Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming is a spin-off title in Harvest Moon series based on Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness. It was developed and released by Natsume on August 25, 2009.
The basic point of the game is to get an amount of crops or score to get to the next level. More of the same crops trigger a combo. The major part of the game is played with the stylus. If you get your skill bar high enough, you can use your skill. A gold crop will increase the watering area to grow crops, as a bonus item.
Modes[]
- Single-Player Mode
- Story
- Tutorial
- Story
- Score Attack
- Mission
- Free Match
- Multiplayer Mode
- Collection
- Option
- Tutorial
Plot[]
Sunny Island has been over run by veggies and now you need to help harvest them while figuring out what is causing the strange occurrence!
Single Player: Story Mode[]
- Something strange is happening on Sunny Island! Crops are popping up everywhere and growing out of control! If something isn't done soon, the once-tranquil island will be buried in an avalanche of vegetables! It's up to you to solve the mystery of this produce predicament as you try to tame the crops and gather as many vegetables as you can!
When selecting story mode, you can first only choose between Chelsea or Mark. With completing a character's story you unlock more bachelors or bachelorettes to play as. In the end there are 12 characters available. Each one tells the story from their own perspective.
Mark
- Favorites: Eggplant (+Score) and Corn (+Skill).
- Skill: Dog Rush. Fully grow crops along the edge.
- Unlock: Available from the beginning.
Chelsea
- Favorites: Cabbage (+Score) and Corn (+Skill).
- Skill: Chickens! Grow crops. Remove obstacles.
- Unlock: Available from the beginning.
Natalie
- Favorites: Potato (+Score) and Cabbage (+Skill)
- Skill: Sandwich. favorite crops fully grow.
- Unlock: Beat Mark's story mode.
Elliot
- Favorites: Potato (+Score) and Corn (+Skill)
- Skill: Moo March. Make favorite crops fully grown.
- Unlock: Beat Natalie's story mode.
Shea
- Favorites: Potato (+Score) and Corn (+Skill)
- Skill: Crop Dance. Many crops grow more.
- Unlock: Beat Chelsea's story mode.
Vaughn
- Favorites: Potato (+Score) and Cabbage (+Skill)
- Skill: Rope 'Em. Harvest all big crops.
- Unlock: Beat Shea's story mode.
Denny
- Favorites: Eggplant (+Score) and Tomato (+Skill)
- Skill: Go, Popper. Some crops grow more.
- Unlock: Beat Vaughn's story mode.
Lanna
- Favorites: Potato (+Score) and Tomato (+Skill)
- Skill: Pop Star. Water once, and crops fully grow.
- Unlock: Beat Denny's story mode.
Julia
- Favorites: Tomato (+Score) and Cabbage (+Skill)
- Skill: Crop Bell. Turn crops to her favorites.
- Unlock: Beat Elliot's story mode.
Sabrina
- Favorites: Eggplant (+Score) and Tomato (+Skill)
- Skill: Regis!!! Turn all crops to one kind of crop.
- Unlock: Beat Lanna's and Julia's story mode.
Pierre
- Favorites: Tomato (+Score) and Corn (+Skill)
- Skill: Gourmet. Watering is effective for more squares.
- Unlock: Beat Sabrina's story mode.
Witch Princess
- Favorites: Eggplant (+Score) and Tomato (+Skill)
- Skill: Magic. Use opponent's skill.
- Unlock: Beat all other story modes.
Mission Mode[]
In Mission mode each character you have unlocked will have three different puzzles to solve, varying in difficulty. Solving all three missions for one character will unlock their skill picture in the collection album.
Look here for the mission solutions.
Score Attack[]
This mode's main target is to score as high as you can. You first choose an already unlocked character to play as. Then, you select a map to play on.
Free Match[]
In this match type you can select your character, your opponents, as well as stage setting, difficulty and match type.
There are three different match types to choose from:
- Survival
- Team Score
- Team Crops
Depending on the match type, you can also choose the player's color, the length of the match, the needed score or how many crops to harvest.
Trivia[]
- According to Natsume, this game was originally planned to be name Harvest Moon: Farming Frenzy, but the name was scrapped in favor of the current name.