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PALGN: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Review

236 days 8 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Cyrus365

PALGN writes: " We'll take this opportunity to admit that right off the bat, we haven't had a lot of experience with the Harvest Moon series, ...

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Nintendo DS

WorthPlaying Review: Harvest Moon: Island of Ha...

262 days 4 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Shmammy

WP writes: "I never really understood the appeal of the Harvest Moon series - you plow a field, chop wood, and partake in other manual labor a...

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Nintendo DS

NowGamer: Harvest Moon: Island Of Happiness Review

275 days 8 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Jack007

Imprecise controls mar the enjoyment slightly, otherwise this is one of the brightest Harvest Moons ever

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InsideGamer: Harvest Moon: IoH Review

321 days 18 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

Harvest Moon is now ten years old and to celebrate Natsume has released Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness. After ten years, the concept remains the...

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Gaming

The Twelve Games of Christmas (Part XII)

324 days 13 hours ago | Gaming | Article | kevco33

Today, 5th January 2009, is officially the twelfth day of Christmas. Most of you are probably back into your usual daytime routine by now, and are ...

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Nintendo DS

RandomNPC: Harvest Moon: IoH Review

325 days 22 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

Island of Happiness, while it does some things differently, remains a Harvest Moon game and as such is unlikely to change anyone's mind about the s...

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Games2C: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Review

326 days 22 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

There's plenty of attempts at giving the characters personality; but the mix of 2D and 3D, the clunky dialogue, the annoying stylus interface and a...

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ONM: Harvest Moon: Island Of Happiness Review

342 days 23 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Cyrus365

ONM writes: "Harvest Moon first arrived in the UK ten years ago and although it has since been usurped by Animal Crossing, this series steadfa...

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Nintendo DS

Pocket Gamer: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness...

367 days 4 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Columbo

Life, it has often been observed, is not fair. If it were, lawyers wouldn't exist and then where would we all be? The particular unfairness in ques...

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Nintendo DS

GamesRadar: Harvest Moon: IoH Review

412 days 2 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

Everything from movement to tool use and menu navigation is done via the stylus. It's all executed very nicely but surely the option for a D-pad-an...

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Nintendo DS

The Escapist: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness...

425 days 14 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Columbo

The only thing that may put a damper on your experience is the game's over-reliance on the DS' touch screen. Everything in the game is controlled u...

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Nintendo DS

Crispy Gamer: Harvest Moon: IoH Review

433 days 17 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

The joy to be found in Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness is more like the joy of playing tic-tac-toe -- minimally interesting at first, but quickly...

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Diehard GameFAN: Harvest Moon: IoH Review

435 days 2 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

Island of Happiness would come easily recommended, but as it is, this will most likely only appeal to the same fanbase of gamers who like the other...

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GameZone: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Review

436 days 2 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | skynidas

GameZone writes: "You would think that a game about looking after livestock, growing vegetables and working the land with a pickaxe would be i...

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CSM: Harvest Moon Island of Happiness Review

441 days 23 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Jack007

CSM Writes: "While this simulation seems interesting at first, your jobs quickly become tedious and repetitive. And the new content unfol...

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Gamespot: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Review

442 days 19 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | Columbo

It was over 10 years ago that the first Harvest Moon game came out on the SNES, and in keeping with the series' sports-game-like longevity, Natsume...

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Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Review at Che...

451 days 8 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | mmccc

CheatCC says: "This farming sim has been around for more than ten years, and it shows no signs of slowing down any time soon! This installment...

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1UP: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Review

453 days 20 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Review | BIoodmask

The Animal Crossing-like touch-screen controls (drag the stylus in the direction you want to move and pick up items by tapping the screen) are hard...

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Game Informer: Harvest Moon: Island of Happines...

455 days ago | Nintendo DS | Review | TheWickedOne

Game Informer writes,"Farming, raising livestock, marrying people – none of this is a big surprise. What's different? I liked the idea of deve...

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Multi

Week in Games: Prison Tycoon?

457 days 6 hours ago | Multi | Article | Jam22

Kotaku writes: "Big week for new releases to take advantage of the Labor Day weekend shopping. Tuesday, Tiger Woods gets his Jesus on and Disg...

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First Harvest, a look back at the Harvest Moon ...

462 days 14 hours ago | Multi | Interview | macalatus

Natsume is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Harvest Moon franchise by releasing Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness for the Nintendo DS on Aug...

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Multi

G4TV The Feed: 'Harvest Moon' Wii And DS Previews

469 days 18 hours ago | Multi | Preview | Cyrus365

G4TV writres: "Natsume's bringing two new Harvest Moon titles to the Nintendo consoles. Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility, developed by Marvel...

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GameSpy: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Preview

487 days 18 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Preview | SUP3R

GameSpy: "Natsume promised that Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness will be "the largest portable Harvest Moon experience ever" and, j...

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E3 2008

GameZone: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness E3 ...

492 days 1 hour ago | E3 2008 | Preview | Columbo

Having been a Harvest Moon fan since the Nintendo 64 era, GameZone can honestly say that the next Harvest Moon on the Nintendo DS is looking especi...

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E3 2008

1UP: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Preview

492 days 22 hours ago | E3 2008 | Preview | SUP3R

1UP: "This is our first time seeing the English version in action, and we had a chance to start a new game and check out the island a bit. ...

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E3 2008

IGN: E3 '08: Harvest Moon: IoH Hands-On

495 days 3 hours ago | E3 2008 | Preview | BIoodmask

If ABC's hit show Lost has taught anything, it's that people who get stranded on islands will do whatever they can get off of them as fast as possi...

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Nintendo DS

Gamertell Preview: Harvest Moon: Island of Happ...

632 days 14 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Preview | Mariye

From the preview: "HM: Island of Happiness for the DS doesn't begin in the traditional manner. The player, who can choose to be a boy or ...

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CheatCC Preview: Harvest Moon: Island of Happin...

649 days 2 hours ago | Nintendo DS | Preview | mmccc

CheatCC writes: "Ever since the mid-nineties, Harvest Moon has been a staple in the simulation genre with its unique and unorthodox gameplay a...

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Coming Attractions: Strategy and Simulation

664 days 5 hours ago | Multi | Article | TnS

Last week, you may recall, Eurogamer put on their robe and wizard hat for a look at this year's most promising RPGs. Eurogamer have done shooters, ...