of A Wonderful Life as a female character, and can court and marry one of three male NPCs, Marlin, Rock, and Gustafa. The game offers connectivity with the Game Boy Advance game Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town. Harvest Moon DS, the first game in the Story of Seasons series to be released on the Nintendo DS, has the same setting and features most of the characters from A Wonderful Life. Marvelous Interactive announced that it would be releasing a remade version of A Wonderful Life under the Story of Seasons name on June 27, 2023. Reception Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life received largely positive reviews upon its initial GameCube release. IGN gave the title an "Impressive" 8 out of 10 rating, praising gameplay and lasting appeal while also noting its "monotonous" audio and upsetting lack of festivals. A Wonderful Life garnered an 8.7 rating from Ryan Davis of GameSpot. Echoing other reviews, Davis considered it "a fun and potentially addictive game that, if you let it, will gladly consume any free time you choose to give it." The publication went on to name it the best GameCube game of March 2004. The Special Edition released for PlayStation 2 did not receive such strong praise. IGN Juan Castro gave it a score of 6/10 and remarked "The differences, including an increase in brides, choosing the gender of your child and the ability to play forever, make little difference. What does make a difference, though, is the drastic drop in framerate, increase in load times and muddy graphics." Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine gave it a 7/10 rating. References External links 505 Games games 2003 video games GameCube games Story of Seasons games Nintendo Switch games PlayStation 2 games PlayStation Network games Video games developed in Japan Video games with alternative versions Games with GameCube-GBA connectivity Single-player video games Marvelous Entertainment games