You awaken to find yourself in an unfamiliar village with no memory of who you are or how you arrived. Mist, a beautiful young woman comes to your aid and helps you start to build a life for yourself…on a farm. Till the land, grow crops, raise animals, catch fish and battle monsters! Battling against fierce beasts is very important for your survival, but making friends with them is essential for your farm life

The islands are in peril! Years ago, a powerful earthquake struck the Sunshine Islands. In Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands, it’s up to the player to raise the sunken islands by finding the magical Sun Stones. Raise the islands to meet new characters, harvest new crops, and befriend animals such as ducks, monkeys, and badgers

Tired of the hustle and bustle of city life? Want to trade it for the simple life on the farm

It is up to you to successfully build and maintain a farm while befriending the people in town. The best part is…you can do it anyway you want! There is no set path to following…you are in control of how you want to accomplish your goals.

Rune Factory 3 promises all the farming, adventuring, and romance aspects of past Rune Factory games, but adds in the ability to make main character Maisu transform into monsters once you’ve obtained a “Transformation Belt.” The main new gimmick in Rune Factory 3 appears to be the fact that your hero can use a magical belt to actually transform into the monsters you’re collecting. This unlocks a wealth of new attacks and battle moves, and talking to people in animal form can also change the way the respond to you. Other than that — and the fact that much of the game takes place inside a gigantic tree — it’s more of what you’ve come to expect from the series

Rune Factory: Frontier is a Wii iteration of the Harvest Moon spin-off series Rune Factory, the first two entries having been released on the Nintendo DS. Rune Factory takes many of its gameplay elements from Harvest Moon, but adds dungeon crawling. If you’ve ever wanted to grow legions of crops, but also wanted to kill some monsters on the side, Rune Factory: Frontier is the game for you.