as you could probably tell from this site, my absolute favorite game (and just thing in general) is harvest moon: grand bazaar!

originally released in japan in 2008 under the name 牧場物語ようこそ！風のバザールへbokujou monogatari: youkoso! kaze no bazaaru, ranch story: welcome to the wind bazaar!
, and in north america and PAL regions between 2010 and 2011 under the name Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar, this game is the 22nd^(?) game in the series, and the 19th to be released outside of japan.

it is the fifth bokumono game released on nintendo DS systems, and reuses some assests from, and generally features similar grahpics to, previous entries on the system―island of happiness and sunshine islands―as well as including returning characters and music from them.

in 2025, the game received a remake available on various platforms. i will not touch on the remake as heavily as the original, since first: while its a great game i just dont like it as much as the original, and second: im currently not too far in it :)

gameplay

[TBA]

characters

my history w/ grand bazaar

while grand bazaar wasn't the first bokumono game i played (that was island of happiness), it was definitely the first i really fell in love with. i had previously played the aforementioned island of happiness, as well as ds, but neither really stood out to me. island of happiness because, well, if youve played that game you know what i mean when i say the controls SUCK, and i really dont remember playing ds that much, but i assume i just didnt know what i was meant to be doing? idk man ds and cute are difficult games, even for me now..

the remake

now playing: