Harvest Moon is a farming simulation game with an underlining storyline that add depth to break up the daily monotony of watering crops. In the games, players have the option of getting married, raising livestock and poultry animals, catching fish, and attending festivals to impress the local villagers.

Harvest Moon (Bokujou Monogatari) was first published in Japan in 1996 by Pack In Video; the company, after several mergers, is currently known as Marvelous. In North America, the game was published by Natsume, Inc. in 1998. Natsume handled the English version up until Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. In 2014, Marvelous annnounced that it will be using its North American localization branch, XSeed Games (Marvelous USA), to translate Bokujou Monogatari into English under its own title, Story of Seasons. Natsume still owns the Harvest Moon trademark and will continue to develop the series independently of Marvelous.

Future Story of Seasons games will now be published by Marvelous and not XSeed Games, as Marv wants to increase its brand awareness in the Western markets.

Outside North America, localization has been handled by Rising Star Games, Marvelous Europe, and Nintendo of Europe.

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