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With eightStory of Seasons: A Wonderful Lifemarriage candidates to choose from, it’s almost harder to pick your favorite marriage candidate when the time comes to get married. Thankfully, you’ll spend your first year getting to know the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates before having to choose.
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In our romance guide, we’ll introduce you to each of the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates, offer info on how to date around in Forgotten Valley, and try to help you end up with the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidate of your dreams.
Updated on June 15, 2025:As we continue on with our Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life guide coverage, we’ll be returning to our Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life guides to update them with new information and relevant links. Today’s Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates update features new hyperlinks and info to help you along in your romances.
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Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life Romance Tips
When you first arrive in Forgotten Valley, Takakura tells you on day one that he thinks you should start meeting the Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life marriage candidates, with the goal ofgetting married sooner than laterin mind.
Every character has a friendship meter, but all eight of the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Lifemarriage candidatesalso haveaffection metersfor you as well, to trackyour romance progress.
Like friendship,romance and affection isinfluenced by talking to the romance candidates and giving gifts they likeon a regular basis. This meter willincrease for all charactersthroughout Year One as you befriend and spend time with the folks around town.
Additionally, seeing the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates cutscenes often offerdialogue choicesthat can sway this affection meter as well and impact your romance
This means you’ll need toget to know every oneof the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidatespretty well before making your final proposal.
However, when it comes down to it, you’reonly able to settle down with one marriage candidate, so pick a favorite Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life marriage candidate, chat them up, and be sure togive them giftsoften enough to consistently raise the romance in your relationship..
All Marriage Candidates In Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
With all eight of the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates unique in their own ways, we’ve listed all marriage candidates below with a brief summary of who they are.
Click the names in the table belowto navigate to individual Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life marriage candidate romance guides.
Cecilia
Vesta’s Farm
“A nature-loving farmhand whose family is close with Vesta’s. Caring for crops and flowers is her passion.”
Gordy
Gordy’s Yard
“An artist of few words. If he’s not punching metal, he’s probably thinking about it.”
Gustafa
Gustafa’s Yurt
“A bard who marches to the beat of his own drum. Treasures music and nature above all else.”
“Romana’s granddaughter. Often found practicing her piano at the Villa.”
Matthew
“Vesta’s sullen younger brother. Bashful, but tends to be harsh on others.”
Molly
Bluebird Cafe
“A lovely, lively lady who moved from the city to Forgotten Valley. Works part-time at the Bluebird Cafe.”
Nami
Lei-Over Inn
“An introverted traveler staying at the Lei-Over Inn. Her past is shrouded in mystery.”
Rock
“Tei and Lou’s laid-back son. If there’s work to be done… he’s not doing it.”
While you’lldevelop friendshipswith all the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates in a neighborly way and seemultiple character’s Heart Eventsthroughout the game, onlyyou can decide who you end up within the end.
Seeing a marriage candidate’s cutscenes does not mean you’re committedto anyoneright away. Each Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidate has several scenes, with only theirfinal scenesbeing deciding factors.
ThoughMolly, Cecilia, and Namido have additional events thatlock you into a relationship with them, these aretheir final Heart Events. If youreact positivelyto their affection during these Heart Events, the game doesconsider you engagedto the woman in the scene.
Is There Same-Sex Marriage In Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life?
Anotherupdate from the original game, you can nowget married to any oneof the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates, regardless of your farmer’s designated sex or pronouns.
Marriage candidates will be referred to as your"partner"after the wedding, so whoever’s caught your eye, feel free to romance them!
Give A Marriage Candidate A Blue Feather To Get Married In Year One
While you’re forced to get marriedafter a time, if you’ve got your eye on one of the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates, and youraffection level is high enoughfor romance, you cangive a Blue Feather to propose at any timeduring Year One.
You’ll know your marriage candidate of choicelike you enough to marry youafter you’veseen each of their cutscenes.
You can alsocheck their diaryor thehearts in their relationship info in your bag menuto check to see where you stand with one another, in terms of romance.
Despite having a high affection for you, a Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidatemay take a bit before acceptingyour Blue Feather.
Keep talking to your marriage candidate and offering gifts, periodically offering the Blue Feather to see if they’ll finally take it.
If you give a Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life the Blue Feather, andthey accept, amarriage cutscene is triggered immediately, instead of at the end of Year Two like they are by default.
Additionally, after you go to bed onWinter Ten of Year One, you’ll begin the following day with the cutscene of you and your new spouse telling the townsfolk you’re married now.
Your spousewill not move in until Year Two, but you two will still have theformal wedding ceremonywith the Nature Sprites after Winter Ten as well, inaddition to the special Blue Feather scene.
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You Have To Get Married
If you haven’t taken romantic matters into your own hands by the end of Year One,you’re forced to get married before beginning Year Two.
If you start the new year without giving a Blue Feather to one of the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life romance candidates,Takakura will enter your homeafter you’ve gone to sleep onWinter Ten of Year One, and tell you thatsomeone is waitingfor you.
You’re then given alist of namesto choose from of allromance candidates with whom you have a high enough affectionthat they’d have married you if you offered them your Blue Feather before this.
Any marriage candidate not of a high enough affection will be missingfrom the list, so be sure you’re chasing your romance partner throughout year one, lest you be locked out of marrying them later.
After choosing your Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidate, you’ll see a lengthy but adorablecutscenewhere you and your new partnertell everyone in townabout your upcoming marriage and bid farewell to their former home.
Thecutscene is different for each character, and the townsfolk react differently depending on who you’ve chosen to marry.
Other Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates may exhibit signs of jealousy during this cutscene.
After everyone in town knows, you’ll besummoned to the forestat nightby the Nature Sprites, where you’ll then get to enjoy a rather serenewedding ceremony alone with your spouse.
Your Child Is Decided During Your Wedding
Once you’ve exchanged vows, your new spouse will bring up the topic of havingchildren, saying that they hopeyour family will expand. They thenask if you’d prefer a boy or a girlwhen the time comes.
You havethree optionsto choose from when you reply:
In writing our individual romance guides for the Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidates, we chose a random child foreach of the eight marriage candidates, and had a daughter seven of the eight times.
At least in our experience, “random” seems skewed toward you having a girl.
Every Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidate willhave a child with youafter the time skip, who initially moves into your bedroom during Year Two and grows up throughout the rest of the game.
Once you have your child, you’ve got the rest of your life toinfluence them, socheck out our guidefor tips on how to do so, and what role your Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life marriage candidate plays in it.
