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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.

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HM64 Guide Kickstarter, RSG Contest, and Feb 2018 4-col | Posted at 06:55 PM 16 February 2018
Happy Farm'n Friday! I was going to start planting bulbs last weekend, but Mother Nature has decided it is no longer early Spring and has several below-freezing nights coming our way. Bah! I did manage to till compost into the flowerbed where the bulbs will be going, so at least that'll be ready for when the weather stops being doofy. Many of the broccoli and spinach seeds didn't germinate either. Only 2 of the 7 broccoli sprouted! New seeds have been planted, and one of them has already started to take root, so originally I probably planted them too deep. That first marigold seedling already has its second set of leaves too.

Gerry's Guides HM64 Kickstarter

Matt Gerry from Gerry's Guides has launched a crowdfunding campaign to release his Harvest Moon 64 Players Guide for free in PDF format. A hard-cover version of the guide was for sale through etsy, and a digital format is currently available through Apple iBook. For those who don't have i-devices, Mr. Gerry was looking into making it available on Amazon Kindle devices. Unfortunately it would require an enormous effort to publish the iBook version to Kindle. As an alternative, he's decided to start a Kickstarter to fund a PDF and ePUB version of his guide. If the funding is successful, then the guide will be available for everyone to read and enjoy. Gerry's guide is a meticulous how-to walkthrough for Harvest Moon 64, covering how to get all the recipes, photo album pictures, raising friendship with the villagers, stamina levels, and so on. It's the ultimate guide to the classic game that took him over two years to develop. If you're interested in donating to the project, even if it is just a little bit, you can learn more about it on the Kickstarter website: The Kickstarter ends April 9, 2018.

RSG's Lunar New Year Contest

The overseas publisher for Harvest Moon is having a plushie contest to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Those in the region supported by RSG can like their Instagram photo of the Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley dog plushie to possibly win the it. The winner will be revealed next Tuesday (the 20th). RSG's Instagram post also revealed that the company still plans to release Light of Hope this Spring in Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.

Harvest Moon LoH Sale

Also in celebration of the Year of the Dog, the Steam version of Harvest Moon: Light of Hope is on sale for 10% off. The sale will end on February 19. Other games are on sale as well such as Natsume's Wild Guns: Reloaded.

February 4-Col Comic

Here's Matsuyama-san's February 2018 4-col Comic from Nintendo Dream! Until next time! - Cher (Finally got a Banananya Cat event in Mura+, but I put the game in sleep mode to photograph it later and my JP 3DS locked up...)
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