Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life

Data Unused TextThe game contains a debug dialogue file with unused lines of dialogue. Many of them are untranslated.

Unused Items#

To do: Add screenshots of hacked items.

There are a number of unused items that can be hacked into the game.

Invisible Items#

Hacking these items into the game will show your character holding nothing (invisible item):

• Goat
• Teddy Bear
• Flower Pot

Tools#

This could mean that there was originally the ability to chop trees/stumps, similar to other games in the Harvest Moon series.

Name	Image
Ax

Lures#

These items are an indication that fishing could have been more involved, with more options available to the player.

Name	Image
Lure 1
Lure 2

Records#

Some unused records. Hacking them into the game will reveal that they have no associated audio, and so they are silent.

Name	Image
Record13
Record14
Record15

Nursing Bottles#

At one point, it might have been possible to bottle-feed your child when it was an infant.

Name	Image	Description
Nursing Bottle (Pink Lid)		これロキャラのモ—ション用のアイテム
Nursing Bottle (Green Lid)		これロキャラのモ—ション用のアイテム

Consumables#

These are items that the player encounters, but they are immediately consumed and are never put into the inventory.

• Welcomush - These are the mushrooms that grow outside of the Harvest Sprites' home.
• Red Punch
• Blue Punch
• Moon Trip
• Moomoo Milk
• Cherry Pink

Miscellaneous#

• DUMMY
• Trash
• Drawing Book
• Closed Book 1
• Open Book 1
• Closed Book 2
• Open Book 2
• Closed Book 3
• Open Book 3
• Closed Book 4
• Open Book 4
• Blocks 1
• Blocks 2
• Blocks 3

Unused Videos#

Rebirth FMV Tech Demo#

v1.01 of the Japanese release contains an unused video of Nintendo's Rebirth FMV Tech Demo, listed as demo.thp on the disc. Watch on YouTube

This was likely used as a placeholder video for the demo mode screen, which plays when left on idle.

It was replaced with actual gameplay footage, demo3.thp, later in development.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	International

Banner#

Japan	International

Character Names#

Many character names were changed during the localization process. However, the dialogue files for each character retain their original Japanese name (or some variant thereof).