Harvest Moons for everyone
Natsume announced today that Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for the Nintendo DS and Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for Wii have shipped to retail in North America. Sunshine Islands is available at an MSRP of $29.99 and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB, while Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for the Nintendo is priced at an MSRP of $49.99, and is rated E for Everyone.
In Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands, players rejoin all the characters from Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, and meet some new faces as you try to figure out how to raise several sunken islands that san many years ago, because of a powerful. Players will go on a hunt for the magical Sun Stones and raise the sunken islands, but in between you’ll be doing all the usual things associated with a Harvest Moon game. This things include training your pets by playing in mini-games, growing a variety of crops and trying to find love.
In Harvest Moon: Animal Parade players unravel the trouble in the once-prosperous village of Harmonica Town, Players need to figure out why crops aren’t growing, the wind isn’t blowing, and the five elemental bells are missing. In between playing savior players go fishing, do some mining, cultivate crops, and care for wild animals such as penguins, pandas, and monkeys.
Learn more about both games at www.natsume.com.
Adventures To Go got up and went
Natsume announced today that its all-new strategy RPG Adventures To Go for the PlayStation Portable is now available exclusively at GameStop. It retails for an MSRP of $29.99 and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. In this new RPG, players take control of Finn Courtland and his band of misfits in their quest for fame and riches. Along the way, they just might have to save the world from the evil Arbitus and his band of demons.
The game uses a grid-based combat system, offers unique skills and abilities the ability to shape the game’s dungeons and challenges your liking and scads of humor and light-hearted fun. Would we expect anything but that from Natsume, whose bread and butter is Harvest Moon? I think not.
Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands gold
Natsume’s Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for the Nintendo DS has gone gold and will hit retail on November 10 for an MSRP of $29.99, and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.
In Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands, players rejoin the cast of Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness in a hunt for magical Sun Stones that have the power to and raise sunken islands - thought to be lost forver after a collection of islands surrounding the Sunshine Islands sank because a terrible earthquake. As the players raises these islands they’ll meet new characters, harvest new crops, and befriend animals such as ducks, monkeys, and badgers. Weird. Players will grow their farm, care for animals, mine, fish, and compete in festivals in their quest to restore the Sunshine Islands to their former glory. Naturally there a chance to find true love and start a family along the way.
Look for the game in early Nov. For more information on Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands, check out www.natsume.com.
RPG Adventures To Go gold
Natsume announced that its all-new strategy RPG Adventures To Go for PlayStation Portable has gone gold and will be available exclusively at GameStop October 29th for an MSRP of $29.99. The game is
rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.
In this RPG, players take control of Finn Courtland and his band of misfits in their quest for fame and riches. Along the way, they just might have to save the world from the evil Arbitus and his band of demons. It’ll take brains as well as brawn to win the day, though - the grid-based combat challenges players to think strategically and make the best use of each character’s unique skills and abilities.
Adventures To Go also provides a twist on the strategy RPG genre, offering gamers the opportunity to shape the game’s dungeons and challenges to their own liking.
Look for the game in stores later this month.
Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition ships
Natsume’s Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition is now available at retail for an MSRP of $29.99 today if you’re interested. Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition lets players of all ages (hence its E rating) explore environments in search of rare and exotic wildlife in environments such as the jungle and savannah. It’s kind of like Pokémon Snap, but without the Pokémon, without Nintendo as the publisher and featuring a bunch of animals. Okay, so it’s not all that much like Pokémon Snap besides the camera action.
For more information about Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition www.natsume.com.
I missed the rains down in Afrika, which is now gold
Natsume announced that Afrika for the PS3 system has gone gold. Natsume’s first title for the system, Afrika is a wildlife photography adventure set in an unexplored region of Africa. The game will be available at an MSRP of $49.99 and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. The game promises picturesque landscapes, more than 70 animals to find, over 100 missions to complete, and endless replayability. We shall see about that, but it is an interesting game for release exclusively on PS3 and not other platforms.
Find out more at www.natsume.com.
Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition gold
Natsume’s Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition has finished its development cycle and is heading off to manufacturing, with a release date of September 22 and an MSRP of $29.99.
In Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition, players take on the role of a wildlife photographer exploring the wildlife of Animal Island. Each day, you’ll be tasked with completing specific assignments, such as taking pictures of particular animals, groups of animals, or animals engaged in certain actions. Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition promises a collection of backdrops as well including savanna, jungle, desert, waterfall, and lake areas in their quest to capture the perfect picture. By watching each environment carefully, players will learn to look for signs that will lead them to specific animals.
Is it wrong to want shooting in this game? Probably, but I said it. It’s like Pokémon Snap without the Pokémon. It’s like taking pictures in Dark Cloud 2, but only animals and only in the tropical climate of a made-up island. Look for the game later this month only on Wii.
