I’ve been playing Story of Season Friends of Mineral Town, which is a remake of the GBA game, Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town (which itself was a port of Harvest Moon Back to Nature).
All of the characters have new designs and a few have new names. For continuity’s sake, characters who previously appeared in MDJ will keep their original names and their appearances will be a blend of the old and new designs. Characters who never appeared in MDJ will all have their new designs and names.