Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility

Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (牧場物語 やすらぎの樹) is the first Harvest Moon game to be released for the Nintendo Wii in Japan and North America.

In Tree of Tranquility, the controls are designed to make use of the Wii's motion control. However, the Wii Classic Controller can be used as an alternative option to the motion controls.

Plot
The Harvest Goddess Mother Tree has been on Waffle Island for years, but it died ten years ago. Some say it was because of old age. Others say that it died because no one cared about it anymore after disrespecting it. After the tragic death, everything turned gloomy. The wind stopped blowing, the sun shined less often, the seas raged violently, people moved away and the once famous rainbows of the island disappeared. The Harvest Goddess went with the tree, and no one heard from her again.

You read about Waffle Island in a brochure, as it was described as a "rancher's paradise" and decided to start your new farm life there. On the way over you are knocked out by a storm. During the night, you dream about a beautiful lady. You wake up at Sundae Inn, and everything is explained to you, including the history of the Harvest Goddess and the Mother Tree. Mayor Hamilton suspects that the beautiful lady in your dream was the Harvest Goddess.

You are tasked to reawaken the Harvest Goddess, which is done by helping the Harvest Sprites create rainbows and collecting certain "badges".

Gameplay
Players play the role of a farmer, given the task of running a farm. As part of this task, you grow and sell crops and raise animals to sell their products. In addition to these goals, players also interact with the villagers, both for commercial purposes (buying seeds, selling products, etc.) and social reasons. Festivals play a key role in the game, giving the character a chance to socialize and meet the neighbors. Players can even court one of the available marriage candidates, which will eventually lead them to being married and having a child.

At one point, you will also have the opportunity to discontinue the current save file and start over as your child, while keeping any money you made. However, the villagers don't react to you differently, and your character sprite remains the same. Players can even marry their new character's parent from their previous playthrough.

Characters
Bachelors
 * Calvin
 * Chase
 * Gill
 * Jin
 * Julius
 * Luke
 * Owen
 * Toby

Rival Marriage and Children
Certain marriage candidates have the potential to marry another candidate of the opposite gender if the player does not marry them. There are a total of 5 rival pairings as listed:
 * Chase and Maya
 * Calvin and Phoebe
 * Julius and Candace
 * Jin and Anissa
 * Toby and Renee

One season after a rival couple gets married, you will receive a letter in your mailbox, announcing that the couple has a child. The rival children are:
 * Dakota, Chase and Maya's daughter
 * Heath, Calvin and Phoebe's son
 * Angie, Julius and Candace' daughter
 * Van, Jin and Anissa's son
 * Matt, Toby and Renee's son

New Game +
New Game + allows you to play as your child. Things that carry over are:
 * Money with an additional 10,000 G.
 * All tools skill level, up to level 3.
 * All obtained recipes, items lists, books, and letters from previous file (accessible via bookshelf).
 * Any makers purchased in the previous game, but those will not be accessible until your child orders the appropriate building in which they are placed (coop or barn).

Things that do not carry over:
 * All owned buildings, including second houses, farm buildings, and house upgrades/remodeling.
 * All building materials (lumber and material stone).
 * Relationship points with characters.
 * Tools.
 * Livestock and animals.
 * Story progress.
 * Appearance
 * Your new character will no longer look like your previous character's child, but will rather assume the appearance of a male or female main character.

If you wish to retain your original game, you must save have an additional save slot before giving the Journey Rucksack to your child to begin the New Game+. It will overwrite one save slot.