Those shorter cycles mirror the life of my farmer, who also has a limited time to build a life for herself. Lifecycles turn as the seasons change, and crops flourish or wither according to the care I provide and the whims of the weather. Sunshine Islands is a microcosm of passing time. However, as a life simulator Harvest Moon feels simple and innocent while at the same time hinting at something important and very real. The farm grows and becomes more productive, and the local villagers become friendlier. Eventually, small scale routines add up to larger scale progress. There's a surprising amount of complexity behind the cheerful exterior.īuilding and running a farm is damn hard work, and goals tend to be straightforward but not necessarily easy. The colourful simplicity of Sunshine Islands feels idyllic, although the community still has its share of difficulties to overcome.
It's a bright place where human desire and motivation is distilled into neat bite-sized chunks. The characters care deeply about raising a prize winning sheep or inventing a new recipe. My time living on Zephyr Farm, as I named it, was infused with cute cartoon sprites and environments. There's more to life than finding a spouse and growing turnips, but Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for DS still connected me to core elements of reality.
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