The Ushi No Tane websites specialize in information, FAQs, and guides about the Nintendo console versions of the Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, and Legend of the River King video games. These game genres are created and published in Japan by Marvelous (JP). In other regions, you'll find Natsume, XSeed Games/Marvelous (USA), Marvelous (EU), and Rising Star involved in the series' release.
The latest version of the mainstream farming series that have been released in various regions of the world are:
- Japan: Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (January 2023)
- North America: Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (September 2023) and Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (June 2023)
- Europe: Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (October 2023) and Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (June 2023)
The latest version of River King, in all regions of the world, is River King: Mystic Valley (JP 2007, NA 2008, EU 2009).
Since 2000, Ushi no Tane has been run by a grouchy old lady who happens to be fond of video game agriculture along with two feline helpers: Intern Captain Bootu and Intern Hondo Mewnaka. The website is not officially affiliated, sponsored, endorsed, or employed by the developers of Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, or River King. This is simply a fan site.
Latest Farming Video Game News
New HM is out in Japan! | Posted at 05:46 PM 01 March 2014
First off, on May 20th Nintendo will be disabling its global Nintendo Wifi system for older Wii and DS games. Players will no longer be able to use the Nintendo Wifi connect system in their old games. This will affect many games, including:
- Rune Factory 1, 2, and 3
- Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness
- Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (JP version)
- Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands (JP version)
- Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar
- Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns
- Legend of the River King: Mystic Valley
This means that you will no longer be able to connect to remote games using Nintendo's Wifi network. Local wireless play should be unaffected. With Tale of Two Towns, the 3DS version shouldn't be affected, just the DS version will have its remote wifi crop field inaccessible. Basically anything with the blue Nintendo Wifi seal on its box will no longer have access to the Nintendo Wifi functionality after May 20, 2014.
In cheerier news, Harvest Moon: Connect to a New World is out in Japan! The Japanese players have been posting a lot of in-game screenshots to the Miiverse community. If you have a Nintendo Network ID (created only by using a Nintendo console) you can visit the game's Miiverse by going to your Communities, scrolling down to the bottom to change your region to Japan, and then selecting the 3DS communities; since it is recent, it should be up near the top of the list. It has a picture of a pink Angora Rabbit as its menu icon.
After you start your game, you spend the first week with Edda, who manages the farm next to your own. After that, she'll give you a cow and Veronica will assign you to your run-down farm. Eventually you can upgrade your house and customize its furniture. You can even buy a television set to watch the daily weather on, and a gift wrapping station to wrap the gifts you give to your favorite villages. Your farm starts out with a cow barn (since you do get a free cow from Edda) but you'll have to build the chicken coop, just like in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning.
(Posted by 0305-Karen on the Miiverse)
