Harvest Moon : Megical Melody

Details

Developer: Marvelous Interactive

Publisher:

Marvelous Interactive

Natsume

Rising Star Games

Nintendo Australia

Released: 【 GC】

November 10, 2005

March 28, 2006 【 Wii】

August 25, 2009

March 14, 2008

April 3, 2008

Ratings:

A (All Ages)

E (Everyone)

G (General)

Platforms: Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo Wii

Genre: Simulation

Media: Nintendo Gamecube UMV, Nintendo Wii DVD

In Magical Melody, the player arrives in town after reading an advertisement that he or she saw in the newspaper. The player will then meet Theodore, the town's mayor, in Town Square. The player will be prompted to pick a name for his/her character, as well as the farm. The player will also get to choose where the character's starting home will be from among three different locations.

Once a home has been chosen, the player will settle into his/her new home. Upon sleeping, the character will have a dream of somewhat a reality which is a flash-back or vision of what happened years ago. The player is awoken the next day to the presence of the Harvest Sprites, who are surprised that the player can see them. The sprites were also shown in the dream the character had, leading to suprise and shock. The sprites will ask the player to help them, and the player will then be enlisted by the sprites to awaken the Harvest Goddess, along with the rival farmer Jamie, who has turned herself to stone out of melancholy at the townspeople's disregard.

The player's goal is to collect musical notes so that the Harvest Goddess can be resurrected. While the sprites say that 100 notes are needed to free the Goddess, only 50 notes are required to awaken her. Once the Goddess is awakened, it is still possible to get all 100 notes and complete the game.

The Wii version of Magical Melody differs from the GameCube version of the game. Although the story is identical and features the same villagers, the Wii version's major difference is that it does not allow the player to choose between a male or female protagonist. The GameCube version allows both genders to be the main hero/heroine, but the Wii version allows only a male character.

Controls also differ between the two versions. The Wii version features motion control for activities such as mining and fishing, whereas on the GameCube the controls are simplified, only needing the player to press buttons to perform tasks.