Nintendo Gamecube/Wii
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody Characters List
- Release date
November 10, 2005
- Platform
Nintendo Gamecube/Wii
- Developer
Marvelous Interactive
Characters
Walkthrough
Overview
Main NPCs
Harvest Goddess
- Appearance: Ethereal woman with long green hair and a flowing dress
- Description: The guardian deity of nature, turned to stone
- Personality: Kind, nurturing, and deeply connected to nature
- Impact: Central to the main storyline; player must collect musical notes to revive her
- Availability: Seen in the game's introduction and after being revived
Mayor Theodore
- Appearance: Short, rotund man with a mustache and top hat
- Description: The mayor of the village
- Personality: Jovial, welcoming, and invested in the village's growth
- Impact: Introduces the player to the village and provides guidance
- Availability: Often found in the town square or his home
Bachelors/Bachelorettes
Ann
- Appearance: Redhead with a ponytail, usually wearing overalls
- Description: Works at the Junk Shop
- Personality: Tomboy, energetic, and handy with tools
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, helps with tool upgrades
- Availability: Usually at the Junk Shop or wandering the village
Blue
- Appearance: Young man with blonde hair, often wearing a cap
- Description: A quiet rancher who works with animals
- Personality: Reserved, hardworking, and animal-loving
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, can teach about animal care
- Availability: Often found at Blue Sky Ranch or tending to animals
Carl
- Appearance: Young man with brown hair and glasses
- Description: Runs the Cafe Callaway
- Personality: Kind, gentle, and passionate about cooking
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, source of cooking recipes
- Availability: Usually at Cafe Callaway
Dia
- Appearance: Young woman with long black hair and a dress
- Description: A sickly girl living in the Sanitarium
- Personality: Initially cold and distant, warms up over time
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, her story arc involves improving her health
- Availability: Often found at the Sanitarium or its grounds
Ellen
- Appearance: Blonde girl with pigtails, usually in a dress
- Description: Works at the Blue Sky Ranch
- Personality: Sweet, caring, and loves animals
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, can teach about animal products
- Availability: Usually at Blue Sky Ranch or tending to animals
Eve
- Appearance: Blonde woman with long hair, often wearing revealing clothing
- Description: Works as a bartender at the Moonlight Cafe
- Personality: Flirtatious, confident, and independent
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, provides insights into village gossip
- Availability: Usually at the Moonlight Cafe in the evenings
Gwen
- Appearance: Blonde woman with short hair, often wearing riding clothes
- Description: Works at the Perch Inn and loves horses
- Personality: Tomboyish, straightforward, and passionate about horseback riding
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, can teach about horse care
- Availability: Often found at the Perch Inn or the stables
Jamie
- Appearance: Androgynous character with purple hair, wears a poncho
- Description: A mysterious rancher and the player's rival
- Personality: Cold, competitive, and initially unfriendly
- Impact: Main rival in farming and note collection, potential marriage candidate
- Availability: Often seen around their ranch or in competition with the player
Joe
- Appearance: Young man with spiky brown hair, often wearing a bandana
- Description: Works at the Woody's Carpentry
- Personality: Energetic, friendly, and hardworking
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, helps with house upgrades
- Availability: Usually at Woody's Carpentry or chopping wood around town
Katie
- Appearance: Young woman with short brown hair, often in a waitress uniform
- Description: Works at the Cafe Callaway
- Personality: Cheerful, talkative, and loves to cook
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, source of cooking tips
- Availability: Typically found at Cafe Callaway
Kurt
- Appearance: Young man with dark hair, often wearing a bandana
- Description: Works at the Woody's Carpentry
- Personality: Quiet, serious, and skilled in carpentry
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, helps with furniture crafting
- Availability: Usually at Woody's Carpentry or working on projects around town
Lyla
- Appearance: Woman with pink hair, often wearing a flower in her hair
- Description: Runs the flower shop
- Personality: Gentle, romantic, and loves nature
- Impact: Potential marriage candidate, source of flower seeds and information
- Availability: Typically found at her flower shop
Other Notable Characters
Woody
- Appearance: Older man with gray hair and a beard
- Description: Owner of Woody's Carpentry
- Personality: Gruff but kind, experienced craftsman
- Impact: Provides house upgrades and furniture
- Availability: Usually at Woody's Carpentry
Martha
- Appearance: Elderly woman with gray hair in a bun
- Description: Runs the clinic with her husband, the Doctor
- Personality: Motherly, caring, and health-conscious
- Impact: Provides medical care and health advice
- Availability: Often found at the clinic
Bob
- Appearance: Muscular man with spiky hair
- Description: Works at the Blue Sky Ranch
- Personality: Friendly, strong, and animal-loving
- Impact: Helps with livestock and provides animal care advice
- Availability: Usually at Blue Sky Ranch or tending to animals
Hank
- Appearance: Middle-aged man with a mustache, often wearing overalls
- Description: Runs the Blue Sky Ranch
- Personality: Hard-working, no-nonsense attitude
- Impact: Sells livestock and animal products
- Availability: Typically found at Blue Sky Ranch
Saibara
- Appearance: Elderly man with a long white beard
- Description: The town's blacksmith
- Personality: Gruff, traditional, and skilled in metalwork
- Impact: Upgrades tools and provides mining advice
- Availability: Usually found at his blacksmith shop
More Villagers
Ronald
- Appearance: Rotund man with a mustache, often wearing a striped shirt
- Description: Runs the Supermarket
- Personality: Jovial, business-minded, and friendly
- Impact: Sells seeds, cooking ingredients, and general goods
- Availability: Usually found at the Supermarket
Tai
- Appearance: Elderly Asian man with a long white beard
- Description: Runs the Seaside Lodge
- Personality: Wise, calm, and knowledgeable about fishing
- Impact: Provides fishing advice and lodging
- Availability: Often found at the Seaside Lodge or by the ocean
Michael
- Appearance: Middle-aged man with glasses and a mustache
- Description: The town's doctor
- Personality: Serious, caring, and health-conscious
- Impact: Provides medical care and health advice
- Availability: Usually found at the clinic
Nina
- Appearance: Elderly woman with gray hair, often wearing a shawl
- Description: Tai's wife, helps run the Seaside Lodge
- Personality: Kind, grandmotherly, and good at cooking
- Impact: Offers cooking tips and occasional gifts
- Availability: Often found at the Seaside Lodge
Wallace
- Appearance: Middle-aged man with a mustache, wearing a suit
- Description: Runs the Perch Inn
- Personality: Polite, business-like, and hospitable
- Impact: Provides lodging and information about village events
- Availability: Usually found at the Perch Inn
Special Characters
Gourmet
- Appearance: Rotund man in a suit with a thin mustache
- Description: A traveling food critic
- Personality: Refined, particular about food, and slightly pompous
- Impact: Judges cooking festivals and provides rare recipes
- Availability: Appears during certain festivals and events
Nami
- Appearance: Young woman with short red hair
- Description: A traveler who occasionally visits the village
- Personality: Independent, aloof, and curious about the world
- Impact: Provides information about other places and cultures
- Availability: Appears sporadically throughout the year
Louis
- Appearance: Young man with glasses and a lab coat
- Description: A researcher studying the local ecosystem
- Personality: Intellectual, enthusiastic about nature, slightly absent-minded
- Impact: Provides information about plants and animals
- Availability: Often found exploring the village or at the lake
Terry
- Appearance: Man with a bandana and adventurer's outfit
- Description: A wandering artist
- Personality: Free-spirited, artistic, and nature-loving
- Impact: Offers painting lessons and insights about art
- Availability: Appears in different locations around the village, often painting landscapes
Meryl
- Appearance: Young woman with long brown hair
- Description: A novelist who visits the village for inspiration
- Personality: Creative, observant, and sometimes lost in thought
- Impact: Shares stories and writing tips
- Availability: Can be found at various spots in the village, often with a notebook
Harvest Sprites
The Harvest Sprites are a crucial element of Harvest Moon: Magical Melody. There are 101 unique Harvest Sprites to discover and befriend. Here's some general information about them:
- Appearance: Small, colorful elf-like beings with pointed hats
- Description: Magical creatures that assist the Harvest Goddess and the player
- Personality: Each sprite has a unique personality, often related to their specific skill or area of expertise
- Impact: Help with farm work, provide gifts, and are central to reviving the Harvest Goddess
- Availability: Found all over the village, often in hidden or unexpected places
Some notable Harvest Sprite types include:
- Worker Sprites: Help with farm tasks like watering, harvesting, and animal care
- Elemental Sprites: Associated with elements like fire, water, earth, and wind
- Season Sprites: Represent the four seasons and appear during their respective times of year
- Skill Sprites: Assist with specific skills like fishing, mining, or cooking
Players can befriend Harvest Sprites by talking to them regularly, giving them gifts, and requesting their help on the farm. As friendship grows, sprites become more helpful and may provide special items or assistance.