Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace

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Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace
Developer(s)	Marvelous Interactive Inc.
Publisher(s)	Natsume Co., Ltd
Release date(s)	Q3,Q4 2007^[1]
Genre(s)	Simulation
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: RP
Platform(s)	Wii

Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace is a farming simulation title in development exclusively for Nintendo's Wii^[2] system being developed by Marvelous Interactive. The title is mistakenly believed to be Harvest Moon Heroes, because of an error in various E3 reports. It is listed on Marvelous's Japanese website as Ranch Story: Tree of Serenity (literal translation of "牧場物語　やすらぎの樹") and is described as a "heart warming life simulation".^[1]

1 Story
2 Controls
3 Name confusion
4 Livestock and poultry
5 See Also
6 External links

[edit] Story

Tree of Peace takes place on an island that is home to a goddess and a great tree. One day, the tree suddenly goes extremely dry and the goddess disappears. The Koropokkuru (The Sprites), a group of helper creatures, call upon the player to farm the land, build relationships with other characters and, eventually, revive the tree and bring back the goddess.[3]

[edit] Controls

All farming chores will be performed with direct controller motions. To till the player's garden's soil, for instance, they will swing the controller like a hoe. To water their plants, players will tilt the controller downwards as they would a bucket. The controller is expected to be used similarly when fishing and taking care of animals.

A few face buttons will be used as well. Left and right on the d-pad will be used for cycling between tools. Pushing down on the d-pad will disable all tools. The A button will be used to perform an action of some form; it has been presumed that this will be a general button for speaking with people or entering buildings.[4]

[edit] Name confusion

During E3 2006, new Wii games published by Marvelous Interactive were being announced. Two of these games were Harvest Moon and Heroes, a game in development by Grasshopper Manufacture. The line-break between the two game's titles was missing on several E3 reports, resulting in their name being combined into Harvest Moon Heroes.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Livestock and poultry

A video released on IGN on 3 November 2006 shows that Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace will include cows, sheep, goats, chickens, a dog, and a white cat.

The Game's Japanese website shows pictures of: cows, horses, sheep, monkeys, bears, chickens, dogs, ostriches, and another animal lacking immediate identification (most likely an ermine). It is not clear what the roles of some of these animals will be in the game.