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3	''Harvest Moon: GBC 2'' was the second ''Harvest Moon'' (now known as the ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'') game to be released on Platform/GameBoyColor, before ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonGBC3''[[note]]which is a direct sequel that takes place right where this game left off[[/note]], and after the original ''Harvest Moon GB''[[note]]Which was a watered down port of [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon1 the original SNES game]].[[/note]]
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5	''Harvest Moon 2'' starts with the mayor of a village, who determines that, to stay alive, they must use the old abandoned farmland outside of town and turn it into an amusement park. However, someone (that's you) volunteers to take over the farm. He is given 3 years to accomplish it, or the farm will be turned into a theme park.
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7	''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland'', and its remake ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonHeroOfLeafValley'', are later games in the ''Harvest Moon'' series that adopted a similar plot line.
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10	!!''Harvest Moon GBC 2'' contains examples of:
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12	* AdaptationalExplanation: It's never explained why Maria ran away from home in the original game. Here, she's trying to escape an ArrangedMarriage.
13	* ArrangedMarriage: The mayor wants his daughter Maria to marry an unspecified man. Maria, however, doesn't want to. This leads to her temporarily staying at Sara's until her father convinces her to come home.
14	* CanonName: The playable characters are Pete and Sara.
15	* CommunityThreateningConstruction: The proposed amusement park.
16	* ExcusePlot: The Amusement park is used only as an incentive for the player to get the farm up and running again and isn't delved into too much.
17	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Doctor, known only as Doctor.
18	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
19	** You can't get married. ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonGBC3'' would later add this option, but only to the other PlayerCharacter option.
20	** Like the priest in the first game, Cain wears a cross. Future games depict priests and pastors as wearing a fictional red symbol instead of a crucifix.
21	* RecurringCharacter: Pete's appearance in both this game and the original cements him as one. He appears as the male PlayerCharacter in every game after this one up until ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'', where Mark is the protagonist instead.
22	* TimedMission: You have 3 years to revitalize the farm

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