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 Seeds of Memory Update | Posted at 05:58 PM 23 December 2016On Monday, a new update was released for Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories for Android and iOS mobile operating system. This update is free to download for all of those who purchased a copy of the game. For the iOS version, the problem with the Worried Citizen memory not unlocking was fixed, and Andrea's Tuesday afternoon farm visits were moved to the main field area instead of being across the water that required you to have a bridge to reach her, which you might not have built yet (this is now the same as in the Android version).
Several new animals were added to Hunter's store inventory. A baby Brown Chicken costs 3000 G, and baby Brown Cows and Cotton Sheep cost 15,000 G each. Hunter also now buys back your animals if your barns are too full to hold the new animals.
- Brown Chickens will lay Candy Eggs
- Cotton Sheep produce Cotton Candy Wool
- Brown Cows produce Chocolate Milk
There is also a new Collections menu that displays a list of the crops and flowers. Tapping on an entry in the Collections list will bring up a description on how to grow the plant. If the crop is a mutation from another crop, the description will give the season to grow it in, what the crop is that it mutates from, and if you need to use any special fertilizer to trigger the mutation. The Collections menu also contains a list of the fish, where to catch each one, and in which season they appear. This is very handy to have since the game is marketed as a Harvest Moon game that doesn't need online connectivity (such as having to use an online guide to find out how to mutate a plant).
In Europe, Rising Star Games has select 3DS games for sale on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns is on sale for 9.99 Euros (regularly 19.99). The sale will end on January 5th.
In Japan, a Christmas themed Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns desktop wallpaper is available for free from the Bokumono website:
Until next time!
- Cher
(Mr.Fogu gifted me the LE Spanish Fighting Bull from Europe for my bovine toy collection. Auu, thanks dear!)Feedback: Add | View (2)
