friends of mineral town was my first harvest moon

Harvest Moon Grand Bazaar was my favorite, it just added a whole new system of selling the love and it was really refreshing especially since you could upgrade tools, add more fields and everything

My problem with A New Beginning was all the damn tutorials. My god the tutorials.

seeing the logo makes me smile a bit. it brings so much memories

I like back to nature the most.

I just really love the way HMDS looks. It's very childish and nostalgic for me with all the colours and cartoonish designs and a lot of the character designs are really cool and interesting. Granted the plot is quite slow but it's still a childhood favourite of mine.

Have you ever played Tree Of Tranquility? I would call that my favourite Harvest Moon game ever!

Here's my Top 5 HM games: 5 - Animal Parade: This game is kinda different from the others (in my opinion), but is just awesome! The graphics are really good, the gameplay is very precise, and it have pretty good quests. 4 - Harvest Moon DS: This is one of the first HM games that I've played. It is very fun, and have many different interesting things. Also, it's a ''port'' of A Wonderful Life, and I don't have any problem with the glitches. 3 - Harvest Moon 64: This is the first Hm I've ever played, but it was when I was small, and first have played the japanese version, so I don't understand the game. But many years later I played it again (in english) and it's an great game. The graphics are OK, the music is boring, but the gameplay is almost perfect. It has some glitches, but its fun and very enjoyable. 2 - Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life: This game is just incredible. I really enjoy the gameplay and the graphics. The best music in the game is Breeze, just hearing it makes me want to play the game. The history it's great too, and it have pretty good characters. 1 - Harvest Moon Back to Nature: This game is *PERFECT*. The graphics are pretty good, the soundtrack too, but the gameplay and the features in the game are perfect. It has awesome characters and a very good history. This is, with no doubts, my favorite Harvest Moon game. I haven't played Friends of Mineral, so I can't say if its better than Back to Nature. And the worst game (my opinion) is Save The Homeland. It's awful. Harvest Moon is one of my favorite franchises ever, and I'm sad that the newest games aren't good than the olders. Sorry for my bad english, I'm Brazilian XD

Yay friends of mineral town is my favorite too😆

It is nice to hear someone speak so earnestly and genuinely about a series I enjoyed a lot growing up. Makes my day. Cheers. 😁

My favorite is Animal Parade I know it takes a long time to befriend people and stuff but I just love everything about it

Harvest moon Grand Bazaar is my absolute fav I would definitely recommend!!👌🏻😊

I FUCKING LOVE MAGICAL MELODY THE SOUNDTRACK AND THE GRAPHICS ARE BEAUTIFUL

Any Tale of Two Towns fans?

Just seeing a wonderful life, hearing the music, and hearing you explain basically what i know it does brings tears to my eyes because i've played alot of games and Harvest moon is the first emotional tear jerker game i have ever played and i'm sure some migh tpoke fun of me at the fact i cried when, well i died, but it was really a sad ending.

My favorite is Harvest Moon Tale of Two Towns!!!

God I loved FoMT I was too young to appreciate the courting system or even really the good cast of characters. Most of my days were spent trying to figure out if there were ways to get Rick and Popuri's dad to come back. I didn't realize until later that it was because I related a lot to Rick, since my mom is also very sick. I've always been tasked with taking care of things she cannot do. I felt for both of Lillia's children.

I haven't played the newer ones so my list goes like: 1. FoMT/BTN 2. HMDS and the next three are usually interchangeable: 3. Tale of Two Towns 4. Grand Bazaar 5. Sunshine Islands

Everyone seems to like Harvest Moon (more) Friends of Mineral Town, and I certainly do understand why, it's my favourite as well. They should honestly remake Harvest Moon (more) Friends of Mineral Town, I'd buy that instantly!

Great video! Loved hearing about somebody else's opinions of the games and made me realize things I hadn't before (like your comment about Wonderful Life having not much to do outside of the town.) Friends of Mineral Town will likely always be my favorite game; and I logged MONTHS of playtime in it order the coarse of my lifetime. I would always take it a step further and imagine these complex side stories in my head, too. Harvest Moon is by far my favorite video game franchise, and up until some of the later DS versions- had played them all. The soundtrack to Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life AND Friends of Mineral Town bring back such beautiful childhood memories to me that they actually made me tear up hearing them now. Every once in a while I catch my grandpa whistling the FOMT theme to himself; which is crazy to think we remembers that little tune over 10 years after the last time he would have heard me playing it. I think I'm going to buy a new Gameboy and copy of FOMT now!

Friends of Mineral Town taught me so much english. Aside from being awfully entertaining, it was really helpful as well. Pineapples for the win. :P

so is everyone just going to ignore Tale of Two Towns? okay 😭 I love that game to death

Just found you channel again omg my favorite harvest moon channel

I actually am buying my first Harvest Moon game, and its Magical Melody! I saw these games, and before was like, "Bleh, its farming", and now I'm actually in love with them since I gave em a shot! Thank you so much for making this list, as this helps me decide on which one to get next!

to me the best harvest moon games is, harvest moon the grand bazzar

DS Cute is one of my favorites, partly because it has my absolute favorite bachelor in the main series, and I also feel like it was the best done of any of the N64 style Harvest Moons. I also really love that you could put your buildings where you liked and I could actually make my coops and barns inside a fenced off area, so I didn't have to worry about Wild Dog attacks when putting my animals back inside. It's also the second Harvest Moon to include my favorite overpowered device, the seed maker, and the first to completely break game balance by doing so (although it does at least give you a way to save up for that expensive Gold Lumber for immortal buildings). It also has fewer glitches than the boy's DS version, which was generally a mess, especially if you got one of the glitchier cartridges (some cartridges, like mine, had no severe glitches, others suffered from save file destroying glitches). I also love the accessories you can get to further break game balance. Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is probably my absolute favorite at this point.

Friends of Mineral Town and Back To Nature are my favorites ever! It's like that FMoT is the 2D version of BTN. Btw have you play Hero of Leaf Valley? that's good one too!

For Animal Parade, you just pick up a second wiimote and point it at the character you want to befriend and "pet" them. Easy friendship points

If you like harvest moon , try out Stardew Valley, its coming out in a weak on steam :) its inspired by harvest moon , but has TONS of stuff you can do , even a fighting combat in caves, you welcome

Love your videos dude, Your videos are greatly needed in KZfaq for avid Harvest moon players, do more Top 10s like cows, tools or bachelorettes. Thanks a lot.

I was searching for a review to watch before buying one of the PS Vita downloadable titles. Unfortunately, none of these are available, hahah. But the good news is I found a cool new channel!!! Thanks man :)

I think your list is spot-on! My order might have differed a bit, but the top 5 I totally agree with!

Thanks for this list! I'm gonna have to try FoMT!

My top 5 favourite Harvest Moon games are: 5. Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (GC) 4. Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PS) 3. Harvest Moon 64 2. Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (GBA) 1: Rune Factory: Frontier (Wii) Yeah, Rune Factory, some may say that it isn't a Harvest Moon game, however the subtitle to the series is 'A Fantasy Harvest Moon' so I'd say that the entire series of games are Harvest Moon games, with the possible exception of Rune Factory Oceans, as that games really took a deep departure from the formula that it was built on, and really focused on the combat and dungeon crawling aspects of the previous titles.

My faves are 1. New beginnings ❤️❤️ 2. HM: Light of Hope 3. HM: A wonderful Life 4. HM: Tale of Two Towns Those are the only ones I’ve got to play HM: New Beginning is number one for me cause of all the cool stuff you can do, the pacing wasn’t really something I had issues with tbh. I love it cause of the cow festivals HM: New Beginning will probably always be my fave. Thanks to any one who reads this have an amazing day or night!

Back to the nature is my favorite

So glad FoMT is number one.

I liked Tree of Tranquility and Tale of 2 Towns

I have always love Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town. It's just.. It's awesome!

I always said that A Wonderful Life + the festivals and richer towns of 64/Back to Nature would be the perfect HM game.

Friends of mineral town will never die \m/

I was really hoping to see Back to Nature in this list. But that's ok :) I'm still surprised by how many people know this game. I thought I was the only one because none of my friends know about this game

Friends of Mineral Town will always be one of my favorite games of all time... My list is so strange: GTA, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Fable, Saints Row... and then... Harvest Moon. xD

My first HM was Harvest Moon 64 and then I found friends of mineral town and that became life lol

Harvest moon tale of two towns anyone? Nobody? Uh okay.. Then..

ITS FINAL , FRIENDS OF MINERAL TOWN IS BEST

Man I love friends of mineral town

Where is Back to Nature or Tree of Tranquility? I didn't think FOMT is better than Back to Nature. Back to Nature had so much better graphics than FOMT :)

If they updated the fuck out of mineral town. Like not 3D doesn't have to be, but just really cleaned it up to make it look way nicer if for sure but it. And if they remade wonderful life for the 3ds and added all the stuff you said the game was missing. I'm sure people would love that too. All the recent games they've made are such a huge disappointment and I'm so glad I didn't waste my money on them

Ever tried Innocent Life - A Futuristic Harvest Moon for the psp ? Its a really nice HM with a unique setting and atmosphere

Have you try Harvest Moon Back to Nature ??? that's the best harvest moon for me

Good idea. I love your videos. Anyway, my favorite HM games are : 1- Back to nature (I think it's perfection, and FoMT is just an overcomplicated ugly rehash) 2- HM 64 3- Animal Parade 4- Sunshine Islands 5- the original on SNES I really wish they would focus on social interactions with simpler game mechanics like in Btn and 64.

I've played harvest moon grand bazaar

Harvest moon a new beginning would easily be my favorite game if they made the style and graphics the same as the opening scene. That wad SOOO nice and refreshing! I'm personally getting a bit tired of the cutesy chibi style HM has been doing lately.

A wonderful life is like the best and in my opinion I think the graphics are probably the best out of all the games... Just saying. I'm mad since you say it takes sooo long for it to water no it really doesn't lol you just need patience

What would you recommend for a second game if I've only played a wonderful life (and really enjoyed it)

i love MM

how did u not play harvest moon64....smh

It's technically a spinoff game, but my favorite is Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon. It was my first Harvest Moon game--I bought it because it was the least expensive one for the PS2 at the time--and I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say I was very pleased, and spent many a day annoying my mum with the music as I planted my crops and went around collecting things. The only thing that's slightly disappointing is how short the game is. The first time I played it took me awhile, especially since I had to reset because I didn't pay attention to social cues and hints (kind of glad I did. I finally got around to looking up the "bad ending" and it was really devastating to watch), but as I'm replaying it I'm only 4 days in and I've already almost finished the first year. I'm half tempted to ignore the Fire Spirit's challenge so I can see what the alien invasion is like...

lol your top 3 are my fav out of harvest moon

I spent so much time in Magical Melody and It's a wonderful life but never finished them. As soon as I heard the music in the video I Immediately went back to that time. Its crazy how great music in a game sticks with you

I WAS SO WAITING FOR THIS!

I know this is late, and most people will already know this by now. But for people first playing Animal Parade, you’ll notice how difficult it is to befriend people. But! There is a feature where if you point the wii remote towards the screen, a heart will appear. Wave it around on a person until hearts appear, and it’s the equivalent of giving someone a gift! So, while playing, if you stumble upon a character, just do this. And it’ll make it so much easier for you.

Great Video! Looks like it was a lot of work

Great list! My two favorites are A Wonderful Life and Tree of Tranquility

When I was a kid and played "More Friends of Mineral Town", I didn't ever acknowledge the fact that I had a farm. I just used to be boy crazy and talk to all the boys that had a heart. And I slept through all the winters hehe. After a few restarts I started to take care of animals, go fishing, and participate in events but I still never really planted much. I like that the game doesn't force you to do one thing or the other. I learned something new every time I replayed. One bad thing about it though is that my save file would delete randomly after MANY months of playing T_T which is why I replayed a lot

I LOVE a new beginning! I'm playing it RIGHT now!

Great picks! Just posted my thoughts on the upcoming HM: Light of Hope and it got me into a bit of a HM video hunt. Friends of Mineral Town is rock solid, though nostalgia tips my choice to BTN/64. ^^

My favorites are Animal Parade and Magical Melody. I love the characters and the stories.

The memories of spending the holiday, trying to find cursed tools, making them blessed, and upgrading all of them to mythic, then fishing the treasures and fossils are just, priceless.

I just ordered my first Harvest Moon game which was A New Beginning. I'm pretty excited, honestly.~ I've been wanting to get into the series for awhile now and didn't know where to start. After reading some reviews and watching this video I'm pretty excited to start playing it in a few days.~

ah hah.... there i was searching for the HM frn of mineral town.... and u got it.. u got it on top like me... may be because it was the first series that i ever played back.. still those music make me relax and can play it forever... *thumbs up*

I pretty much agree with your list completely! Accept for the new beginning one; I haven't played that. But then again I also haven't played Magical Melody, but I've still seen a bit of gameplay :DD

It's really hard for me to pick favorites of Harvest Moon games. A Wonderful Life was my very first though, way back when I was a little elementary school kid, so that one is particularly special to me. I just love all the games listed here. I love all the Harvest Moon games I've played. X3

Animal Parade, Story of Seasons, Tree of Tranquility, Another Wonderful Life, Magical Melody. My favorite harvest moon games lol.

I really like the windmill producing mechanic and the tough choices between animal or plant products from Bazaar, plus that every Saturday was the Bazaar.

Nice list also animal parade is awesome

Haha solid reviews congratulations

I didn't expect to agree with you on this list, but I really do. These are my top 5 harvest moon games as well :) I'd have trouble putting 5-2 in order, but for number one it's no contest. Back to nature and the GBA remakes are incredible games.

A wonderful life on the gamecube was a big part of my childhood, i still have it

Hearing the music from A Wonderful Life gave me chills! One of my favorite gaming experiences of all time. I do agree too that Friends of Mineral Town is perhaps the best culmination of all farming sims even to this day. That includes Story of Seasons and Stardew Valley.

AWL was my childhood and first PS2 game... Now i play some games like FPS games, shooter, etc... I kinda feel bored right now... I guess replaying the game will make me feel better. (I never finished the game anyway) Nice vid Bruh!!!

A Wonderful Life was my first Harvest Moon game. It mainly got me into the series of the game.

Harvest Moon animal parade was one of the best I've played. Second is Tree of Tranquility.... both of those had a really nice plot, plus everything was challenging and fun

I can't remember what's my first one, but it's the 3D version of friends of mineral town. And I LOVE IT !

the last thing you said about language if you get won up to the point where you can play hes game some of the languahe is in japan!!! and im new to the channel!! and i really like it!

I was looking for suggestions for good Harvest Moon games then stumbled upon this. I got a feeling that your top choice is FMOT. Many loves the classic as it's simple and plenty to do and there's also the sprites who helps us as the recent titles do have sprites but doesn't really help.

I've played Another Wonderful Life and Magical Melody on and off ever since I was a kid. They're definitely my favorites!

Magical Melody was my first Harvest Moon game, so it's always been one of my favourites, it might even be my number one actually. I loved the art style the game had, and the music. I still play the game to this day. However, I haven't been lucky enough to play many other games in the series, so I've missed out on a lot of other great games.

"A new Beginning" is probably my favorite recent Harvest Moon title, and i completely agree with all of your points. The pacing is quite horrible, but the core gameplay is among the best in the series and none of its mechanics feel rough or unfinished. The time and stamina systems are very well balanced, never putting too much pressure on the player and the customisation is just plain fun. And pretty much the same could be said about Animal Parade. Its as classic as it can get, with some fun leveling mechanics and, what i felt to be one of the most fun gameworlds the series ever had. Although its story quests tended to be a little on the cryptic side from time to time. Its rather close to A new Beginning, which only takes the first spot because of its customization features. And for the Mineral Saga (Back to Nature / Friends of Mineral Town and their spinoffs): This would be my all time favorite classic Harvest Moon. I grew up with Harvest Moon on the SNES und GameBoy, but it was Back to Nature which really got me into the series. And FoMT really cemented that love for it, by expanding and streamlining Back to nature and putting it on a handheld. Magical Melody on the other hand never really clicked with me for one, simple reason: Its stamina system. I always felt that you started out without enough stamina to do the most basic things. Tilling, planting and watering a 3x3 patch of crops pretty much renders you completely exhausted. And its much bigger focus on giving your townspeople presents so they actually stay where they are was also something i never really liked.

A wonderful life for the PS2 was my first Harvest Moon game and I honestly loved that game so much. I have so many memories with that game as a child.

Grey will forever be the benchmark for bachelors

What are some other games that are like Harvest Moon that you could recommend? Great video

I really hope they come out with another console Harvest Moon (or should I say Story of Seasons). I greatly enjoyed HM Animal Parade and would like something else in that vein, with new crops, a new cast, and it wouldn't hurt to have a visual upgrade on the Wii U. One can dream....

Harvest Moon: Magical Memory is basically my childhood! I had it on the wii when I was younger and I loved it. I wasn't very good at it but it made me love the harvest moon series

I love the new beginning

Alot of these harvest moon hames you mentioned ive had before, like litterally all of them, this was my childhood. Had harvest moon a wonderful life back in 2009_i think, me and my sisters loved that one to death and had so many great memories with it too...memories, memories that ill never forget😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

FOMT was my first HM game. I've been playing ANB lately, but FOMT has and will always have my heart.

I loved magical melody, i cant get that damn music outta my head though. Im going around humming the spring music all day

I've never played friends of mineral town...seeing all these people putting it as number one is really making me want to get it now :) Crack out the old game boy and all!