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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.
The official Bokumono Twitter also posted some tidbits this week. Besides some new screen shots, the admin confirmed that the shipping bin will return in Precious Friends. The crops grow in a 3x3 grid on one plot, which is similar to Story of Seasons. The official website will be updated in mid-February, so watch for the tweets regarding its release.
The 4-col comic in the March edition of Nintendo DREAM hints that there'll be a transition soon; from main character Ibuki to the new plaid-shirted male main character from Precious Friends, Kanata.
From Natsume's side, Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories has been patched and updated to version 1.1 in order to fix the issue with Tony not giving players an Axe when they talk to him. Also, Brutus now has the option of several types of materials to upgrade your farm house to level 3, which you'll need if you want to have children. There were also "bug fixes and performance improvements," but I don't think that translates to "Oh yea, we added Doc into the game." Well poo. An official release date for the other platforms has not been announced yet.
Today (Friday the 29th), starting at 3:00 pm Pacific Time (-8 GMT), XSeed Games will be streaming Popolocrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale live on their XSeed Games Twitch Channel. You can watch the game being played by Popolocrois fan and XSeed localizer Tom, who will be responding to your questions in Twitch chat. Stop by and say "Hi" to localizer Tom and watch him brushing his Pacapacas (har har har...)
Until next time!
- Cher
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