Harvest Moon 3D – The Tale of Two Towns

Harvest Moon 3D – The Tale of Two Towns is a farming simulation video game developed by Marvelous Entertainment for the Nintendo DS and 3DS as part of the Story of Seasons series. It was released in North America on the Nintendo DS on September 20, 2011 and on the Nintendo 3DS on November 1, 2011 by Natsume Inc. The original release date for the Japanese version was set to February 25, 2010 but was moved to July 8, 2010.

The player starts the game by choosing a gender and picking to live in either Bluebell or Konohana. The two towns specialize in different aspects of farming. Bluebell specializes in farm animals while Konohana focuses on crops. The player’s farm will have different features depending on which town the player has chosen. Like all other Harvest Moon games, the player must maintain their farm by planting and watering crops, and raising their animals.

The player can also fulfill requests that are posted at each towns’ message board. Choosing a town will not restrict the player to that town only, the player can travel between towns and interact with all of the townspeople. The player can choose to marry a bachelor or bachelorette, depending on the player’s gender, from either town. Hundreds of years before the events of the game, the towns of Bluebell and Konohana were once friendly neighbor towns connected by a tunnel through a large hill.

However, fierce arguments arose over which town’s cooking was superior to the other’s. During one specific confrontation, the Harvest Goddess grew tired of the bickering and destroyed the tunnel, cutting off a majority of the town’s contact. Centuries later the towns are still bitter rivals, only communicating during a weekly cooking festival.