tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post8571441100644507151..comments2023-08-24T00:35:58.314-04:00Comments on Harvest Moon Forever: Unlocking Sheep in your 1st Year in Island of HappinessFreyashawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-89482910095596590942008-10-24T16:46:00.000-04:002008-10-24T16:46:00.000-04:00Thanks, Mars. You can find the piece on my 'We Lo...Thanks, Mars. You can find the piece on my 'We Love Harvest Moon' site, the page devoted to fiction inspired by events in Harvest Moon.<BR/><BR/>It's quite funny, and any one who has played ToT will understand instantly what inspired it. Mind you, I really liked having the telephone directory in ToT. All shop information and hours of business at your fingertips, even if the occasional 'crossed line' resulted in strange and inexplicable recipients!Freyashawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-15459669343195830402008-10-24T16:10:00.000-04:002008-10-24T16:10:00.000-04:00Here you go. http://channelnebulax.blogspot.com/It...Here you go. <BR/><BR/>http://channelnebulax.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>It's not the next chapter but something that I was inspired from recently in ToT... You can put this up if you wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-23965659286665097202008-10-23T11:02:00.000-04:002008-10-23T11:02:00.000-04:00Mar, I am sorry to hear that you have a nasty viru...Mar, I am sorry to hear that you have a nasty virus. They appear to be out in full force at the moment. I am sickening for something as well. You flatter me too much by referring to me as a 'great writer'. I still have aspirations in that direction, though. You definitely are a very talented wordsmith. Try not to neglect that talent if you can.Freyashawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-19471624181784163032008-10-21T00:38:00.000-04:002008-10-21T00:38:00.000-04:00First off - I replied to your e-mail. I'm sorry fo...First off - I replied to your e-mail. I'm sorry for not dong it sooner ... I really need to get into the habit of checking it more often. I typically just chat with people on instant messaging and the like... <BR/><BR/>Well that's very kind, thank you Freya - that really feels like something coming from a great writer like you. I enjoy writing, even though I'm still quite new at it and have a lot to learn, like with proper punctuation and sentence flow. I do have a very active imagination though, which goes a long way. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to continue the story (and some older works) as soon as I shake off this horribly persistent virus... It's been difficult to focus on anything with the constant coughing and fever... <BR/><BR/>Oh, and to keep this on topic - I checked out Ushi no Tane's livestock page and they said the same thing - you need two boy farmers / ranchers (any of them) to unlock Sheep. ... I wonder why though ... kind of seems like an odd requirement to me ... but I don't even own the game so ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-2782766498793735142008-10-20T22:40:00.000-04:002008-10-20T22:40:00.000-04:00P.S. I am going to make a definitive statement no...P.S. I am going to make a definitive statement now and say that 2 Ranchers most definitely IS one of the main requirements for unlocking Sheep in IoH. They can be ANY two Ranchers...Freyashawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-23017639218962552192008-10-20T22:39:00.000-04:002008-10-20T22:39:00.000-04:00Sister Dew, it definitely DOES become easier and a...Sister Dew, it definitely DOES become easier and as challenging as it may be, IoH is very rewarding. If you look at some of my posts, you will find that I have struggled with IoH myself, but it's a wonderful game. With some accessories to boost your total Stamina and a couple of Orange Wonderfuls, you will be able to maintain energy and make money... as for the Eggplants, yes, it can take over three weeks for an Eggplant to mature in the field. A Greenhouse is highly recommended at the earliest possible opportunity!<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, Cute is one of my all-time favourites. Skye is such a sweetheart...Freyashawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-52900943058179774312008-10-20T17:10:00.000-04:002008-10-20T17:10:00.000-04:00Hi Freya,After reading your post about unlocking s...Hi Freya,<BR/><BR/>After reading your post about unlocking sheep in your first year, I checked Mirabelle's shop to find something a little weird... Apparently I am able to buy Sheep Miracle Potion but not sheep themselves! I'd been there a few (game) days previously and didn't have this option. It's curious. For info, it's currently the 21st Fall in Year 1, I've seen Taro's house expansion event and the 2nd or 3rd Growing Island event (I forget how many I've seen now!) and the island is currently at 43% completion with 47 inhabitants. I haven't unlocked ANY ranchers however - raising animals is one of my least favourite HM activities so I currently only have 2 chickens and 2 cows, purely for collecting eggs and milk in preparation for a mammoth mine trip in Winter. Neither the animal barn or the chicken shed have been upgraded beyond the original building, but I've completed the second house expansion, and the bridges to the Meadow and the Forest have also been built. <BR/><BR/>Just to go off-topic (if I may), I was completely addicted to both Friends of Mineral Town and HM DS, putting in easily over 100 hours of gameplay in each, but I have to say (as much as I hate to) that I'm really struggling with this iteration. I haven't even opened the Jungle area yet, but even so, I'm finding it exhausting trying to get round each area every day - I'm afraid the Witch Princess and Harvest Goddess have been neglected since I first originally met them. Even with the horse, and without the Turbo Shoes or Teleport Stone in sight, I'm finding that I barely have enough time to tend to my animals and crops, and do the rounds of people and foraging in East and West Town, never mind getting lost in the Forest! And speaking of crops, I've had 5 full bags of Eggplant sown in my field since 1st Fall, yet it's now the 21st and they still haven't matured. Sigh. At the moment, I'm seriously considering putting IoH on hold and getting DS Cute instead for my HM fix...<BR/><BR/>Please tell me it gets easier!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-60057261143384011172008-10-20T10:23:00.000-04:002008-10-20T10:23:00.000-04:00P.S. Kalypso, the 2nd rancher isn't that difficul...P.S. Kalypso, the 2nd rancher isn't that difficult to obtain. It's just a matter of acquiring livestock. I don't think that is the only requirement, however. I would imagine that a certain amount of progress in other areas is included in the requirement. It may not be 56% but I would imagine there is SOME minimum percentage.Freyashawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-10490562075169141042008-10-20T10:21:00.000-04:002008-10-20T10:21:00.000-04:00Mar, what a wonderful writer you are! Please, ple...Mar, what a wonderful writer you are! Please, please either continue your existing Harvest Moon story or write a short one for my HM story site. You made my morning with your comment.<BR/><BR/>Kalypsocry, players beg me for certainties and I only can give speculation where IoH is concerned, even now. I do believe, however, that almost everything unlocked in IoH is due to a combination of factors. As I tell players again and again, be diligent in ALL areas of the game and you will have no trouble with events, new options or new arrivals. In fact, Natsume will stress the fact that Harvest Moon games are not linear, which means that they are not supposed to be that predictable. The fact that we play them exhaustively to find triggers that may be obscure to a casual player is due to our obsession with the games. Unlike games in other genres, one actually could play most Harvest Moon games without ever unlocking half of the options and remain ignorant meanwhile that any of the options existed. There are players who never consult their Farm Menus, who never try to fill the blanks in their lists... players who simply want to marry one girl or guy and are able to move towards that oblivious to all other goals. IoH is a little more demanding in this respect that many of the other games because many of the eligible girls/bachelors are linked to an activity. Thus, if you wish to court Denny or Lanna, you must fish...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think I should write a blanket statement at the top of my IoH Guides declaring that 'requirements' to unlock new options in many cases have not been fully confirmed. In fact, I do believe that following my Initial Walkthrough is the best guarantee of unlocking ALL new options. I had intended to stop at the beginning of Autumn, but I suppose I should complete one full year... especially in view of the fact that I was able to unlock Sheep and many players will find that helpful in the first year.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I never lost the Fishing Contest either, Mar. Even in my first year in my first game, I won it. I suppose now I need to begin to breed a newly purchased cow as soon as she reaches adulthood and see if I can win the next Cow Festival with her at a low heart level. It does require careful timing, though, because their heart levels increase as the seasons pass. It is difficult frankly to understand how a Cow could have remained at 2 hearts after three bouts of calving. Perhaps I misunderstood, but the player did tell me that he bred all of his other livestock from this first cow, being a farmer himself in real life. He then told me he won the Cow Festival with her at 2 hearts.Freyashawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379748386863454385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-2451038320747388142008-10-20T09:42:00.000-04:002008-10-20T09:42:00.000-04:00Ah, sheep ... I love em. Players who only raise co...Ah, sheep ... I love em. Players who only raise cows for maximum profits fail to appreciate just how versatile they are! My sheep not only supply me with wool, they're also like portable pillows that I can lay on when I grow tired in the fields. They're also pros at dealing with insomnia and help me sleep! I also taught them how to knit their own scarfs and sweaters for winter. (boys are good at this kind of thing too!) <BR/><BR/>Ahem, anyway ... It seems finding the "exact" anything in IoH is quite challenging ... it's as if Marvelous wanted to test you. <BR/><BR/>How unorthodox though ... to have a chance at winning a festival with such pitiful heart levels ... I doubt I could even drag my chickens to a festival until they were at least familiar with me... I wonder if Marvelous / Natsume were just trying to give newer players a shot at winning earlier in something... Or perhaps they simply wanted to randomize everything... <BR/><BR/>If there's any festival I know I could win though, it's the fish festival, hands down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287788030356551229.post-62133359415317028402008-10-20T01:29:00.000-04:002008-10-20T01:29:00.000-04:00So does that mean that we need to hae at least two...So does that mean that we need to hae at least two ranchers before we can have a sheep to harvest wool from? This will probably be a little bit of a bother, because I really, really wanted to get a sheep and play that shearing game - it looked fun! (I finally got my Island of Happiness after a long search :))<BR/><BR/>Good luck with Rune Factory II - I'm sure it will be a fun game!Jadishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728618929611477947noreply@blogger.com