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H is for Harvest Moon Magical Melody

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody is a social simulation video game for the Nintendo GameCube developed by Marvelous Interactive. It is an updated version of Bokujō Monogatari: Shiawase no Uta, which was only released in Japan. The updated GameCube version was released in the United States by Natsume on March 28, 2006. For its European release by Rising Star Games, it was developed for the Wii console and released on March 14, 2008. The Wii version added motion-sensitive controls for actions such as fishing, mining and foraging but removed the option to play as a female character.

Among a vast variety of possible personal goals to be accomplished in Magical Melody, there are two primary objectives.

Firstly, players are enlisted by the Harvest elves to awaken the Harvest Goddess, who has turned herself to stone out of melancholy at the townspeople's disregard. To do this, players must gather musical notes by achieving various chores and milestones. Collecting at least fifty out of a total of one hundred notes allows the player to create the titular magical melody that will revive the village's protectress.

Secondly, the player is able to woo and eventually marry one of the townspeople. Players have the option of either a male or female character in the GameCube version. Each gender has a choice of ten potential spouses of the opposite sex, along with the androgynous rival Jamie who is eligible for either player gender.

The game also includes several minigames in which up to four players can test their skills.

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I really really love this game. Of course I've played through 1/2 of it about 20 times lol. That is right I never have made it the whole 100%. I should get on my game cube and do that. There are special notes you have to get and special things you have to do to get these notes. Also some of these notes can only be gotten at special times in the year. If you enjoy games where your goal is to get achievements then you'll enjoy this game.