Harvest Moon (Game Series, 1996)

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Story of Seasons
Original title 牧場 物語
transcription Bokujō Monogatari
developer Marvelous Interactive (formerly: Victor Interactive Software)
Publisher Marvelous Entertainment Natsume (1996-2013)

XSeed Games (since 2013)

Designer Yasuhiro Wada (series creator)
First title Harvest Moon (1996)
Last title Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (2016)
Platform (s) SNES , Wii , Game Boy , Game Boy Color , N64 , PlayStation , PS2 , PS3 , PSP , GBA , GameCube , NDS
Genre (s) Life and economy simulation

Story of Seasons ( Japanese 牧場 物語 , Bokujō Monogatari , German about "farm history"), formerly Harvest Moon , is a video game series from Marvelous Entertainment , the first part of which was released in 1996 in Japan for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System under the same name.

So far, offshoots of the game series for the Game Boy , the Game Boy Color , the Game Boy Advance , the Nintendo 64 , the GameCube , the Nintendo DS , the Nintendo 3DS , the Nintendo Wii , the PlayStation , the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable have been published . The series sold more than a million times in Europe.

Until 2013, the game series was published in North America by the publisher Natsume under the name "Harvest Moon". In 2013, however, developer Marvelous decided to publish the series in North America itself. Since Natsume retained the rights to the name "Harvest Moon", the other parts of the Bokujō-Monogatari series were published in North America and Europe under the name Story of Seasons . Then Natsume decided to publish his own game series under the name "Harvest Moon".

Harvest Moon is a farm simulation. The player takes on the role of a male or female farmer. The task is to rebuild and maintain a farm near a small town. He can earn money by selling cultivated plants or animal products. Depending on the game, different pets have to be looked after.

"Harvest Moon" means "Harvest Moon"; this is the full moon, which is closest in time to the autumn equinox .

Game aspects

action

The traditional sequence of events in the series revolves around the player who takes over and continues to run his father's farm. In addition to the usual farm tasks, such as looking after the animals and watering the fields, the player must also make friends with the local villagers, find a husband or wife, have a child, expand the farm buildings and take part in village festivals. However, this process does not apply to all Harvest Moon games. For example, in Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland , the player has to save the village, run the farm and take a part-time job, but cannot charm and marry any of the village girls. In other games in the series, such as Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life , the main focus is on finding a spouse, having a child and raising them to an adult. In the latest adaptations of the series, such as Harvest Moon DS and Harvest Moon DS Cute , the player has to find and unlock 60 of the 101 missing Harvest Sprites in order to free the goddess of harvest turned into stone.

The process is similar in Harvest Moon: Magical Melody : The player has to find musical notes by completing various tasks in the game (e.g. cooking, raising animals, finding a spouse, etc.). Here, too, the aim is to redeem the petrified harvest goddess with the notes.

In Harvest Moon: Tree of Silence , the goddess tree has withered and the player has to help the Harvest Sprites to create tree cakes to revive the tree.

Game mechanics

Harvest Moon is a farm simulation . The player takes on the role of a mostly male farmer whose job it is to rebuild and maintain a farm near a small town. For example, tomato , cucumber , pumpkin or corn plants can be grown and sold, which have to be watered daily until harvest. Money can also be earned with animal products such as milk , wool or eggs . Depending on the game, dogs, cats, horses, cows, chickens, ducks, sheep, goats, silkworms and ostriches have to be looked after.

Establishing and maintaining interpersonal contacts with neighbors is also not irrelevant for the rest of the game. The sympathy is increased z. For example, by giving the characters gifts (e.g. grown crops) and attending local festivities.

In the course of the game there is the possibility of getting married and having children. However, this is not possible in all Harvest Moon parts.

Seeds

This is the central aspect of all the games in the series. The player has to find optimal planting, watering and harvesting schemes. Discovering the most profitable crops, clearing large areas for planting, and harvesting before winter is the key to a good harvest and lots of money. In the games, each season of the year has a different species of plant available. The exception is winter when nothing grows and the player has to rely on animal husbandry, fishing and mining for income. Only in some versions of the series are there greenhouses that can also be used for cultivation in winter, because the seeds are protected from bad weather conditions. Some seeds, like beets and onions, only grow once, while others, like sweet potatoes and corn, can be harvested multiple times until the season ends.

Beets, potatoes, tomatoes and corn are the basic seeds of the series and have existed since the first game. Since then, other games have introduced new seeds such as cabbage, carrots, onions, strawberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, rice, pineapples, cucumbers, etc.

The summer and autumn crops can be planted a day before the start of the season. For example, tomatoes (summer seeds) can be sown on the last day of spring. However, spring seeds cannot be planted on the last day of winter because the soil is still too hard and nothing will grow that month.

Special tree seeds can be purchased in some games. These are sown in four fields (2 × 2) and after some watering a small tree will grow. In Harvest Moon: Tales of Two Town nine fields are required, but you never have to water them because they grow by themselves. Trees take several seasons to grow, but do not require further care. Depending on the species, these trees bear fruit in certain times of the year, such as peaches, grapes, bananas or oranges. Trees even survive winter and can therefore be used for several years.

The series offshoot

In Europe, Harvest Moon: Magical Melody , which was already released for the Nintendo GameCube in North America and Japan , was only released in a revised version for the Nintendo Wii . One of the newer titles Harvest Moon: Tree of Silence for the Wii was released on June 7, 2007 in Japan.

In an interview with Harvest Moon inventor Yasuhiro Wada, he also announced that Rune Factory was its own series and therefore the subtitle Harvest Moon was removed. However, the subtitle was added again in the American and European versions.

chronology

Main series
title Nintendo Sony Release date
Japan 		Release date
North America 		Release date
Europe
SNES GB GBC GBA DS 3DS N64 GC Wii PS1 PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP
Harvest Moon Yes 0August 9, 1996 June 1997 January 29, 1998
Harvest Moon GB Yes Yes December 19, 1997 December 18, 1997 1998
Harvest Moon 64 Yes 0February 5, 1999 November 30, 1999 23rd February 2017
Harvest Moon 2 Yes 0August 6, 1999 0September 1, 2000 March 30, 2001
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Yes Yes Yes Yes December 16, 1999 November 22, 2000 0January 1, 2001
Harvest Moon 3 Yes September 29, 2000 November 14, 2001 did not show up
Harvest Moon for Girls Yes Yes 0December 7, 2000 did not show up did not show up
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland Yes Yes 0July 5, 2001 0November 1, 2001 did not show up
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town Yes April 18, 2003 November 17, 2003 February 20, 2004
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Yes September 12, 2003 March 16, 2004 March 26, 2004
Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town Yes 0December 3, 2003 0July 5, 2005 did not show up
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Special Edition) Yes 0July 8, 2004 July 26, 2005 did not show up
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Special Edition) Yes November 11, 2004 0October 5, 2005 0November 6, 2005
Harvest Moon DS Yes 0March 5, 2005 September 13, 2006 0April 7, 2007
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody Yes 0March 3, 2005 March 28, 2006 did not show up
Harvest Moon DS Cute Yes 0December 5, 2005 0March 8, 2008 did not show up
Harvest Moon Boy & Girl Yes November 23, 2005 July 31, 2007 did not show up
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody Yes did not show up did not show up March 14, 2008
Harvest Moon: My island paradise Yes 0February 7, 2007 0August 8, 2008 0December 8, 2008
Harvest Moon: Tree of Silence Yes 0June 7, 2007 0September 8, 2008 0October 9, 2009
Harvest Moon: The Sunshine Islands Yes 0February 8, 2008 0November 9, 2009 December 10, 2010
Harvest Moon: Your parade of animals Yes 0October 8, 2008 0November 9, 2009 December 10, 2010
Harvest Moon: The Grand Bazaar Yes 0December 8, 2008 August 10, 2010 September 11, 2011
Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley Yes 0March 9, 2009 April 10, 2010 November 12, 2010 a
Harvest Moon: Tales of Two Cities Yes Yes 0July 8, 2010 September 20, 2011 17th August 2012
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Yes February 23, 2012 0November 6, 2012 20th September 2013
Story of Seasons Yes February 27, 2014 February 10, 2015 December 31, 2015
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns Yes June 23, 2016 February 28, 2017 October 13, 2017
aUK only
Offshoot
title platform Release date
Japan 		Release date
North America 		Release date
Europe
Innocent Life: A futuristic Harvest Moon PlayStation Portable April 27, 2006 May 15, 2007 May 18, 2007
Harvest Moon: My Little Shop WiiWare March 28, 2009 November 23, 2009 did not show up
Let's all Harvest Moon Browser (multiplayer online game) November 25, 2010 did not show up did not show up
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale Nintendo 3DS June 18, 2015 0March 1, 2016 February 18, 2016

Brief descriptions

The following is a brief explanation of the special features of the Harvest Moon parts that have appeared in Europe .

Harvest Moon (SNES)

The first Harvest Moon (Japanese 牧場 物語 , Bokujō Monogatari ) already offers many of the properties that still characterize the series today. The story goes on for two and a half years, all of which have four seasons of 30 days each. A single day costs the player around 10-15 minutes.

However, the possibilities that one can fall back on in the various areas of farmer life are not that extensive. There are only four different types of vegetables that can be grown: turnips and potatoes in spring and tomatoes and corn in summer . Nothing can be grown in autumn and winter. You can keep cows and chickens as farm animals. In addition, a dog and a horse live on the farm during the game. The possibility of marrying a woman already exists. Various bachelors from the nearby village are available for this. It is also possible to have one or two children.

In addition to the village and the farm, you can also explore a forest in the game, through which you can get to the top of a mountain. In the forest, for example, you can find herbs that can be sold like field products. On certain dates throughout the year, various festivals take place at which the villagers gather.

The fairytale aspects that can be found again and again in the Harvest Moon series can already be found in the first part of the series. For example, there are dwarfs who live in caves under the farm, or a goddess who can be found in a pond in the forest.

Harvest Moon GB (Game Boy)

In Harvest Moon GB (Jap. 牧場物語GB , Bokujo Monogatari) is a graphic and playful simplified version of Harvest Moon . The only place where you can really move freely is on the farm. You can also visit the village, but in this you can only select the individual buildings in order to visit them. It is also not possible to get married. In addition to these and other restrictions, some options have also been expanded. There are more different types of vegetables, some of which can now also be grown in autumn and winter. You can also choose between a female and a male character as well as a dog and a cat as pets.

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PlayStation)

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (Japanese 牧場 物語 ～ ハ ー ベ ス ト ム ー ン ~ , Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon) is the first Harvest Moon that was not released for a Nintendo console. Its main features are based on the game Harvest Moon 64 (not published in Europe). The action takes place for the first time in Mineral Town, which also appears in some later parts of the series.

The following are the most important innovations compared to the original SNES :

  • The landscape is more extensive and divided into several small sections. There is no longer just village, forest and farm.
  • In addition to cows, chickens, a horse and a dog, sheep are now also available as pets.
  • It is possible to use a teleshopping channel to purchase various kitchen appliances and to prepare meals with collected food.
  • You can go to the sea and fish there, for example.
  • Several different types of vegetables can be grown in spring, summer and autumn. By building a greenhouse, field work can also be done in winter.
  • On the outskirts of the village there are seven pixies who can help you with the farm work (except in spring when the pixies have a tea festival).

The original PAL version of the game had a negative peculiarity: If you married the character, the game crashed shortly afterwards and it was not possible to continue playing. If you wanted to continue the plot, marriage, a central element of the game, would be almost impossible. To make up for this mistake, the distributor offered Ubisoft the opportunity to send in a faulty copy of the game and have it replaced with a working one.

Harvest Moon for Girls (PlayStation)

Harvest Moon for Girls (Japanese 牧場 物語 ～ ハ ー ベ ス ト ム ー ン ~ for ガ ー ル , Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl) is a remake of Back to Nature with the biggest difference that this time you play a girl. Furthermore, the game ends after the wedding with one of the boys from the village and you cannot continue playing like in the version for boys. The game was only released in Japan, but a new remake for the PlayStation Portable was released in the USA with the title Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl , in which both versions are included.

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PlayStation 2)

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (Japanese 牧場 物語 3 ~ ハ ー ト に 火 を つ け て , Bokujō Monogatari 3: Heart ni Hi o Tsukete) was never released in Europe. It is the first Harvest Moon game for the PlayStation 2. In 2011 the game was released in North America on the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 . The player's job is to save the island from building a large theme park on the area, which would mean that everyone would have to move out of the village. Unlike other parts of the series, the game follows a linear story that ends after a year in the game and you can achieve one of nine different endings. It is also not possible to get married and have children in this part.

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (Game Boy Advance)

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (Japanese 牧場 物語 ミ ネ ラ ル タ ウ ン の な か ま た ち , Bokujō Monogatari: Mineral Town no Nakama Tachi) is almost identical to Back to Nature in terms of play . There are only a few additional options. For example, you can have a second house built or play frisbee-catching with the dog. However, it is no longer possible to build a greenhouse. Graphically, the game has been simplified compared to Back to Nature , in line with the possibilities of the GBA .

Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town (Game Boy Advance)

Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town (Japanese 牧場 物語 ミ ネ ラ ル タ ウ ン の な か ま た ち for ガ ー ル , Bokujō Monogatari: Mineral Town no Nakama Tachi for Girls) is an extended version of the game Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town . Graphically almost nothing has changed, but this time you play a girl and some elements of the game have been improved. The game was never released in Europe.

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (GameCube)

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Japanese 牧場 物語 ～ ワ ン ダ フ ル ラ イ フ , Bokujō Monogatari: Wonderful Life) is the first part of the Harvest Moon series, which is not controlled from a bird's eye view , but from the pursuer's perspective , similar to an action adventure or jump 'n' run .

The timing has also changed a lot compared to its predecessors, because the individual seasons no longer consist of 30, but of ten days. The individual days take longer and cost the player about 30 minutes. Many activities, such as watering the fields or feeding the animals, now have to be done twice a day.

The game also has the following features:

  • The story takes place for the first time in the forget-me-not valley.
  • The number of different pets is greater than in any Harvest Moon. You can now also get ducks and goats.
  • There is the possibility of crossing different types of vegetables with one another and growing the resulting hybrids.
  • The link options between GameCube and Game Boy Advance allow A Wonderful Life and Friends of Mineral Town to be linked, so that new possibilities open up in both games (for example new characters and objects).
  • Tools can no longer be upgraded, but they can be given as gifts by friends in the city.

Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (GameCube)

Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (Japanese 牧場 物語 ワ ン ダ フ ル ラ イ フ for ガ ー ル , Bokujō Monogatari: Wonderful Life for Girls) is an extended version of the game Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life . This time you play a girl and can marry one of three bachelors from the village. You can connect the game to More Friends of Mineral Town to get new content. The game was never released in Europe.

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Special Edition) (PlayStation 2)

In Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Special Edition) (Jap. 牧場物語Ohワンダフルライフ通常版! , Bokujo Monogatari: Oh Wonderful Life) is the PlayStation 2 conversion was of quite some time previously released GameCube game Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. It contains only minor innovations. For example, another girl is available as a possible bride and it is possible that your own child will become a girl instead of a boy.

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Special Edition) was only released in English in Europe.

Harvest Moon DS (Nintendo DS)

Harvest Moon DS (Japanese 牧場 物語 コ ロ ボ ッ ク ル ス テ ー シ ョ ン , Bokujō Monogatari: Korobokkuru Suteisshon) takes place 100 years after the events of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life . The player finds himself back in Forget-Me-Not Valley and almost all characters from Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life reappear. It is the first Harvest Moon game released for the Nintendo DS.

The game has been adapted to the Nintendo DS console using 2D graphics and the touchscreens. In addition, a level system was added for crops and animals, which can be increased by a so-called “seed machine” or festivals. The player can unlock new mini-games and get children from the characters. In contrast to the US version, the EU version removed the option to combine the DS game with the GBA game: Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town . The combination of the two games brought new events and more girls from Mineral Town. In terms of mini-games, a few games of chance have been removed from the EU version (for example blackjack, which you could play with the elves). In the US version, the function of marrying the harvest goddess is not given, as you cannot find a large chain and thus complete the mine list. In contrast to the Japanese version, the possibility of attacking the villagers has been removed from the US and EU versions. If you attacked a villager, he would lose LP (love points) and FP (friendship points).

Harvest Moon DS Cute (Nintendo DS)

Harvest Moon DS Cute (Japanese 牧場 物語 コ ロ ボ ッ ク ル ス テ ー シ ョ ン for ガ ー ル, Bokujō Monogatari: Korobokkuru Suteishon for Gaaru) is an extended version of the game Harvest Moon DS . This time you play a girl and you can marry one of the bachelors from the village. You can choose between the heroine from Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town and from Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life . The game was never released in Europe.

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (Nintendo Wii)

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (Japanese 牧場 物語 し あ わ せ の 詩 , Bokujō Monogatari: Shiawase no Uta) was released in Japan and the USA for the Nintendo GameCube. The European version of this game has been released for the Nintendo Wii.

In the Wii version of the game, which was only released in Europe, it is no longer possible to play as a girl. You can find information about this on the official page, where the girl from the box art and the banner disappeared for a long time, but which was still visible in an earlier version of the page.

Innocent Life: A futuristic Harvest Moon (PlayStation Portable)

Innocent Life: A futuristic Harvest Moon (Japanese 新 牧場 物語: イ ノ セ ン ト ラ イ フ , Inosento Raifu: Shin Bokujō Monogatari) differs quite a lot from all previous titles in the Harvest Moon series. You slip into the role of an android who lives on an island and is sent to resume work in the ruins of an old temple that used to be used for agriculture. The cultivation fields and the stables for the pets are not located on an ordinary farm, but in and on the ruin.

Below are a few more examples of the special features of this series offshoot:

  • It is not possible to get married and have children
  • A vehicle is available with which one can explore large parts of the island
  • A robot helps you with field work
  • It is possible to set up rail systems to facilitate transport in the fields

Harvest Moon: My Island Paradise (Nintendo DS)

Harvest Moon: Mein Inselparadies (Japanese 牧場 物語 キ ミ と 育 つ 島 , Bokujō Monogatari: Kimi to Sodatsu Shima) is the second Harvest Moon game for the Nintendo DS, in which you initially choose between a boy (Mark) or a Girls (Chelsea) can decide. You have landed on an island with a family of four and are building a farm there. Little by little, more and more villagers are moving to the island. In this version, too, it is possible to get married and have children. The harvest goddess and gnome play a role again.

In the course of the game, bridges are built to make it possible to explore previously inaccessible parts of the island, for example to gain access to the mine. Tools can be improved with the help of raw materials in order to increase their effectiveness or to reduce the effort. It is again possible to grow many different crops and trees and to keep various farm animals (including chickens, cows, sheep) in order to earn a living. The sale of found herbs, ores and other raw materials also contributes to the cultivation of the island. As the game progresses, more and more characters move to the island and with them the own possibilities of construction and extension expand.

Harvest Moon: Tree of Silence (Nintendo Wii)

Harvest Moon: Tree of Silence (Japanese 牧場 物語 や す ら ぎ の 樹 , Bokujō Monogatari: Yasuragi no Ki) is the first Harvest Moon that was released exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. In this part of the series it is possible to use the tools for farm work via the Wii Mote controller. Many new game elements have been added, for example it is possible to keep ostriches as farm animals for the first time. The sequel is Harvest Moon: Your Animal Parade .

Harvest Moon: The Sunshine Islands (Nintendo DS)

Harvest Moon: The Sunshine Islands (Japanese 牧場 物語 キ ラ キ ラ 太陽 と な か ま た ち , Bokujō Monogatari: Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi) is the third Harvest Moon Nintendo DS game and its predecessor ( Harvest Moon: Mein Inselparadies ) very similar. However, the aim here is to bring sunken islands back to daylight with the help of so-called sunstones. It is possible to make friends with wild animals and let them search for useful objects for you. The characters can be found in Harvest Moon: My Island Paradise. But there are also Will, Lilly and Witchkins. William Terry Louis Andrew Carrick Jonathan Dredge Hams Reading Roger Southwark Alwick Plymouth Junior Regison III (Will for short) is Sabrina's cousin and therefore Regis' nephew. For those who play as Chelsea, he is available as a wedding candidate. For those who play as Mark, Lilly is the new wedding candidate. She is a treasure hunter who loves expensive things. Witchkins is one of the villagers and the witch princess' little niece. In Harvest Moon: The Sunshine Islands , the "child" theme is regulated as in Harvest Moon: My Island Paradise. The German version was published on December 3, 2010.

The game again gives the player the opportunity to build a greenhouse and grow additional plants in it. In contrast to other parts of the series, the range of plants is larger. In addition to the normal plants (beets, potatoes, strawberries, corn, tomatoes etc.), the trees (apple, banana, peach etc.) and the special plants (pineapple, green peppers and cabbage), as well as rice, there are now various Add cereals (wheat, soybeans and buckwheat). You can also get a pig on one of the islands, which will help you to find rare mushrooms. A cat is also available. In addition, it is possible to choose between two colors for the pets (horse, dog, cat, pig), which makes each score even more individual. In addition to the normal cows, sheep and chickens, there is now a second species that can be unlocked.

Harvest Moon: The Grand Bazaar (Nintendo DS)

Harvest Moon: The Grand Bazaar (Japanese 牧場 物語 よ う こ そ！ 風 の バ ザ ー ル へ , Bokujō Monogatari: Youkoso Kaze no Bazaaru) was announced by the publisher Rising Star Games in Europe over two years after the game was released in Japan. The Nintendo DS title was released in Europe on September 30, 2011. The grand bazaar takes place in the tranquil Brisendorf. The local bazaar was once world-famous, but is now stunted and only visited by a few people. The player's job is to revive the bazaar.

Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (Play Station Portable)

In Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (Jap. 牧場物語シュガー村と皆の願い, Bokujo Monogatari: Sugar Mura to Minna no Negai) it's basically the same story as in Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland ; the player must save the island from a huge amusement park being built on it. The player has sixteen different ways to achieve this goal. The characters are partly the same as in the PlayStation 2 offshoot. The game can therefore be viewed as a kind of remake or a sequel. It is possible to marry one in eight women, but it is not possible to have a child.

Harvest Moon: Tales of Two Cities (Nintendo DS / 3DS)

Harvest Moon: Tales of Two Towns (Japanese 牧場 物語 ふ た ご の 村 , Bokujō Monogatari: Futago no Mura), also known as Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns , is the first Harvest Moon , which is also available for the Nintendo 3DS was released. In this game, too, the player can take care of the farm work, get married and start a family and collect items. What is new in this part is that the player has the option of choosing which city he wants to move to at the beginning. There are two cities to choose from, one Blubell and one Konohana, whereby the city of Blubell is more European-style and specializes more in animal breeding, while the other city, Konohana, is more in the Asian style and focuses on the cultivation of Specializes in crops. No matter which village you choose, you can move during the game and visit the other village. You can also do tasks from the bulletin board there.

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (Nintendo 3DS)

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (Japanese 牧場 物語 は じ ま り の 大地 , Bokujou Monogatari: Hajimari no Daichi) is the first part of the series, which was released exclusively for Nintendo 3DS. The game was released on February 23, 2012 in Japan, on October 19, 2012 in North America and on September 20, 2013 in Europe. In Germany, however, it was only published in English. Innovations include the expanded ability to customize your character and the city and to interact with other players via Wi-Fi . It is the first game in the series in which you can choose clothes for your character regardless of gender and thus stage a same-sex marriage , for example .

Story of Seasons (Nintendo 3DS)

Story of Seasons (Japanese 牧場 物語 つ な が る 新天地 , Bokujō Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi) was published in Japan on February 27, 2014. In North America, the game is localized for the first time by Xseed Games and is therefore given a modified title, as the rights to the Harvest Moon franchise are owned by Natsume Inc. New game mechanics were built in; including the sale of farm products in other "countries" through an exchange station. Furthermore, as with Harvest Moon: A New Beginning , you can adapt your character again, the possibilities have been expanded. The player can also create a safari with exotic animals such as monkeys and parrots; other villagers can visit the safari.

Let's all Harvest Moon

Let's all Harvest Moon (Japanese み ん な で 牧場 物語 , Minna de Bokujō Monogatari), also known as Harvest Moon With Everyone is a free online browser game from the Harvest Moon series. It was released in Japan on November 25, 2010. So far the game has not been released in North America or Europe.

Harvest Moon: My Little Shop (WiiWare)

In Harvest Moon: My Little Shop (Japanese 牧場 物語 シ リ ー ズ ま き ば の お み せ , Bokujō Monogatari Series: Makiba no Omise) the protagonist goes to Clover Town because his parents want to leave him in the care of his grandparents as long as they are up Business trip are. But when he gets there, he finds Clover Town in ruins. The mayor tells him about the legend of the harvest elves and now it's up to him to solve the mystery of the elves and restore Clover Town to its former glory by taking care of his grandparents' shop and farm.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harvest Moon makes one million in Europe. Retrieved September 22, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Interview with Harvest Moon inventor Yasuhiro Wada
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated January 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.risingstargames.com
  4. ↑ Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar for Europe announced. In: jpgames.de. May 13, 2011, accessed May 13, 2011 .
  5. ↑ New in the eShop: Farmer, Flipper, Flieger and more. In: Planet3DS.de. September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013 .