History YMMV / HarvestMoonMagicalMelody

* UnfortunateImplications: It does not escape some fan's notice that Dan, the only dark-skinned bachelor, is a 'soda' obsessed scoundrel who arrives in the town by gambling all his money away and is forced to work in an orchard. He's also the most forward with his flirtations towards Amanda going so far as to decide that she's his 'honey' after just five hearts.

* FanPreferredCouple: Amanda and Jamie. Most fanart pairs them up.

** The SuperDeformed design is often thought to [[FollowTheLeader be Marvelous riffing off]] of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001''. The style is an evolution of the art-style used in games like ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64''.

* VindicatedByHistory: While always popular amongst gamers in general, the hardcore ''Harvest Moon'' fandom originally had a mixed reaction to the game. Fans critiqued the SuperDeformed art-style and felt the characters were too shallow compared to [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife its]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature contemporaries]]. Over the years, more people have warmed up towards the game. It's praised for featuring so many unique characters, its various {{Mythology Gag}}s to previous games, its various recipes, and its plot.

* HilariousInHindsight: The game is often deemed "''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' meets ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''" by fans due to its art-style. In 2020 ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' introduced some FarmLifeSim traits, such as the ability to till the land and grow vegetables.

** The SuperDeformed design is often thought to [[FollowTheLeader be Marvelous riffing off of]] ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001''. The style is an evolution of the art-style used in games like ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64''.

* {{Fanon}}:
** Many fans refer to the female protagonist as "Melody" instead of her CanonName "Amanda".
** Amanda is the preferred protagonist.

* VindicatedByHistory: While always popular amongst gamers in general, the hardcore ''Harvest Moon'' fandom originally had a mixed reaction to the game. Fans critiqued the SuperDeformed art-style and felt the characters were too shallow compared to [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife its]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature contemporaries]. Over the years, more people have warmed up towards the game. It's praised for featuring so many unique characters, its various {{Mythology Gag}}s to previous games, its various recipes, and its plot.

* VindicatedByHistory: While always popular amongst gamers in general, the hardcore ''Harvest Moon'' fandom originally had a mixed reaction to the game. Fans critiqued the SuperDeformed art-style and felt the characters were too shallow compared to [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife its]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature contemporaries]. Over the years, more people have warmed up towards the game. It's praised for featuring so many unique characters, its various {{Mythology Gag}}s to previous games, and its plot.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The above mentioned removal of the girl option in the Wii version.

* FridgeHorror: ''Magical Melody'' has many characters from ''Save The Homeland'', where the plot of the game was to find a way to save the town from being bulldozed and turned into a theme park. It's not too hard to think of ''MM'' as a sequel that's based on what happens if you fail in the previous game. Then again it could easily be an AlternateUniverse.

* NightmareFuel: ''Meryl''. Whatever is wrong with the girl is never stated but she's obviously terrified. She has lines like "Everyone's a liar. They say that growing up isn't scary.", "I planted...some flowers. While...planting, I forgot about many things.", "I don't want to die. It's scary. Why... do people die?", and "I think...about nothing but scary things when I sleep...I have nothing but bad dreams. But I don't have bad dreams when I sleep with Uncle Ronald." It's easy to presume her parents died however ''how'' they did is another issue, and the fact we never learn about her DarkAndTroubledPast is [[NothingIsScarier all the more frightening]]. One cutscene has her expressing the belief that she won't go to Heaven because of something she did in her past. Again, [[NothingIsScarier we never learn anything about this]].

* {{Fanon}}: Many fans refer to the female protagonist as "Melody" instead of her CanonName "Amanda".

** Much like ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' broke the Zelda fan base up, this games visuals are controversial. It's often complained that the bodies are disproportionate or they look like children. It doesn't help it was preceded by the DarkerAndEdgier ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife''.

* FanPreferredCouple: Amanda and Jamie.

** The characters come off as [[FlatCharacter shallow]] due to having a limited amount of dialogue. Each has roughly one line that they almost always say until you get their friendship level up. This is presumably due to the large amount of characters. It's expected they had to cut corners to get them all in well enough.

* FanPreferredCouple: Amanda and Jamie

** Much like ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' broke the Zelda fan base up, this games visuals are controversial. It's often complained that the bodies are disproportionate or they look like children. It doesn't help it was preceded by the DarkerAndEdgier VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife.

* FridgeHorror: Magical Melody has many characters from Save The Homeland, where the plot of the game was to find a way to save the town from being bulldozed and turned into a theme park. It's not too hard to think of MM as a sequel that's based on what happens if you fail in the previous game. Then again it could easily be an alternative universe.
* NightmareFuel: ''Meryl''. Whatever is wrong with the girl is never stated but she's obviously terrified. She has lines like "Everyone's a liar. They say that growing up isn't scary.", "I planted...some flowers. While...planting, I forgot about many things.", "I don't want to die. It's scary. Why... do people die?", and "I think...about nothing but scary things when I sleep...I have nothing but bad dreams. But I don't have bad dreams when I sleep with Uncle Ronald." It's easy to presume her parents died however ''how'' they did is another issue, and the fact we never learn about her DarkAndTroubledPast is [[NothingIsScarier all the more frightening]].
** One cutscene has her expressing the belief that she won't go to Heaven because of something she did in her past. Again, [[NothingIsScarier we never learn anything about this]].

* NightmareFuel: ''Meryl''. Whatever is wrong with the girl is never stated but she's obviously terrified. She has lines like "Everyone's a liar. They say that growing up isn't scary.", "I planted...some flowers. While...planting, I forgot about many things.", "I don't want to die. It's scary. Why... do people die?", and "I think...about nothing but scary things when I sleep...I have nothing but bad dreams. But I don't have bad dreams when I sleep with Uncle Ronald." It's easy to presume her parents died however ''how'' they did is another issue, and the fact we never learn about her DarkAndTroubledPast is [[NothingIsScarier all the more frightening]].

** Much like ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker'' broke the Zelda fan base up, this games visuals are controversial. It's often complained that the bodies are disproportionate or they look like children. It doesn't help it was preceded by the DarkerAndEdgier VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife.

* BrokenBase: Much like ''Wind Waker'' broke the Zelda fan base up, this games visuals are controversial. It's often complained that the bodies are disproportionate or they look like children. It doesn't help it was preceded by the DarkerAndEdgier VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife.
** The characters come off as shallow due to having a limited amount of dialogue. Each has roughly one line that they almost always say until you get their friendship level up. Due to the large amount of characters from old games it's expected they had to cut corners to get them all in well enough.

* FridgeHorror: Magical Melody has many characters from Save The Homeland, where the plot of the game was to find a way to save the town from being bulldozed and turned into a theme park. It's not too hard to think of MM as a sequel that's based on what happens if you fail in the previous game.

* FridgeHorror: Videogame/Magical Melody has many characters from Save The Homeland, where the plot of the game was to find a way to save the town from being bulldozed and turned into a theme park. It's not too hard to think of MM as a sequel that's based on what happens if you fail in the previous game.

* Fridge Horror: Videogame/Magical Melody has many characters from Save The Homeland, where the plot of the game was to find a way to save the town from being bulldozed and turned into a theme park. It's not too hard to think of MM as a sequel that's based on what happens if you fail in the previous game.

* FanPreferredCouple: Amanda and Jamie