Full disclosure: I only bought
Hometown Story now--as opposed to waiting and asking for it as a birthday or Christmas gift--because I wanted the "Red Ember" plushie seen in the photo below that was given to everyone who pre-ordered the game from Amazon.
Because as anyone who has visited this blog in recent months likely is well aware, the last thing I need at the moment is to add more games to my 3DS backlog. (My as-yet-unused copies of
Etrian Odyssey IV,
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask and
Shin Megami Tensei IV are glaring at me right now, as are my underplayed copies of
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and
Paper Mario: Sticker Star.)
Still, I bought it. And now that it's in my hands, I can't say I regret that decision one bit. I mean, just look at the adorableness below:
Of course I've yet to actually pop the
Hometown Story cart into my 3DS. There's a reason for that, though: rather than play it this past weekend, I put a good amount of time into
Pokemon X,
Sayonara Umihara Kawase and
Touch Detective: Funghi's Big Breed (an import puzzler I've been meaning to try for ages) instead.
This coming weekend (if not earlier), though, I promise to put
Hometown Story through its paces--or at least devote an hour or two to it.
By the way, do you think this game's cover has enough logos and other text on it? First, there's the "Family of
Harvest Moon" logo in the upper-left corner, followed by the
Hometown Story one to its right. Then you have the ESRB rating in the lower-left corner, Natsume's logo opposite and ... the gigantic blob of text you see above.
Although I applaud Natsume's design folks for their nod to French and Spanish gamers, I'm not sure we really needed the "Playable in 2D and 3D" blurb repeated three times.
Anyway, I don't suppose any of you also picked up a copy of this "Family of
Harvest Moon" title--or plan to do so soon?
.)
