This is an excerpt from the Review of the Nintendo DS Game Harvest Moon DS by Pocket Gamer

the graphics, while colourful, are indistinct, and the method of ‘talking’ to other characters – and indeed generally interacting with things – has barely advanced since Harvest Moon’s Game Boy Color outing. The control system can be very annoying as well. It’s all too easy to water the wrong squares, or throw crops away rather than into your selling basket, for example.

Nobody likes games that are all graphics and no gameplay, true. But it’s frustrating that Harvest Moon DS’ is hindered by such inadequate and unimaginative presentation because, at heart, this is an interesting and nicely-paced experience. Like too many close-knit farming communities, it’s just not as welcoming to newcomers as it could be. Get stuck in though, and you may well eventually feel right at home.

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