The Anthos, my pals, is blowin’ within the wind.
Final week, Pure Nintendo checked out a preview occasion for the subsequent chapter within the Harvest Moon collection: The Winds of Anthos. If the total recreation is something just like the 45 minutes of gameplay we noticed, followers of way of life journey sims are in for a deal with when the sport releases on September twenty sixth, 2023.
The demo—led by Natsume’s Graham Markay (Vice President of Operations) and Adam Fitch (Localization Supervisor and Editor)—targeted on early exploration of Anthos, merchandise assortment, farming, and quest acceptance and completion. Anthos is an enormous world that ought to maintain gamers occupied with myriad duties, together with farming, crafting, fishing, racing, romancing, and extra.
And simply what’s Anthos? Properly, after this peaceable land is disrupted by a volcanic eruption that remoted the completely different villages from one another, your character finds an SOS despatched out by the Harvest Goddess (to not point out a magic key). The Harvest Goddess believed the lands might at some point be reunited, and—ten years later—it’s as much as you to revive her and the Harvest Sprites as you try to reconnect the villages of Anthos.
In fact, that is no small activity. Over the course of our demo, it appeared we barely scratched the floor of what gamers will be capable of see and do in Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos. Duties will embrace:
- Maintain and lift completely different sorts of cows, chickens, and sheep in your barn. As well as, extra unique animals could be discovered within the wilds of Anthos.
- Woo 5 completely different bachelors and 5 completely different bachelorettes. Gamers will be capable of marry whomever their coronary heart needs, no matter intercourse.
- Maintain distinctive pets like wolves and unique animals corresponding to ferrets!
- Gather seeds from Harvest Wisps hidden throughout Anthos. A few of the uncommon ones solely come out at sure instances, encouraging steady exploration.
- Discover the huge world of Anthos on foot or with the help of numerous animals. Distinctive and strange mounts can be found all through the sport.
- Farm throughout Anthos utilizing Doc’s new and improved Expando-Farm. With it, gamers can simply transfer from place to put and farm all over the place from snowy mountains to sandy seashores. As well as, gamers can fast-travel through the use of the Harvest Goddess’s warp statues.
- And, in fact, gamers can doc their adventures by taking photos, selfies, and extra.
Lovely animals, intelligent quests and puzzles, romance, full of life festivals, live shows, and loads of busy-work await.
Are you up for it? You’ve got till September twenty ninth to resolve. Pre-orders for the digital launch are actually open within the eShop, with bodily copies additionally out there.
