As the first Harvest Moon title to come to the DS, the game will have players manage the well-being of a farm. They'll have to tend to the livestock and grow all manners of crops. Their farm can be upgraded to handle new tasks, like holding additional livestock or a more elaborate kitchen to cook their food. The local mine can be used to extract the needed material to upgrade their farming tools.

But things will only become more complicated, as the Harvest Goddess has been turned to stone and banished. Gamers will have to bring her back to "Forget-Me-Not-Valley" by finding all the 101 Harvest Sprites.

They'll be able to choose one of the 14 potential brides, including a mermaid and the ones from "A Wonderful Life Special Edition." Harvest Moon DS also features some casino mini-games.

Most of the gameplay takes place on the upper screen, while the lower one is mainly used for the inventory, status screens, and saving. The title was published by Natsume, Inc. and developed by Marvelous Interactive, Inc. It's a role-playing game-simulation and it was released on the DS on September 12, 2006.

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Recipes

Steamer

Bamboo Dumplings: Bamboo Shoots + Rice Cake;
Cheese Steamed Bun: Cheese + Flour + Oil;
Chinese Bun: shiitake + Flour + Bamboo Shoots + Carrot;
Curry Bun: Flour + Curry Powder.

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