Overview

Also Known As
Rune Factory: Shin Bokujou Monogatari (JPN)
Number of Players
1 (Single Player)
Genre
Release Date

DS

  • US 14th Aug 2007
  • EU 13th Feb 2009
  • JP 24th Aug 2006
Series
Wikipedia
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Reviews

  • Review Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)

    Use the hoe!

    For years, Natsume’s Harvest Moon series has been repeating the same old formula – grow crops, brush cows, get married and live happily ever after. The first DS release was the snappy Harvest Moon DS, which lazily reused graphics from GBA’s Friends of Mineral Town (FoMT) and the town and characters from the Cube’s A Wonderful...

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Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon News

  • News Rune Factory Developer Neverland Closes Its Doors

    Where now for Rune Factory 5?

    After a sluggish financial performance due to business changes, Rune Factory developer Neverland has announced it will be closing its doors. The Japanese company made the announcement via its official website, explaining that its financial status had deteriorated considerably in recent times. After failing to raise the...

  • News Marvelous Stops Working on New IP to Stay in Business

    Japanese company wants to avoid aping Cing's fate

    In a gaming climate where there arguably aren't enough new intellectual properties (IPs) hitting consoles, it's a shame to hear that a talented developer has to scale back its new ideas simply to stay alive, but that's the situation at Japanese company Marvelous. The company's last notable IP was the...

About The Game

You awaken to find yourself in an unfamiliar village known as Kardia. Wearing nothing more than the tattered clothes on your back, you have no memory of who you are or how you arrived.

A strange but beautiful young woman by the name of Mist comes to your aid and offers you food and water in return for helping her on her land by planting crops and clearing her fields. As you tend the land and plough the fields, you grow stronger and your skills improve. However, for some reason, you do recall a time when you felt more comfortable with a sword in your hand.

You have a natural gift for combat and your talent soon comes to the attention of the local mayor. With nearby caves and ruins overrun by monsters, Mayor Godwin has decreed that no adventurer can set foot into the dark spaces without a special permit.

Battling against these fierce beasts is very important to your survival (and to the gameplay) but making friends with them is essential to your farm life. You will also upgrade your skills as you master swords, spears and farm tools.

It will take you many, many hours of hard work to earn Mayor Godwin’s approval but the secrets inside the caves beckon and perhaps the deepest one of them holds the key to unlocking your past.

Key Features:

  • Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon is a Nintendo DS exclusive title which takes the world of Harvest Moon and turns it upside down in a unique fantasy world
  • Includes fundamental Harvest Moon gameplay: growing crops, tending livestock, making friends and getting married
  • In this game, the developers have created a fantasy world in which the player exists rather than the RPG standard where you merely play the role of a hero and work your way through the storyline
  • RPG aspects include collecting materials to create new items, equipment & furniture
  • The player must battle and capture monsters, attend to them in the village and harness their energy in order to bring peace to the land
  • Contains a real-time Action Battle system for equipping yourself with skills & equipment, fighting monsters & casting magic spells
  • Gameplay makes heavy use of the Nintendo DS stylus allowing players to shear their sheep and pet animals directly
  • Communication with other characters plays a massive part in this game. You can go to local festivals & go out on dates
  • The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection allows you to send e-mails, screenshots and messages to other players