Robin & Ann?

[Arby_notthemeats]

Hey!

So, I heard Ape based Stardew off of 1996 Harvest Moon.
I decided to play it and noticed the two games were VERY simular. Even some characters…
If anyone has Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics and has played 1996 Harvest Moon, you’ll notice that this one character looks very familiar. Her name is Ann and she looks exactly like Robin. The only difference I’ve found so far is that Ann is a bachelorette and Robin isn’t.
My theory is that Ann might be a younger Robin if Ape created a loop/story to connect the too.
Anyways, does anyone know something about this? I put a picture of Ann below.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

I definitely see the resemblance, even some of the outfit is shared between the two of them. I don't know enough about the character to say if it was a tribute, as Robin seems to have veered into her own character niche, but I'd be interested in learning more abt it

 

[Nonak]

Similarly I know nothing about her, but they definitely look very similar, could be some cool theories, especially if more evidence is found, but even if it wasn't intentional, it's a fun coincidence.

 

[MogBeoulve]

I remember Ann giving your farmer fish as a meal if you marry her. She handed you a big, blue fish, saying something about not being a good cook? and you swallowed it whole. She was also always working on some kind of machine.

 

[Terdin]

Yeah, Ann was always tinkering on something... The result of testing them was pretty similar to testing Maru's robot component in the heart event... So CA may have spread her over two characters to avoid being accused of plagiarism. Robin getting the looks, and Maru the tinkering.

ETA: Ann was re-used as a character in later HM games, such as Friends of Mineral Town and a few others. I haven't played those games, but I have played HM: DS, where the girls from Mineral Town appear at festivals (and one day a week if you connected it to FoMT, but that's not possible with the European version of the DS) Not sure how or if her personality or interests changed in those games, but she's the worst cook to enter the cooking contest in the DS game.

 

[LRangerR]

Hey!

So, I heard Ape based Stardew off of 1996 Harvest Moon.
I decided to play it and noticed the two games were VERY simular. Even some characters…
If anyone has Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Classics and has played 1996 Harvest Moon, you’ll notice that this one character looks very familiar. Her name is Ann and she looks exactly like Robin. The only difference I’ve found so far is that Ann is a bachelorette and Robin isn’t.
My theory is that Ann might be a younger Robin if Ape created a loop/story to connect the too.
Anyways, does anyone know something about this? I put a picture of Ann below.

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Also Maru takes up Ann's personality type as the tinkerer. The only difference is that Ann wasn't obsessed with space and AI