HOLES IN THE PLOT

As great a game as Harvest Moon is, there are a ton of things that just don't make any sense! Here's a list of some of them:
  1. The 6AM Warp: When you stay out all night, how do you warp back to your house?
  2. Sleepless in Mineral Village: How can you stay up all night, night after night, with just a couple hours of sleep in the Hot Springs?
  3. Miraculous Chickens: If you dump your chickens all over town/the forest, how do they find their way back by the next morning, time after time?
  4. That Was One Powerful Egg: At the Harvest Festival, how does only the thing YOU put in determine whether the soup tastes good or not?
  5. Magic Mines: Who put ladders in the mines? And why did they cover them back up with dirt so that you have to dig them up?
  6. The 2000-calorie Rice Ball: How can a farmer survive off one meal a day?
  7. Fridge Cryogenics: Why can you keep a fish alive for months on end in your fridge?
  8. Preservative Backpack: Why don't things ever rot in your rucksack?
  9. A Village Like a Prison: There isn't even a hint of a way out, yet Kai manages to leave.
  10. Miracle-Gro and Miracle-Cut: How do the same tree stumps come back every day? Do the trees undergo years of growth in a moment, then get chopped down overnight? Same goes for the flowers. How do plants that take 6-10 days to grow on your farm regenerate overnight?
  11. The Fountain of Youth: Why does no one ever age, no matter how many years you play? Even your baby only ages a few months, then enters Mineral Village time stasis.
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