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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).
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Welcome 3oT Bachelorettes | Posted at 02:46 PM 10 February 2017Happy Farm'n Friday!
This week, XSeed has started introducing the female marriage candidates from Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns:
Lisette knows the language of flowers (it is the topic of her first "friendship event") and manages the flower seed shop in Westown between Brad's Garden Grill and Miranda's general store. As you increase the Town Link Rank of Westown, eventually you will get a crafting collaboration request from her to supply flowers for her exploration into perfume and bouquet making.
Kasumi is a teacher in Tsuyukusa who doesn't find conversation with the opposite gender very worthwhile. Ginjiro will try to converse with her for the sake of his daughter, but in general Kasumi just keeps to her work.
Komari works as a waitress at Ginjiro's teahouse in Tsuyukusa. She and Kasumi can be seen hanging out here and there around town when Komari isn't working, but most of the time you'll find her at the shop.
Iluka manages the counter at the Carosello snack shack on the beach in Lulukoko while her sister, Siluka, serves the guests. Iluka thinks highly of herself, but she really cares for her twin sister (although she keeps it to herself). Iluka, Siluka, and Ludus grew up together and had quite an interesting adventure, which you'll learn more about when you trigger their friendship events.
Siluka is the quieter twin sister. She's more laid back than Iluka, and while Iluka can predict weather, Siluka can detect health ailments and auras.
XSeed also posted a short video on Youtube containing a summary of each bachelorette:
XSeed is still unsure if they can localize the extra download content that was made available in the Japanese version of the game. In total there were four DLC packs that contained much-needed bug fixes along with bonus content such as new clothing outfits, cultural events, an expanded Winter 25 festival, a snow bunny story from the traveling Producer storyteller, wedding clothes for Inari as well as a gifted child, and the addition of Stephanie and Woofio as marriage candidates. If the localizer moves forward with making the DLC available in English, it would be paid instead of free and Cheburashka the extra pet would be omitted. Naturally, fan feedback for the paid DLC has been very supportive. You can read more about the DLC decisions on the XSeed Tumblr:
