Harvest Moon DS is now available on Nintendo DS for $29.99. The title arrives via publisher Natsume and developer Marvelous Interactive. More info can be found at the game's official website.
Harvest Moon DS allows players to raise cows, sheep, chickens and ducks as well as plant and grow a variety of crops and trees. The game also features a variety of minigames. Inserting your copy of Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town or Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town into your Nintendo DS will unlock additional features. Harvest Moon DS currently has a 60 percent average review ranking according to GameRankings.com (based on 3 reviews).
GamesRadar says (6/10),
"It takes advantage of the platform's technology like a laptop bought for Windows solitaire, but Harvest Moon DS still manages to be a decent game. If players focus on what it is rather than what it could have been, there's a good chance you'll be entertained. That's easier said than done, though, and the lack of innovation may even cause current series fans to refuse to send their old version to the glue factory. But, if cutesy farming RPG makes you raise an inquisitive eyebrow rather than gag, Harvest Moon DS may be worth cultivating."
"It takes advantage of the platform's technology like a laptop bought for Windows solitaire, but Harvest Moon DS still manages to be a decent game. If players focus on what it is rather than what it could have been, there's a good chance you'll be entertained. That's easier said than done, though, and the lack of innovation may even cause current series fans to refuse to send their old version to the glue factory. But, if cutesy farming RPG makes you raise an inquisitive eyebrow rather than gag, Harvest Moon DS may be worth cultivating."
IGN says (6/10),
"Harvest Moon has been a solid adventure in the portable world for over a decade, starting first on the original Game Boy, and progressing to the GBC and GBA. Even still, each generation added something new to the mix, starting with simple color display, and ending with a full immersive town and nearly endless replay value. On DS, however, it seems like the development team simply added basic bottom screen item management and a few animal interactions and called it a day. The main bulk of the game is still single screen, uses a ton of the same assets from the Friends of Mineral Town world, and though the game is supposed to be set up in a different town, a ton of the characters "mysteriously" make cameos. Even still, Harvest Moon DS is as solid of a farm simulator as it ever was, and just because it doesn't add a ton of touch or visual flare to the mix doesn't mean it's a total wash."
"Harvest Moon has been a solid adventure in the portable world for over a decade, starting first on the original Game Boy, and progressing to the GBC and GBA. Even still, each generation added something new to the mix, starting with simple color display, and ending with a full immersive town and nearly endless replay value. On DS, however, it seems like the development team simply added basic bottom screen item management and a few animal interactions and called it a day. The main bulk of the game is still single screen, uses a ton of the same assets from the Friends of Mineral Town world, and though the game is supposed to be set up in a different town, a ton of the characters "mysteriously" make cameos. Even still, Harvest Moon DS is as solid of a farm simulator as it ever was, and just because it doesn't add a ton of touch or visual flare to the mix doesn't mean it's a total wash."
Trailer: Harvest Moon DS