Play Harvest Moon DS – Island of Happiness Online

Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness is a 2008 farm simulation for the Nintendo DS, developed by Marvelous Interactive and published by Natsume in North America. Playing as Mark or Chelsea, the player is shipwrecked on a deserted island and rebuilds it by farming, which draws new residents. Movement and most actions use the stylus; the D-pad and buttons only operate equipped tools.

How To Play Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness

Control Action
Stylus: touch and hold near the character Walk in that direction (further from the character to run)
Stylus: tap a villager or animal Talk / interact
Stylus: tap an item on the ground Pick it up
Stylus: drag a tool or item into a tool slot Equip it
Stylus: drag an item to the shipping bin or food bin Ship it or feed animals
Stylus: tap MENU Open Diary, Rucksack, and Assets menus
D-Pad / face buttons Use the tool in the matching equipped slot
Microphone (Wi-Fi mode) Voice chat with a friend

About Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness

Release date NA: August 26, 2008
EU: December 12, 2008
JP: February 1, 2007
AU: March 26, 2009
Developer Marvelous Interactive
Publisher Marvelous Interactive (JP), Natsume (NA), Rising Star Games (EU)
Platform Nintendo DS
Genre Farm simulation
Series Harvest Moon (Story of Seasons)
Modes Single-player; Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection leaderboards and voice chat (discontinued)
Also known as Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness; Bokujō Monogatari: Kimi to Sodatsu Shima (Japan)

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