Adopt a cat - Befriend Romona. Somewhere in Chapter 2 and up, Romona will come to your house and let you name and have it.
Change chicken gender - Note: This trick only works for a hatching chicken. Do not save the game until you get the gender of chicken that you want. After the chick hatches, reset or turn off the Gamecube. The chick might change to male or female. Note: This may require a few attempts.
Change weather - If it is raining or there is a hurricane, enter the mine and dig. After you are done, the rain or hurricane will be over. Also, keep turning your television on and off while on the weather channel. Stop when the weather that you want appears.
Chinese checkers mini-game - If you enter Kassey's house when one of them is there you can sometimes play a mini-game that is similar to Chinese checkers.
Easy money - Buy a Seed Mixer and put in any of the fruit from tree crops. Sell the seeds instead of the fruit to make lots more money. For example, grapes sell for about 35 G each but the seeds are worth 450 G each.
Freeze your baby - Bring your son to the place where you link. Put it on the right side on the shadow and it will freeze. You cannot pick it up or do anything else. It can still move normally as if you were pressing X, but it cannot walk around and you cannot pick it up. Your wife will have to pick it up when it is its bedtime so you do not have to worry losing it. It will also return to normal if you reset.
Quick rest - Select the "Diary" option and choose to go to sleep. Save the game when asked, then reset the GameCube. Load that saved game file to resume just before the time you went to sleep, but fully rested.
Tombstone washer mini-game - In Chapter 2, go to Nina's grave at 6:30 a.m. and talk to Garen. You can play the tombstone washer mini-game.