as well since stardew popped into the limelight
I spent so much time playing Harvest Moon DS. Never got to free all the lutins, tho.
I love the storyline and the art style. I they decide to re-release it without bugs, I would buy it in a heart beat !
Lumina, Luffy, you are still in my heart
ya'll remember the mountain hut on friends of mineral town that you'll only get after being married for 50 years?!
never got close to that at all
This thumbnail calls to me even if the title had me double take and ask, “who hasn’t heard of Harvest Moon?!”
it's clickbait
Harvest moon is my favourite. I am also autistic so it was one of my childhood (and still) hyper-fixation and special interest.
A deep dive, I would have loved more detail and more lenght. But I am unhinged haha.
Thanks for covering a large amount of the series.
Innocent Life!!! I love that game but it was nearly impossible to find later in my life, after it'd let it go. What a blast from the past...
A video about HARVEST MOON by ModernGurlz??!!! I would never have expected it but this was a pleasant surprise I LOVED harvest moon AND this channel is one I enjoy tuning into omg
I LOVE HARVEST MOON and friends of mineral town was also my introduction and my favourite of the series. Side note, Almost choked on my water when i heard Gaia Online mentioned at the end!😂 Gurl did you and I live the same life??!
I’ve been following this channel for a few years now, and I never would have thought this crossover (MG + HM) would be possible 😂 I am very pleased ❤
I remember playing the HM 3 GB and having the game suddenly end when Sara got married made me so upset. It was my first HM game and kinda put me off on playing any of the others for a long time. Great video and super interesting!
This was an unexpected topic, but it definitely brought joy to my day! I had Friends of Mineral Town, More Friends of Mineral Town, and Island of Happiness 🥰🥰🥰
Wasn't expecting an HM video from this channel but the way I clicked so fast!
Honestly it's a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" type of franchise for me. Even if they just do the same thing with a new gimmick, over and over again, I'll gobble it up each time. They just have to do it well.
And that's kinda the problem, because the recent games have had really shallow stories and characters. That includes the FoM and AWL remakes because no amount of QoL improvements can make up for the repetitive dialogue and gameplay.
In my opinion, Trio of Towns and Rune Factory 4 are the peak of their respective series. Every character is endearing, every romance is butterfly-inducing, the daily dialogue changes constantly, and there's just a sheer GIRTH of events and things to do.
Their only weaknesses are lack of inclusivity and relatively weak child/family systems. For the latter, A Wonderful Life and Animal Parade are more of the exceptions than the rule. It's really impressive to watch your child grow into their own person and to have a hand in it, but AWL is too slow-paced for me to ever see it through. For me, Animal Parade holds the crown in that category. Two unique children you can dress-up, walk around town, and they befriend the rival children. Adorable! (Also if you wear a ten gallon hat around Calvin, he'll blush and say "you look radiant" which is hilarious. You, your kids, and your water balloon-headed husband can all wear matching ten gallon hats, best game ever).
Related point but I really miss rival marriages! Apparently that system got scrapped because players didn't like the competition, but I think it made the world feel more alive. It's kind of a bummer how everyone is single because they didn't marry YOU. The system in AP was less competitive, since you were more of a wingman than a passive observer and it was FUN! I don't see why rival marriages can't at least be post-game content. You can only settle down with one character in these games, so why can't I spend my married years setting up my friends/exes? That's what I did in AP and it incentivized me to play much longer. The rival cut scenes weren't great (except for Toby and Renee, OTP) but the kids were so cute.
My ideal HM/SOS game would be the same cozy vibe, but with great characters, great romances, lots of events, interesting children, and the option to be a nosy matchmaker. Ideal Rune Factory game would be much of the same but the story actually matters lmao.
100% agree with your statement, this is what I've been thinking with the series the whole time
It should be mentioned, if you own Harvest Moon DS or DS Cute as well as a copy of More Friends of Mineral Town (GBA) the bachelors and bachelorettes from MFOMT will visit the town and you can marry them instead.
The only bachelor I liked was Sky so I got a copy of MFOMT when I was a kid just for more bachelors lol
I am very confused that people haven't heard of Harvest Moon, I thought it was super popular as a kid, like not Animal Crossing levels but still well known. I figured everyone who was into Stardew Valley was into it because they knew of or played Harvest Moon 😅
it's clickbait
I remember playing Harvest Moon a wonderful life back then at my friend's PS2. I love roaming around the map with the horse.
26:19 - I have to argue for Marlin here, he's a "sourpuss" because he's freaking DYING but he also warms up to you as the game goes on and is also one of the nicest characters in the game.
I first got in touch with the franchise because my 20-year-old mom looked for the most downloaded DS games at the moment and gifted me Harvest Moon usando of happiness, i spent hours of gameplay its genuinely one of my most treasured memories
Harvest Moon: Friends and More Friends of Mineral Town is my introduction to the genre and it hold a special place in my heart
Keep doing this kind of videos please 😭 there is so much culture. I loved it
Mineral Town was also the start of my love for this series and the remake with same sex marriage really made me so happy haha. It still weirds me out when people aren't familiar with this series cause it seemed like such a big name in my eyes gahahaha
I thought I saw wrong when I saw the channel name! I love Harvest Moon, I grew up with Harvest Moon DS and now I'm playing the girl version
Harvest moon is soooooo special to me. Started the AWL on the gamecube, then played every game before that and after when they came out. It was the first series of games that I got really into as a kid. I had a turbulent childhood and harvest moon was such a nice escape. My favorite is definitely animal parade, but a wonderful life and the originally DS game (and DS cute) are the kost nostalgic.
First of all, fantastic video. As someone who played the original harvest moon game, a lot growing up (thank you emulators) it was always so weird to me that very few people were familiar with harvest moon, even though it was such a well Knode franchise in Japan. But I always loved it. And this was a really great retrospective of the whole franchise, and I learn things I didn’t even know about it. Really great to see other people talking about it. Especially seeing as it was such an inspiration for Stardew Valley.
Second, even though we love your channel for fashion analysis, it’s also super awesome to see you do things outside of your usual fair. It shows that you trust yourself as a creator, and assess your audience. I feel like we get to learn a little bit more about you when you do things outside of the usual. Not that we don’t still love the fashion videos, of course. But this was really cool .
Omg I'm shook if people haven't heard of Harvest Moon- I consider it a cozy classic! I spent so many hours on the PS1 version when I was a kid, I even learned how to use cheats for it!!
It's clickbait
@@OriginalAkivara No, I've met multiple people who never heard of Harvest Moon, all the while they scream to the heavens how great Stardew Valley is.
harvest moon actually shaped my childhood, i played animal parade on my wii so much but I was so stupid that I didn't figure out the upper mine thing or the yellow bell (I somehow got the green, blue, and red ones though)
SAME!! i’ve been scrolling through these comments looking for someone else who played animal parade. it’s genuinely my favorite most nostalgic game. i have 2500+ hours in it!
@@lemnlyme i wish i still had it! my mom took my disc when i was little because I was so obsessed and I think she got rid of it
I LOVE HARVEST MOON!!!!!!!!!!!!! And tysm for making this video never imagined the day i so needed this i love this. i ADORE story of seasons.
Harvest moon is my favorite game series of all time. Its the first one i fell in love with. And i should clarify, i now mean the "Story of Seasons" version of the series.
Tree of Tranquility and Animal Parade were my first Harvest Moon games so i got used to the art style and was confused why all the other games had such small chibi like characters. But I get why those games would be off putting compared to everything before hahaha (especially Calvin. Even growing up I never liked Calvin)
The idea of Harvest Moon being so old that it's 'a game you've never heard of' fills me with an existential dread I can't properly articulate. I loved the SNES Harvest Moon.
I was pretty obsessed with Harvest Moon 64 back in the day, and it has a huge place in my heart. I'd love to see a similar game with more modern techniques and capabilities.
Oh my gosh this was my whole childhood
harvest moon: magical melody was the first video game i ever owned and i love it so much
I still play Harvest Moon Back to Nature on Playstation 1 since I was a kid and it's still great ❤
Literally my favorite games growing up. Played a wonderful life and magical melody on the GameCube for years. I’m surprised people have never heard of them
I have such a soft spot for Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town! What a nice surprise to see a deep dive into the franchise including its rise, fall, and rebirth.
Never played it but always heard of it. Some whimsical game I thought back in the day as a child. Well now I’m a cozy gamer so I always hear it now. Or play games with inspo from it like Stardew valley. I’m hoping to get fae farm soon too
Harvest moon was my childhood it baffles and pains me that a lot of people never hearing of it
JUST started playing Stardew Valley for the first time, and I was hit with Harvest Moon memories instantly.
Love them both.
So nostalgic...Harvest Moon DS and Animal Crossing Wild World were my first ventures into gaming as a kid
My first Harvest Moon game was Harvest Moon DS and ever since I've gone down a rabbit hole of cozy farming games, but nothing really beats nostalgia. Even though I love Stardew Valley, the fact time doesn't really have a huge impact and your children don't grow up is something I missed from the Harvest Moon games. Not to mention, all the random secrets you get for staying up late (e.g. there's this game where you can make all the love interests battle if you interact with the dog house at an exact time), or putting a lvl 999 poison mushroom in the soup and instantly ending the game. Awesome video! Thank you!
Honestly the narrator here was right, if they put all the Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons games together (If we can dream about the cold war ending between the developers/producers) into a Stardew Valley-like game; with every bachelor/bachelorette, all of the well received game mechanics as well as either 2d or 3d, all put together in one single game, it may be able to gain more traction and popularity. Also I would absolutely play a game where I'd break my brain trying to guess which of the many many bachelorettes/bachelors I would have to choose.
I've been binge watching your videos for the past two days. I'm obsessed.
Oh my God I love this game series!! For the longest time I thought I was the only weirdo who played these sorts of games, 15 years ago Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing weren't a thing. To build a place you love, share life with someone, even caring for your animals and crops, sounds so grown up but even at 10 years old it was something I looked forward to so much! Thank you for this video
I was obsessed with harvest moon, I’m so stoked it’s getting more love! Great video as usual
Rushing to this comments section minutes after this was posted, not having watched the vid yet, to say THANK YOU for recognizing and honouring a true OG in the sapphic awakening genre 🙏
EDIT: if you catch me replying all over these comments it's bc I never get to talk to anyone who played it as a kid and the conversation always gets redirected into praising Stardew Valley (which is rightly deserves for reviving the style of game), but it's not the same as talking about like... which girl did you have a crush on that was maybe /too/ real.
Harvest Moon 64 was my jam as a kid!
I feel like I love each graphic style for different reasons…. Each is iconic to me in its own way. From mineral town, to DS, to AWL, tree of tranquility, and magical melody, each one holds a special place in my heart. They weren’t all perfect games, and they usually have something to improve or could’ve added- but they all bring me right back to incredibly positive childhood memories…
Love harvest moon/story of seasons!
Also love the animal crossing series, harvest moon/story of seasons and animal crossing have holds on me…
Looooove the videogame-themed videos! I'd love to see your take on bayonetta btw!!! 💕
i love seeing harvest moon get the respect it deserves
i absolutely loved island of happiness as a kid, and have still not played any other harvest moon game (stardew is just too good). my favourite was vaughn, although i could never figure out how to woo him so i always went with elliot. these days i go for his sister natalie lol. i often see IoH forgotten when talking about the series. thanks for shouting it out! what a great video :)
I never expected this channel to cover one of my favorite game series ever omg
Love this video! Love video games and your commentary style. Please make more vids like this!
This is definitely something different than what I've seen you do, but as a sucker for both fashion and hours long lost-media vids, I'm absolutely adoring the change
I used to be obsessed with this series as a kid. Bought pretty much every new entry up until Tree of Tranquility. At that point, I just switched over to Rune Factory (the added on JRPG storyline was more my speed) and never looked back, lol. I have been curious about the newer entries though now that the remakes are out. Planning on playing the new Wonderful Life soon!
I absolutely loved this type of content from you!! That would be incredible if you made more cozy game content on your channel :)
I had the first da game and I loved it eventhough I never finished it. I didn’t know anything about the other renditions and I love the story especially because of all the supernatural and whimsical aspects of it. I wish they would release a version for the switch but I guess that’s gonna be a dream for ever
I played harvest moon magical melody so much as a kid, and forgot about it for years but now i have the theme as my ringtone lmao
I love your video. Harvest Moon is my childhood game. My cousins used to play Back to Nature in the PS and PSP which made fall in the love with it especially with the character dialogue artworks and expressions. My favorite bachelors and bachelorettes are Gray, Cliff, and Elli.