Harvest Moon 3

by Natsume

Product Features

• Cool characters
• new items and tools
• difficult puzzles
• high AI
• one-player action

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NCAJ
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,950 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

In Harvest Moon 3, the mayor of your grandfather's hometown has worrisome news: a greedy corporation is about to turn your family's farm into a landfill. Even worse, the village can't outbid the company because it doesn't have enough money. Now it's up to you to save your farm and the town from a landfill! Don't worry--you won't have to do it all alone.

With more gameplay options, items, and events than ever before, you play as a boy or a girl--each with individual strengths and weaknesses--and get to select from a wide range of pets that also have unique characteristics and abilities. As you fight to save the farm, you'll embark on new quests, enjoy more shops, and play exciting minigames, including snowboarding! As with other Harvest Moon titles, you can choose to get married, and, as always, work the soil to make your dreams come true!

Product Description

Based on the popular Japanese game series, BOKUJO MONOGATARI, this is one of the craziest games you'll ever lay eyes on. Begin by giving yourself a name and setting your own birthday, then choose one of eight pets to take along as your companion. You'll embark on an epic journey, facing off against all sorts of wild enemies and deadly obstacles. With more items and tools than previous installments of the game, HARVEST MOON 3 boasts improved graphics, longer gameplay, and higher AI than any of its stellar predecessors. The thrust of the story follows you on a trek through a lushly detailed village, as you talk with villagers to get advice about your journey. Valuable clues will help you solve puzzles and unlock items, giving you a greater chance of reaching the game's adorable ending. If you're in the market for a true epic with a heart of gold, you can't do much better than HARVEST MOON 3.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Harvest Moon Game Ever, December 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Harvest Moon 3 (Game Cartridge)

This is the best harvest moon game ever.I got the game as a Christmas present.You can choose to be a boy or a girl and the other one will be your partner.If you are a boy you can harvest crops,clear fields,water plants and more stuff in the field.If you are a girl you can feed animals,milk cows,sheer sheep,and gather eggs.You have a better farm with two crop fields,A bigger house,Horse,Cow,Chicken and sheep barns,wood shed,shorage shed where you store produce, a spa that you will have to dig,and more.Your house is bigger and has more stuff like two beds,a telephone,a bookshelf where you can read books,and a table.You can buy more stuff for your house like a TV,rugs,a crib,flower pots.You have a better town that you can Talk to people and give them stuff and sometimes they will give you something like a fishing rod.There is a ferry there that takes you to the mainland where to can Buy stuff,watch a movie,Sell your produce at the farmers market,The shopping mall is where you buy your seeds,Home inprovements,Eat at the restarant,buy farm stuff, and more.There is a another store called the Farmers Union and this place sells animals,Grass seeds you can Get a part time job here,
there is a bank where you can put money in and take some out as you need it and this store buys your produce.the telephone in your house is how you sell your produce.And there are more crops like rice and wheat that you can grow.Other places include grasslands where you can Pick berries,chop wood,and you can snowboard here in the winter.other places are the cliff where you can Take your girlfriend on dates and sometime you can get married.The forest is where you can go fishing.And the other place is the mountians but I have not figured it out yet.And One more place on the mainland is a aquarium where you can donate your fish that you catch.And you can go see them.And one more thing. you can Build your own boat.This is a fun fun game and thats why I rate it 5 stars.

52 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harvest Moon 3 "Farming at its Finest", July 27, 2001

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Travis (Lusby, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harvest Moon 3 (Game Cartridge)

Well all you Harvest Moon fans out there are in for a treat. This fall natsume plans to realese the third Harvest Moon game in the exciting trilogy. With great new features like the ability to marry, new shops and items are available too. Guess what, farming fun is just getting started because there are many new townfolk to interact with as well. Yet another plus for the third outstanding game in this trilogy is, it allows more entertainment on the home front(with more animals to raise ,like horses, and new tools like the horse brush, this game has picked the Natsume standard up a notch.) On top of that the carpenter may have a few suprises for you as well. New areas to explore are a small treat compared to the joy you'll have exploring them. New annual events keep you on your toes(or should I say thumbs,) along with the classics. If you're looking for a game everyone will take in their hearts and love forever, this is the one. Moreover, you can upgrade your gaming experience by playing on the brand spankin' new GAMEBOY ADVANCE! If you're ready to get your hands dirty and dig in to Harvest Moon 3, it just might be your pick of the fall gaming crop!!

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love harvest moon!!!, July 3, 2002

By 

Kailey Keiser (Plaistow, nh United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harvest Moon 3 (Game Cartridge)

In this version of harvest moon, an evil corporation is trying to take over the farm. you say you will take care of the farm and you are told that you will have a partner to work with you (depending on whether your a boy or a girl is what your partner will be). The girl take care of the animals, but can also do work in the fields, but isnt as fast as the boy. when you start out as a girl, you have one adult female cow in your barn. dont forget about her or she will die after 3 days of neglect! when you are the boy, you dont have any animals to start with. the girl and the boy have some of the same tools, and some different tools. But best of all, you can get married in this game and have kids! ive heard you can have 2 kids in this game. and unlike harvest moon 64, you can have up to 8 horses of various colors and you can ride all of them! you can have 8 of each animal (sheep, cows, horses, and chickens) and there are new tools you can buy like a mayonaisse maker, cheese maker, sweater maker, yarn maker, and butter maker! and there are new crops like wheat, rice, sweet potatoes, watermelons,asparagus, and many flowers. you can get a part time job at the farmer's union on the mainland, and if you make friends with the fishermen in the village, they will give you your own boat which you can use for sailing, fishing, going to the mainland, and eventually visiting marla the mermaid in her cave.... have fun!!!