Anonymous Fish wrote:I never understood why only the handheld games have subforums. Until the DS, consoles were the more popular way to play HM yet it always seemed like (SNES aside) Fogu always shafted the console games.
Fogu only covered the handheld games because 15+ years ago there were a LOT of Harvest Moon fan sites that covered the console games. Nobody did the handhelds. It wasn't "shafted," as the console content was greatly covered by other websites. Fogu covered the less popular handheld games to fill in the gap.
Not my fault that all of the other fan sites closed down *shrug* I own many of the old abandoned fan site domains though, to ensure they aren't abused or pointed to questionable websites.
Getaris wrote:This site was always focused on the handheld games.
I think the mini guides they have about the console games were provided by some other site that had to close down, if I remember correctly.
Yes, HM Otaku closed down in 2008 and sent me their game data so it wouldn't be lost forever. A couple of years later a few of the old admins wanted to revive the site, so I sent their data back. Popularity didn't pick back up though and the website appears to be abandoned this time instead of shut down.
Nintendo seems to want to swap out the 3DS with the Switch, so the upcoming SoS and HM games on Switch could fit fine as their own sub forums.
[quote="Anonymous Fish"]I never understood why only the handheld games have subforums. Until the DS, consoles were the more popular way to play HM yet it always seemed like (SNES aside) Fogu always shafted the console games.[/quote]
Fogu only covered the handheld games because 15+ years ago there were a LOT of Harvest Moon fan sites that covered the console games. Nobody did the handhelds. It wasn't "shafted," as the console content was greatly covered by other websites. Fogu covered the less popular handheld games to fill in the gap.
Not my fault that all of the other fan sites closed down *shrug* I own many of the old abandoned fan site domains though, to ensure they aren't abused or pointed to questionable websites.
[quote="Getaris"]This site was always focused on the handheld games.
I think the mini guides they have about the console games were provided by some other site that had to close down, if I remember correctly.[/quote]
Yes, HM Otaku closed down in 2008 and sent me their game data so it wouldn't be lost forever. A couple of years later a few of the old admins wanted to revive the site, so I sent their data back. Popularity didn't pick back up though and the website appears to be abandoned this time instead of shut down.
Nintendo seems to want to swap out the 3DS with the Switch, so the upcoming SoS and HM games on Switch could fit fine as their own sub forums.