Lets talk about Hometown Story (again)

[Taniyama Mai]

I probably won't alter the design all that much. I'm fine with the default. Still the variations they've shown so far have been quite cute. I'm sure it'd be hard to choose if I did customize the character .

I think it could be really cute if it was a boy. But I would be fine with either gender. I wonder if he/she is on those stilts all the time or if it only at certain parts of the day.

I could see NPCs have feelings for each other but I don't think there will be rival couples in the HM sense. If there is NPCxNPC romance I imagine it will be a part of a character's storyline. Plus since there aren't going to be many marriage candidates and most of the town seems to be young single adults there are bound to be characters you can't marry that seem like they could be marriage candidates. So they may have those characters be the ones who have feelings for other NPCs instead of the few characters you can pursue. That's just a guess though.

oh I remember going round and round with you over the customization in the last game, I knew you would do minimal changes at most =P

it could be, especially if they're a performer.
I like that idea though. and it could work ether way(being a performer or picking things off the trees/high places) I mean, at the least I doubt they'd walk around like that in their home.

Yea, I figure any relationships between characters besides the main one with them will be part of the storyline. if there is anything romantic it undoubtedly will go through the storyline. I do like your idea though, and that would explain why you wouldn't be able to marry someone(in-game wise. you can't marry them cause they like someone else!)
I just hope we get another Marian. having a character not want to be in a relationship like everyone else was a really nice change.

[Googaboga]

Haha yeah I'm still not a big fan of customization.

Man I hope they show off this character and red guy soon. They seem really great.

I think that would be really cute. It would be nice if characters just liked someone other than the MC and that was all there was to it.

I liked Marion too. I wonder if marriage will even be treated like a big deal in HS. It was odd in Harvest Moon for a girl like that to not want to get married but maybe in HS it will seem pretty average if someone doesn't want to get married.

Hmm one of these days I want to make a list of characters I think will be marriage candidates. It will be fun to compare my guesses to the official list. Maybe I should wait until more characters have been shown though. But if I wait too long they could start talking about marriage and that might make it too easy to guess. I'll just change my guess if someone new comes along that seems like marriage material.

[Taniyama Mai]

Haha yeah I'm still not a big fan of customization.

Man I hope they show off this character and red guy soon. They seem really great.

I think that would be really cute. It would be nice if characters just liked someone other than the MC and that was all there was to it.

I liked Marion too. I wonder if marriage will even be treated like a big deal in HS. It was odd in Harvest Moon for a girl like that to not want to get married but maybe in HS it will seem pretty average if someone doesn't want to get married.

Hmm one of these days I want to make a list of characters I think will be marriage candidates. It will be fun to compare my guesses to the official list. Maybe I should wait until more characters have been shown though. But if I wait too long they could start talking about marriage and that might make it too easy to guess. I'll just change my guess if someone new comes along that seems like marriage material.

figured =P

me too. they seem very interesting.

yea. I always found it odd that all these people seem to live together in town for all these years(in most HM games that is) and yet they only seem to develop crushes on each other after you move in? and that's only if there's rival marriage in the game. when there's not they have no interest in each other and it just makes no sense.

for me it was less not being interested in relationships and more not wanting everyone to expect her to and set her up with people(implying she had no issue with relationships but being pressured into being in one and being set up with all these boys she didn't know) leading many of us in the fandom to believe she is in the closet, which is why I like her so much =P

I'd do what we have now, and add characters as info comes out. that way you know who you'd have thought of what we have now before we get new info to change your mind.

[Googaboga]

Haha I never thought about it like that. It is pretty odd that these people who have lived in the same town for who knows how long only start developing a relationship with someone once this random farmer moves in. Seems like a pretty odd coincidence X3.

I've never heard that about Marion before. But honestly I don't remember all that much about her besides being a marriage candidate-esque character who isn't a marriage candidate because they don't want to be married. It's been quite awhile since I've played GrB.

Yeah I'll try to guess sooner rather than later. But it's kind of hard o_O. It is easy to see a lot of these characters as HM marriage candidates but when you think about it in a HS view most of them are pretty hard to see as marriage candidates. I know Haruka will be one and I'll be very surprised if Jinn isn't one. But I'm having trouble choosing the others.

Also here is the video Rune was talking about, the one that said the European release date was early 2014. I'm not sure how many of you guys have already seen it but I'll just put it here for those who want to see for themselves. The video is a Rising Star employee playing the E3 demo of Hometown Story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ZvfQSA3Ks

Ha I really like Samuel (the guy playing the game). He made the video fun. Man and that little loading symbol is really cute. Aw this game seems like so much fun to play. I can't wait for it to come out ;v;.

Oh and it turns out the little sprite Pochica has a gender, she's a girl. Bluie if you want you can add that to Pochica's bio in the character list. Although I'm not sure if it is terribly important.

[Taniyama Mai]

Haha I never thought about it like that. It is pretty odd that these people who have lived in the same town for who knows how long only start developing a relationship with someone once this random farmer moves in. Seems like a pretty odd coincidence X3.

I've never heard that about Marion before. But honestly I don't remember all that much about her besides being a marriage candidate-esque character who isn't a marriage candidate because they don't want to be married. It's been quite awhile since I've played GrB.

Yeah I'll try to guess sooner rather than later. But it's kind of hard o_O. It is easy to see a lot of these characters as HM marriage candidates but when you think about it in a HS view most of them are pretty hard to see as marriage candidates. I know Haruka will be one and I'll be very surprised if Jinn isn't one. But I'm having trouble choosing the others.

Doesn't it? it makes no sense really. unless it's like ANB and people move in after you(as it sounds it will be in this game) it makes no sense for people who have most likely grown up with each other only get together and realize their feelings after you the player move in. it'd make a lot more sense if everyone started at the lower levels of love with the rivals when you move in at the least.
I don't think it'll be an issue here though since everyone seems to move in as you grow, but I still hope they make the characters like each other so some extent.

When I mentioned it for the first time here everyone in the thread basically said they had come to the same conclusion. the idea comes from a scene where she tells her grandmother who wants to set her up with some boy from out of town that she doesn't like being set up and wants to find her own path and go at her own pace and if she gets into a relationship it's because she wants to be in it and not because someone set her up in it. having a character like that was a huge step for HM and it's just really cool to have a character that is implied to not be straight if you really read between the lines.

oh I know, that's why I'm not doing it x3



ack, you edited x3
that video is adorable!! I LOVE the town and the opening cinematic! it reminds me SO much of AWL!(my first HM!) I only got 4 mins in before I had to say something but ohigosh I am so loving this game!!
although the reading of that letter in the very beginning made absolutely no sense. I really hope they re-word that..

Oh good! I was hoping such an adorable thing was a girl~ I wonder if Magi is a girl too, or if it's a girl and a boy.
I still see them as Mokona though XD

[Bluie]

^Wow. I am extremely impressed with the game in that video. The movement is solid, controls look simple but used well, the music is really catchy(Not that I doubted it would be), and i'm really happy there is a dark skin tone option.

I was really disappointed in FE when making my character that there was no skin tone option, when it could have been clearly done. Minor nitpik, yes, but i'm happy more games as of late are letting this be an option.

[LeBurns]

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And one last little observation I've made is that the girl marrying the male MC is probably Haruka. The girl getting married has orange on her dress and that is a color used with Haruka's normal clothes. And very interestingly they both have pigtails with yellow ribbons. Sure Haruka's sprite may show her hair color being lighter than the the 3D model of the wedding girl but if you look at Haruka's screen shot you can kind of see her 3D model and it seems like her hair is darker looking. Plus no other girl really fits the bill and there probably are not many females left that we haven't seen a sprite of considering how many have already been shown.

So yeah that's pretty neat. I think Haruka is cute myself.

Where are you seeing a wedding? I've watched the vid over and over and I'm not seeing it.

[Bluie]

This trailer:

Its an older one so the gameplay looks a little more clunky and the art style is different.

[LeBurns]

This trailer:

Its an older one so the gameplay looks a little more clunky and the art style is different.

Ah, thanks. I had seen that one earlier but missed that tiny wedding clip.

Same narrator I see. I don't know, I just don't really like the narrator's voice. Don't know if it's actually in game. Maybe it will grow on me.

[Taniyama Mai]

I don't really see much of a difference in the graphics in that video, though it could be from watching it on my phone^^U

if you really want to see a change in graphics, watch the original teaser trailer. that one is WAY different, and was the reason I was hesitant to get the game.

(I also love how every trailer says 2013 but the people at E3/in that demo video say it's coming in early 2014)

as for the narrator being in the game, I highly doubt it. I mean, they're not in most games. Look at pokemon! we have the same two guys narrating their language's trailers but their voices are never in the games. it's just for the commercial I say.

[runefactor]

(I also love how every trailer says 2013 but the people at E3/in that demo video say it's coming in early 2014)

But that's because that demo video was from Rising Star, the company bringing HS to Europe. Natsume says it'll be released on 2013 because that's most likely when it'll be released in the US.

[Taniyama Mai]

(I also love how every trailer says 2013 but the people at E3/in that demo video say it's coming in early 2014)

But that's because that demo video was from Rising Star, the company bringing HS to Europe. Natsume says it'll be released on 2013 because that's most likely when it'll be released in the US.

ah, didn't notice that. I was too focused on the content from the game than who was showing it to us^^U

Iwas actually sorta looking forward to it coming out late cause then I wouldn't fight over it with pokemon X/Y >w>

[LeBurns]

(I also love how every trailer says 2013 but the people at E3/in that demo video say it's coming in early 2014)

But that's because that demo video was from Rising Star, the company bringing HS to Europe. Natsume says it'll be released on 2013 because that's most likely when it'll be released in the US.

ah, didn't notice that. I was too focused on the content from the game than who was showing it to us^^U

Iwas actually sorta looking forward to it coming out late cause then I wouldn't fight over it with pokemon X/Y >w>

My concern is over RF4 (which I've already pre-ordered). That one might come out around mid-Oct, or later, who knows.

That Demo play through (for Europe I guess) REALLY looked like a Facebook game to me. I really hope to see some of the character interaction and social side of the game soon.

Does anyone know if there are RPG elements in the game? Skills, levels, etc.

[Taniyama Mai]

My concern is over RF4 (which I've already pre-ordered). That one might come out around mid-Oct, or later, who knows.

That Demo play through (for Europe I guess) REALLY looked like a Facebook game to me. I really hope to see some of the character interaction and social side of the game soon.

Does anyone know if there are RPG elements in the game? Skills, levels, etc.

oh boy, that's gonna suck.

the original trailer does to me, but the new 3D graphics looks nothing like facebook games or my mom's iphone app games(which is why after watching the first trailer I was worried and didn't really want it) I'm betting we won't see much of the stories just so they don't spoil anything. (although we kinda have in that new long English trailer. it showed characters talking to each other with a dark background, which usually means it's a flashback)

that's a good question. I kinda doubt it'll be any different from the normal HM-type levels. just needing to unlock things like better fishing rods and such(we did see the MC fishing and selling a blue marlin so it's obvious we can) I bet if there's anything, it'll be 'levels' unlock the better equipment, and 'skills' to help you catch better fish(be them your actual skills like in AC, where you yourself just has to get better at it over time, or like in ToTT you *had* to have the better rods to get the better/bigger fish)

[LeBurns]

In that Europe demo I was also curious if the people would leave without buying anything if he made them wait too long at the register. If that does happen those store hours will really have you hoping around. I wonder if you can set up a table to 'auto fill' with the same item if someone takes what's on there. The larger store I saw in some other vids will be a nightmare to manage.