Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming
Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming
Developer(s)	Platinum-Egg Inc.; Namco Networks (BlackBerry)
Publisher(s)	NA: Natsume; EU: Rising Star Games; Namco Networks (BlackBerry)
Director(s)	Takashi Miyasaka; Masato Takano
Producer(s)	Yoshihumi Hashimoto; Hikaru Nakano; Yoji Yano
Artist(s)	Igusa Matsuyama
Composer(s)	Yukio Nakajima
Series	Harvest Moon
Platform(s)	BlackBerry, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android
Release	iOS ; NA: August 7, 2009; Nintendo DS ; NA: August 25, 2009; EU: December 3, 2010; AU: December 23, 2010; BlackBerry ; NA: March 31, 2010;
Genre(s)	Puzzle

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming is a farming puzzle video game developed by Platinum-Egg Inc. It was released for Nintendo DS and iOS on August 25, 2009.^[4] At E3 2011, Natsume announced the game would be ported to Android in Summer 2011.^[5] The game features twelve playable characters along with Download Play Multi-Player for the Nintendo DS version.^[6]

Plot[]

The players compete to gather vegetables to fix a mysterious glowing tower that is causing vegetables to sprout at random all over Sunny Island.^[7]

Reception[]

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming received mainly positive critical reception upon release. Lauren Ronaghan of Nintendo World Report praised the game's puzzle elements, calling the game "immense fun", and while GamePro's Aaron Kohn agreed on the strong puzzle gameplay, he noted the game's unequal distribution in difficulty.^[9]^[11] Nintendo Power and Official Nintendo Magazine gave the game an 8 out of 10 and 75% respectively. GameZone's Derek Buck concluded that although Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming does not offer much in innovation, the gameplay is where it excels.^[10]

References[]

↑ "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming iPhone Release Date". Gamespot. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:
↑ "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming DS Release Dates". Gamespot. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:
↑ "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming BlackBerry Release Date". Gamespot. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:
↑ Harris, Craig (2009-06-04). "E3 2009: Harvest Moon Comes to iPhone". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-07-22. {{cite web}}:
↑ "Natsume E3 2011 Brochure" (PDF). Natsume. Retrieved 2011-07-19. {{cite web}}:
↑ "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming Ripe For The Picking At Retail" (PDF). Burlingame, California: Natsume. August 25, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:
↑ "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for DS". GameFaqs. Retrieved 6 May 2012. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Kohn, Aaron (2009-08-25). "GamePro review". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Buck, Derek. "GameZone review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Ronaghan, Lauren (2009-09-27). "NintendoWorldReport review". NintendoWorldReport. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:
↑ "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for DS". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming iPhone Release Date". Gamespot. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:

[2] "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming DS Release Dates". Gamespot. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:

[3] "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming BlackBerry Release Date". Gamespot. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:

[4] Harris, Craig (2009-06-04). "E3 2009: Harvest Moon Comes to iPhone". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-07-22. {{cite web}}:

[5] "Natsume E3 2011 Brochure" (PDF). Natsume. Retrieved 2011-07-19. {{cite web}}:

[6] "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming Ripe For The Picking At Retail" (PDF). Burlingame, California: Natsume. August 25, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012. {{cite web}}:

[7] "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for DS". GameFaqs. Retrieved 6 May 2012. {{cite web}}:

[MC-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:

[GamePro-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Kohn, Aaron (2009-08-25). "GamePro review". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:

[Zone-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Buck, Derek. "GameZone review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:

[NWR-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Ronaghan, Lauren (2009-09-27). "NintendoWorldReport review". NintendoWorldReport. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:

[GameRankings-12] "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for DS". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-10-04. {{cite web}}:

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Publication	Score
GamePro	3.5 of 5^[9]
GameZone	8 of 10^[10]
Nintendo Power	8 of 10^[8]
Nintendo World Report	9 of 10^[11]
ONM	75%^[12]

Story of Seasons and Harvest Moon video games
Story of Seasons (Marvelous) (List of games)	Console series	Harvest Moon • Harvest Moon 64 • Back to Nature • Save the Homeland • A Wonderful Life • Magical Melody • Tree of Tranquility • Animal Parade • Pioneers of Olive Town
	Portable series	Harvest Moon GB • Harvest Moon 2 GBC • Harvest Moon 3 GBC • Friends of Mineral Town • Harvest Moon DS • Island of Happiness • Sunshine Islands • Grand Bazaar • Hero of Leaf Valley • The Tale of Two Towns • A New Beginning • Story of Seasons • Trio of Towns • Friends of Mineral Town remake
	Spin-offs	Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon • Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon • My Little Shop • Hometown Story • Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale • Doraemon Story of Seasons
Harvest Moon (2007, Natsume)	Main series	The Lost Valley • Light of Hope
	Spin-offs	Puzzle de Harvest Moon • Frantic Farming

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