The only change I hate is the horse. He was so expressive and even aged with you in the original.

7:21 "A Wonderful Life is a lot more slow and laid-back" meanwhile there's me running around giving villagers their 5670 gifts aday and trying to keep my farm afloat at the same time

They really missed a great opportunity that instead of Heaven mode they should have added a mode where you play as your child as an adult and you just can keep playing as them for however long you want

Is anyone else kind of upset they changed Murrey so much? He was supposed to be a homeless drunk, I mean one of the scenes in the original after you gave him a certain amount of money was that he spent it all on drinking instead of going home to po-po valley.

I thought it was just me but after reading some of the comments I realized I'm not alone when it comes to preferring the original's art direction and graphics. The original feels gloomy, warm, and cozy, akin to the feeling of a cozy rainy day in real life. The overall atmosphere and feeling of the original felt so much more calm, muted, quiet, home-y, and not overly bright like this remake kind of seems like. Other than that, I think the game is lovely! The original was a great portion of my childhood.

I'm super excited for this game! I hope they remake Animal Parade also 🥺 It was my all-time favorite Harvest Moon game

At least they actually had Marlin be a character outside of his obsession with Celia and make it seem like he was really falling in love with you.

I like how you said “a character you are interested in playing as” instead of “playing as yourself” not everyone wants to do that.

The only thing I wish they did was add an actual city or somewhere to go when you go up the hill. They had a lot of room to add a lot of new things but didn’t

Now the real question… did they leave the overwhelming dread and depression in this game?

To be completely honest, this has made me even more excited to play the remake when it comes out, knowing that the animations are snappier and less tedious. Also the chicken coop bell makes me so happy to see! Thank you for this video, I learned a lot and am glad to hear about all the quality of life improvements.

this was my absolute favourite game growing up. the only thing i cant stand is the graphics compared to the original. the original is so beautiful. the new one, well, it seems pretty cheap and just watching the horse run for example is pretty disappointing. very blocky looking compared which is unfortunate as i absolutely loved taking in the artwork so much as a kid, id stare at the characters and buildings for hours redrawing them and such. it doesnt look beautiful anymore. its got the modern cheap look now.

This was one of my favorite games next to A Magical Melody, and I'm happy to hear and see the quality of life improvements! I would definitely be interested in knowing what was left out and if they changed anything that wasn't so great. Thank you for the in-depth showcase of some of the new features! This is definitely on my repurchase list for nostalgia.

I'd definitely like to watch a video on how they downgraded also! It would balance the good from this video with the things they did poorly.

Sometimes I feel a smidge guilty while playing the current Story of Seasons on the switch because while I love them, deep down I'm constantly hoping Trio of Towns will get a remake as well.

A little disappointed in the visuals as I liked the originals darker look but it still looks good. Can't wait for the western release!

I actually like the heavier tools since using them builds the characters stamina way more compared to the lighter tools, I see they removed this mechanism because of newer gamers but I wish they kept some of the older mechanism through options in the game menu when starting a new file

Great vid, Josh! I'm just happy to be able to play A Wonderful Life tbh, but I do enjoy the changes that were made!

just tried this game yesterday, it's very chill and have many free time to socialize with people. unlike the original where you have to rush here and there cuz you spent 6 in game hour just to take care your animals and crops.

Playing it right now I definitely prefer the look of the original. The original had this "lived in" earthy tone to it that I just adored whereas the remake feels way to bright and cheerful. I also feel some of the character redesigns are a lot less charming than their original counterparts and hate how they've made livestock immortal. It's my understanding immortal livestock has been a thing for the past few games already but I really dislike it as it takes away the consequences of being neglectful in the care of your animals. That said, I'm still very much enjoying the remake as it's been very nostalgic revisiting these characters from nearly 20 years ago and the QoL improvements are definitely most welcome.

I was hoping for 2 new characters like FoMT

I appreciate this remake so much. It still has the same magic as the original but with so many improvements. I’m very happy with it and have been playing everyday

Love this in depth analysis, thank you! I've seen a lot of channels talk about whats new or improved but not actually show a comparison.

At 10:22 You showed, but did not acknowledge the fact that they got rid of Bruce Campbell

The original game taught patience, with selling one item at a time and picking up items to place in your bag.

Can you still unlock all the little critters? I remember being a kid and losing my mind at the little bandanas on the wild animals around the village

Currently playing the GC HM and enjoying it, did these improvements remind me of thr first time i played HM on SNES, this is such a great game😊

I’m excited to try it when it comes out! I’d love to see a video on what you don’t like about it!

I really hope they one day recreate the Nintendo 64 one! The egg festival and harvest festival where my FAVORITE. I hope they keep the layout and everything the same and just make it 3D. I’d probably cry if they did cus I loved that game SO MUCH!!

I'm so excited for this game. Never did I think one of my favorite GameCube games would get a remake!

Hey Josh. Found a cute little game that I think really flew under the radar when it first released. It’s called Bear and Breakfast and after playing it I think it’d be right up your alley.

I remembered playing countless hours in this game. I loved selling stuff in the afternoon near the bar haha, talking to people passing by and selling stuff.

Thanks for making this video! I do wish they added more to tbe remake, but happy they added what they did! I would love to see a video on what you would improve on the game.

I have a (and another) wonderful life on GameCube. I was playing a bit ago. The controls are very clunky going back. Hopefully that's been fixed a bit too. I can't wait for this game to come out on the switch. I have so many fond memories of this on my Mickey Mouse TV as a kid 😂

Excited for this one to get ported to the US. This was one of my favorite games growing up so I'm stoked for all the updates they've done

I tried playing Wonderful Life SE on the PS2 as a kid and could never get into it because of how slow everything felt (like, you'd leave your house at 6am, and it'd take 30 in-game minutes to walk to the barn). May have been an issue with my disc or console, but the footage here shows everything moving at a much more satisfying pace than I remember. Might be time to revisit

I never got a chance to play AWL, so I am so glad that not only is it getting a remake, but that it's a good one! I'll def be playing this as soon as it comes out :D

That chicken bell is a Game Changer. Getting the chicken yard was still nearly pointless ‘cause it still kept the chickens too far away!! If you have a full coop, the rain shower might be over by the time you can drag all the chickens back inside, whoopsie daisy now there’s a risk of them getting sick, and to be stuck turning RIGHT back around and letting them out and HOPING IT DOESN’T RAIN AGAIN. It was NOT that risky to let my barn animals graze. I will never understand why they didn’t just put the Unusable Shed/Chicken Yard right next to the coop or…just make Upgrade The Coop to have a chickenyard attached to it!!!

are there options to slow down the time or stamina? like what harvestella has?

Do we still have to meet the love interest at specific times to trigger the cutscenes? I had an old notebook with all the times and places.. wonder if it will still work 🤔

My childhood wish of having Flora as an option remains unanswered...

They definitely could have included some of the festivals from HMDS/DS Cute, but I’m still excited to pick up this game!

Thank you for the video; makes me more tempted to play seeing some familiar approaches I have seen in Dreamlight Valley

This makes me all the more excited to relive such a precious piece of my childhood. It's clear that they took so much care when bringing this game back and amplifying its features for a modern audience without eradicating the charm entirely. Thank you for walking through all of this with us! I'd definitely be interested in seeing what suffered from the remaking process, though, too.

I love HM and have played it on almost every platform it's on. The changes and updates make me crave playing it again! ❤

I was impressed at how many changes from Another Wonderful Life were carried over. Chapter length and a few other things. But I greatly look forward to the new game.

Thank you Josh for the great video, so very excited to play!

The absolute biggest change for me was adding that little path between the spring and the dig site. I am absolutely not kidding.

One of my fave games as a kid. Can’t wait to play the update

Looks like the biggest upgrade was turning Gustafa and Cody into dreamboats

I'm interested in playing this but I'm also turned off by the new art style. It just looks like the new "story of seasons" style which has weird proportions and overall not a fan of it. i think there's a certain charm to the original a wonderful life art

Do they still have the hidden diaries you can check for

The running speed is a huge improvement, too!

Is there an english option for the language? I know that the english version will come out soon but i just can't wait to play it now.

Ok. Looks great, and I loved the Original ALMOST as much as the SNES and N64 Harvest Moon games... Now... I hear they are also remaking my favorite Rune Factory Game as well(RF3)... heres hoping you do a vid on that as well. What I'd really like to see though? A remake of Innocent Life, With Tons of QoL upgrades... It was Harvest moon, Except you were a Robot. I never completed it, cause my PS2 Broke. While Harvest moon(now story of seasons) and Rune Factory have new games, and remakes, Innocent Life: A futuristic Harvest Moon Is the only Game in It's Spinoff Series. Also... I saw a HUGE upgrade you didn't mention. Auto-Collect. No more having to pick up and put away one item at a time, one bottle of milk at a time, etc... they pop out or fall to the ground, then it picks them up RPG Loot Style.

I would love a video on the downgrades or negatives as well to compare!

I was really excited for this but now I'm having second thoughts with all the changes they made to the core mechanics. Feels like the reasoning for interacting with the villagers is taking a step back since we can now purchase our upgrades it seems? Do we still get early access to things like the seed maker and hybrids if we befriend the corresponding villagers?

Thank you for this video, its just making me even more excited for A Wonderful Life to come to the west!! 🥰

So far my only real complaint is some of the character redesigns. The originals had character.

I just really dislike how vibrant it is. I much preferred the more earthy tone of the original. And, I’ve always disliked the character and animal designs. I’m still buying it, but those two things really bother me.

damn!!!! so bummed to find out the game is not out yet, this was one of my favorite games as a kid and my husband has been so bummed since he’s “done everything” in animal crossing. i think he’d love this! oh well, summer is just around the corner i suppose!!!

I'm sorry if I overheard it but does it make sense to plant and sell something in this game? I remember you got the most money in the old version just by producing fruit seeds and everything else was pretty much wasted time... And what about the mine?

5:25 is the horse customizable im assuming? or do you get different options when getting the horse? I gasped when i saw it wasn't just a boring brown. Also I'm assuming you only get the one horse? I know it's not necessary to have more than one but, it's something i had always hoped for the remake

Does anyone know if your player character still dies of old age? I find that Feature extremely fascinating

so if i understand correctly then after i beat the game i can play forever on my farm without game over as many years as i want ?

I cannot wait!!! I've been replaying the special edition on playstation.

I loved this one growing up, but I loved trio of towns and tale of two towns.

Great video Josh! I've been keeping up with your live streams and I have to agree on everything you have said! I am so excited for this game, I still have Another Wonderful Life for my GameCube and have been playing that, so it's fresh in my mind when I start this new game and can really compare the two! Only thing I hope they patch is the way the horse gallops, it just doesn't look good at all lol 😆 Also I am very much looking forward to a tips/trick video (including the best way to make money fast in the game)! Thanks again ❤

They also took out animal death and allowing you to push animals through the door, which hopefully they update (if you whistle your horse out and want to put him back in the barn, you need to take all animals out and put them all back in)

You did a good job making yourself as a character!

Great video!

Can you say something about the game‘s performance on Switch? Any lags, crashes, bugs?

17:17 josh make a good point here

I've never played a game for from this franchise, in fact I didn't know about it until I played Stardew Valley and heard this franchise was a major influencer of it. I have been wanting to give this franchise a chance and the more I hear about it, the more I am looking forward to it. Biggest appeal for me is the social aspect and 'growing older'. As much as I love SD, my biggest issue is the fact you don't do much with your children. Quick question are there sprinklers in this game?

Are the crops now more valuable? And could you do the villager sequences in heaven mode?

Wonderful Life was my first love of HM games, so I have to wait for the PC release :C

Question when selling to Van can you still haggle?

Is there any english version on ps5 ddigital? I am on asia region

I want to see Hero of Leaf Valley or Innocent Life remake!

Is this game available in the US?

Well decided to see what changes where made now that the game is coming out sooner and when I read in the inverse article about items not stacking and very few QoL changes, I was shocked and then watched this and there is item stacking, hell better selling and a ton of QoL improvements. Did the article writer just make stuff up?

I was hoping to have better festivals but everything else sounds amazing. I love the way the different seasons look

The tool changes is my favorite update.

love ur voice now , i been watching a lot of ur videos

Are the marriage candidates interesting? I remember hating all the guys in the original.

do u know that they added new hybride corps too..

Never got to play the original version so I'm excited to play the remake

Did they fix the fertilizer maker? It took soooo long in the original to make fertilizer : you had to put flowers in the thrash one by one and the animation would take 3-4 in-game minutes, and you could only take out 1 fertilizer at a time

Did a wonderful life release after GameCube for the ps2?

You should make a big video going through all differences from the original and remake. Also I like that you're able to bring your dog and cat into your house now, if you remember in the original they would jump out of your hands if you attempted to bring them into your home. Though if you sleep they get somehow spawn outside, guess your spouse kicked them out in the middle of the night, lol. Also they removed the feature of being able to push your animal out of the barn yard manual, and while it's not necessarily a convenient feature it had it's usage, for example if you had all your animals outside and a new one was brought in it'll be inside and you can push them outside to join the others. In the remake you'll have to ring the bell to bring all animals in and ring it again to get everyone outside. I also miss the tool shed and silo from the original. I hope they add a hardcore mode through an update or something to make it feel closer to the original like maybe bringing back animals getting sick and needing medicine and animal deaths as well as your cow not giving milk all the time, make money a tad harder to come by, and maybe even friendships go down if you don't interact with someone much. Just to add an additional but optional challenge to those who want that.

I am curious, has anyone discovered what that path up into the mountains will be for in this remake?

As long as the Ruby spice glitch still works

Oh, wow! With the modern improvements. I’ll actually be able to enjoy the game.

"Don't go into this expecting it to be busy like Pioneers of Olive Town" THANK GOD

I wish we didn't have to wait so long for the English version to come out, I'm gonna get this game on day one

Omg i has harvest moon on Wii and completely forgot about it 😧 i used to loooovee it

I am so excited for this!!!

I would love to hear the downgrades

i'm just waiting for an islands of happiness/sunshine islands remake with all the quality of life updates ;_; i know those games weren't "good" harvest moon games, but they were the first ones i played. and that's exactly why i'd love to see those characters and locations i grew up with again, combined with the more streamlined gameplay of the modern titles.

What you like most about the remake