HARVEST MOON: A WONDERFUL LIFE For Gamecube Child FAQ written by Nekoko **************** **Introduction** **************** Hello! Welcome to My first FAQ! This Faq is for Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life for Gamecube. (just in case you\'re very very lost) This particular FAQ is focused on raising your kid, an awesome feature that wasn\'t very detailed in previous HM games. Personally, It\'s my favorite part of the game, aside from courting girls, and I hope you enjoy it too! Anyways, fun though it may be, there are many things that are hard to figure out and that\'s what I\'m trying to reveal here. This FAQ is (obviously) unfinished but it will grow as I continue to play. I\'m playing three games simultaneously and marrying each girl, so please be patient for updates, it\'s a lot of work. Oh yes, THIS FAQ MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!! I try not to post events unless you can get an item out of it, so those will be kept to a minimum. However, this FAQ will reveal secrets about your child\'s future and may take some of the surprise fun out of the game. But I\'ll try not to. Thank you and enjoy!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *Table of Contents* *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* - Introduction - Wives\' Children [1.0] - Muffy\'s Child [1.1] - Celia\'s Child [1.2] - Nami\'s Child [1.3] - Career Paths [2.0] - Scholar [2.1] - Farmer [2.2] - Rancher [2.3] - Artist [2.4] - Music [2.5] - Athlete [2.6] - Walkthrough [3.0] - Toddler Stage [3.1] - Child Stage [3.2] - Teenager Stage [3.3] COMING SOON - Adult [3.4] COMING SOON - Crushes [4.0] COMING SOON - Baby Talk [5.0] - Toddler Stage [5.1] - Legal Stuff [6.0] - Copyright [6.1] - Acknowledgements [6.2] - Contact info [6.3] - Frequently Asked Questions [7.0] ___________________ ******************* **Wives\' Children** [1.0] ******************* Your child will differ greatly depending on whom you marry. However, they inherit not only their mother\'s good looks, but their minds as well. Your child\'s interests, strengths, and future depend largely on who you marry, so choose your bride wisely. If you show your child to Chris as a Toddler, she will tell his fortune. That part is listed here, as well as the details on each child\'s base personality. The Child\'s interests are what they will steer themselves toward if you don\'t influence them. These are things they like. Their strengths are things they are good at, whether or not they like it. This is good to consider while choosing your wife. If you really want your kid to be an athlete for instance, I don\'t recommend marrying Nami, as her child hates exercise as well as being very bad at it. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *Muffy\'s Child* [1.1] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Muffy\'s child is the most energetic of the three. He wears blue and red, has blonde hair, and green eyes. He will be outgoing and fun. Her child tends to go outside more. -*Chris\'s Fortune*- -*Interests / Strengths*- Career Interest Strength Scholar- very low very low Plants- very low very low Animals- very high moderate Artist- very low low Music- high very high Athlete- very high very high *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *Celia\'s Child* [1.2] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Celia\'s Child wears all green, has brown hair and green eyes. He is down to earth and likes the outdoors. -*Chris\'s Fortune*- -*Interests / Strengths*- Career Interest Strength Scholar- very low low Plants- very high very high Animals- high very high Artist- low high Music- low low Athlete- low low *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *Nami\'s Child * [1.3] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Nami\'s child is quiet and collected. He wears all blue, has dark red hair like Nami and blue eyes. He is smart, like his mother, but very shy. He wears a very worried expression on his face. -*Chris\'s Fortune*- \"This boy will have unparalleled curiosity. He\'ll want to know even the deepest things and may be a little bit of a momma\'s boy.\" -*Interests / Strengths*- Career Interest Strength Scholar- low very high Plants- high high Animals- very low high Artist- very high very high Music- low high Athlete- very low very low ________________ **************** **Career Paths** [2.0] **************** There are a total of six different Career Paths your child can go into. If you don\'t influence them as a toddler at all (which is nearly impossible) they will naturally follow their own interests. However if you\'re careful, you can more or less pick their career for them. All you need is the right friends, right gifts, and right toys. You should try to show them to certain people everyday. This means taking them inside their respective houses/workplaces, showing your child to them, and being friends with that person. If you\'re really specific about what career you want for them, you should try to only keep certain toys in the play chest (Toys can be purchased from Van starting Ch. 2). If you want to leave it partially up to chance, you can always spread your love, show them many different objects, and introduce them to a variety of people. It\'s your kid, have some fun!! *-*-*-*-* *Scholar* [2.1] *-*-*-*-* -Show him- Moon ore Sugar ore -Introduce him to/Befriend- Carter Flora Daryl -Toys- Car -Special- If you are friends with Flora and Carter in Ch. 3, you can get a necklace from her and give it to your son. This will influence him towards the scholar career path. Also, if you milk your cows/goat using the milker and shear your sheep with the electric razor it will help. -Signs- One sign that he is going down this path (as a toddler) is that he will pull out a book on the floor and start reading. This is not a toy from the chest; I frankly don\'t know where he gets it from. It is different from the sketchpad so don\'t mix them up. *-*-*-*-* *Plants * [2.2] *-*-*-*-* -Show him- Crops Flowers Plants Seeds -Introduce him to/Befriend- Vesta Celia -Toys- ? -Special- ? *-*-*-*-* *Animals* [2.3] *-*-*-*-* -Show him- Pets Show him to your cattle Chickens -Introduce him to/befriend- ? -Toys- ? -Special- Getting the cat from Romana by befriending her and waking up later than your wife in Ch. 2 should also help. Milk your animals by hand and don\'t use the electric clippers on your sheep. Also, try not to kill your animals, though I know the goat is tempting. ^_^ *-*-*-*-* *Artist * [2.4] *-*-*-*-* -Show him- ? -Introduce him to/Befriend- Cody The Pyrotechnic Twins (Kassey and Patrick) Sebastian (he likes to paint) -Toys- Scratchpad -Special- If you are friends with Cody in Ch. 3 and go into his house while he\'s there, you can get a painting to put in your kitchen or living room. *-*-*-*-* *Music * [2.5] *-*-*-*-* -Show him- ? -Introduce him to/Befriend- Gustafa Lumina Romana -Toys- ? -Special- By befriending Lumina, you can get sheet music from her in Ch. 3. You can also get a drum set from Gustafa if you are friends with him. *-*-*-*-* *Athlete* [2.6] *-*-*-*-* -Show him- ? -Introduce him to/Befriend- Wally Hugh -Toys- Ball -Special- ? _______________ *************** **Walkthrough** [3.0] *************** This section isn\'t so much a walkthrough as a guide to what you should try to accomplish in each stage/chapter of your child\'s life. I can\'t tell you how to raise your kid (Why would you want me to?) but I can recommend strategies. This section will update as I get further in the game. ********* *Toddler* ********* This is the stage to get close to your kid. Pick them up and cuddle them every day. Maybe even twice. If you have Nami\'s child and are worried about him being a \"Momma\'s boy\" as everyone seems to think he is, don\'t worry about it. This won\'t go away by ignoring your kid. It\'s a default of the game. You should also start steering them down the career path of your choice. Put the right toys in their toy box. Also, you should try to bring them around to the people that will influence them everyday. Go in their houses and such. If you haven\'t befriended these people yet, definitely do so soon. Another thing you should do is show your son items everyday, to influence him. ******* *Child* ******* Continue to influence your child in this stage. They can talk better now so things should be a little more interesting. You can give them items that will influence them now. You can now longer show your son to people so just continue to be friends and visit their houses. There are also several key items you can get in Chapter 3 from different villagers that will help influence your kid. Definitely try to get these. **MORE COMING SOON!! _____________ ************* **Baby Talk** [5.0] ************* Your child says some interesting things throughout their life, so I figured hey, why not record them?! These are just the ones I have seen; if you have more, please e-mail me with the phrase, age of your child, and wife. Thanx! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *Toddler Stage* [5.1] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Muffy\'s child Celia\'s Child Nami\'s Child \"Moon is wound, mountain is twiangle\" \"Is there moon?\" \"Auntie.\" \"were is unca?\" \"Pway wit bwother.\" \"wooking for sister.\" \"mommy said mommy loves me!\" \"Where\'s mommy?\" \"Daddy, how work?\" \"Daddy! Diaper! Pee!\" \"Ah. Dad\" \"I wike dad\" (while cuddling) \"Cawwy me snuggle snuggle\" \"with dad\" (while walking) \"So qwuiet.\" \"MukuMuku!\" \"moi moi moi moi\" \"Buu buuu\" \"Happy New Year Daddy!\" (on new years day) \"Rainin\'.\" (when raining) \"Are you sqwuare?\" (to which you should answer yes) _______________ *************** **Legal Stuff** [6.0] *************** *********** *Copyright* [6.1] *********** Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life was created by and copyright to Natsume and Marvelous Interactive Inc. I, Nekoko, wrote this FAQ and the information contained herein was discovered through my hard work (don\'t know when videogames became work ^_^). Please do not copy my info, or at least reword it. ****************** *Acknowledgements* [6.2] ****************** Thanks to Gamefaqs for creating this genius site. Thanx to my brother for letting me study his kid in his game. Thanx to Natsume for creating Harvest Moon Thanx to people who wrote other Harvest Moon FAQS, they really helped me in my game and allowed me to double check my observations. Thanx. to whomever else deserves thanking ************** *Contact Info* [6.3] ************** If you find any mistakes in this FAQ, have new information, or whatever, please e-mail me at [email protected] and put \"Gamefaqs\" somewhere in the subject or Ill delete it. You will definitely be given credit for your input. Oh yes, if you find any spelling errors, please tell me. I\'m just weird about those kind of things. Thank you so much!!