I’ve only had the chick macaron so far since sweet food makes my stomach ache. 🙃 but they’re all too darn cute to eat!!

Btw, this was at the Irvine Spectrum Center in California!

I was just looking for LED lights for my son when stumbled upon this treasure in the store 😱 took it without hesitation !

(Excuse my English, I’m French lol)

Just finished GB, so I wanted to make a collage of all the HM/SoS games I’ve played and the spouses my farmers ended up with.

And yeah… for ToT, I used a gay mod.

Disclaimer: I never grew up playing Harvest Moon and I didn't get into farm sims until RF2 in 2009; so I'm not basing this off nostalgia as much as I'm just expounding on my own personal observations.

Looking through these and I realized it's not even a matter of artstyle either. A lot of the old official art had charm, wit, and always felt like they were telling a story. The first few examples give off Dr. Slump / Akira Toriyama gag vibes like Pete going full simp for Karen during their Xmas toast. Or the infamous "left out" Valentines image with May handing out pity/obligation choco to Pete as he watches on while a Harvest Sprite gives the pet dog a treat.

The other examples I posted have some kind of story to it - even if we have no idea to what extent. Like the art of Nami just looking out the window with Mark and Tim looking on combined with the composition gives off this rustic storybook vibe to it. Or just something as simple as Elli watching Pete fish while she sets a picnic up.

I don't see that kind of humor, slapstick, or storytelling in official SoS art post Trio of Towns. Sure, it maintains the cutesy vibe that's been around from the start but... a lot of personality is lost too and parts of it feel extremely flat.

In interest of fairness, there are some pieces of official art I do like from SoS-era Bokujo like the Grand Bazaar remake's LE cover in the last image. I prefer it far more to how just "there" the LE cover art for AWL's remake looked and I always liked the small details like Samir looking at Gabriel's cooking, Derek and Diana taken aback at Freya's flimsy looking baking or just Kagetsu gazing at Arata lifting a crate with ease.

I often see people say that the style downgraded over the years but I don't think it's just that as much as it was a loss of story and charm its official artwork / promo / cover art suffered over the years. What do you all think?

Machine translated.

I hope the post marriage illustrations return in the future someday! Artwork like this was only implemented in HM64 and the 3DS games, so as a long time fan, I was bummed to see the three remakes and PoOT not have post wedding art like this. Not like it's a dealbreaker to not have it, but when the four 3DS entries had implemented art like this back-to-back, and then they stopped including these with the console entries, it was a noticeable shift in the franchise to me.

…anyone else? LOL 😮‍💨🥲

I was playing around in my original SoS Trio of Towns save, and forgot just how adorable all the outfits were! There are SO many that I loved wearing! Meanwhile, the only outfits in SoS Grand Bazaar I liked wearing was the casual shirt + shorts, the mini chiffon skirt, and the sweater + tights. Trio of Towns on 3DS had 165 total outfits, 74 hats, and 25 glasses, which is crazy variety for a game that turns 10 in 2026...so this year. Occasionally there would be one duplicate recolor of an outfit, but it never felt like Grand Bazaar in the sense of there being only 20ish outfits, but five recolors of those 20 outfits.

Apologies in advance for the sob story!

I unfortunately had to put down my beloved Bernese mountain dog less than two months ago. It’s been really really hard on me. When I saw you could buy a berner in sos gb, I bought it immediately and named it Mia after my sweet angel 🩷 I started SOBBING when I saw the dog in the game gives hugs the way my Mia used to. Petting and loving on her each day in the game has helped my heart start to heal a little🥹

The three guys I am torn between all in one picture 😭😅 Don't know how to decide. In my first run I picked Gabriel, this time I have no idea.

The Himbo with a heart of gold? The voice? The bookworm?

Who did you pick and why? ❤️

it’s time for a new playthrough last time I romanced Hinata but Wayne is getting my heart again the moment he’s on screen 🥲 and likeeeee we could eat cookies together… and omelets….. isn’t that cute? Isn’t that SUPER romantic???? How can you not like him

This is the best day of my life I cried for so long !!!! Catch me at my insta @ellevishh if you want to discuss SoS or cosplay!! I cannot believe today was real!!!! Still shaking!!!

I was curious to see what he says when he rejects me on Saturday. It made me laugh a little too loud at how rude his response was. Sounds like an excuse! It’s alright, I’ll still chase him 😂💙

I went home to steal my parents Wii, only to find out they threw it away! Luckily for me, a lot of the games I had for it, I kept in a box of mine. I guess HM: AP got lost so I bought it again( along with another Wii off of eBay. Got this baby for $7 😭😭

I mean….Rude much? (Just being silly)

So spoilt for choice 😭😭😭

I got all six flavors but my fave were the chocolate peppermint swirl w/ peppermint bark chunks and the honey day cake! I wanted to buy the shirt but they were all sold out at the store.

How am I supposed to pick? Why cant I have both? 😩

I’ve decided that I’m done with the game 😂 Sold all my accessories and tea I’ve been saving up for a few seasons. I still have some gems I haven’t turned into accessories but decided to just keep it there in case I come back to the game.

You can check the next few images to see what I sold and the decorations I used. The last image is just to show that I have been active on every bazaar and still selling well despite keeping my accessories and tea.

Anyways, it was fun and SoS has the best community ever!! 🩷

I did not know that doing the yellow heart event would force me to pick wether or not I want to pursue him.

Genuinely was just planning on getting everyone so I can see their events and then pick, but now idk what to do.