Famitsu’s latest magazine issue has a batch of images and planned features accompanying Marvelous Interactive’s Harvest Moon announcement for the Wii!

The artwork shows that you will be able to swing your controller with a pick axe-movement to dig around your field so you can plant vegetables. Tilting the controller downward like a watering will even water your plants! Time to harvest your crops (You can check on the crops’ ripeness by comparing their colors)? Cut their souls down with the stroke of a scythe, just like the Grim Reaper.

Graphically, it looks like they went back to the style of “A Wonderful Life”, which isn’t a bad thing, but I honestly like the cartoony look better.

According to intial translations of the the article, you’ll have a lot of other activities to do around your farm that take advantage of the Wii controller: fishing, sowing seeds, and stroking/petting the farm animals. That last one is sure to get a few immature giggles.

Now who’s ready to milk some cows?!

Harvest Moon for the Wii scans

Translation Thanks: Ms. Kouri1977