Natsume is bringing Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming to the Nintendo DS in August. This continues the tale from last year’s Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness. Except this time something is strange on Sunny Island.

“We are eagerly anticipating the launch of Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming,” said Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO at Natsume. “We know that players will enjoy the wide variety of gameplay modes, playable characters, and fun unlockables that we have planted in this all-new adventure!”

There are 12 playable characters and each has it’s own storyline and abilities. The title has a variety of game play modes such as story mode, mission mode, score attack and free play modes.

You can read about April’s impressions of Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming here. I found out at E3 that April is a huge Harvest Moon fan, so you’ll want to read what she says about the title.