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Developer: Marvelous Entertainment
Publisher: JP Marvelous Entertainment
NA Natsume
Series: Harvest Moon
Platform: PlayStation Portable
Release date: JP March 19, 2009
NA April 2010
Genre: Construction and management simulation
Mode: Single-player
Rating: CERO: A
ESRB: Rating Pending






Leaf Valley is in trouble. The heartless Funland corporation is going to bulldoze the town and replace it with an amusement park unless its citizens can find a way to stop them. Players will need to grow crops, raise animals, and mine ores and gems to help save Leaf Valley and their family farm. Along the way, they'll earn money and develop their skills in interactive part-time jobs, and build their relationships with the villagers in order to gain their trust and help. With an open-ended story with multiple endings, how players choose to save the town is up to them.

Story

Jack travels to Sugar Village to pick up his grandfather's stuff after hearing that he has passed away. He learns that the village will be turned into a leisure park. Jack decides to take over his grandfather’s farm and work hard to turn the village around.

Upon arriving at the farm, Jack will nominate to pick up his grandfather's belongings. Jack encounters three "Harvest sprites" and the Harvest Goddess, who ask him to stay on the farm and help them.

The protagonist must once again save the homeland by finding a way to save the village from being torn down to build into an amusement park called "Leisure Land". By choosing different paths, you can find up to 16 ways to save the homeland.

Marriage

Unlike Save the Homeland, Hero of Leaf Valley allows you to marry any girl although it follows the same line as Save the Homeland. This is the list of girls you can marry.

Gwen - A young woman with a big heart who loves the village very much. She is very distant with outsiders and can even have a harsh tongue at times. She loves animals -- especially horses. She is named Sarah in PAL regions.

Laila - Lyla is the owner of a flower shop, she's always happy and smiling. She might be a bit older and more mature than she seems. Lyla loves to dream her days away in her shop and is a very romantic young woman. She dreams of falling in love. A screenshot can be viewed below.

Alice - She a confirmed character that is new to Harvest Moon. Alice is the manager of the company that plans to convert Sugar Village into "Leisure Land", she will occasionally visit the village to cause trouble and hamper progress.

Dia - The spoiled girl who lives at the villa with Gina and Martha. She was left in Martha's care when her parents divorced, and this seems to have left a bit of an emotional scar on her. It will take some patience getting her to open up and realize the mistakes she made, but it will definitely be worth it.

Gina - Gina works in the village alongside Martha. She is a sweet, subservient young woman who had grown up beside Dia as her chambermaid. She always has others on her mind and never seems to stop giving it her all. Gina harbors a secret passion and a wonderful skill for tailor work.

Katie - This young lady loves sweets. She is a precocious 16 year old who wants to grow up before her time. She works with her grandfather in his cafe in the daytime, but is forbidden from entering the building at night when it is transformed into a bar. Sometimes she may be a little too sensitive about her less than wonderful cooking.

Aurelia - Aurelia is a Sister who came to Sugar Valley with Chester. She is always supporting him and follows him wherever he goes. She is a strong-willed young woman with a bit of a straightforward nature, but she displays grace when playing the Ocarina.

Harvest Goddess - The great protector of the land. She has magical powers and gives blessing to the land with nature and beauty.

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