Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (2001) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland

The first Harvest Moon game for the PS2 takes a little deviance from all the other games in the series. The goal this time around is to save your town from being turned into a resort next year. The game…

5 July 2001

What Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Victor Interactive Software and released in 2001. It was published by Natsume Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Your goal is to successfully save your family's farm and the surrounding village from being turned into a resort. Construction begins in a year, so you have your work cut out for you! But don't worry, if you earn the friendship and trust of the villagers they will be sure to lend a helping hand. Remember...It's up to you to SAVE THE HOMELAND!"

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are romance and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Harvest Moon series

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is the tenth of 60 entries we hold in the Harvest Moon series. It arrived 7 months after Harvest Moon for Girl. The next entry was Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town in 2003.

See all 60 Harvest Moon games in release order →

What it launched against

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland launched on 5 July 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Max Payne, Mario Kart: Super Circuit and Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Max Payne, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis.

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