Land of Beginning/A New Beginning General Information Thread

[Princess-of-Dragons]

That's why you have me here to help think Osu dear~
:D
/beaten to death

Hybrids yes!
Maybe bring back different breeds of animals too.

Custom crops lol.
I want my carrots to be purple~
/those actually exsist
/oh yeah

[gentlegirlfarmer1228]

I would like it for you to be able to grow mushrooms on your farm again~ And of course the return of the greenhouse/basement.

I love the hothouse/greenhouse. It's a big help on winter seasons.

[Osuchin]

I wonder if the hot spring will return.
I would love if you could have one built on your farm like in some of the past HM games. Like HM3 and the bathroom in HM64(which served the same purpose).

[Princess-of-Dragons]

You think setting the pasture grass would be done like it usually is? Would it be done by planting seeds you think or maybe you actually place it?

[Osuchin]

Yeah that's a good question.

Since the fields don't interlock as far as we have seen and we have yet to see if there are larger fields, it seems kind of weird and annoying to place grass on these small strips of soil. So it might be that grass is a placeable item.

Which makes me wonder, do you have to pay to aquire new field sections?
I would think you probably would to prevent you from just placing massive amounts of them early in the game. Though it they cost money it would force players who tend to focus on growing large numbers of crops early in the game to change their plans.

Custom crops lol.
I want my carrots to be purple~
/those actually exist
/oh yeah

They do exist, they are heritage crops.

[Princess-of-Dragons]

*that means Pod*
;A;
My mass amout of crops!
/not like you can grow a lot in the beginning anyways

Random want of mine; I want to be able to make my own bird feed again. Either by windmill like in MM or by watermill like in M/FoMT. I can grow my own grass for fodder, I want to be able to make my own bird feed dammit!

[Osuchin]

Yeah that was one of the reasons I mentioned the windmill earlier. I liked the ability to just commit my first harvest of the year of corn and then have a years supply of feed come out of it, rather then having to pay year round for feed bags. Especially as the number of poultry starts to go up.

I liked the ability in some of them to also process certain crops. Like turning wheat into a dual produce, grain and fodder.

[Princess-of-Dragons]

That would be neat~ :D

I think I would like the return of the bell like in ToT/AP or button thing or something like that in A/nWL to call the animals in and out if the pets don't do the herding. I'd actually prefer that to herding pets because then I don't have to use my time to train them. :'D

[Osuchin]

Yeah I would love to have pets that serve a function other then just companions or something that you could race in a festival.
Like some of them could forage for items, gold, seeds.
Some could be trained to guard you herd from wild animals(and crops from rats.:3) and herd them into the barn.

I would like to see the saddle bags return for horses, or maybe have a small cart you could attach them to, so you can transport larger number of crops. Rather then running back and forth to your shipping bin whenever your rucksack is full.

[Princess-of-Dragons]

I would like saddle bags more if the horse didn't move just as I was trying to drop something into them.
You mean kinda like the cart in ToTT? That was just your portable storage though.

[Osuchin]

Yeah I know the cart in ToTT was just to move between the two villages.
But it would be cool if they had one that you could own and use to store/ship stuff.
And maybe you could even transport other things with it, like small machines, for on the go use.

But I wonder what sort of technological level this HM will have. As it seems to varry between games, with some of them having a more colonial style to them and others having technology that is on par with modern technology. This one does seem to have a more modern-esque feel to it so far though.

[Princess-of-Dragons]

Haha, that would be interesting~ |D

What kind of pets and wild animals do you want to see? I know cat and dogs are already comfirmed.

I'm about to pass out and I have class tomorrw so I'm going to be heading off to bed now. :'D G'night Osu.

[Osuchin]

I would like to see maybe a pet bird, or maybe some of the wild animals that were in AP or MM, that could be tamed. Though it wouldn't bother me if they couldn't be tamed either. It would just be interesting to see more wildlife in the game, like deer or herons.

A pig would be interesting though I doubt I would get it for anything but completionism. Though it might be useful if it could be used to uncover hidden items beneath the ground like roots or truffles.

Good night PoD, I'm going to go to sleep too.

[gyuu-juice]

Reading the Japanese and looking at what was written on the general FAQ, there are a few details left to be said:

A) There are no more levels for your house. So there are no upgrades for your house like for example in MM.

B) You can choose between European and Japanese styles homes - and it sounds like it's not an upgrade or something you have to purchase. (not confirmed but it seems to me through context) -- I think it looks so weird as you 'pick up' your house quite literally.

C) They used the 3D of the system to its full potential by creating a series of hills or levels for your fields so you can see your fields in a neat 3D effect looking down at your farm. -- glad to see that they are thinking about such things.

[InfinityImpossible]

You know... it looks like there are 2 more character info boxes under the ones for the marriage candidates in those page scans, doesn't it? It looks like the tops of 2 blonde heads. Anyone else notice that?