Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

• Print out the birthdays for the villagers and their favorite gifts. You can find out this information ingame but it's only through events or dialogue.

• Don't just toss items on the ground. This counts as garbage. Make sure you put weeds and such into the bin.

• Your first year is going to suck when it comes to festivals.

• Upgrade your ax, watering can, and hammer.

• Don't leave animals outside in the rain. Don't leave your puppy outside until he's grown.

• If I recall, your crops can be watered twice a day.

• Try to ship 100 of each crop for each season - this unlocks special crops.

• Get a basket ASAP.

• Take the basket with you when mining in the mining cave so you can cram lots of valuable ores in to sell; this is the best/only way to make any meaningful cash in winter.

• Chop lumber like a motherfucker; you'll need it for house upgrades; can't get married without house upgrades.

• Buy all the cooking utensils for sale on TV.

• Do not get exhausted while mining and lose your basket. Seriously stop at the point you literally fall over from exhaustion, but before you fall over and can't get back up.