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Wii
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki
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NCS
Game Synopsis
«©NCS»
When a mighty tree situated on an island withers and
loses its vim, the Goddess who tends to the tree
goes away. Goombye. With the Goddess gone, the
vitality of the island droops. Not all is lost
however. Assistance in the form of a young lad or
lady steams towards the island on a ship. The
Koropokuru helper elves of the island charge the protagonist with
the task of reviving the Great Tree and in turn,
bringing the Goddess home so that everything is
hunky-dory again.
Bokujou Monogatari aka Harvest Moon for the Wii is played with both
the nunchuk and Wii Remote for a two-handed
motion-sensitive experience. To move, swivel the
analog stick on the nunchuk and the onscreen
character runs around obediently. The farming action
takes place a bit later when you're settled but
rudimentary actions such as hoeing require a quick
up and down motion to stab a wooden hoe into the
dirt below. When seedlings sprout, fill your
watering can with some water and pour sweet
sustenance upon them. The Wii Remote motion to water
plants is a tipping move where the Wii Remote is held
level to the ground and then pointed downwards as if
you were really serving up some water to thirsty
flora.
Jan
Code: 4988110022630
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NCS Game Notes
» The intro to the game shows laid-back scenes
of farm life such as milking cows, a rainbow
arcing across the sky, a young child with father
at the base of the rainbow, and other visual
serenity.
» Press any button on the title screen and the
following selections appear:
NEW GAME / Begin a new game
LOAD GAME / Resume a game from save data
MULTIPLAYER / Four player "whack-a-mole"
with a newtype 3D twist to the conventional
whack-mole gameplay
OPTION / Adjust sound volumes and listen to
85 SE and 57 BGM tracks
» Start a NEW GAME and you're able to choose a
male or female lead. Both have a sprig of hair
that pops out of the top of their heads and both
wear farm type clothing. After selecting the sex,
the game boots up a cinema of a ship coursing
through the water as seagulls fly overhead. A
travel brochure soon pops into view which checks
out the destination. The captain appears and
smokes a pipe on deck. You're eventually prompted
to enter your name in kana, hiragana, or in
English. We named our hero "Cowherd" since we plan
on raising a bunch of cattle.
» After speaking to the captain on the deck of the
ship, land is spotted and the destination is close
at hand when a storm rushes up and turns the sky
dark. Rain falls and thunder rocks in the
background. The thunder sounds like someone
flushing a toilet...
» A sequence plays where a green-haired goddess in
gossamer-like clothing stands in the center of a
black space while a halo of sorts radiates from
her entire body. A pair of iridescent wings may be
seen partially hanging from her back. After that
sequence, a save prompt appears where you can
store your progress to one of three available
slots.
» In the next scene, hero gets up from his bed and
stretches. Control is handed over to the player at
this point. Use the analog stick on the nunchuk to
move around and explore the rooms. There isn't
much to see so head to your right and enter the
room to the north. Next, move all the way to the
left until you're able to descend a flight of
stairs. At the bottom, you're immediately greeted
by two workers - a pink haired woman and an
orange-haired lassie.
» There is no vocal speech in the game but the
characters speak with dialogue balloons that's
accompanied by a crisp and sharp sound effect.
» The island you've landed upon to is filled with
attractive buildings and affable denizens. A
virtual tour of the different buildings is given
automatically at the outset of the game after the
hero leaves the shop with the green-colored
moon-board in front.
» To view the controller commands (Japanese text)
at any time, press the "-" button on the
Wii Remote.
» After you meet someone at a location in town,
you can view the place where you originally met
them by pressing the "+" button to review. Places
you've visited are also stored in your history.
» Unlike the early Harvest Moon games, you wander
around town first to get acquainted with the
denizens and then you get the farm. After
obtaining two books from two citizens, talk to the
mayor who's standing in front of the first
building you were at and you can save your
progress. After you sleep and exit the building
the next day, the mayor walks up and leads you to
a farm on the outskirts of town. Once you arrive,
enter the store that sells produce and potted
plants. Exit the building and you can help the
farmer do a little weeding by pressing the Z
button on the nunchuk to target a clump of weeds
and then pressing the A button on the Wii Remote to
rip it from the ground. Do a good job and he
rewards you with a watering can.
» To bring up the inventory screen, press C on the
Nunchuk and then rotate through your items with
the analog stick on the nunchuk. To activate an
item in inventory such as the watering can, press
the B button on the Wii Remote.
» To water, you can point the Wii Remote upwards and
your protag will keep watering. You can also hold
it level and then point it upwards to water. The
motion makes no sense but that's how it was
designed. You can also point the Wii Remote downwards
(straight down) to water. If you tilt it slightly,
it won't register. You can also just simply press
the "A" button to water.
» Your next task is to arm yourself with the
watering can and then speak to the farmer again.
He assigns you another task to water the plants in
the field - you have about 2 minutes to fill the
watering can with water from the basin located on
the corner of the field and then fastidiously
water each plant individually. There's exactly 25
plants to water. When you're done, it's about
sunset so talk to the mayor and then head into the
store to meet a new senorita who hands you a book.
Talk to the owners inside and then go to sleep.
You'll be prompted to save your data at this
point.
» The next day, speak to the farmer outside. The
plants that you watered yesterday have all
sprouted luscious strawberries. Since the farmer
can't pick them himself, he asks you to pluck the
strawberries from their vines and place them into
a storage box located in the corner of the field.
Again, you have to go to each plant and pluck 25
strawberries from the crop and bring them to the
box. You have 3 minutes to complete the task. To
keep things efficient, you're able to carry about
6 strawberries at any one time so you can pluck
them in a group and then bring it to the storage
box. That night when you go to sleep, you have a
dream about the Goddess in all of her radiant
glory. She's literally radiant because she has
sparkly things that waft around her.
» The next morning starts like the morning before
with you waking up in your new room. Enter the
main area of the building and the mayor is already
there. He gives you some good news - he's about to
take you to your own little farm. The lady of the
house that you were staying at gives you 70G for
your farming services. When you're about to leave
with the mayor, the farmer hands you a gift of
appreciation.
» Soon afterwards, you're standing in front of
your new house with its pink roof and quaint
exterior. It's not a manse but it'll do for now.
The interior is already furnished with a library,
a reading table, a bed, bureau, and a sink. The
house is right next to the ocean which makes it
proper ocean front property. Two little bridges
are located on the northwest of the house. When
you first check out the bridges, you'll meet a
turtle who's crossing at the same time. If you
stand in its way, it'll just continue walking and
slowly push you forward. If you watch it after it
crosses the bridge, the turtle wanders off into
some vegetation.
» To whistle, press both A+B buttons together on
the Wii Remote.
» Time passes even if you're just standing still.
Ten seconds of real world time equals 10 minutes
in Harvest Moon.
» To weed a field, simply stand over a weed and
then press the A button. The protagonist will
crouch down and pull the weed from the ground
which then disintegrates. Weeding is exhaustive
work which takes up a lot of your energy.
» You can save your progress by going into your
home and then to the reading table. Select the
first option to save your data.
» After doing some work, you can head back into
town. If you enter the town library area with the
benches, you'll see a girl sitting on a bench with
a plate of cake. She then downs it with a single
gulp. When she notices you, she moseys on over and
introduces herself. Afterwards you can go inside
the library and work a little bit to earn 80G. You
can also work in the other business establishments
around town to earn money but be aware that you'll
do a full day's work and it'll be dusk by the time
you're done.
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reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of
this document may be made without express written
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