Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (2008) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands

Gameplay is split into four 30-day seasons to make up a year. Each day takes place over approximately fifteen minutes. Unlike its predecessor, Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness, the player is not limited to…

21 February 2008

What Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands is

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Marvelous Interactive and released in 2008. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Welcome to the Sunshine Islands, an island chain brimming with life. Some say the islands are not everything they once were, though. Many years ago, a great disaster befell the islands. Could there be a way to restore them? Maybe you can find out, Player! The islands are in peril! Years ago, a powerful earthquake struck the Sunshine Islands. In Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands, it's up to the player to raise the sunken islands by finding the magical Sun Stones.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Harvest Moon series

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands is the 28th of 60 entries we hold in the Harvest Moon series. The next entry was Harvest Moon: Magical Melody in 2008.

See all 60 Harvest Moon games in release order →

What it launched against

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands launched on 21 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.

Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands — frequently asked questions