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Uncle Jon Jul 15, 2020 @ 12:37pm
Why did they reuse characters from Harvest Moon 64 in BTN with them having different relationships with other townsfolk?
Like some characters in those games are related differently from one another in 64 and BTN. For example Karen was Gotz daughter in 64 but she is now Jeff's daughter in BTN.
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Algester Jul 15, 2020 @ 12:39pm 
Because each title was a "soft reboot" until friends of mineral town
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Otterly Confused Jul 15, 2020 @ 12:48pm 
Originally posted by Algester:
Because each title was a "soft reboot" until friends of mineral town
This. It's kinda annoying, especially if you prefer a character in one game over another but that's just how it is.
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gayming_the_system Jul 15, 2020 @ 12:57pm 
BTN started as a remake of 64 for the PS1 but eventually things changed so much they turned it into it's own game and changed character connections.
To sum it up: The were making 64 for PS1 and some stuff happened - radically different results.
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funewchie Jul 15, 2020 @ 12:58pm 
Rumor has it Wada left the company when BTN was being made, and the team was using his notes.
When he returned, he was not happy with the results.

Recycling the characters might have been one of the things he hated.

Originally posted by Algester:
Because each title was a "soft reboot" until friends of mineral town

Well, technically Magical Melody was a...sort of.... reboot?

Aside from a few OCs, half of the cast were from Save the Homeland, and the other half were from SNES.
(Yeah, fun fact: The Ellen you can marry in Magical Melody... is the same Ellen in this game (Elly's grandmother))

(And yes, the other 4 were grandmothers of the Mineral girls. Nina = Popuri, Maria = Marie, Ann = Ann/Ran, Eve = Karen.
Also, in 64, Ann = Gray (Ran's brother) and Rick (Ran's cousin); and Eve = Cliff (Karen's cousin))
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Uncle Jon Jul 15, 2020 @ 1:05pm 
Originally posted by funewchie:
Rick (Ran's cousin)

Actually that was another relationship in the game that has been altered that I found kind of odd when I was a kid. It made sense that Ran(Ann) and Rick were related because they both were red heads, but then in BTN they made Rick related to Popuri who has pink hair? Also I don't even think Gray is Rans brother anymore either.

Originally posted by funewchie:
When he returned, he was not happy with the results.

To be fair in my opinion, BTN is a better game than 64 lol.
Last edited by Uncle Jon; Jul 15, 2020 @ 1:19pm
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funewchie Jul 15, 2020 @ 1:20pm 
Originally posted by Darunia:
Originally posted by funewchie:
Rick (Ran's cousin)

Actually that was another relationship in the game that has been altered that I found kind of odd when I was a kid. It mad sense that Ran(Ann) and Rick were related because they both were red heads, but then in BTN they made Rick related to Popuri who has pink hair? Also I don't even think Gray is Rans brother anymore either.

Originally posted by funewchie:
When he returned, he was not happy with the results.

To be fair in my opinion, BTN is a better game than 64 lol.

Oh, to be sure.
64 is always my favorite, but yeah, BTN streamlined so much stuff and overhauled the graphics so nicely.

(I still secretly hope 64 gets a remake, but I know the odds of that are slim to none. Still, I'll take 64's Elli's cameo in Tree of Tranquility (as she's a baker in that, not a nurse))
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Maybe Rick got his hair from their father?

But yeah, 64 Rick even inherited Ann (SNES)'s love of inventing, as he's an inventor in 64.
And as far as I know, no, Gray and Ran are not related in this game.
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