Harvest Moon DS Easter Eggs and Glitches (DS)

Harvest Moon DS is the first game in the Harvest Moon series of farm-simulation video games for the Nintendo DS video game handheld. It is the counterpart to Harvest Moon: Magical Melody, a GameCube title. The game takes place in Forget-Me-Not Valley, 100 years after Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. Unlike the previous games in the series, which create new characters based on old ones, the characters in Harvest Moon: DS are exactly the same as the ones in A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town. The story of the game mirrors that of Harvest Moon: Magical Melody, for the GameCube. The Harvest Goddess has been petrified and sent to another world by the Witch Princess and it is up to the player to restore her.

In Magical Melody, this is done by collecting magical music notes, but in Harvest Moon: DS, the player must find and rescue the Harvest Sprites from the other world by doing various tasks. Once the player finds 60 sprites, the goddess will be revived and the player will be able to propose to any of the potential wives.

Easter Eggs

Hidden Battle mode
If you inspect your dog's house at 4:44 in the morning (you pretty much have to wait until 4:40 and keep inspecting until it happens), the Witch Princess will show up, teleport you to the mine site and set you up to challenge some of the girls you can marry. The battle is played out like old school video games, where you are given a list of options to battle (attack, defend, dodge, charge, special, escape). If you happen to win all of the rounds, the Witch Princess will congratulate you and give you a diploma and a new title of "Battle Master"(not sure where the title appears, if any)


Memory Game
Early in the morning at 6 AM when you first wake up, step outside the house and immediately come back in. Inspect your clock to see if it says "6:01." If it does, inspect the set of records on the shelf to begin a very challenging memory game! Beware, as you must have a sharp mind if you wish to beat it without cheating!

Glitches

Mine Monsters Missing! (JP Version Only)
On any level in the mines, save your game and turn off the DS, then restart it and load your data. You will load onto the floor you saved on, but all monsters will be gone. Please note, if you progress any further in the mine, all new monsters will sometimes be invisible, but are still there (the mines reset after you leave, so it isn't permanent). This is really useful when getting to deep floors and being able to get tons of items hassle free.

Here's a video of the most annoying glitch in this original title: