I made a tier of my fave bachelor/ettes in Animal Parade. (Yes, I still and always will gush over AP.) It was hard to choose because there are so many good options!
What mechanics do you miss the most in the modern games? for me it's definitely the fact that in previous games, spouses could help out on the farm, and in Harvest Moon:
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