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Harvest Moon: Magical Melody wii Game Reviews
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
Critic Score
Metascore: 69 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.2 out of 10
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(Currently available in the UK/EU only) Choose your plot of land from either Ocean Side, River Side or in the centre of Flower Bud village and start farming. With a wealth of animals to tend and crops to grow, Harvest Moon: Magical Melody offers gamers, young and old, hours of agricultural fun for the whole family. [Rising Star Games]

PUBLISHER: Natsume / Rising Star Games
DEVELOPER: Marvelous
GENRE(S): Strategy, Adventure
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: RP (Rating Pending)
RELEASE DATE: March 14, 2008

What The Critics Said

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80
IGN UK
It's soothing, compulsive and peculiarly thrilling all at once: a perfect little world where working hard brings its own tangible rewards and cows have huge happy faces. Even in this slightly butchered state, it's good to see Magical Melody finally on these shores.
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80
EuroGamer
Even after two years, this is still my favourite Harvest Moon game in the whole world ever. Whether you're a fan or a newcomer, Magical Melody is captivating, mixing the best aspects of every game that came before to create the biggest, most involving, most addictive and most challenging entry in this loveliest and most unique of series.
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75
Maxi Consolas (Portugal)
Those who know what to expect from Harvest Moon will find here one of the best titles of the series. To those not familiar with the gameplay, we recommend the game with some caution, since it’s slow and repetitive mechanic, while captivating, will bore the less patient and frustrate those with little time to invest in the discovery of the hidden treasures of a country life. [May 2008]
70
Gamer.nl
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody is a successful conversion from the Gamecube to the Wii. Fans will enjoy the game, but newcomers will also like the addictiveness of this game and its unique style. But the game is technically a bit behind, the difficulty is low and the story is a bit boring.
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70
Games Master UK
This will tide us over until a proper Wii Moon, but it's one of the laziest Wii ports to date. [May 2008, p.73]
70
Gameplanet
It's the 'Simple Life' personified, with all the benefits of running a successful lifestyle block - minus the muss 'n' fuss (not to mention backbreaking labour). Allow yourself a good hour for the learning curve, though.
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65
PALGN
Magical Melodies doesn’t foal around. What kernels of entertainment can be extracted from its time-consuming gameplay are let down by lazy aesthetics and an overall confusing design for newcomers to the franchise.
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64
NGamer UK
A grand old gaming franchise that's looking extremely creaky in 2008 on Wii. [June 2008, p.52]
61
Official Nintendo Magazine UK
A lazy port of a GameCube game. [May 2008, p.72]
50
AceGamez
The major problem with this entry in the farming series however is that it's a sloppy conversion. From the controls to the fact that some people in the game refer to the R button on the Gamecube controller, there are too many things wrong with this version to recommend it to a Harvest Moon fan over the Gamecube and PS2 titles.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Laura D. gave it a10:
I have this game on the DS and I love but the Wii version is far superior!

R. L. gave it a9:
A must have for all fans of the series, the at time lousy controls being the only negative point.

Boy Racer gave it an8:
A very good game and well worth playing if you're a fan of the series. The only downsides are the controls, which are a little fiddly, and the the fact that you can only play as a male. In the original gamecube title you could choose between male and female characters - why the cut?

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