E3 2010: Natsume's Lineup @ Gaming Target

Written by Nicole Kline on June 09, 2010

News: Harvest Moon creators announce what they've got to offer next week.

Natsume, makers of the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series, announced its E3 lineup today Ц 4 new DS games. The first is Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar, in which your goal is to make the once-affluent Zephyr Town a prosperous place once again. As usual, you'll be harvesting crops and raising animals to facilitate the creation of a successful shop. Next up is Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals. Maxim, the monster hunter, and his party must protect the world from the Sinistrals while battling enemies and solving puzzles.

The third game is Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon, in which you play a half-human, half-monster character adventuring in a world divided by a bitter hatred between the two. As usual, it falls on your shoulders to try to unite everyone in order to protect them from a larger evil (though really, racism is a pretty big evil). And finally, there's Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove, a Уrhythm adventureФ in which the titular character has sneezed out her soul, and the only way she can get it back is through her spooky dance moves.

See below for full details on the games.

Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar (DS)

The bazaar is now open! Zephyr Town's bazaar was once the grandest in the world, drawing customers and peddlers from all four corners of the Earth. These days, though, the bazaar has more tumbleweeds than customers. Maybe you can turn its fortunes around! Raise animals, harvest crops, craft rare delicacies, and then sell your wares at your very own shop! Can you bring prosperity back to Zephyr Town?

Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals (DS)

The Sinistrals have returned! The Sinistrals, the four legendary harbingers of doom, are out to resurrect the ultimate evil and bring the world to its knees. It's up to the fiery monster hunter Maxim and his eclectic band of adventurers to put a stop to them once and for all. Their adventures will take them across an expansive world packed with dangerous enemies, powerful items, and diabolical puzzles!

Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)

It's an adventure that will transform you! The people of Sharance and their horned Univir neighbors are embroiled in a bitter conflict. An age-old hatred between humans and monsters divides them. You are an adventurer with an unusual secret: you're half human and half monster. Are you the one who can unite the humans and the Univir? And will you be in time to stop the growing evil force that threatens to destroy them both?

Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove (DS)

Gabrielle's having a bad day. She sneezed her soul right out of her body! She'll have to travel to Monster Town, the home of all things that go bump in the night, to get help. Only by busting out the ghostliest dance moves and thrilling and chilling people will she be able to scare up the power she needs to get herself back into her body! It's a spooktacular rhythm adventure!