![]() ![]() There was nothing special about her death.Īnd yet, why is her death so memorable? Aside from the fact that this is only the second time death was featured in a Harvest Moon game (and this being at least the ninth game in the franchise), it's also the sole death in the series to be treated as something normal. No special cutscene, no characters screaming into the sky, no internal monologues, just a tombstone, and an old widower who will never be the same again. It wasn't a game changing moment, like Aeris' death in Final Fantasy 7, nor was it a big, dramatic event like Lavitz' death in Legend of Dragoon. See, it's sad because her death WASN'T an earth shattering event. It's sad because this wonderful character we grew attached to is never coming back. We see it coming, we KNOW it's coming, and when it 's still sad. The game isn't being subtle, it's giving us a bright warning sign. And she always, always mentions she's old. She mentions she's not as energetic as she used to be. She starts having dreams that seem to foretell her death. Nina starts feeling colder, and more lonely. The game starts dropping hint after hint that Nina is going to die through the second half of the first chapter, when Fall starts. In hindsight, this is a BIG hint that she won't last long, because all the other villagers are not this easy to befriend. All I know is I managed to befriend her by giving her a few flowers, talking to her every day, and visiting her once in a while. Nina is very easy to befriend, and may in fact be the easiest person to befriend in the game. ![]() She and her husband Galen are inseparable, always together, always taking a walk in the morning, always relaxing in the afternoon. Nina is a kind woman, a woman who always has something nice to say, always greets you when she sees you, always welcomes you into her humble home, always has a kind word to share. As I said, her role in the game is paper thin, but that doesn't mean she's a paper thin character.
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