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1	* AdaptationDisplacement: The game was originally released in Japan [[NoExportForYou exclusively]] as an ObviousBeta named "''Shiawase no Uta''". The international release is "''Shiawase no Uta For World''".
2	* BrokenBase:
3	** 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 that it was preceded by the DarkerAndEdgier ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife''.
4	** Fans are torn on whether they like the characters or find them too bland. 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.
5	* EpilepticTrees: Some fans interpret the rival couples as the grandparents of the main ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' characters. The biggest point is that Ann (whose SNES version is explicitly ''64'' Ann and Gray's grandmother) is paired with Blue, who is an expy of Gray.
6	* FanNickname: "Melody" for the female protagonist (CanonName "Amanda").
7	* LGBTFanbase: Jamie is popular amongst nonbinary fans thanks to their androgynous appearance.
8	* MemeticMutation: Dan's [[VocalDissonance jarringly high-pitched voice]] is a joke amongst fans.
9	* 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.
10	* 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]].
11	* OlderThanTheyThink:
12	** The various references to the SNES and 64 titles are lost to many fans who began after ''Back to Nature''.
13	** The SuperDeformed design is often thought [[FollowTheLeader to be Marvelous riffing off]] of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001''. The style is an evolution of the art-style used in games like ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64''.
14	** This isn't the first game where you can keep a pig, that would be ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon3''.
15	* PortingDisaster: Considering a significant part (if not the majority) of the fanbase is female, the Wii version forcing you to play as male is a very questionable decision.
16	* ScrappyMechanic: The Wii version, for whatever reason, removed the option to play the game as a girl. This leaves half the marriage candidates completely unavailable. Needless to say, fans were not happy.
17	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The above mentioned removal of the girl option in the Wii version.
18	* UnderusedGameMechanic: The whole competing with a rival farmer aspect doesn't really go anywhere, as there are no actual gameplay implications with it; you are never rewarded for shipping more than them, but are never punished either for getting outshipped. So you can just ignore it entirely and play at your own desired pace without missing out on anything.

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