Harvest Moon : Tree Of Tranquility

Details

Developer: Marvelous Interactive

Publisher:

Marvelous Interactive

Natsume

Rising Star Games

Nintendo Australia

Released:

June 7, 2007

September 30, 2008

October 9, 2009

October 22, 2009

Ratings:

A (All Ages)

E (Everyone)

G (General)

Platforms: Nintendo Wii

Genre: Simulation

Media: Wii Disk

In Tree of Tranquility, the plot objective is to reawaken the Harvest Goddess. This is performed by helping the Harvest Sprites create rainbows and collecting certain "badges". Once all the rainbows are created, the Harvest Goddess will reawaken, and the game continues indefinitely.

The Harvest Goddess Mother Tree has been on Waffle Island for years, but it died ten years ago. Some say it was because of old age. Others say that it died because no one cared about it anymore after disrespecting it. After the tragic death, everything turned gloomy. The wind stopped blowing, the sun shined less often, the seas raged violently, people moved away and the once famous rainbows of the island disappeared. The Harvest Goddess went with the tree, and no one heard from her again.

You read about Waffle Island in a brochure, as it was described as a "rancher's paradise" and decided to start your new farm life there. On the way over you are knocked out by a storm. During the night, you dream about a beautiful lady. You wake up at Sundae Inn, and everything is explained to you, including the history of the Harvest Goddess and the Mother Tree. Mayor Hamilton suspects that the beautiful lady in your dream was the Harvest Goddess. You must save the island and restore the town back to its former glory.

Players play the role of a farmer, given the task of running a farm. As part of this task, you grow and sell crops and raise animals to sell their products. In addition to these goals, players also interact with the villagers, both for commercial purposes (buying seeds, selling products, etc.) and social reasons. Festivals play a key role in the game, giving your character a chance to socialise and meet the neighbors. Players even can meet and woo one of the available bachelors or bachelorettes, get married and have a child.

You'll also have the opportunity at one point to discontinue your current game and start over as one's child, whilst keeping any money the player made. Unfortunately, though, the villagers don't react to you any differently, and your character sprite is the same. Players can even marry their new character's parent from one's previous playthrough (or play-through).

Unlike all Harvest Moon games, the player's chosen spouse can work in their farm.