Board 8 > Who to marry in Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life

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I only just finished Spring of the 1st year so I still got 3 more seasons to go before I have to make the decision, but so far I've raised all three up to 2 hearts and seen thier corresponding cutscenes.

Don't really think I prefer one or the others yet so what does B8 think

If you want to marry Nami you have to step it up. Decided on her late might make it impossible to get her points high enough.

Well I mean I given all 3 gifts every single day so far I don't know what more I can do than that

I haven't played this but just based on design, Nami > Celia > Muffy

ninkendo posted...

Well I mean I given all 3 gifts every single day so far I don't know what more I can do than that

So let me tell you my A Wonderful Life story.

When I started the game I didn't have any kind of general idea who I wanted to marry, so I just sort of gave gifts to everyone and felt like I'd figure it out later. It wasn't until about late summer that I realized I really liked Nami. She was the most interesting out of all the girls, and I found her personality and backstory to be the most compelling. So I focused all my efforts on her and started only giving her gifts.

Now, in A Wonderful Life you HAVE to be married at the end of the first year, and if you're not married by year's end you'll automatically get hitched to the girl you have the most compatibility with. Even during late Winter Nami had been turning down my proposals, but I wasn't worried because I had only been focusing on her for half the year, so I assumed she would be the default candidate for the automatic marriage. The year ended, I saw a cutscene where my character hears a knock on door, and he opened it to find... Celia.

Somehow, despite the fact that I had stopped trying to court her, Celia turned out to be my most compatible bachelorette. It seems that Nami is so hard to get to like you, and Celia so easy, that's how things turned out in the end.

I was a bit upset, and I had a critical choice to make. You see, I had been renting the game, and only had had a limited amount of time before I had to return it. I could either go ahead with married life with Celia and continue to Chapter 2, or start a new save in order to get married to Nami. The latter option would be a huge waste of time of course, especially since the only benefit would be to get together with a different fictional woman...

So in my second save I focused only on Nami from the very start. I didn't give gifts to any of the other girls, only Nami. I made sure to grind it out and get her the items she loved best. She still turned down my proposals, but I was confident she would be my default bride because there were no other options. So the end of the year came, the cutscene with the knock on door started, and on the other side of the door was... Celia. Again.

I was flabbergasted. I hadn't even tried to woo her, but somehow Celia was still my most compatible girl. Apparently even the mere act of talking to her when I saw her like I did with every other villager was enough for her to get the uncontrollable hots for me.

I was pissed. I only had two days left on my rental and I was trapped with Celia as my bride. By this point I wanted to just give up. I had no time left to redo Year 1 again, and had wasted enough time on this anyway.

...so anyway, on my third save I decided to just speedrun the game, and I ignored basically everything about running the farm. I just focused on getting Nami her gifts and passing each day as fast as possible. I made sure to not even TALK to that psychotic bitch Celia at all during this run. I didn't speak one word to her, and would flee if I saw her walking down the street. Nami still didn't accept any proposals, and I reached the end of year on pins and needles. Finally, however, she showed up on my doorstep and decided to live with me. I had finally made it to Chapter 2 with the girl I wanted to marry, after all that work.

And then I had to return the game rental.

The moral of the story is, if you want to marry Nami you damn well better focus on her as early as possible or else good luck. Also, A Wonderful Life is like the worst game in the series.

How exciting

Wheres Lumina?

Not marrying a 5 year old

From a design perspective I guess I like Muffy the most because she's the most ojousama-ish looking of the 3

But she might also just be Gold digger

You have to think what you want your kid to grow up doing as a job as well. If you want them to stay on the farm you'll wanna marry Celia. You can make them do something different but it's kinda hard from what i remember.

I know you're the ace of games but why a wonderful life?

Also the answer isn't Lumina, it's Leia.

I do like Celia.

HanOfTheNekos posted...

I know you're the ace of games but why a wonderful life?

Also the answer isn't Lumina, it's Leia.

That's what B8 voted for as I finish my gamecube collection

If it's the Gamecube version you can't even marry the music girl anyway.

I've never played this game. I just know I'd never marry someone named Muffy.

Always Nami

Go for Muffy,

Muffy

Grand Kirby posted...

So let me tell you my A Wonderful Life story.

When I started the game I didn't have any kind of general idea who I wanted to marry, so I just sort of gave gifts to everyone and felt like I'd figure it out later. It wasn't until about late summer that I realized I really liked Nami. She was the most interesting out of all the girls, and I found her personality and backstory to be the most compelling. So I focused all my efforts on her and started only giving her gifts.

Now, in A Wonderful Life you HAVE to be married at the end of the first year, and if you're not married by year's end you'll automatically get hitched to the girl you have the most compatibility with. Even during late Winter Nami had been turning down my proposals, but I wasn't worried because I had only been focusing on her for half the year, so I assumed she would be the default candidate for the automatic marriage. The year ended, I saw a cutscene where my character hears a knock on door, and he opened it to find... Celia.

Somehow, despite the fact that I had stopped trying to court her, Celia turned out to be my most compatible bachelorette. It seems that Nami is so hard to get to like you, and Celia so easy, that's how things turned out in the end.

I was a bit upset, and I had a critical choice to make. You see, I had been renting the game, and only had had a limited amount of time before I had to return it. I could either go ahead with married life with Celia and continue to Chapter 2, or start a new save in order to get married to Nami. The latter option would be a huge waste of time of course, especially since the only benefit would be to get together with a different fictional woman...

So in my second save I focused only on Nami from the very start. I didn't give gifts to any of the other girls, only Nami. I made sure to grind it out and get her the items she loved best. She still turned down my proposals, but I was confident she would be my default bride because there were no other options. So the end of the year came, the cutscene with the knock on door started, and on the other side of the door was... Celia. Again.

I was flabbergasted. I hadn't even tried to woo her, but somehow Celia was still my most compatible girl. Apparently even the mere act of talking to her when I saw her like I did with every other villager was enough for her to get the uncontrollable hots for me.

I was pissed. I only had two days left on my rental and I was trapped with Celia as my bride. By this point I wanted to just give up. I had no time left to redo Year 1 again, and had wasted enough time on this anyway.

...so anyway, on my third save I decided to just speedrun the game, and I ignored basically everything about running the farm. I just focused on getting Nami her gifts and passing each day as fast as possible. I made sure to not even TALK to that psychotic bitch Celia at all during this run. I didn't speak one word to her, and would flee if I saw her walking down the street. Nami still didn't accept any proposals, and I reached the end of year on pins and needles. Finally, however, she showed up on my doorstep and decided to live with me. I had finally made it to Chapter 2 with the girl I wanted to marry, after all that work.

And then I had to return the game rental.

The moral of the story is, if you want to marry Nami you damn well better focus on her as early as possible or else good luck. Also, A Wonderful Life is like the worst game in the series.

Every failed proposal after the first one actually causes the girls to lose affection towards you, so you were actually shooting yourself in the foot by constantly proposing.

Day 1 of Summer I just got the blue feather from the elves

right now Celia is at 2 hearts and Muffy and Nami are at 3 hearts

Celia.

Though I kinda admire how unforgiving this game is if you date other girls but marry someone else.

Celia becomes a bitter and hateful manhater.
Muffy cries that she'll never be wed as what remains of her youth withers away.
Nami becomes too heartbroken and jaded and leaves town.

Now the other question is, are you going for a son or daughter?

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that's right hate me

WhiteLens posted...

Now the other question is, are you going for a son or daughter?

Daughter is PS2 exclusive. Kinda sucks because the Gamecube version looks better and runs better but PS2 has all the extras but runs like complete crap.

Well SHINE claims its to finish his GCN collection, but hes actually playing the Special Edition on PS4.

WhiteLens posted...

Well SHINE claims its to finish his GCN collection, but hes actually playing the Special Edition on PS4.

That makes sense then.

on sale for $6 who can pass up trophies

I didn't put a lot of time into this game because none of it made any sense to me. My character kept having nightmares, so I guess I was doing bad.

I try to go to bed by 9PM every night and make sure he's not starving

ninkendo posted...

on sale for $6 who can pass up trophies

I can. My sister got this game for PS2 and I remembered it played like shit. No thanks. Also I remember how annoying it was to actually marry candidates in this one.

Muffy... just look at that name. That girl fucks

I think this is the only Harvest Moon game where I genuinely did not like any of the marriage candidates... like choosing between the least bad or something.

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too easy

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Broke her heart

extra funny it was raining when I triggered that cutscene

ninkendo posted...

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Broke her heart

You fucking monster

didn't want to catch a VN

Nami is the worst choice. Looks more like and edgy teenage boy than a woman.

SHINE ignored the poll results just so he can say Nami is his wife.

w0w

no the poll numbers are correct

so many people voting for Celia means they're also trying to court her

less competition with the others

This game has been much more fun in Year 2 as more money making options become available to you and i don't have to worry about which girl I'm gonna bone.

does nami change clothes after you marry her

she did!

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wow, actually looks a lot nicer. I basically hate her default year 1 outfit but I like her core design. interesting.

I'm going to buy this game just to make Muffy happy.

It's a pretty good game for the first few years. But you end up just wasting days once you get to around year 4 as you've bought everything and befriended everyone.

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

I'm going to buy this game just to make Muffy happy.

In Year 2 she was dating someone else from the city and got DUMPED again

She had to tell me while contemplating jumping off the bridge into the river

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@ChaosTonyV4 Dumped again in year 3

wonderful life, huh? Shes going through it

Only I'm allowed to have A Wonderful Life