Puzzle de Harvest Moon
{{Short description|2007 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title= Puzzle de Harvest Moon
|image= Puzzle de Harvest Moon Coverart.png
|developer= Platinum-Egg Inc.
|publisher= Natsume Inc.
|designer=
|engine=
|series= Harvest Moon
|released= {{vgrelease|NA|November 6, 2007{{cite web|title=Puzzle de Harvest Moon Release Dates|url=http://www.gamespot.com/puzzle-de-harvest-moon/related/release/platform/ds/|publisher=Gamespot|accessdate=January 26, 2012}}}}
|genre= Puzzle
|modes= Single-player
Multiplayer
|platforms= Nintendo DS
}}
Puzzle de Harvest Moon is a spin-off puzzle video game in the Harvest Moon series. It was developed by Platinum-Egg Inc. and published by Natsume Inc. on November 6, 2007.
Puzzle de Harvest Moon is retrospectively the first entry in Natsume Inc.'s Harvest Moon series as separate from Marvelous's Story of Seasons series (which was until 2014 marketed as Harvest Moon in Western markets).
Gameplay
Puzzle de Harvest Moon is a strategy game in which the object is to harvest plants from a small field shared by four players. Farm animals the player periodically receives give special abilities in a small area; for example the dog protects an area for a short period of time from other players harvesting.
Puzzle de Harvest Moon features characters from Harvest Moon: Back to Nature as playable characters, four single-player modes, and multi-player mode where up to four players can play together, with one game cartridge.
Reception
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Puzzle de Harvest Moon received mostly negative reviews, receiving an aggregate score of 41/100 from Metacritic. The critics claimed that the puzzle gameplay is unfitting for a Harvest Moon game. It also received criticism for its tutorial, which was claimed to make the game more confusing, and for not having a story for single player mode or any extended play modes. GameSpot refers to it as a scribbling exercise.{{cite web|last=Provo|first=Frank|title=Puzzle de Harvest Moon Review|url=http://www.gamespot.com/puzzle-de-harvest-moon/reviews/puzzle-de-harvest-moon-review-6183365/|publisher=Gamespot|accessdate=January 26, 2012|date=November 26, 2007|quote=[The] whole thing is really just an exercise to see which player can scribble the fastest.|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024165526/http://www.gamespot.com/puzzle-de-harvest-moon/reviews/puzzle-de-harvest-moon-review-6183365/|url-status=live}}
References
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{{Harvest Moon}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Nintendo DS-only games
Category:North America-exclusive video games
Category:Story of Seasons spinoff games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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