This may not be the best WiiWare title in the world, but it still has me interested. The Japanese WiiWare titleHarvest Moon: Makiba no Mise, has the player go through a series of mini-games that pit you in the position of the townspeople withinHarvest Moon.
For the most part, the gameswill involve youmaking food such as juices and ice cream for customers — not anything as exciting as managing inventory or paying salaries. That’ll probably be for a later title. All told, the title will be sold for 1500 Wii points on April 26th, a date that all you Japanese Wii owners can mark on your calendar.
While I’m not really highlighting the game for being a breakthrough title full of new and innovative features, I do like the fact that it’s presenting a somewhat new perspective on the world ofHarvest Moon, expanding the universe ever so slightly. It’s an area that I’d love more companies to do: put out games that expand the universe, not in the way that normal DLC does, but instead provides a new type of gameplay set within the same world.
I’m not talking about anything fancy here — nothing more than WiiWare, PSN, or XBLA releases, and probably something relatively simple. It’d be a way for companies to really test the waters of trying out new ideas for a series, and it would keep the fans interested for longer. What titles would you want to see expanded like this?
