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3	''Harvest Moon: Light of Hope'' is the fourth ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon\|Natsume}}'' title developed by Creator/{{Natsume}}. It was released on Platform/{{Steam}} in November 2017 and was ported to the Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/NintendoSwitch in May 2018.
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5	The story starts when the protagonist's boat is caught in a storm. They end up on Beacon Island and are saved by a mysterious woman. However, only three people still reside on Beacon Island. Everyone else left after the famous lighthouse's light suddenly died a few years. The protagonist volunteers to fix the lighthouse and bring life to the desolate island, all the while fixing up a nearby farm.
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7	The physical version was released as ''Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition''. It includes four [=DLCs=] and a new character: a Gem Sprite named Soleil who can help you harvest crops, collect resources, and be married. ''Light of Hope Special Edition'' is also the first title in either the ''Harvest Moon'' or ''Story of Seasons'' series' to feature co-op multiplayer.
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10	!!This game provides examples of:
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12	* AdiposeRex: Gorgan, King of the Underworld, is by far the largest character in the game, in terms of both height and width.
13	* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: There's a bobcat cub in the mountain that you can pet. If it likes you enough, you can even take it home and make it your pet. It sounds and is treated exactly like a housecat.
14	* AmbiguouslyBi: You can see all the first few Note Events even if you're of the same gender as the character. This makes it seem like EveryoneIsBi, except you can't marry them.
15	* AmbiguouslyBrown:
16	** Gabriel, his mother Sofia, and his brother Michael all have light brown skin and indigenous-looking clothes.
17	** Nova has dark skin. Her mother is unknown and her father is King of the Underworld.
18	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Even more-so than most titles due to the general lack of modern technology such as television. The characters dress as if they're from different time periods, with, for example, the female protagonist's more modern attire contrasting with Cyril's anachronistic one. The game is presumably in RetroUniverse like other titles.
19	* AndYourRewardIsParenthood: Marry your love interest, and the two of you will eventually have a baby. The Harvest Sprites take care to point out that they'll look after your child for you while you're farming, to avoid the potential worries of your child being left alone while you work.
20	* BluebirdOfHappiness: The bluebird is a part of the game's story and gives the protagonist the Blue Feather, which they can propose with. It's also [[spoiler:the Harvest Goddess in bird form]].
21	* CaptainObvious: Doc, who has this piece of advice for you: "If you fix the bridge, you'll be able to get to the other side".
22	* CaringGardener: Dean, an incredibly nice guy who absolutely adores flowers. Luckily, his mother happens to run the local flower shop.
23	* DatingCatwoman: Gorgan is the closest thing any ''Harvest Moon'' game can have to an antagonist. He created the storm that destroyed most of the island; though his intention was only to keep his daughter by his side, he still has a very cavalier attitude about the effects of his actions, and adamantly refuses to help fix the damage he caused. Nonetheless, a female PC can later end up courting and marrying him.
24	* DevelopersForesight:
25	** If the female PC gives birth to Dean's child, Carol's dialogue will be different than with any other characters.
26	** Marrying Gabriel causes his mother Sofia and brother Michael to have unique dialogue referencing it.
27	* DivineDate: You can court and marry the Harvest Goddess if male, or the Gorgan, the King of the Underworld, if female.
28	* DivineIntervention: Your child becomes suddenly ill with a terminal illness called "Petrification". The local doctor and even the local witch can't help them. It's only through help with the Harvest God that your kid is saved.
29	* GenderInclusiveWriting: With few exceptions, your spouse and child aren't gendered in dialogue.
30	* GuideDangIt: Good luck getting most mutated crops without a guide. Some of them have extremely specific requirements, the amount you need to sell to unlock the seed for it vary with each one, and whether or not a crop will mutate is randomly determined the day it reaches full growth, so you're not even guaranteed to get any mutated ones at all. The game offers absolutely no clues on how to get mutations, either.
31	* HalfHumanHybrid: Heavily implied with Nova. Despite being Gorgan's daughter, her magic is relatively weak, and she is unable to see the Harvest God, Goddess, or Sprites, meaning she most likely had a mortal mother.
32	* HiddenDepths: Gorgan, who comes off as thoughtless and arrogant at first, especially since he refuses to help the PC restore the lighthouse. However, he reveals a much softer side to a female PC who romances him.
33	* HotGod: The Harvest Goddess, as usual with any ''Harvest Moon'' game, is an attractive young woman who can be married.
34	* InterspeciesRomance: The protagonist, a human, can marry Soleil, a Gem Sprite.
35	* LongHairedPrettyBoy:
36	** Edmond is a {{bishonen}} with long MysticalWhiteHair.
37	** Cyril is a proper looking {{bishonen}} who has his hair tied into a ponytail.
38	* MayflyDecemberRomance: With Gorgan or the Harvest Goddess, if the PC marries them. They will both [[LampShade lampshade]] the fact that they are immortal, while the player character is not, but choose not to dwell on the subject.
39	* MissionPackSequel: ''Light of Hope'' is similar to the mobile game ''Seeds of Memories'' but it has many improvements over it.
40	* NoBiologicalSex: The Harvest Sprites are unisex looking and aren't listed as having any genders, though they will occasionally refer to each other with specific pronouns -- i.e. Blossom is referred to as a "she," while Dewy is referred to as a "he."
41	* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Sally and Michael don't age, even after your own child has grown into a child.
42	* ParentalAbandonment: No character has both a mother and a father present.
43	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The female Soleil is pink-themed and the male is blue-themed.
44	* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Soleil is in "baby form" by default, but ages up to an adult if you marry them.
45	* PuppyLove: Michael is a young boy with a crush on Sally, though [[{{Tsundere}} won't admit it]].
46	* SecondLove: Rare for a ''Harvest Moon'' game -- [[spoiler:a male player can potentially be this for the Harvest Goddess.]]
47	* ShrinkingViolet: Jeanne is so shy that she even stutters in her letters.
48	* ShoutOut: In one cutscene, CuteWitch Tabitha yells "[[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} bippity-boppity]]", which she calls the highest form of praise. The Harvest God also says the term later on.
49	* StealthSequel: Characters reference past events from previous Natsume titles.
50	* TakenForGranite: In one scene your child contracts a disease called "Petrification" that causes people to turn into rocks and die. The only cure involves divine intervention from the Harvest God.
51	* TookALevelInKindness: Gorgan becomes considerably nicer if a female PC romances him.
52	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Harvest Goddess absolutely loves strawberries, ''especially'' strawberry jam. [[spoiler:A male PC who courts her eventually learns that this is because she fell in love with a human man long ago, who was also a farmer, and would always bring her his fresh strawberries.]]
53	* VagueAge: Your child has aspects of a toddler and a young child once they reach the third stage. The game skips from a baby who has just learned to walk to a child, but your child still sleeps in a crib and enjoys being given baby bottles.
54	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The wildlife, namely the bobcat, suggests a North American setting, but it's never mentioned where the island is.

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