


The gravestone name has changed in the North American version. Since Harvest Moon DS takes place 100 years after the time of Wonderful Life, your Gamecube character has naturally passed away, leaving your DS character in charge of the same farm. If you had connected your Mineral Town game to a game from the Wonderful Life series, the name of your AWL character will appear on a gravestone located near the Barney Circus grounds. These special records can be purchased after you connect your two games together. If you connected up your GBA game you can buy a fourth set of Mineral Town music remixes. You will have 1 set that appear at the beginning of the game, a second set that will be for purchase after you are married, and a third for when your child is born. Jet's shop inventory will have the records you can purchase. When you are able to unlock Channel 5, the Sprite Station you will have access to changing the background music. If you don't have a copy of FoMT you could even borrow one from a friend for a few moments in order to get the special characters to appear in your DS game. The special characters will continue to appear in your DS game, even if you have removed the FoMT cartrige from your console. Gotz will make weekly appearances and Kai will visit every Summer, even if you don't connect your GBA game to the DS. The special visitor Mary is the only exception. The characters will start their designated weekday in the back hall rooms on the 2nd floor of the Inn, then walk to various locations in the valley.

The main change that occurs is the weekly appearance of the bachelorettes and bachelors from the Mineral town games.
