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

Mega-Sheep and Conquest | Posted at 10:55 AM 07 March 2015Last week, Natsume revealed the next mega-plushie from their Lost Valley collect. The newest member of the crew is the fluffy sheep. The wooly fellow will be available sometime in April from the SOTA Toys website, which is apparently going through a redesign at the moment. (Why redesign an ecommerce site live? That cuts into sales... design offline, test, and then upload *shrug*) Story of Seasons comes out in a few weeks, and XSeed Games has added another entry to their localization blog. The latest article states that the rivalry system in the English version of the game is known as the Conquest system. South of your farm are a wide variety of fields that are reserved for specific usage. There's a field for leafy crops (spinach, cabbage, strawberry, etc.), a field for root crops (carrot, turnip), tea leaves, fruit trees, tall crops (corn, flax, tomato), flowers, and so on. You will be given rights to the leafy field by the Guild, but the other fields are already in use by the other farmers when you arrive in Oak Tree Town. To gain access to these fields, you'll need to participate in Conquest to earn the right to use these fields from the fields' former holder. Since your farm is limited in size, the outlaying fields allow you to expand your crop empire outside of your kingdom's borders. Crops grown in these fields also grow at a faster rate, so there is an advantage to participating in Conquest to take over the other areas. You can read more on the company's blog page:

• XSEED Games — STORY OF SEASONS - Localization Blog #7

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