Another Wonderful Life...Same Stuff, Different Day

I really feel like I’ve been cheated. I broke down and purchased Another Wonderful Life for Nintendo Game Cube. I love the Harvest Moon series, I love the the first game: It’s a Wonderful Life, so I was sure that I would love this game. Afterall, the girl on the front of the box looked so…so cute.

They could have told me somewhere on the box that it’s the EXACT SAME GAME as A Wonderful Life. Sure, I expected it to have some of the same storyline, the same gaming componants, the same people in Forget-Me-Not Valley, even the same chickens. But I did not expect for them to completely repackage It’s a Wonderful Life changing only the main character from a boy to a girl.

Maybe I have not played long enough into it, but methinks at this point it is safe to say I’m having a bit of gaming deja vu.

To make matters worse, look at the marriage prospects I have here in the valley. Marlin, Gustafa and Rock. These guys are all losers. I know, I’ve hung out with them before in my incarnation as a male. Rock has the intellect of his name, Mustafa can’t keep a job and Marlin…well, let’s just say that he gives me the creeps. He’s always watching me. Would it have killed Nintendo to import a few new males into this version of Harvest Moon? Makes me want to stay single and barren.

The game itself is cute, as is A Wonderful Life. And I do like being a girl for once. It’s always a bit strange for me to play a boy character and to try and ‘woo’ a woman. (Why did they make boy chars anyway? How many males actually purchase anything in the Harvest Moon series for themselves?) But, I’m disappointed that I spent money on a game I’ve alreayd played. (Well, okay in all fairness I had never really finished A Wonderful Life, but that’s another story).

I want my money back…or I want them to send in some new guys to Forget-Me-Not Valley, big strong, handsome non-creepy sorts… Either/Or…I’m not picky.