History VideoGame / HarvestMoonANewBeginning

''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'' is a title in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' (now known as the ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'') FarmLifeSim series, and it is the last in the ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series to be localized by Creator/{{Natsume}} and released in the West under the older series title. It was released in 2012 and is the first game to be released exclusively on the 3DS.

* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: Your character doesn't physically age at all despite having birthdays.
** Neither do the other villagers.

* AmbidextrousSprite: Allen is a good example, with his bangs and all.

* AndYourRewardIsParenthood: You have a child after marriage. Normally, the child will grow up into a "kid" stage, but you can give them special candy that magically makes them a teenager for a season, letting you decide whether you want to have a small child or a teenager.

* BoomTown: Echo Village, formerly.

* TheBlacksmith: Iroha.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: You revitalize a town that has been stagnating for years, jump start its economy in a way that would make politicians weep with envy, build houses for free despite spending a fortune in time and money on the components, meet increasingly difficult requirements to aid the growth of the town, and run their own farm all the while. Yet certain townsfolk will still berate you if you lose a honey making contest or fail to construct a garden that is up to their standards

* HelloInsertNameHere: As per the usual for ''Harvest Moon'' games

* ItsUpToYou: Only the player can erect buildings and the like. See AnEconomyIsYou above

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: During a random event the women of the town wonder how Dunhill has taken so many pictures of them (and you) without them ever knowing. He's taken enough to fill up entire albums.
* LoveInterest: Multiple love interests, as in harvest moon tradition.
* MeaningfulName: Echo village, an echo of what it used to be.
** You can rename it once the main storyline is finished and it becomes a BoomTown again.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Hana and Kosaburo

* OffScreenTeleportation: its possible for a character to disappear from the map and reappear somewhere else, just as long as they aren't in your line of sight.
** Iroha and Dunhill seem to be the most prone to this. When it gets to be around 8AM iroha will teleport to the forest, and dunhill will teleport to your farm.
* OnlyOneName: As usual in pretty much any ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' game.

* PermanentElectedOfficial: No matter how many years go by, Dunhill is always mayor. related to the NotAllowedToGrowUp effect going on.
* PurelyAestheticGender: Almost. One thing that changes between genders is the bachelors and bachelorettes you can marry, but that is completely optional. Some of the random events you will encounter can only be seen with a certain sex, but they have no importance to the plot either.

-->Low-priced mineral. Has no real use, but sometimes people want the stuff for some reason

* {{Tsundere}}: Neil is this. He also can have serious MoodWhiplash.
* TakeYourTime: Just like Videogame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns before it, this is averted, making time management more difficult, to the chagrin of some players.

* VirtualPaperDoll: First game in the series to completely allow character customization instead of being more limited like in previous games.
* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: You can't work forever, your stamina will wear down eventually. You have to either eat or sleep to regain stamina.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Yuri sells the boy and girl outfits regardless of which gender you picked, so you can have the boy wear dresses or the girl wear the obviously boy-oriented clothes if you want to. Allen does the same with hairstyles, meaning you can have your character ''look'' the opposite gender but not actually be it. The only things giving away the actual gender is the icon on the map (since the girls icon always has long hair with cowboy hat), the eyes (while it is possible to get the eyes changed by the Witch, it is absolutely impossible to get an eye style from the opposite gender), the fact your save file will say "Boy" or "Girl" on it, and that you'll still be addressed as that gender - i.e., when you propose to Rod, Allen tells him he's "got a good woman," Rod talks about seeing you in your wedding dress, etc.

''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'' is a title in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' (now known as the ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'') series, and it is the last in the ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series to be localized by Creator/{{Natsume}} and released in the West under the series title. It was released in 2012 and is the first game to be released exclusively on the 3DS.

You come to an old and dying village, with very few people left. The EstablishingCharacterMoment for this whole town is in the first few seconds of the game when an old man, the mayor, collapses [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment out of nowhere in front of you]]. Now, it's up to you to save this town, by completing Town Restoration Plans that the mayor gives you. You have to win festivals with high quality crops or animals, build things to decorate the town, and move some more people in to get this place going.

After this game, Marvelous transferred localization rights to their Western subsidiary, Creator/XSEEDGames. Because Natsume still owns the rights to the name ''Harvest Moon'', future ''Bokujō Monogatari'' games are released under ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'', while Natsume develops and releases their own games under the ''Harvest Moon'' banner. The first ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014 Story of Seasons]]'' game picks up its design from where ''A New Beginning'' leaves off.

''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'' is a title in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' (now known as the ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'') series, and it is the last in the ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series to be localized by Creator/{{Natsume}} and released in the West under the series title. It was released in 2012 and is the first game to only be allowed on the 3DS.

* PandaingToTheAudience: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning A New Beginning]]'', one of the vehicles you can build and use is a coin-operated panda kiddie ride.

%%* BareYourMidriff: Rebecca

* AnEconomyIsYou: Taken UpToEleven, in that you have to build all the shops and houses to get people to even come to town

* ForcedTutorial: UpToEleven! All of Spring is an extended tutorial, and one of the main criticisms of this game is that almost the entire beginning is incredibly slow.

* FishingForSole: You can catch a number of things other than fish: blueprints, materials, etc. Shoes and cans being the only true VendorTrash items you get from fishing. Thankfully, most of what you catch actually has a use.

* VendorTrash: Scrap metal is useless, but you can sell it. Lampshaded by its description.
-->Low-priced mineral. Has no real use, but sometimes people want the stuff for some reason

* BareYourMidriff: Rebecca

* {{Expy}}:
** The teenaged forms of the player character's children look an awful lot like Mark and Chelsea, the player characters from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness Island of Happiness]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonSunshineIslands Sunshine Islands]]''
** The "default" versions of the farmer characters, as depicted in the official art - Henry/Hart and Rachel/Rio - bear very strong resemblances to Pete and Claire, the most iconic of the farmer characters in the series. In fact, Rachel's design is so identical to Claire's that it can really, basically, be summed up as "Claire with a cowboy hat."

''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'' is a title in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series, and it is the last in the ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series to be localized by Creator/{{Natsume}} and released in the West under the series title. It was released in 2012 and is the first game to only be allowed on the 3DS.

* IronicName: It's title is called ''A New Beginning''. This would be the last ''Bokujou Monogatari'' game published and localized in North America with the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' brand.

After this game, Marvelous transferred localization rights to their Western subsidiary, Creator/XSEEDGames. Because Natsume still owns the rights to the name ''Harvest Moon'', future ''Bokujō Monogatari'' games are released under ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'', while Natsume develops and releases their own games under the ''Harvest Moon'' banner. The first ''Story of Seasons'' game picks up its design from where ''A New Beginning'' leaves off.

* {{Expy}}: The teenaged forms of the player character's children look an awful lot like Mark and Chelsea, the player characters from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness Island of Happiness]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonSunshineIslands Sunshine Islands]]''
** The "default" versions of the farmer characters, as depicted in the official art - Henry/Hart and Rachel/Rio - bear very strong resemblances to Pete and Claire, the most iconic of the farmer characters in the series. In fact, Rachel's design is so identical to Claire's that it can really, basically be summed up as "Claire with a cowboy hat."

* HelloInsertNameHere: As per the usual for Harvest Moon games

* ArtificialStupidity: Depending on house placement, the AI might walk into walls frequently.

* CanonName: The protagonists' names are Henry and Rachel.
** DubNameChange: Hart and Rio, in Japan.

* {{Expy}}: The teenaged forms of the player character's children look an awful lot like Mark and Chelsea, the player characters from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness Island of Happiness]]'' and ''Sunshine Islands''

* IronicName: It's title is called ''A New Beginning''. This would be the last ''Bokujou Monogatari'' game published and localized in North America with the ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' brand.

* OnlyOneName: As usual in pretty much any ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' game.

''Franchise/HarvestMoon: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning A New Beginning]]'' is a title in the ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' series, and it is the last in the ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series to be localized by Creator/{{Natsume}} and released in the West under the series title. It was released in 2012 and is the first game to only be allowed on the 3DS.

Along the way, like in most ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' games, you can get married and even have a kid. You can also have various kinds of animals, such as llamas, sheep, alpaca, chicken, silkies, and more on your farm.

* BrokenBridge: As usual in a ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'' game. You can unlock some of the closed off areas by completing certain town plans.

* FreeRangeChildren: When you move some people in, they'll have kids with them. Said kids get to go wherever they want.

* AmbidextrousSprite: Allen is a good example, with his bangs and all.

* CoolOldGuy: Dunhill's a pretty NiceGuy for the most part.

* FishingForSole: Subverted. You can catch a number of things other than fish: blueprints, materials, etc. but not shoes. Thankfully, most of what you catch actually has a use.

** Weeds as well