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Seeds are sown in 3x3 squares and require a certain level of water and sunshine in order to prosper, meaning the weather can have a serious effect on their success: if it’s too sunny or too wet for too long then they wither, but leaving crops on the vine when the conditions are perfect results in higher quality yields. Marvelous is never going to change the overarching formula of the series, and this is a good thing.Ĭontrolled with buttons or the touchscreen – you can change between them at any time – you start off with the usual unimpressive piece of land and build it into a farming empire. There’s a different plot this time around, however: your farmer must raise the sunken islands to return prosperity to the world, and this is accomplished through the usual hard work and exploration as well as befriending villagers, meeting a spouse and settling down with a kid. Sunshine Islands will be particularly familiar to anyone who has dabbled in the series’ previous portable release, Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness, as it shares many of the same characters and the same graphical and gameplay style as its predecessor. Now Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands has reached Europe, and it brings with it a few tweaks and changes that freshen the formula slightly while keeping it familiar for veterans. Harvest Moon’s power to enthral and entrap gamers is often underestimated by those who have yet to experience the unbridled thrill of growing a crop of healthy tomatoes, but nearly 15 years after the original Super NES Harvest Moon the series continues to sell well to experienced farmers and newcomers alike.