Harvest Moon Forever: Childbirth

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

A new Baby in Island of Happiness

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I mentioned the birth of my son in the previous post with reference to two of the rival Weddings, but what mother would not wish to brag a little about the birth of her child? I think it merits a post of its own. The fact that many players share my intense interest in Vaughn as a prospective Spouse gives me more reason to devote a post to the Birth Event in Island of Happiness.

If you keep your Spouse at 10 hearts and expand your house to the largest Extra Large Size, you will find a Kid's Bed at Chen's Market a full season after your Wedding. Buy it instantly if you wish to experience the Pregnancy Event the next morning. If you do not purchase the crib, you will not become pregnant!

The earliest the Pregnancy Event can occur therefore is a full season after Marriage. After the Pregnancy Event, the birth of your Child will follow after two full seasons. The actual date will depend on any intervening Events that occur in the same week, such as Rival Weddings or Festivals. My own Child was due to be born on 10 Spring by my calculations but by experiencing two of the final Rival Heart Events at the beginning of Spring, the Calendar had to change to accommodate them.

The birth of my son occurred only after both of the Rival Weddings had been celebrated, on 11 Spring.

On 10 Spring, after the second Rival wedding of Pierre and Julia:
Vaughn: The baby should be coming soon. Be prepared!

11 Spring:

New Family

Vaughn is pacing back and forth in front of Mirabelle.

Mirabelle: Stop pacing around. A man needs to keep himself calm during times like these.

He ignores her and continues to pace relentlessly.

Mirabelle: It’s okay! Freya will give birth to a healthy baby.

Vaughn: How can I not be concerned now?!

Dr. Trent: (unseen): Keep pushing… Come on! A little harder!

Vaughn: (!) Hang in there, Tesora… I wish there was something I could do to ease her pain.

Mirabelle: (…) Yes, all we can do is wait. I’m sure that everything’ll turn out just fine!

The cry of a newborn infant rings out clearly, then:

A baby is in the infant bed above the Husband Bed.

Dr. Trent: Thanks to Felicia’s help, the baby was born safely.
Congratulations, Freya. It’s a healthy baby boy.

Mirabelle: What a brave-looking child!

Felicia: You did very well, Freya.

Vaughn: Is the baby?
Our baby?

Vaughn: Hey, let’s name the baby.
Any ideas, honey?

After you have chosen the name, your character will display a big red heart.
You only are allowed six letters.

Vaughn: Attila, eh?
Good name.
I like it.

Vaughn: Tesoro, Attila and I are a family now.
Having a new family member makes me so happy.

I nod.

My thoughts: It just sank in… I’m a mother! Attila, I’m so glad you were born!

No time passes here…
It is 6.00 a.m. still after the birth.
Go to the baby bed and tap on it.
The baby will cry and you will see a prompt:
‘I hope our baby grows up well!’

Rival Weddings in Island of Happiness

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If you have been assiduously experiencing the Rival Heart Events in each year of the game, you should be able to experience the 4th and Final Rival Heart Event for each of the Rival Couples in Spring of the 4th Year.

In my own first game, I was expecting my own baby with Vaughn when Spring arrived. I disregarded this, however, and went forward to trigger the 4th Rival Heart Events as quickly as possible.

In fact, I was able to experience two of the Events on 2 Spring. I went first to Mirabelle's Animal Shop to trigger Elliot's Event. It occurred at 6.20 a.m.
I then rushed to Pierre's house to experience his final Rival Heart Event. That occurred before 7.00 a.m. as well.

Neither of the Events ended in any certain promise of marriage, but when you speak to any of the participants afterwards, they will comment upon their upcoming nuptials.

I rather expected the Weddings to occur one week later and they did, but they delayed the birth of my child in doing so! His birth was shuffled to the first day AFTER the two Rival Marriages, thus occurring two days later than it would have done had there been no Weddings to celebrate.

The Harvest Goddess Festival occurs on 8 Spring. When married, Alisa continues to visit on 7 Spring to announce the Festival, but tells you to bring your husband with you. On 8 Spring at 6.00 a.m., you experience a new Event with your Spouse who tells you to finish your chores... he or she will be waiting for you.

I tried a bit of mischief by teleporting directly to the Festival. If I tried to do this before 10.00 a.m., Alisa would meet me and turn me back, telling me to wait untuil 10.00 a.m. If, however, I teleported to the meadow after 10.00 a.m., Vaughn would be waiting for me there! His dialogue would be the same as if we had gone to the Festival together.

Although I had experienced Elliot's final Rival Heart Event before Pierre's Event, Pierre's Wedding was the first, occurring at 6.00 a.m. on 9 Spring. Julia came to the house to invite me to the Ceremony. Rather to my relief, the entire wedding took no time whatsoever, and I was able to perform all my chores as usual when I was returned to my house at 6.00 a.m. on the same morning.

On 10 Spring, at 6.00 a.m. I received a visit from Natalie, who invited me to attend HER Wedding. Afterwards, I found myself again at the house at 6.00 a.m. on the same day.

This is quite different from some of the other Harvest Moon games where any Wedding takes an entire day and you resume control only to find that all your Animals have suffered from your involuntary neglect. In Cute, I set up all the Rival Weddings as soon as possible in the 4th year and experienced one after another, day after day, for almost an entire week. It was a wonder that my livestock and poultry did not DIE in that space of time. It was rather hilarious actually. I experienced 5 Rival Weddings in the space of a single week. As in Island of Happiness, they followed a specific order, irrespective of the actual order in which I had experienced the Events that prompted them.

I awakened therefore at 6.00 a.m. on 11 Spring to the delivery event of my own child.
I am glad I had not experienced Denny's final Rival Event, as I was growing impatient to experience the birth of my child!

Once again, I had cause to be grateful that I had chosen Vaughn as a husband. He was so very sweet and committed, wishing that he could do something himself to ease my pain...

In fact, players will be happy to know that no time whatsoever passes in the birth of your child. You will regain control at 6.00 a.m. on the same morning. Your adorable little baby will be tucked safely into the Baby Bed above your Spouse's Bed.

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