WMG / Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar

Zephyr Town turns it's inhabitants into brain-addled drones

Zephyr Town is a malevolent Genius Loci. Think about how your character reacts with a "Yay!" when they fall through the ice in Winter. How when they climb out of the river, they react with the same glee if they finds a gold nugget or a stick. The way your spouse will stop talking about your child about an hour after they're born. The way every festival will draw the same lines from the townsfolk. Zephyr Town itself molds them into their separate Stepford-like roles, only making exceptions for whomever you marry (switching their role over to "your spouse") And once they settle in, they can never leave for long. Anyone who manages to truly break free (Like Stuart and Ethel's son) take care never to return, lest they be re-ensnared.