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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:
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.
Happy Friday!
PAX Prime is this weekend in Seattle, where the Natsume fun-time rep CeeCee will be in attendance. If you are also attending the expo, keep an eye on the company's Facebook and Tumblr for times and locations at PAX where visitors can possibly snag some uncommon Natsume plushies.
The mega Harvest Moon plushies from SOTA Toys are now available for purchase at the SOTA Toys website. You can purchase the Harvest Moon: Lost Valley puppy, Lost Valley Chicken/Chick combo, Panda, and the mega cow that was part of the special Natsume-only pre-order promo from Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. Here is an image of the Lost Valley plushies and the Panda for size comparison:
The little yellow chick is actually reversible, similar to a Popple for those of us old enough to remember them (
Popple your Popple, they're a baaaaaaaallll ). It can look like a chicken egg, and then folded back around to look like a baby chicken, then squashed back into egg form.
The Lost Valley dog, in a smaller form, will also be the pre-order bonus for the game. The pre-order red bandana puppy will be available at Gamestop stores in the US and EB Games stores in Canada. There was a blue bandana puppy (which I missed, *sniffle*) that was given out during E3, but it was specifically for the show and will not be a pre-order bonus. There will be a special pre-order package from the Natsume website, but the details have not been released yet.
Two more characters profiles have been released for Lost Valley: Sam and Gilbert.
Sam is the local tough-guy merchant who sells you supplies as well as buys your products from you. Gilbert is a whimsical bard who has a poetic way of speaking. Gilbert is also a marriage candidate for those who are playing as the female main character. That makes two revealed bachelors and one bachelorette so far! CeeCee has also posted about the personalities of your farm animals, and how certain types will prefer different seasons, handle stress better, produces high quality or more products, or increase affection faster.
It's interesting to note that Story of Seasons also has animal personality traits. In the previous version of the game there were animal personalities, but they didn't appear to do anything. In this version, the animal personalities can randomly produce high quality items, produce an item with a bonus +1 star on its Star Rank, or receive multiple items at a harvest. There are only three types of animal personalities available, but the same personality won't affect a type of animal the same as on another. For example, having a docile personality on a Jersey cow might result with a random HQ item, but a docile Suffolk sheep may return a increase in Star Rank on its wool instead of HQ wool.
I am still plugging along in the game, working on unlocking the last Trade Depot vendor and finally proposing to Ms. Irresponsible-turned-responsible Elise. When you do hand over the Blue Feather and it is accepted, it just means that you're engaged to marry. You don't get married immediately seven days later. The next step after the feather hand off is to decide on a wedding plan, and then pay for the plan by talking to Veronica at the guildhall. The more elaborate the plan, the more it costs you to hold the ceremony. The most expensive plan will also produce a pregnancy faster than if you choose the simplest plan.
Until next time!
- Cher
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