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Sunshine Islands Courtship and Marriage Guide

By Freyashawk

Email: castleenchanted.aol

For details on how to search for specific information in any of my Guides

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Created on 9 November 2009

Last updated on 11 June 2010

Table of Contents

Introduction

Embarking upon a Courtship

The Value of Dialogue

The Value of Gifts

Friendship Point Values

Friendship and Festivals

Single Path of Heart Events

Additional Marriage Requirement

Sun Stone Requirement in CourtshipHeart Events

Rival Heart Events

Heart Level Indications

Easy Gifts List

Romantic Festivals

Harvest Goddess Festival

Spring Harmony Day

Fireworks Festival

Your Birthday

Winter Harmony Day

Starry Night Festival

Family Life

Romantic Occasions with SpouseYour Birthday after Marriage

Your Child in Sunshine Islands

The Last Sun Stone

All Eligible Bachelors and Girls:

Eligible Bachelors

Elliot

Vaughn

Denny

Pierre

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Will

Mark

Shea

Eligible Girls

Natalie

Julia

Sabrina

Lanna

Lily

W. Princess

Alisa

Chelsea

Introduction

This is one of my mini-guides that can be used as a quick reference guide for

a

specific aspect of any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game. Sunshine Islands

has many of the same characters as Island of Happiness and those who do

appear

in both games tend to have the same birthdays, Most Favourites and otherlikes

and dislikes in both.

Nonetheless, there are differences and a separate Character Guide as well as

Courtship and Marriage Guide thus is mandated for each.

This Courtship and Marriage Guide contains specific sections for every

Eligible

Bachelor and Girl in Sunshine Islands. Information includes Birthdays, Most

Favourite Gifts, other Likes and Dislikes, the schedule of Heart Events and

Rival Heart Events and the actual Text of these Events.

For sections that deal with all characters, including those who are not

eligible for marriage, please l refer to my Sunshine Islands Characters Guide

at:

HMSI

Characters Guide

http://faqs.ign.com/articles/104/1044016p1.html

Furthermore, you will find the text of all the Friendship Events for Eligible

Girls and Bachelors in the Characters Guide.

For all other aspects of gameplay, please refer to my General Guide and

Walkthrough at:

HMSI General

Guide


Note that the Characters Guide will not include Heart or Rival Heart Events

for

Eligible Girls/Bachelors but DOES include the Friendship Events for ALL

Characters that occur at 7 Hearts. This Courtship and Marriage Guide thus is

devoted strictly to those two aspects of the lives of the Eligible

Girls/Bachelors.

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single cartridge. There is a 'boy's game' and a 'girl's game', depending on

whether you choose to play a male or female character. The actual characters

are the same in both versions, but their roles obviously are very different.

If your character is a girl, your male peers will be Eligible Bachelors and

the females will be your Rivals. If your character is a boy, your female

peers will be Eligible Girls and the males will become your Rivals. In this

Guide, Eligible Bachelors are listed first, followed by Eligible Girls. This

follows the official order of characters in your Assets List if your

character

is a girl but not if he is a boy.

Obviously, Rival Heart Events will be the same, whatever your character's

gender, but Heart Events will be very different. Rival Heart Events for

each

couple will be listed twice, both in the section for the Eligible Girl

involved and in the section that deals with the Eligible Bachelor as well.

Those players familiar with Island of Happiness will recognise most of the

Eligible Girls and Bachelors in Sunshine Islands. There are a couple of

exciting new characters, however.

Most of the major characters can be encountered on the 1st day that you are

allowed to leave your Farm, which is 2 Spring. The items available at the

market initially include all the grains that were so difficult to unlock in

IoH.

Embarking upon a Courtship

Whether you wish to court an Eligible Girl/Bachelor or simply make a new

friend, it is 'meeting and greeting' an individual regularly that is most

important in Sunshine Islands. In fact, a Character will not accept any

Gifts

whatsoever from you until you have introduced yourself AND spoken to him/her

regularly for a few days.

When you first meet a Character, he/she will not accept any Gifts from you.

It is considered improper to do so. People will tell you that they 'need to

know you better' or that they do not 'need' the item you offer. It therefore

is perceived somewhat as a favour to YOU as well as a sign of friendship when

an individual accepts any Gift.

The only exception is that, in the early Spring in the first year, a

Character

will accept a Gift on his/her Birthday even if that individual would continue

to reject Gifts from you on any other day. This is why Vaughn will accept a

Birthday Gift on 3 Spring when other Characters continue to reject Gifts fromyou still.

Furthermore, even if a Character accepts Gifts from you, neglect will cause

him/her later to reject anything you offer, even if it is a 'Most Favourite

Gift'.

Players of Island of Happiness will be familiar with the effects of social

neglect, although Sunshine Islands differs in the initial requirement for

accepting a Gift. In Island of Happiness, a new acquaintance would accept a


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Gift immediately. In Sunshine Islands, social protocol dictates that the

Character not accept any Gifts from strangers!

Finally, you have a 30% risk of losing 100 Friendship Points with any

individual you fail to greet on any given day. This makes it vital that you

try to 'meet and greet' every one as regularly as possible.

While you are restricted to walking as your sole means of transport on any

Island and Kirk's boat for travel to and from the Islands, performing social

rounds can be extremely time-consuming. Fortunately, as soon as your income

reaches 100,000G, the Teleport Stone will appear at Chen's Shop. The

Teleport

Stone really is a necessity rather than a luxury item in a world where

failing

to speak to every one daily can result in a decrease in Friendship.

The Teleport Stone has specific destinations and will not give you 'door to

door' service. Other items that are of great help in your social

interactions

therefore are the Turbo Shoes and the Time-Slowing Ring. As you cannot ride

your Horse in Sunshine Islands, the only way to increase your speed is by

equipping the Turbo Shoes. By equipping the Time-Slowing Ring as well, youwill be able to make all of your daily 'meeting and greeting' Visits without

consuming your entire day in doing so.

The Value of Dialogue

Speaking to any Character on a daily basis will increase Love and/or

Friendship

slowly but surely. You gain 100 Friendship Points with any individual simply

by speaking to him/her. There are other advantages to regular dialogue. You

will find that a Character's conversation will be different at every

location.

In most locations, however, that dialogue will remain constant irrespective

of the individual's Heart Level. It usually is when the Character is at home

that his/her dialogue will change according to Heart Level. Furthermore, it

is at home that individuals tend to confess details about their own past,

likes and dislikes or other personal matters. Although the point value of

'meeting and greeting' some one is the same no matter where you encounter

him/her, you often obtain the best information when you visit a Character at

his/her home.

The Value of Gifts

In Sunshine Islands as in most Harvest Moon games, Gifts can increase ordecrease Heart Levels in terms of Love and/or Friendship. A Gift of an item

that an individual loves will boost Heart Levels but a Gift of a detested

item

will lower them! It therefore is vital to pay attention to a Character's

specific likes and dislikes. Both this Guide and my Characters Guide provide

details about each individual's likes and dislikes.

Birthdays are important occasions for gift-giving in any Harvest Moon game.

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Gift of a favourite item on an individual's Birthday is worth far more in

terms of Heart Level increase than the same item given on an ordinary day.

Sunshine Islands rewards friendship with more benefits than most other

Harvest

Moon games. You can obtain special items as rewards.

When you have given any individual five favoured Gifts, you will receive the

Gift of a Sun Stone in return. A 'favoured Gift' in this sense is any item

that is received 'with music'. When you reach 2 Hearts with the owner of

any

House/Business, you will receive a Sun Stone as well. It is possible that

you

must receive the 'personal' Sun Stone in some cases before the 'owner' Sun

Stone event will trigger.

Note that you MUST receive any and all Sun Stones that any Eligible

Girl/Bachelor has to offer if you wish to marry him/her. Ordinarily, as the

Gifts of these Sun Stones is based on Friendship/Heart Levels, you will

receive them in the natural course of Events. If, however, for some reason,

you fail to visit the Individual when he/she is at home, you may miss one of

the Sun Stone Events, thereby creating an impediment to your marriage.

Sun Stones are at the very foundation of Sunshine Islands. You need to

obtain

all of them in any case in order to complete the plot. The reason why you

need to obtain the 'owner' Sun Stone from any individual who has his/her own

home, whether it is a house, tent or ship is that, after marriage, he/she no

longer will live there and the Event therefore no longer can be triggered.

Finally, when you reach 7 Hearts or Yellow Heart Level with any individual,

you

will receive a special Birthday Gift from that Character if you speak to

him/her on your Birthday. The only exceptions are Haila, Nick and your own

Child. Each Character gives a different Gift and many of them are rare or

valuable items. For example, Will's Gift can be a Firefly Flower or Red Magic

Flower and Shea's Gift can be a Truffle.

Each Character can give one of three possible Gifts chosen randomly. The

complete list is given in the section devoted to your Birthday.

Friendship Point values for every action are provided in another section

that

follows.

Friendship Point Values

The following are the actions that will increase or decrease Friendship with

an

individual with their point values:

Actions that increase Friendship/Affection:

Meeting and Greeting an Individual on any ordinary day: 100 points

Meet and Greet any Individual during a Festival: 400 points

Show any Individual an Animal he/she loves: 100 points

Give a Gift an Individual likes: 100 point to 800 points depending on the

Gift

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Actions that decrease Friendship/Affection:

Neglecting to meet and greet an Individual on any ordinary day: -100 points*

*You have a 30% chance of losing Friendship with any individual. This

decrease will not occur 70% of the time.

Showing any individual an Animal he/she dislikes: -100 points

Give an Gift an individual dislikes: -300 to -5000 points

Littering on an individual's home island or on Meadow Island: -100 points

Littering inside an individual's dwelling: -300 points

As you can see, if you are diligent with a daily 'Meeting and Greeting'

ritual

that includes all characters on all the Islands, you will raise Friendship

levels even if you never give a single Gift. Social interactions are

extremely important in Sunshine Islands.

Friendship and Festivals

In most Harvest Moon games, there are both Romantic Festivals and Festivalsassociated with Friendship in the sense that dialogue and even the Events

during the Festival will vary depending on your degree of Friendship with

participants.

Speaking to any individual at ANY Festival will increase your Friendship

Level,

so it always is important to speak to every one at Meadow Island during any

Festival or animal Contest Event. In some cases, the Festival will end

abruptly after you speak to the organiser, so it always is best to speak to

every one BEFORE you speak to the organiser of the Contest or Festival Event.

In the case of any Festival where you have an opportunity to speak to other

attendees both before and after the main Event, you will not gain extra

Friendship points by doing so but you will experience different dialogues

from

each!

In Sunshine Islands, the participation of other characters in the Snow

Festival

is determined by Friendship Levels. No Bachelors or Eligible Girls apart

from

Alisa will attend this Festival. The object of the Festival is to build a

snowman with Gannon. Any character who is at 6 Hearts or above will accept

your invitation to join in the project. Any character below 6 Hearts will

refuse your invitation. The size of the Snowman built depends on the number

of individuals who build it.

The Fireworks Festival is a Romantic Festival to some extent. The Fireworksdisplay will occur even if you do not have any Eligible Girl/Bachelor at

sufficient heart level to watch with you, but you can experience a special

little Romantic Event if any Eligible Girl/Bachelor is at 6 Hearts or higher.

You then will have the opportunity to watch the display with any Eligible

Girl/Bachelor who has reached that Heart Level. Otherwise, you will watch it

with Gannon.

A Festival that is even more Romantic is the Harvest Goddess Festival. All

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Girls perform a special Dance in honour of the birthday of the Harvest

Goddess. If any Eligible Girl/Bachelor is at Green Heart Level, you will

obtain an option on the previous day to escort or be escorted to the Festival

Dance.

Single Path of Heart Events

In terms of Courtship, there is only one single 'path' of Heart Events,

making

Sunshine Island similar to other Harvest Moon games and distinguishing it

from

Island of Happiness, where the response you gave during the course of any

Heart Event would alter your future path. In other words, in Island of

Happiness, there were multiple Heart Events at each of the traditional Heart

Event Levels as well as a special 'Recovery' Event if you gave an

unacceptable

response during the Yellow or 4th Heart Event. In Sunshine Islands, there is

only 1 Purple Heart Event, 1 Blue Heart Event, 1 Green Heart Event and 1

Yellow Heart Event for each of the Eligible Girls or Bachelors.

As in Island of Happiness, most Eligible Bachelors/Girls will display a Heart

in their portraits that will change colour as their Affection/Love Levels

change but there are two 'secret' Bachelors/Girls who are eligible for

marriage and yet who do not display the Portrait Heart. They are the same

characters in both of the Island Harvest Moon games. If your character is a

Girl, the 'secret' Bachelor is Shea. If your character is a Boy, the

'secret'

Eligible Girl is the Witch Princess.

Note that there is one Eligible Girl who is elible for Courtship but not for

Marriage. This is Alisa, whose heart has been given irrevocably to her

service to the Harvest Goddess. Rather like a nun who has taken vows, Alisa

will not accept any proposal of Marriage, even at highest heart Level,

deeming

that her devotion to the Harvest Goddess restricts her to service on Mystic

Islands.

Even though Shea and the Witch Princess do not display a coloured heart with

their Portraits, you ALWAYS can find their Heart Levels as well as the Heart

Levels of every other Character on the Relations Page. In Sunshine Islands,

the Characters Page of the Farm Menu is designated by the icon of a

character's head and actually consists of two separate pages. The first is

allocated to human characters and the second is allocated to the Harvest

Sprites who live on Sprite Island.

Players often are confused by the coloured heart icon both in Island ofHappiness and in Sunshine Islands as Events may not occur always when the

Heart Level first changes colour. The Heart icon actually is an indication

only. The real determinant for any Event is the total number of Love or

Friendship Points that you have with any character. In some cases, the total

required may not be reached when the Heart actually changes colour.

Available for Courtship from the start if your character is a girl are

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you will be able to make 'dates' with them for romantic Festivals if any

occur

within the week between your proposal and marriage, but for the purpose of

Rival Heart Events, deepest Red Heart Levels no longer will be an impediment.

Note that you can experience only one of these Events per day, however, even

if the time when the Rival Event might occur would permit more than one to be

experienced and even if the year would permit it.

In other words, if you marry in the third year and then experience Elliot and

Julia's 1st Rival Heart Event at 1.00 p.m. by crossing the bridge from your

Ranch to Verdure Island, you cannot then cross the bridge from Verdure Island

to Sprout Island on the same day to experience their 2nd Rival Heart Event.

To experience the marriages of all Rival Couples, however, you must marry

some

one for whom no Rival exists. This narrows your choices considerably. If

you

are a boy, you will find that the Witch Princess and Chelsea are without

other

suitors. If your character is a girl, it is Mark and Shea who have no othersuitors.

Harvest Moon, however, gives the player the ultimate choice in terms of his

or

her destiny. As you have two slots for different games, you always can

choose

to marry an Eligible Girl/Bachelor with a Rival and then experience his/her

Rival Marriage in a game in the other slot.

N.B. With respect to Sunshine Islands, you cannot save one game in two slots

as

in the old days with games such as FoMT or even HM DS. You must begin an

entirely new game in Slot 2...

Additional Marriage Requirements

The usual Harvest Moon Marriage Requirements in terms of experiencing all

Heart

Events, having the Eligible Girl/Bachelor at maximum Heart Level and raising

Mystic Islands to meet the Harvest Goddess and obtain access to her Church,

as

well as requirements of having an upgraded house that will accommodate a

Husband/Wife Bed apply in Sunshine Islands.

There is one additional Requirement, however, that some players need to beaware exists. If you befriend all Characters to obtain the Sun Stones from

each Individual as well as the Sun Stone that is linked to the House/Shop or

Family as early as possible in your game, you never will be obliged to think

about this 'hidden' Requirement. In fact, however, obtaining the Sun Stones

connected to the Eligible Girl/Bachelor and his/her family/shop is a 'hidden'

requirement in Sunshine Islands.

For example, if you wish to marry Shea, you must obtain both Sun Stones from

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from Wada before Shea will accept your Blue Feather.

Note that the 'Personal' Sunstone from any individual must be obtained first.

The Event that yields the 'Owner/Head of Household' Sunstone will not trigger

if you have not obtained the Personal Sunstone prerviously by giving 5

preferred Gifts.

The reason why you must obtain the owner/head of household Sun Stone before

you

are able to propose successfully is because your Spouse will live with you

after marriage, leaving his/her home empty. You therefore would not be able

to experience the Event after marriage.

As you need ALL Sun Stones from every individual in order to be able to raise

all the Islands, it is a good idea to befriend all Characters as early as

possible, whether for the sake of your future Courtship or for your general

success in Sunshine Islands.

In some cases, the final Rival Heart Event may require that you obtain one of

the participant's Sun Stone (s) before it can be experienced. In the case

of

any Eligible Girl/Bachelor with an Owner's Sun Stone, if that Character will

move to his/her Spouse's home after marriage, you must obtain the Owner's SunStone before the final Rival Heart Event that precipitates the Rival Marriage

can occur.

Heart Events

As previously stated, there are four Heart Events for each Eligible Girl and

each Eligible Bachelor. There is a Purple Heart Event, a Blue Heart Event, a

Green Heart Event and a Yellow Heart Event. There is only one path for each

of the Eligible Girls/Bachelors and therefore the response that you make in

the course of any Heart Event will affect only the total Love or Affection

Points you have with that Girl or Bachelor. It will not change the actual

future in terms of the next Heart Event.

Note that the Heart Icon may not change colour if you give the 'wrong'

response

in the course of any Heart Event but you WILL lose points in terms of the

total Affection/Love points that you have with the Eligible Girl/Bachelor.

Whether or not the Heart Icon actually changes colour depends on the number

of

points you had at the time when the Event was triggered. If you are close to

the next Heart Level, the Heart icon will remain the same colour but the same

number of points will be lost by giving the incorrect response.

As in ANY Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game, you cannot experience ANY Event

twice once you have saved your game. If you give the incorrect response inthe course of any Heart Event, it is best to reload your game and trigger the

Event again. An incorrect response, however, simply lowers Heart Level. It

does not prevent the next Heart Event from being triggered when you have

reached the required Heart Level nor will it prevent your ultimate marriage

to

the individual. This is the case in EVERY Harvest Moon/Rune Factory game.

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As in Island of Happpiness, Rival Couples can marry in Sunshine Islands but

they will not have a Child. There are three Rival Heart Events and these

will

be the same whether you play as a boy or a girl. When the third and final

Rival Heart Event occurs, the Rival Couple will marry.

What makes this game different is the fact that the FIRST Rival Heart Event

cannot be triggered until the second year. The second cannot be triggered

before the Third Year. The third cannot be experienced before the Fourth

Year. Furthermore, as in some previous Harvest Moon games, Rival Heart

Events will not be triggered AT ALL if the Heart Level of the Eligible

Girl/Bachelor is too high. If, therefore, you wish to experience ALL Heart

Events for every Eligible Girl/Bachelor before marriage and as early as

possible, you must resign yourself to waiting until your character is married

in order to experience the Rival Heart Events.

The Heart Level requirements for each Rival Heart Event are as follows:

Black Rival Heart Event: Eligible Girl/Bachelor's Heart level must be less

than 10,000 AP.

Green Rival Heart Event: Heart Level must be less than 35,000 AP.

Orange Rival Heart Event: Heart Level must be below 60,000 AP.

As previously indicated, the easiest way to facilitate the Rival Marriages is

after your own character's marriage. If you marry a Bachelor or Eligible

Girl

for whom you have no Rival, you then will be able to experience all Rival

Marriages as Heart Levels in terms of Love disappear after your Marriage and

only FP or Friendship will remain.

To experience all Rival Heart Events at the earliest opportunity, court only

one Eligible Girl/Bachelor and make certain that you have no Rival for

his/her

Heart. There is a slight problem with this, however, in that you need to

raise the Heart Levels of every Character, including all Eligible Girls and

Bachelors at least to two Hearts in order to obtain Sun Stones from each. It

therefore is not practical to ignore ANY Character in Sunshine Islands.

As usual, however, the Gift of an item that an individual detests will lower

Heart Levels.

My own recommendation would be to raise ALL Heart Levels and experience all

Heart Events for each Eligible Girl/Bachelor before you propose to the man or

woman of your dreams. After marriage, the Rival Heart Events should proceed

effortlessly.

As in many other Harvest Moon games, you receive a significant number of

points

towards your Farming Degree by experiencing Events. This is an additional

incentive to experience the full set of Heart Events for each Eligible

Girl/Bachelor before you propose to any one.

As Sunshine Islands, like Island of Happiness, is rather a long game, you can

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marriage. After all, you cannot even MEET all candidates immediately and it

may be the second year in the game before you meet the last Eligible

Girl/Bachelor in the person of Mark or Chelsea.

The Harvest Goddess and the Bell

The Harvest Goddess is the centre of spiritual power both in Island of

Happiness and in Sunshine Islands. Her Church on Mystic Islands is the place

where almost every Wedding is celebrated and even when a Wedding, such as

Shea's Marriage Ceremony is celebrated elsewhere, she must set her blessing

upon the nuptials by ringing the Bell. You therefore cannot expect any

Marriage Proposal to be accepted if you have not raise Mystic Islands and

made

an offering to the Harvest Goddess to acknowledge her position.

Weddings

Most Weddings in Sunshine Islands occur at the Church on Mystic Islands.

Nathan and Alisa preside over the Ceremony and the Harvest Goddess will

appear

outside afterward to give her blessing to the happy couple and ring the Bell.

If you experience all three Rival Heart Events for any Couple and have a high

Friendship level with your Rival, he/she will come to your house one week

after the final Rival Heart Event to invite you to the Wedding. You have no

option to refuse and the Wedding will take the entire day, much like Rival

Weddings in HM DS and HM Cute DS. You only will regain control over your

Character the next morning. This can present a potential problem in terms of

Animal Care, especially if you have triggered the final Rival Heart Event for

more than one Couple in the same week on consecutive days. Make certain

that

you keep count of the days and hire the Orange Team to Feed your Animals on

the day or days that your Character will be out of circulation, enjoying the

Wedding Celebrations of your Rivals

Your own Wedding will consume an entire day as well and you will regain

control

only the next day at 6.00 a.m. in your Farmhouse with your new spouse.

Rival Couples at Home

If Rival Couples marry, their future home is predetermined in Sunshine

Islands.

When Elliot and Julia marry, Julia will move to Taro's House after theWedding. When Vaughn and Sabrina marry, they will live at Regis' Mansion.

Vaughn incidentally no longer will leave the Islands, but will be present

every day of the week as a married man, whether he is married to you or to

Sabrina.

When Denny and Lanna marry, they will live together at Lanna's House.

Natalie

and Pierre, when married, will live at Pierre's House. If Lily and Will

marry, they will live on Will's Ship.


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The Blue Feather

The Blue Feather will appear at Chen's Market as soon as any

Bachelor/Eligible

Girl reaches Orange Heart level. You can purchase it and ship it, then find

another one for sale immediately afterwards. If, however, you use it to

propose successfully to some one, the Blue Feather will not be offered again

until your Wedding has taken place. At that point, you will be able to buy

another and ship it or show it to Characters for their responses.

After your marriage, the Responses of the Eligible Bachelors/Girls will be

the

same as you would have received if you had proposed to them while still

single

before they had attained deepest red heart level:

Elliot: ...I'm sorry. I don't think I'm ready to get married yet.

Vaughn: Marrying? Never thought about it... But, well, I'm flattered.

Pierre: M-Marriage? Hmm... I'm sorry, but I don't know how I feel about

that.

Shea: Blue feather... From what kind of bird...? Shea try to catch.

The Responses of your Rivals likewise will be the same, wishing you good

fortune with your proposal, even though you are married now.

Natalie: Whoa. Are you going to propose to some one with that? Good luck!

Julia: A Blue Feather! It's more vivid than I expected.

Lily: It's a beautiful feather... Is it worth anything?

Sabrina: Freya, you will be all right. I wish you well.

Witch Princess: I can feel a kind of weird power in this feather...

Alisa; Are you getting married? That's wonderful.

With respect to other Characters, in their Responses, you will see likewise

that they are speaking to you as though you remained unmarried.

Taro: Don't show that to people so casually. Not even to me!

Felicia: A blue feather? For who, I wonder. I wish you all the best!

Chen: I'm flattered... but I'm too old for a woman your age.

Charlie: For me? Heh heh. It's kind of embarrassing. You'll see me again

after I grow up.

Mirabelle: Let me know if you want any advice on married life.

Regis: Do you intend to propose to some one? I wish you well.Gannon: Any one but me!

Wada: ... Blue Feather... ....... ... Marry.

Witchkin: What a strangely coloured feather! Ew!

Nathan: I'm terribly sorry, but my true love will always be the Harvest

Goddess.

If you toss the Blue Feather into the Goddess Spring:

Harvest Goddess: Dum-Da-Da-DAA! You can't marry me! See ya!

Ray: Oh, marrying? That's nice...

Slater: Congratulations. Good luck to you.


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Isaac: Oh, Freya, you're getting married? Congratulations (heart)

Carol: That's a beautiful feather. I hope some one proposes to me someday.

Martin: I wonder when I'll get an answer to my proposal... Be careful not to

end up like me!

Karen: A Blue Feather, huh. You can tell me who you're giving it to. I

won't

tell.

Friendship Events

Most Harvest Moon games include Friendship Events as well as 'Heart Events'.

Friendship Events, sometimes referred to as 'random events', although they

generally are NOT random at all, are not associated with Courtship and may

involve more than one Character. Although they did not occur in Island of

Happiness, there are about 30 Friendship Events in Sunshine Islands,

featuring

Eligible Girls and Bachelors as well as other Characters.

Each Category of Heart Event has its own 'signature' tune. The 'HeartEvent'

music is very different from the 'Rival Heart Event' music. If you

familiarise yourself with these melodies, you will not confuse a Friendship

Event with a true Heart Event, even if the Event involves an Eligible Girl or

Bachelor.

The Friendship Events in Sunshine Islands do not have a special signature

melody, but rather will be accompanied by the music that is associated with

the specific location where the Event occurs. In other words, if the Event

occurs inside Mirabelle's Animal Shop, the music that is linked to the Shop

will play throughout the course of the Event. Friendship Events that occur

inside the Church likewise are accompanied by the wonderful sedate organ

music

linked to the Church.

The text of all Heart Events and Rival Heart Events is included in this

Courtship and Marriage Guide. Friendship Events are included, on the other

hand, in my Characters Guide as they are not related to Courtship.

You will find my Characters Guide at:

HMSI

Characters Guide


All Friendship Events require a Friendship Level that is a little above 6

Hearts, usually with respect to every participant in the Event. Heart

Events,

as previously indicated, have their own specific Heart Level Requirements.If you cannot experience any specific Friendship Event at the appointed

location and time, make certain first that the Event is not gender-specific

and can be experienced irrespective of whether your Character is a Girl or a

Boy. If you still cannot experience the Event, you may need to raise

Friendship Levels a little higher with another Gift or more daily

conversation.

Heart Level Indications

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Although most of the Eligible Girls/Bachelors, with the exceptions of Shea

and

the Witch Princess, display coloured Heart Icons next to their portraits,

there are other indications of Heart Level. The primary indication actually

is neither the Heart Icon next to the Portrait nor the number of Hearts

displayed on the Characters Page of the Farm Menu but rather a Point Total in

Friendship that one cannot see. One Heart Level may spans two Heart Icons on

this page which means that the coloured Heart Icon next to the Portrait may

remain the same through two different totals on the Characters Page.

With respect to the Eligible Girls/Bachelors whose Heart Level icon appears

with their Portraits, you may discover that, even though they have reached 10

Hearts on the Characters Page, the colour of the Portrait Heart Icon on the

screen still remains Orange. The reason for this is that these Heart Icons

are not precisely equal to the Point totals that represent each 'turning

point' in a realtionship.

There is one other indication of Heart Level in the form of dialogue.

Dialogue actually is a more accurate indicator than the Heart icons inSunshine Islands, if you speak to the individual at a location where Dialogue

changes with Heart Level. At 10 Hearts, when the Eligible Girl/Bachelor has

not attained deepest red heart level required for marriage, his/her Dialogue

will remain the same as at Orange Heart Level. When the Dialogue changes,

the

Heart Level will have met the required point total for a successful Marriage

Proposal.

As in all Harvest Moon/Rune Factory games, dialogue will remain static for a

character at certain locations but at other locations will change according

to

Heart Level. For each Character, there is a location where the dialogue will

vary according to the season as well. Do not mistake this dialogue for

conversation that is based on Heart Level.

For example, when you speak to Will at the Beach on Verdure Island, his

dialogue will remain the same whether his Heart Level is Black or Yellow, but

when you speak to him in the cabin of his ship, it will change according to

Heart Level. In most cases, in fact, it is when you speak to any Character

at

home that his/her Dialogue will change according to Heart Level.

When Elliot is at home, his Dialogue will change according to heart level.

At

10 Hearts on the Characters Page, if the Portrait Heart Icon remains Orange,

his dialogue will be as follows:

Elliot: How's work on the ranch? If you need help, don't hesitate to ask.

Even if you have met ALL other general Requirements for Marriage, having

experienced all four of his Heart Events, obtained his Personal Sun Stone,

raised Mystic Island, met the Harvest Goddess, expanded your house and

purchased the Husband Bed, he will refuse your Marriage Proposal even with 10

Hearts on the Characters Page.

It is only when his Portrait Icon changes to deepest red that his dialogue

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change to:

Elliot: Freya, just seeing your face makes me happy for some reason.

It is at this point that he will accept your Marriage Proposal with your Blue

Feather.

The same is true with respect to each of the Eligible Girls/Bachelors. If

you

court some one diligently and give daily 'Favourites' to the individual, you

may achieve both 10 Hearts and the deepest Red Heart Icon almost at the same

time.

Where Shea and the Witch Princess are concerned, there is no Portrait Heart

Icon and you therefore must rely on dialogue exclusively. As long as these

individuals continue to respond with the Orange Heart Dialogue, your proposal

will be rejected.

In games such as FoMT/MFoMT where your Farm Menu did not display Heart Levels

of any Characters apart from your own family members, it was dialogue alone

that gave an indication of the strength of your relationship with anyCharacter. In HMDS/Cute DS, you had a marvelous Accessory in the form of the

Love Bangle to give you the precise number of Love and/or Friendship Points

you had earned with any Character. In IoH and SI, you always can refer to

your Characters Page for the number of Hearts earned but you will not be able

to see the precise number of points you have at any given moment.

As discussed in another section of this Guide, the Heart Level icons and

Dialogue of other Eligible Girls/Bachelors will become meaningless as soon as

you have made a successful Marriage Proposal. Although the Heart Icon will

continue to be displayed with the portrait until the Wedding, Rival Events

will begin to trigger the very next day provided other requirements, such as

Year, are met. There is one week between a successful Marriage Proposal and

any Wedding, unless Festival Days intervene.

Boosting the Value of Your Friendship Acts

There are Accessories in Sunshine Islands in the form of Friendship Pendants

that will increase the Point Value of any action that raises Friendship

Levels. You will unlock the next size of Pendant by ordering the size that

is

offered in Charlie's Accessories Menu.

Friendship Pendants at first glance might be mistaken for the resource of the

lazy or anti-social player but in fact, if you do not EARN Friendship through

your own actions, the Pendant will not do it for you! What the Friendship

Pendants do is augment the Friendship that your own actions have earned. TheSmall Friendship Pendant will give you a 20% boost whenever you earn any

Friendship points. The effect of the Medium Pendant is a 50% boost and the

Large Friendship Pendant increases Friendship Points by 100%. In other words,

the Large Friendship Pendant doubles the value of any action you undertake,

whether it is speaking to an individual or giving him/her a preferred Gift.

This Accessory actually can be valuable, especially if you equip it before

you

embark on your daily 'meeting and greeting' rounds of the Islands.


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Make certain that you equip a Friendship Pendant whenever you give a Gift or

attend a Festival in order to maximise the value of every social interaction.

Obviously, once you have the Large Friendship Pendant, the other sizes become

superfluous. Either sell them to Chen or store them in your Beauty Box.

The 'prices' of the Friendship Pendants are as follows:

Friendship Pendant (S): 5

Makes friendships easier to build. Effect: Small

Friendship Pendant (M): 15

Makes friendships easier to build. Effect: Medium

Friendship Pendant (L): 30

Makes friendships easier to build. Effect: Large

As with any Accessory order, you can obtain a discount by asking for an

Enchantment to 'decrease material' by the Green Team on the previous day. The

amount of the discount is based on the size of the Enchantment. With

Accessories such as the Friendship Pendants, a discount is not as significant

as it would be for the more expensive Accessories.

Easy Gift List

It is important to interact regularly with every Character in Sunshine

Islands.

The simple act of 'meeting and greeting' any Individual is worth 100

Friendship Points. A preferred Gift, received 'with music' is worth 300

Friendship Points and five such Gifts will result in the reciprocal Gift of a

Sun Stone. A true Most Favourite is worth 800 Friendship Points and an

ordinary Favourite is worth 500 points. These items tend to be more valuable

or difficult to obtain, however, than 'preferred Gifts'.

My own strategy is to find items that are easy to obtain and not terribly

valuable to give to each Character. If you wish to use a true Most Favourite

as a Gift, the best occasion to do so would be a Character's Birthday when

the

value of any Gift is multiplied.

Another consideration is space. Although a Large Rucksack can be purchased

from Chen and items can be stacked, space always is limited, especially as

items have different Ranks, Quality, Size and Freshness. If you can give the

same time of item to more than one Character, those Gifts can occupy a single

slot in your Rucksack.

Easy Gifts that can be given to a large number of Characters include Small

Fish

and inexpensive Ores, such as Copper and Silver. Gelatin is another

inexpensive Gift that is popular with more than one Character. ForCharacters

who require a Cooked Dish to respond 'with music', Egg Soup is a viable

choice.

Here are some simple Gifts and lists of Characters who will receive them

'with

music':

Small Fish: Denny, Lanna, Pierre, Shea, Wada, Nathan, Taro, Ray, Martin,


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Violet Sprite Team

Pet Food: Vaughn, Julia, Mirabelle, Green Sprite Team, Orange Sprite Team

Copper or Silver: Regis, Sabrina, Charlie, Slater, Isaac, Blue Sprite Team

Egg Soup: Chen, Carol, Alisa, Cliff

Gelatin: Alisa, Cliff, Chen, Blue Sprite Team

Chocolate: Eliza, Cliff, Popuri

Flowers: Will, Eliza, Harvest Goddess, Felicia

Material Stone: Gannon, Green Sprite Team

Very inexpensive Gifts that please a single Character are:

Boot: Witchkin

Empty Tin or Fishbone: Witch Princess

Weed: Mark, Chelsea

Romantic Festivals

The Harvest Goddess Festival

You will not experience this Festival in the first year as you must raise

Mystic Islands before you can meet the Harvest Goddess, Alisa and Nathan.

The

Spring Harvest Festival is a celebration of the Birthday of the Harvest

Goddess on 8 Spring.

Alisa will announce the upcoming Festival at 6.00 a.m. on 7 Spring. If any

Bachelor is at Green Heart or higher, with the exception of Shea, you will

obtain an option to ask him to escort you to the Dance when you speak to him

on 7 Spring. Even when Shea is at deepest red Heart level, the escort

option

will not be triggered and he will not speak of the upcoming Festival at all

on

7 Spring.

Note that the escort option will be triggered with the first EligibleGirl/Bachelor to whom you speak who is at the required Heart Level. You

therefore should not speak to any Eligible Girl/Bachelor until you have made

a

Date with the man/girl of your dreams or you will find yourself in the

awkward

position of being forced to decline to ask the individual to accompany you to

the Dance. Once you have made an assignation with some one, the option to

Ask

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If you have an escort, he will arrange to meet you either at Haila's Cafe or

at

Nick's Diner at 10.00 a.m. on the day of the Festival. Note that the hours

of

the Festival are 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. If you attempt to enter Haila's

Cafe

or Nick's Diner before 10.00 a.m., you will receive a prompt to the effect

that you should return later. If you arrive at the designated restaurant at

6.00 p.m., you will miss the Festival entirely. The best time to arrive is

at

5.40 p.m. or 5.50 p.m. You then will not waste any of your working day but

will be in time to meet your escort. Even at 5.50 p..m., he will tell you

that you are on time!

With your escort, you will be transported magically to Meadow Island where

you

will join the other Eligible Girls in a Dance in honour of the Harvest

Goddess. Alisa will preside over the proceedings.

If you have an escort, you will dance for him in a pairing that features the

girl as dancer and the boy as a partner who simply stands across from her.If

you have no partner, all of the Rival Couples will be paired for the Dance.

After the Dance, your Escort will bid farewell to you and the Event will end

at

6.00 p.m. You will find yourself alone then inside your Farmhouse.

The actual text of the Date Events are included in the sections devoted to

the

specific Eligible Girls/Bachelors.

Once you have made a date for the Harvest Goddess Festival, you really ought

to

keep it. Failing to do so will result in an Event rather similar to the

Event

that occurs the day after any Animal Contest if you fail to attend after

making an Entry.

Here is the text of the Event with Will:

Missed Date Event after Harvest Goddess Festival

Freya, it's Will. Excuse me a moment.

He enters.

Will: I was waiting for you yesterday, Freya. Why didn't you come?

Me: (...)

Will: I've never had to wait so much for a maiden. I didn't think you wouldtrample my feelings like that, Freya. I'm quite taken aback.

He turns and stalks out of the farmhouse.

Spring Harmony Day

Spring Harmony Day, on the 14th Day of Spring is the equivalent of the Spring

Thanksgiving Day in other Harvest Moon games. It is St. Valentine's Day for


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female recipients. If your character is a boy, he should try to give Cookies

to every female in Sunshine Islands, although it is most important to give

them to all the Eligible Girls. Unfortunately, if you do not have Cookies,

Chocolate will not be recognised as an appropriate Harmony Day Gift.

If your character is a girl, Spring Harmony Day is a day to receive Cookies

from any Bachelor at Green Heart Level or higher. The visits are scheduled

for each Bachelor at a specific time interval. In the second year, the only

bachelors in Freya's game at Green Heart or higher were Elliot, Denny and

Will. They all brought Cookies. In the third year, all Bachelors were at

Green Heart or higher, so she received visits from each. The visits occur

every hour on the hour if you re-enter your Farmhouse. In the third year,

she

received Chocolate Cookies from all the Bachelors apart from Mark, who was at

Green Heart, so it appears that any Heart Level above Green Heart will result

in Chocolate Cookies.

Spring Harmony Day

The first event occurs after 6.00 a.m. the first time I reenter my house.

Spring Harmony Day

Do you have a minute, Freya?

Me: ?

Elliot enters.

Elliot: I got you a little something in return for your gift last winter. I

hope you like it.

He hands Chocolate Cookies to me.

Me (with music)

Elliot: Good luck with your work, Freya!

Vaughn enters at 7.00 a.m.

Spring Harmony Day

I'm coming in, Freya.

Me: ?

Vaughn: Today's Harmony Day. So I thought I should give you something.

He hands me Chocolate Cookies.

Me (with music)

Vaughn: I'm heading home now. See you later.

Denny comes at 8.00 a.m.

Spring Harmony Day

Denny: Hey, Freya!

Me: ?

I got you a little something for the gift you gave me back in winter!

He gives me Chocolate Cookies.

Me: (with music)

Denny: All right, see you later! Let's go fishing sometime!

At 9.00 a.m., when I reenter the house again, I experience an Event with

Pierre:

Spring Harmony Day

Pardon me... Are you home, Freya?

Me: ?

You gave me such a nice Harmony Day gift last winter. I wanted to return the

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Well, I must be going now. Be seeing you, Freya.

He leaves.

At 10.00 a.m., I re-enter the House to experience an Event with Will:

Spring Harmony Day

May I come in, Freya? It's Will.

Will enters.

Will: At such a cold time of year... Your present warmed me to my soul,

Freya.

Consider this a token of my appreciation. Please accept it.


Me (with music)

Will: Now, pardon me, then, for I must be going.

At 11.00 a.m., the next visitor is Shea.

Freya, are you here? I'm coming in.

Me: ?

Shea: You gave me something yummy, Freya. It was very tasty! This is in

return for that gift. Take it, Freya!

He gives me Chocolate Cookies.

Me (with music)Shea: I'm done. Freya, later!

At noon, I re-enter the Farmhouse to meet my last visitor for the day. It is

Mark.

Freya, do you have a minute?

Me: (?)

Mark: Thanks for the present back in winter. This is a token of my

appreciation.

He gives me Cookies.

I respond 'with music'.

Mark: I'll get going now. I hope you can come visit me in my room at the

hotel.

Harmony Day Gifts to Bachelors after Marriage

After marriage to Will, Freya tested the results of giving Harmony Day Gifts

to

all the remaining Bachelors. Here were the responses:

Elliot: Thank you. But did you already give one to your husband?

Pierre: A Harmony Day present! You're sure your husband won't get jealous?

Shea: What's today? Everybody is exchanging gifts, including me. Happy!

Mark is the only bachelor who still has a heart icon!

Mark: Oh, right. Today is Harmony Day. Thanks.

When I gave a Gift to my husband Will:Will: I had hoped that you would give me one. Thank you, NickNM.* You

shall

be my treasured bride.

*This was a test version of the game. NickNM evidently should have become

the

'nickname' I had chosen for myself, but failed to change in the text.

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The Fireworks Festival has the potential to be a Romantic Event but unlike

other Festivals with romantic aspects, you do not make a Date in advance.

Simply go to the Meadow in the Evening between 6.00 p.m. and 9.50 p.m. and

you

will encounter all Eligible Bachelors and Girls there. At Green Heart or

higher, you will obtain an option to watch the show together. If you decline

the invitation from the last Bachelor/Eligible Girl to whom you speak, you

will watch the show with Gannon.

Incidentally, as with any Festival that occurs at night, you will be sent

home

straight to bed afterwards.

Speak to every one who attends for a boost of 400 Friendship Points. When

Trent begins to visit the Islands, he will attend this Festival.

Trent: Cup your hands over your ears when the fireworks explode to protect

your eardrums.

You will have only one Invitation from any Eligible Girl/Bachelor at Green

Heart or higher. If you decline, you cannot expect the subject to be

broached

if you speak to the individual again!

Gannon: Can I start now?

My options:

Sure.

Wait just a second.

Watching Fireworks with Pierre:

Pierre: I can't wait to watch the fireworks! Would you like to watch the

fireworks together, Freya?

My choices:

Watch fireworks together.

I'd rather watch alone.

If I agree:

Pierre: Great! Now where should we watch from...? I'll go look for a good

spot!

Fireworks fall behind us as we walk.

Pierre and I both: (!)

Pierre: They're so beautiful! They're like bright candies in the sky!

Fireworks burst round us.

Pierre: I'm glad I'm watching these fireworks with you, Freya.

More fireworks, then:

My thoughts: The Fireworks Festival was fun... I hope I can come see it nextyear, too!

The day ends there.

You can go to the Meadow as late as 9.50 p.m. but no later.

If I decline his invitation:

Pierre: Oh. You don't want to watch them with me?

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Elliot: Fireworks used to scare me when I was a kid, but now I really enjoy

them!

Elliot: Hey, Freya, do you want to watch the fireworks together?

Watch Fireworks together?


If I agree:

Elliot: Really? Great! I'll go find us a spot with a good view!

Elliot and I both: (!)

Wow! They're so beautiful!

More fireworks.

Elliot: They look like giant flowers blossoming for just an instant...

I nod, then (with music)

More fireworks, then my last thoughts of the day.

If I had told Elliot I'd rather watch alone:

Elliot: O-Oh... Okay...

Watching Fireworks with Denny:

Denny: Did you come to see the Fireworks too, Freya? I'm so excited!

Denny: Do you wanna watch them together?Watch Fireworks together?


If I agree:

Denny: All right! Let's go find a good spot, Freya!

As we walk, fireworks burst round us.

Denny and I both: (!)

Denny: Wow, they sure are pretty!

More fireworks.

Denny: The anticipation made it all the better. I could watch forever and

ever...

I nod, then with music.

More bursts, then my last thoughts of the day.

If I had said no:

Denny: Oh... That's too bad…

Watching Fireworks with Will

Will: I never want to forget this summer night for as long as I live.

Will: If you're alone, why don't we go watch the fireworks together, Freya?

Watch Fireworks together?


Watch together.

Will: Oh, my heart races just thinking I can create a summer memory with

you.

Fireworks explode in the heavens.

Will and I both: (!)Will: Oh, how beautiful. With you, it's all just too beautiful, Freya.

Getting to watch the fireworks with you makes my heart pound, Freya.

More fireworks.

Me with music.

My last thoughts: The Fireworks Festival was fun... I hope I can come see it

next year, too!

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Will: That's too bad. This summer memory of mine will be a bitter one,

then.

Watching Fireworks with Gannon:

If you receive no invitations or you decline all invitations, you will watch

with Gannon:

Gannon: Now this is summer! Pretty lights and those big bangs! I love it.

Ain't it great, Freya?

More bursts.

Gannon with music. Me: (...)

My last thoughts: The fireworks were beautiful!

Your Birthday in Sunshine Islands

When you reach 7 Hearts or Yellow Heart Level (40,000 points) with any

individual, even while you remain single, you will receive a special Birthday

Gift from that Character if you speak to him/her on your Birthday. The only

exceptions are Haila, Nick and your own Child. Each Character gives adifferent Gift and many of them are rare or valuable items. Each Character

actually has the potential of giving one of three different Gifts, one of

which usually is far more valuable and rare than the others. For example,

Will's Gift can be the very rare Firefly Flower, a Red Magic Flower or a

Pinkcat Flower and Shea's Gift can be a Truffle, a White Herb or a Large

Fish.

The gifts follow a specific order and the actual gift you receive is

determined by the year.

Note that, for all Characters who give Gifts on your Birthday, one of the

three

Gifts in many cases is THEIR Most Favourite Gift. The order of the Gifts is

not determined by the degree to which the Character favours the Gift,

however.

For example, in Elliot's case, his Most Favourite Gift is Stir-Fried Veggies,

which you will not receive from him until the 3rd year. Even where the

Birthday Gifts are not 'Most Favourite Gifts', they are Gifts ordinarily that

would be worth 500 FP if you 'regifted' the item to them.

Your choice of Birthday makes it either more or less likely that you will

receive any Birthday Gifts in the 1st Year. Remember, however, that the list

rotates and 1st Year Gifts will be 4th year Gifts as well. Your choice of

Birthday will determine which Mineral Town visitor(s) ever give you his/her

Birthday Gifts as their visits are set in specific seasons.

Receiving a Birthday Gift is one method by which your Shipping List can be

completed early in the game in the case of rare items.The following is the list of Birthday Gifts that you will receive from any

Character in the order in which they are given, beginning in the first year.

Where the item is a true 'Most Favourite Gift', it is capitalised:

Elliot: Vegetable Juice, Chop Suey, STIR-FRIED VEGGIES

Vaughn: PORRIDGE, Superb Butter, Milk Soup

Denny: Fish and Chips, SASHIMI, Carpaccio

Pierre: Chestnut Kinton, Rolled Omelet, Paella

Will: FIREFLY FLOWER, Red Magic Flower, Pinkcat Flower


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Mark: Summer Sun, Gold Lumber, Winter Sun

Shea: White Herb, Truffle, LARGE FISH

Natalie: FRUIT SANDWICH, Blueberry Juice, Strawberry Milk

Julia: Superb Mayonnaise, SUPERB YOGURT, Dried Bean Curd

Sabrina: Ruby, Amethyst, Emerald

Lanna: Paella, Fish Meuniere, YAM PUDDING

Lily: Gold, Diamond, Red Magic Flower

Chelsea: Fall Sun, Spring Sun, Gold Lumber

Witch Princess: Twin Herb, Gold Lumber, Red Herb

Alisa: Cheesecake, ICE CREAM, Fruit Dumpling

Taro: Bodigizer XL, Fried Tofu Dumplings, Hungerizer XL

Felicia: VEGETABLE GRATIN, Apple Pie, Tempura Noodles

Mirabelle: Suffolk Wool, Silkie Egg, SUPERB CHEESE

Chen: NOODLES, Tempura Noodles, Curry Noodles

Charlie: Soybean Rice Candy, DRY CURRY, Chocolate Banana

Gannon: Gold Lumber, Natto, TEMPURA RICE

Eliza: DONUT, Baumkuchen, Toy Flower

Regis: Diamond, Peridot, Topaz

Nathan: Pancake, Steamed Bread, FRENCH TOAST

Wada: GRILLED FISH, Large Fish, Medium Fish

Witchkin: Peach, Natto, Peach JuiceHarvest Goddess: Pineapple, Firefly Flower, STRAWBERRY

Cliff: Sponge Cake, Bamboo Rice, Cheese Fondue

Trent: Vegetable Juice, JERSEY MILK, Soy Milk

Karen: Wine, Risotto, PIZZA

Popuri: OMELET RICE, Doria, Pudding

Kirk: Bamboo Dumplings, Soybean Rice Candy, Cold Tofu

Carol: Boiled Tofu, Tofu Steak, Lassi

Martin: Sashimi Bowl, Fish Sticks, Simmered Fish

Ray: Pumpkin Pudding, Chocolate Cake, SUSHI

Slater: Relax Tea, Pineapple Pie, Bodigizer

Isaac: Hungerizer, Mixed Rice, Emerald

This is not, strictly speaking, a Romantic occasion, as you can obtain Gifts

from ALL Characters apart from Haila and Nick, but it can be romantic when

the

Girl or Man of your Dreams gives you a special Gift and wishes you a very

'Happy Birthday!'

Winter Harmony Day

Winter Harmony Day on 14 Winter is the equivalent of Japanese White Day or

the

traditional Harvest Moon Winter Thanksgiving Day. It is the day on which

Girls give Chocolates to the men or boys they fancy. For those who are

unfamiliar with the Japanese tradition, it is the equivalent of St.Valentine's Day for male recipients. As in most Harvest Moon games, you can

give Chocolate to every male Character and it will be appreciated even by

individuals who ordinarily do not care for Chocolate or sweets.

If your Character is a Boy, you will receive visits from every Eligible Girl

at

Green Heart or higher according to a set order. Visits may begin as early

as

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In many Harvest Moon games, Chocolate Cake is the preferred Gift for Winter

Thanksgiving but in Sunshine Islands, both Chocolate and Chocolate Cake will

receive the same response and have the same Gift value. It therefore is a

waste of ingredients, time and energy to make Chocolate Cake for every one

while you remain single at any rate. I have not tested whether or not any

distinction is made between the two once you are married.

Unlike some other games, however, you cannot give two Gifts on 14 Winter. If

you give a different item first, your Gift of Chocolate will not be accepted.

It therefore is best simply to give Chocolate to every one.

Here are some Responses to the Gift of Chocolate:

Eligible Bachelors:

Elliot : Is this chocolate for me? Wow, thank you! (shows BIG red heart)

Denny: A present for Harmony Day? Now I feel kinda embarrassed... Thanks,

though! (Shows BIG red heart)

Will: Is that chocolate for me? Thank you. I will gladly accept it.

(Displays BIG red heart)Pierre (with music): This chocolate looks exquisite! Thank you! (Shows BIG

red heart)

Shea (with music): For me? Smell sweet. Looks yummy. (Shows BIG red

heart)

Other males:

Taro (with music): For me? You sure? I've still got it!

Chen (with music): Thanks, but you should probably give that to one of the

younger men on the island.

Charlie (with music): You're giving me chocolate? Yay! I'll return the

favour after I grow up!

Gannon (with music): Whoa! Chocolate! For me!? Thanks, man.

Regis (with music): O-ho! Is that for me? This is quite nice.

Nathan (with music): Thanks. Your friendship and the Harvest Goddess' love

both humble me.

Slater: You're giving it to me? Uh, thanks.

Kirk makes the same response as he makes to Chocolate on any other day:

For Chocolate (with music): This is a great present! Good choice. Thanks!

Martin: Whether I like it or not, it's the thought that counts.

If I give Chocolate to Nick, he'll make Chocolate Banana.

Starry Night Festival

As the requirement for celebrating the Starry Night Festival with an EligibleBachelor or Girl is 6 Hearts or Green Heart Level, the 2nd Winter may be your

first opportunity to celebrate this romantic Festival.

To celebrate the Starry Night Festival, you need to make an arrangement with

an

Eligible Girl/Bachelor on the previous day. When you first speak to any

Eligible Girl/Bachelor with 6 Hearts or higher on 23 Winter, it will trigger

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most wish to spend the Starry Night Festival before you speak to any one

else.

Once you make an arrangement with some one, the option no longer will be

available with other Characters.

In many Harvest Moon games, the Starry Night Festival is a business holiday

and

all shops and houses are locked throughout the day. In Sunshine Islands, on

the other hand, you can visit individuals and shop as usual, with one

important exception. The location for your Starry Night Festival date will

be

unavailable until 6.00 p.m.

If you attempt to enter the building where your date is set to occur before

6.00 p.m., you will receive a prompt as follows:

Freya: We promised to meet at 6 p.m. I'll come back later.

This is significant actually only in the case of Vaughn or Julia as their

Starry Night Festival Dates occur at the Animal Shop.

The Starry Night Festival is not so much a romantic assignation before

marriage

as it is a family celebration. You will be invited to spend the evening with

the family of the Eligible Girl/Bachelor. Although you apparently do spend

time star-gazing afterwards, you will not experience that part of the

Festival

directly.

After you have experienced the celebratory Starry Night Festival meal, you

will

go directly to bed, so make certain that all your chores are completed BEFORE

you go to the assignation.

Family Life in Sunshine Islands

Once you are married, you will receive a meal from your Spouse whenever you

enter your Farmhouse between 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. On your Birthday and

Anniversary, your Spouse will surprise you with a special event. As in other

Harvest Moon games, you first will be asked if you know what occasion is

being

celebrated. On your Birthday, answer correctly to receive the special

Birthday Gift your Spouse would give you if you remained single.

On your anniversary, if you respond correctly to your Spouse's question, you

will receive a Wonderful as an Anniversary Gift.

Lunch

When you enter your Farmhouse after marriage on any day other than a Festival

Day between 1.00 p.m. and 1.50 p.m., you will experience an Event entitled

'Lunch'.


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Your spouse will stand in the kitchen 'with music'.

The text of the Event will differ from spouse to spouse but the items always

are chosen at random. If you save your game before you enter the House, you

can reload to obtain a different Item as 'Lunch'.

A Lunch item can be used to elicit a new Recipe from Haila or Nick if it is

an

Item that you have not been able to obtain or cook prior to this. My

Sunshine

Islands Cookbook Recipe Guide lists the items that prompt every Recipe in the

game. As the Lunch items are completely random, you can reload again and

again until you obtain an item that can be used for a new Recipe.

Your Birthday after Marriage

A List of all possible Gifts that will be given to you on your Birthday by

all

Characters who have attained 7 Hearts or a total of 40,000 Friendship Points

is given in another section of this Guide. You simply need to speak to each

individual on your Birthday in order to receive the designated Gift for thatyear and your marital status is irrelevant.

The only difference that occurs when you are married is that your Spouse will

celebrate your Birthday at home with a little special Event if you enter your

Farmhouse after 6.00 p.m. and you will have the opportunity to receive a Gift

from him/her. All you need to do is answer the question put to you

correctly.

Having a Child

Having a child is not an automatic result in Sunshine Islands. You need

first

to expand your house one more time in order to be able to buy the Child's

Bed.

This should appear at Chen's Market in the Furniture category one full

season

after your marriage.

Your Spouse must be at maximum Heart Level of 60,000 points, or deepest red

heart level as well if you wish to have an announcement of a blessed event.

If you ignore your Spouse for a total of 5 days, for example, you will have a

30% chance of losing 1000 AP with your Spouse on that day and every day after

that if you continue to ignore him/her. This would be an impediment to any

pregnancy, obviously!

If all requirements are met and the pregnancy is announced, your Child will

be

born two full seasons after the pregnancy announcement. The gender of your

child is chosen randomly and you can have only one child in Sunshine Islands.

In fact, Sunshine Islands is very similar to Island of Happiness where your

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When your child is born, he/she will have 35,000 Friendship Points at birth

and

will spend two full years in the Child's Bed. You can interact daily with

the

Child by speaking to him/her to raise Heart Levels but you cannot give any

Gifts at this initial stage. Stand beside the Crib and press 'A' or touch

the

Crib with the stylus to hear your Child cry and express your own wish that

he/she grow up to be strong and healthy.

Two years after birth, you will experience an Event wherein your Child begins

to speak. At this point, you will be able to give him/her Gifts on a daily

basis. You now will be able to receive a Sun Stone from your Child. If you

collected all other Sun Stones that can be obtained, you now should be able

to

raise Sunny Island.

Your Child will crawl about the house for another two years. At 4 Years of

age, your Child will begin to walk and will be able to leave the house. This

is the final stage in your Child's development.

Special Dialogues

There are a number of situations where a special Dialogue will be initiated.

One is during any Engagement, in the week between a successful Proposal and

the Wedding. In the case of your own Engagement, it is your Rivals who will

have a special Dialogue, acknowledging your pending Marriage. In the case of

a Rival's Engagement, it is the Eligible Bachelor/Girl who will speak to you

of his/her pending Marriage.

When a Rival is engaged, speak to the Eligible Girl/Bachelor at home to

experience the Dialogue about the pending Marriage. When it is your own

Engagement, you need to speak to your Rival when he/she is outside in one of

his/her habitual locations.

For example, if your Character is a Girl, speak to Lily at Volcano Island to

experience the Dialogue. Natalie's Dialogue occurs outside the Diner.

Julia's Dialogue occurs at Sprout Island at the Beach.

There are special Dialogues that occur only when you are married and others

that occur only when Rival Couples have married. Once you have married, any

of your Rivals who remain single will speak wistfully of marriage. Once a

Rival Couple marries, both will speak of their marital bliss.

Ordinary Characters who are not eligible for marriage will have special

Dialogue about your wedded state when you speak to them at specific

locations.For example, it is only on Saturday at the Café that Mirabelle will remark

upon your marriage. Felicia will speak of her memories of her husband in the

context of your marriage at the Café as well.

Finally, the Dialogues for Characters after any severe storm will change

after

your Marriage and/or the Marriage of Rival Couples. There is one Dialogue

for

Typhoons and another for Blizzards.


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All Eligible Characters in Sunshine Islands

In the following sections, you will find all Bachelors followed by all

Eligible

Girls. Each section contains the Official Description of the Character,

followed by his/her Birthday. Detailed lists of Most Favourite, Favourite,

Loved, Liked, Disliked and Detested Gifts are provided, followed by a

complete

Schedule of Heart Events with the actual Texts of those Events. Finally, at

the end of each section is a list of the Rival Heart Events, if any, with

their schedules.

Note that Rival Heart Events will be the same for both partners in the

potential Rival Couple. I have listed them twice, however, to complete each

Character's Schedule of Events. The actual Text of any Rival Heart Events is

given only once, however, with a simple notation to that effect in the

section

of the other participant in the Event.

Remember that all Friendship Events for Eligible Characters as well as all

other individuals, will be found in the Sunshine Islands Characters Guide.

ELIGIBLE BACHELORS

ELLIOT

Official Description:

Resident Name: Elliot

Gender: Male

Family: Taro, Felicia, Natalie

Favourites: Crops

Dislikes: Dairy products

Official Description: Natalie's meek-but-kind elder brother. He is

constantly

striving to be more manly, but his efforts are usually in vain.

Birthday: 21 Summer

His Gift on your Birthday: Stir-Fried Veggies, Chop Suey, Vegetable Juice

Elliot is a shy, rather insecure young man who is part of Taro's family and

therefore will be among your first acquaintances on the Island. His sister

Natalie is outspoken and headstrong and takes every opportunity to punctureElliot's vanity, although she loves him deeply. Felicia is the mother of

Elliot and Natalie and Taro is their grandfather. You can find Elliot every

morning inside Taro's house. Speak to him even if you cannot give him a gift

to raise his heart level.

If you are playing the game as a boy, Elliot will be your rival for Julia's

affections and indeed, you will find them together often, as they are both

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Most Favourite Gift: Stir-Fried Veggies (+800 Points)

Items he Loves: (+500 Points)

Raw Items: Potato, Corn

Cooked Dishes: Tomato Juice, Vegetable Juice, Salad

Items He Likes: (+300 Points)

Raw Items: Turnip, Cucumber, Carrot, Onion

Cooked Dishes: Grilled Eggplant, Sponge Cake, Bread

Items he Dislikes: (-300 Points)

Raw Items: Fodder, Buckwheat, Flour

Cooked Dishes: Pizza, Gratin

Items He Detests: (-500 Points)

Raw Items: Toadstool, Yogurt, Cheese

Item of Utter Horror: Milk (-5000 Points)

Favourite Animals: Cat, Sparrow, Rabbit

Actual Responses to Gifts:

For Stir-Fried Veggies (with music): Can I really have it? I love stir fry.

Thanks so much!

For Potato (with music): I really like this. Thanks so much.

For Yam (with music): It makes me so happy to get something this nice!Thanks

so much.

On his birthday, for Potato or Onion (with music): You remembered my

birthday?

Thanks so much.

For Small Fish (no music): Thank you very much.

Romance Tip: Elliot lives with his family, including his grandfather Taro.

You probably should visit Taro each morning to discover the weather forecast

for the following day. When you do so, simply speak to Elliot to raise his

heart level as well. Your first Spring crops of Turnips and Potatoes are

gifts that Elliot prizes, although Potatoes are even more of a favourite than

Turnips. If you can afford to give crops to him, do, but you will find that

his heart level increases if you simply speak to him daily. As in IoH, he is

one of the most easily accessible bachelors in SI.

Actual Dialogue:

At Home:

At Black Heart: There's a lot of physical labour in the shipping business,

but

I can handle it.

If your character is a boy, at Black Heart:

Elliot: I try to watch myself, but I'm always making mistakes...

At Purple Heart: I love plants... the colours of nature are so amazing.

At Blue Heart: The shipping business can be very challenging. I make quite a

few mistakes.... But I'm just happy that I'm useful to some one.At Green Heart: Since we moved, I'm gonna take the opportunity to break out

of

my shell!

At Yellow Heart: My sister makes fun of me, but I've still gotta be there

for

her when she needs me!

At Orange Heart: How's work on the ranch? If you need help, don't hesitate

to

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At Red Heart: Freya, just seeing your face makes me happy for some reason.

For Chocolate on the day of the Winter Thanks Fest:

Elliot: Is this chocolate for me? Wow, thank you!

He then displays a big red heart for me.

If I go to the trouble of making Chocolate Cake, he will respond the same and

it will have the same gift value.

At Mirabelle's Animal Shop:

Elliot: Julia's amazing... She's about my age, but she's much more reliable.

In Spring outside the Diner: I love spring. It just makes me cheerful

seeing

everything turn green.

In Summer outside the Diner: With so much to do, every day seems fulfilling.

In Winter outside the Diner in afternoon: With so much to do, every day

seems

fulfilling. I don't like the cold. I can't wait for spring.

At the Beach with Julia on Saturday in fine Weather at 2.00 p.m.: Though we

maynot be rich, life here with such kind people is a lot of fun.

Elliot's Purple Heart Event

Location: Taro's House

Time/Weather:

Sunny, 6.00 a.m. to 7.50 a.m., 8.00 p.m. to 9.50 p.m.

Rainy, 6.00 a.m. to 7.50 a.m., 12.00 p.m. to 9.50 p.m.

Only having given Elliot one gift, on his birthday, he nonetheless reached

Purple Heart today and when I walked into his house at 7.50 a.m., I

experienced his Purple Heart Event.

Cleaning

Me: (...)

Elliot: !

Elliot: Y-You scared me, Freya... Please don't do that.

Me: ?

Elliot: I was doing some cleaning. It's embarrassing, but I messed up at

work

yesterday... Grandpa's mnaking me clean as punishment...

Me: !

Elliot: A mistake is a mistake. Nothing I can do about it now. But I've

really got to watch myself so I don't mess up like that again. ... I mean,

I'malways watching myself... but things still don't go my way.

Your choices now:

Things will be okay.

I could help you clean.

Choose:

I could help you clean.

Elliot: (!) Wow, really? I should be doing this alone, but to be honest, I

don't think I caqn finish by myself. Thanks a lot for offering to help.

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I nod with vigour.

Elliot (with music): Can you take care of the table? I'll sweep the floor.

After:

Elliot: This should do. You were a huge help, Freya.

Felicia: Freya, thank you so much.

Natalie: I can't believe my brother keeps making such stupid mistakes!

Taro: Looks like you helped out Elliot. Thanks, Freya.

If I had chosen:

Things will be okay.

Elliot: Yeah, I don't need you to tell me that, Freya. I've gotta finish

cleaning up, so could you get out of here?

I get thrown outside the door! When I go inside, Elliot at black heart

again.

It is 7.50 a.m.

Elliot's Blue Heart Event

Location: Cross Bridge from Verdure Island to Sprout Island

Time/Weather: Sunny/Cloudy, 1.00 p.m. to 3.50 p.m.If you wish to trigger Elliot's Blue Heart Event, you have to walk east

across

the bridge to Sprout Island AFTER noon. The event triggers instantly.

My Favourite Spot

Elliot: (!)

Elliot: Hello, Freya. Taking a walk?

I nod with vigour.

Elliot: Me too. It's nice out, isn't it? And there's a great view of the

sea.

I walk up to stand next to him.

Me (with music)

Elliot: I love checking out the scenery from here. The sea looks endless

and

the breeze feels nice... Coming here always makes me feel good.

My choices now:

I don't think it's so great.

I really like it too!

Choose: I really like it too!

Elliot (with music): You think so too, Freya? That's great.

We stand side by side watching the waves.

Elliot: I could go on watching this scenery forever.

I nod with vigour again.

Elliot turns to face me.

Elliot: You wanna get closer to the waves?We walk to the shoreline.

Elliot: Freya, look at the pretty shell! I bet it's lucky. I feel like

something good is going to happen.

Me (with music)

The event ends. Julia and Elliot are south of me walking on the shore.

After:

Elliot: Though we may not be rich, life here with such kind people is a lot

of

fun.


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If I had chosen:

I don't think it's so great.

Elliot (with black cloud) Don't talk about my favourite spot like that.

That's not nice. ...Never mind. I'll just enjoy it on mmy own.

He would then walk away. After, he and Julia would be on the shore a little

south of me and he would be at purple heart again..

After:

Elliot: Though we may not be riche, life here with such kind people is a lot

of fun.

1.50 p.m. in fine weather (cloudy or sunny)

Elliot's Green Heart Event

Location: Taro's House

Time/Weather: 6.00 a.m. to 7.50 a.m. in any weather conditions

Elliot's Green Heart Event can be triggered on any day in any weather

conditions between 6.00 a.m. and 8.50 a.m. by entering Taro's house. After

9.00 a.m., it will not occur.

Freya walked into Taro's House at 8.30 a.m. to experience Elliot's Green

Heart

Event.

Mother's Accident

I enter to find Taro and Elliot at the table, with Felicia and Natalie facing

one another at the kitchen counter.

Natalie: M-Mom! What happened?

Felicia: N-nothing at all...

Natalie: Look at you! You almost fell over!

Elliot and Taro both: (!)

Taro: Oh no!

Felicia (with black cloud) I=I'm okay... I just felt a little dizzy...

Elliot marches over there.

Elliot: You're totally pale! I'll take care of this work, but you need to

rest, Mom!!! Natalie, can you get some ice and a wet towel? Oh, and some

blankets, too?

Natalie: O-Okay!

Elliot: Grandpa, you go get the doctor.

Taro: I'm on it!

Every one rushes about.

Taro: (!)

Now to me:

Taro: Outta my way, Freya! I 've got to get a hold of the doctor!

My choices now:

Use my phone!See you later!

Obviously, you should choose:

Use my phone!

Taro: (!) That's a huge help! Thank you, Freya!

Elliot: T-Thank you very much, Freya!

Trent actually shows up! We all then are in a circle facing him.

Trent (...):

Elliot: ... Is my other all right?

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Trent: You must have overworked yourself. Get some rest and you'll be fine.

Natalie: That's great.,,

Taro: I thnk we've all been working too much lately...

Felicia: Thank you very much, Dr. Trent. I'm sorry that I made all of you

worry. And... elliot. Thank you.

Elliot: I'm just glad it wasn't serious. Get some rest, okay?

The event ends with us still in a circle.

After:

Trent: This really concerns me... You've got to take better care of

yourself.

I've got to go now, but call me if anything happens.

Natalie: I'm so relieved. I haven't

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