harvest moon 2 and im confused

[kawaiipchan]

i just bought the game and i didn't see that it said harvest moon 2, and i dunno how to play. i need some serious help with it. i dunno how to change the items i use, plant crops etc... but i no where everything is. and its for gameboy color.

[female_hitokiri]

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Part 1b - Game Controls
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The controls are fairly simple. The directional pad on your Gameboy
control what direction your farmer walks or runs. The A button is
used to talk to people, continue scrolling text, and use tools. The B
button, when pressed down, is used to make your farmer run instead of
walk. The B button is also used to cancel selections, like when
you're at the village shops making transactions and browsing through
your system notebook. The Start button allows you to switch between
tools and seeds you may have in your inventory at the time. The
Select button brings up your system notebook, where you can check the
date and time, see what you currently have equipped, and how many
animals and seeds you have. There is other information in the system
notebook available to you.
When you first turn on your Gameboy you can watch various scenes play
out from the game if you leave the game to show them to you. You
can get to the title screen by pressing any button or just waiting
for it to appear on it's own. The title screen has four option;
Start, Continue, Erase, and Copy. Pick which one you want by pressing
the A button on your Gameboy.
Start allows you to start a new game. Harvest Moon 2 allows for two
different games to be saved at the same time. When you choose Start,
pick which diary slot you want to use (File 1 or File 2). The next
step is to choose whether you want to be a boy farmer or a girl
farmer. After that you get to choose a four letter name you want to
use. After your name you get to choose your birthday. Events in
Harvest Moon 2 take place on days with multiples of 7 (7, 14, 21, 28)
or multiples of 5 (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30) so it's a good idea to
pick your birthday on an unusually numbered day, such as the 9th or
17th. You can have your birthday in the Spring, Summer, Fall, or
Winter. For those of you who place your birthday early in the year
(for example Spring 11) in hopes of getting a tool power up early, the
game instead will have the Mayor appear and give you 1000G, which
isnt too bad for just starting out. After picking your name you'll
get to a confirmation screen. Choose No to redo your farmer, choose
Yes to continue on.
Continue allows you to start a game that you have previously saved.
When you go to bed at night, you get a choice to save your game in
your diary. The diary keeps record of what day you recently
completed. All saved games will start you at 6AM the next day.

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Part 4 - Your Farm
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The farm consists of 3 animal barns, 3 pasture areas, a Hot House, a
large crop field with a stream running through it, the farm house, a
wood bin, the Secret Garden, and a Fountain area where you catch fish.
Some of the buildings wont be there when you first start farming. You
have to have Ken build you the Sheep Pen (and pasture area), Hot
House, and Bridge so you can cross the stream.

The front yard area at first only has weeds growing in it. The weeds
wont grow back in the front yard, but weeds do reappear down in the
crop field and in the pastures. You cant plant anything in the front
yard area. It has an exit that lead to the village/Mountain located
next to the farm house on the western side. The barns for animals are
on the north side, the Hot House/wood bin is on the eastern side, and
down south is where the crop field is located.

The crop field has an exit to the west that takes you out to the
Fountain area (see Part 4g). The Fountain has a place where you can
store your caught fish. You can fish at the Fountain or in the stream
that runs through the crop field.


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Part 4c - Cows
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The first barn to the left (closes to the Farmhouse) is the Cow barn.
There are 4 stalls centered in the middle of the barn and one in the
upper right corner reserved for pregnant cows. There is a shipping bin
in the lower left corner and the fodder bin is in the lower right
corner.

Before you buy any cows from Chet you need to have enough grass
planted in the pasture. If you go out the door at the back of the
barn, you'll reach the pasture. At first it's covered in rocks, weeds,
and stumps. After clearing those out till the land and plant grass
seed. You need to plant at least 6 bags of grass and have it
sprouting before Chet will sell you a cow (see Part 2g). It's a good
idea to also have fodder stored in the Silo. When you cut grass it
will automatically go into the Silo. You can find out how much grass
you have by reading the sign in front of the Silo.

The feeding bin in the upper left corner is for your first cow, the
one in the upper right is your second cow, lower left is your third
cow, and the lower right is your fourth cow. Each one of those spots
corresponds with the information on your cows in the System Notebook.
So if you're looking at the information about your 3rd cow, it is the
one that stands at the lower left corner feeding bin.
Each cow has a love level, which you can find in your cow information
in your System Notebook. The cow's love level determines what size
milk she is going to produce. Cows with 7 hearts or less will only
give small milk. Once a cow reaches 8 hearts she'll give large milk.
To raise your cow's love level you have to remember to feed it every
day. Take the fodder out of the fodder bin in the lower right corner
(stand next to the bin and press the A button. Make sure you dont have
and tools equipped as your active tool.) and then just press A while
standing next to one of the food bins. You also have to "talk" to your
cows by standing next to them and then pressing the A button. When you
talk to your cows you'll also find out whether they're happy or if
they're grumpy. Brushing your cows also helps to raise their love
level.

If you do have a grumpy cow, it's most likely because you didnt feed
it the day before. If you remember to feed it after 3 days the cow
will become healthy again. If you dont feed your cows for 3 days they
become sick and they'll have green splotches on them. You can buy cow
medicine from Chet to cure their sickness. If you dont cure them they
will die 3 days later. Going to a cow funeral is never any fun.

When you want to produce more cows you can buy the Cow M.Potion from
Chet. Make sure your cow is healthy, equip the potion, and then use it
on your cow. When you leave the barn and come back, the cow will be
next to the pregnant cow bin. Pregnant cows dont wander throughout the
barn like the regular cows and you cant take them outside by using the
Bell in the pasture. You need to remember to feed, talk, and brush
this cow as well. When you talk to it, you'll find out how much longer
you have to wait before the baby cow is born. If you dont forget to
take care of your cow, once the baby is born it will remain a healthy
cow. If you skip a day feeding it (which is possible to do during
summer and winter storms) once the baby is born you'll have a grumpy
mommy cow. Baby cows need the same attention as the adult cows do,
except you cant milk them. It takes 14 days for a baby cow to grow
into a medium sized cow. Medium sized cows take 25 days to grow into
adult cows. Once it has reached it's adult size it will produce milk.
The size of the milk of course is determined on the love level of the
cow.

Using the Milker on cows (when they're adults of course) will produce
either a large or small milk. You can take that milk to the shipping
bin in the lower left corner of the barn and toss it in. Bill may
eventually build you a Cheese Maker and a Butter Maker. Once you buy
those they'll sit in the upper left corner of the barn. To use them
just milk your cow and then toss the milk into one of the machines.
The machine will jiggle a little bit and then give you either Cheese
or Butter. Then just take it and put it in the shipping bin. Cheese
and Butter fetch a higher price then just milk. You can use a small or
large milk in the Cheese Maker or Butter Maker and end up with the
same results.


You can sell your cows back to Chet as well (see Part 2g). He'll give
you a different price depending on the cow's size.

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Part 4d - Chickens
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The only care that you need to give your chickens is to feed them
every day and pick them up. Chickens love to be picked up and put
back down. They dont have a love level like the cows and sheep, so
picking them up is the best thing you can do to make them happy.

Sometimes a chicken will get grumpy even though you've taken good
care of it. Since there is no chicken medicine for sale, the only
thing you can do is wait and see if it becomes healthy in 3 days. If
it remains grumpy you might as well sell it to Chet and hatch or buy
a new one. Having a Golden Chicken grumpy can be an expensive loss
for you, since their eggs sell for a lot of money.

[kawaiipchan]

thank u very much but can someone tell me how to plant items and change tools to help me plant. but thank you very much that will help me too.

[female_hitokiri]

you press start to change tools and press a to use them

[kawaiipchan]

but... i mean like from my inventory of tools. how can i use my hammer if its in my inventory. and how do i plant seeds. i mean stuff like that.