This section of the site will provide a little info on HM64, as well, as the HM series as a whole. If you've never played an HM game, check out the Harvest Moon page. If you're a fan of the games, but haven't played 64, read on.This section may contain spoilers for the game or comic, so be ye warned!
Harvest Moon 64 was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 (duh) and is the third game in the series. Many of the characters in HM64 would go on to appear in the Mineral Town based games, but with different relationships and changed personalities.
Popuri, Ann, Maria, Karen. Elli, Gray, Rick, Cliff and Jack are all descendants of either the five bachelorettes from the first game or, in Jack's case, the player character. Popuri is the granddaughter of Nina; Ann, Gray and Rick are the grandchildern of Ann; Karen and Cliff are Eve's grandchildren; Elli is Ellen's granddaughter; Maria is Maria's granddaughter and Jack is the grandson of the player character from the first game, who himself inherited the farm from his grandfather. By the time the game begins, all of the orginal bachelorettes, expect Ellen, have died.
As stated earlier, many characters from HM64 appear in the Mineral Town based games (Back to Nature, Friends of Mineral Town etc), which seem to be more familair with fans of the HM series. This seems to be the biggest source of confusion for readers who haven't played HM64 and leads to comments like "Ann and Gray aren't brother and sister!" and "Isn't Basil Mary's dad?".
And so a table!
| Character | HM64 | Mineral Town series |
| Popuri | daughter
of Basil and
Lillia no siblings family runs a flower shop Love Interest: Gray |
daughter
of Lillia and
Rod sister of Rick family runs a Poultry Farm Love Interest: Kai |
| Ann | daughter
of Doug(Hall) sister of Gray cousin of Rick family runs Green Ranch Love Interest: Cliff |
daughter
of Doug no siblings family runs an Inn Love Interest: Cliff |
| Gray | son
of Doug/Hall brother of Ann cousin of Rick family runs Green Ranch Love Interest: Popuri |
grandson
of Saibara no siblings family runs a Smith Love Interest: Mary |
| Rick | cousin
of Ann and Gray runs a tool shop Love Interest: none (not a rival bachelor) |
son
of Lillia and Rod brother of Popuri family runs a Poultry Farm Love Interest: Karen |
| Cliff | Cousin
of Karen no job (hobo) Love Interest: Ann |
Works
at a vineyard Love Interest: Ann |
| Karen | daughter
of Sasha and Gotz cousin of Cliff family runs a vineyard Love Interest: Kai |
daughter
of Sasha family runs a store Love Interest: Rick |
| Maria/Mary | daughter
of Mayor and Anna runs a Library Love Interest: Harris |
daughter
of Anna and Basil runs a Library Love Interest: Gray |
| Elli | granddaughter
of Ellen no siblings family runs a bakery Love Interest: Jeff |
granddaughter
of Ellen sister of Stu works as a nurse Love Interest: Doctor |
| Harris | works
as a mailman Love Interest: Maria |
son
of Mayor Thomas works as a policeman Love Interest: none (not a rival bachelor) |
| Jeff | family
runs a bakery Love Interest: Elli |
husband
of Sasha father of Karen Love Interest: Sasha (not a rival bachelor) |
| Kai | works
at the vineyard Love Interest: Karen |
owns
a restauraunt Love Interest: Popuri |
Yeah, that's right. Jeff is a rival bachelor in 64 and a father of one of the love interests in the MT games.
And no, I didn't forget to include Doctor in that chart. He's not in 64.
