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 (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: Bokujou Monogatari: Return to Mineral Town (October 2019)
• North America: Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (May 2018 [Switch/Ps4]) and Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (July 2020)
• Europe: Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (June 2018 [Switch/Ps4]) and Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (July 2020)

The latest version of River King, in all regions of the world, is River King: Mystic Valley (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 one feline intern. 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

Happy Farm'n Friday! Last weekend we got the icicle lights attached to the eaves of the roof. This weekend I'll start on the porch columns and rafters, where it is nice and dry. As anticipated, the November rains have arrived and will last through all next week. I'll be spending the week installing more lights (had to burn some earned vacation days from work), and hope to have most of it complete by the time I have to return to office work. So far, the total light count is a little more than 3,100 bulbs.

In my Rune Factory 4 S update, I managed to explore Idra Cave and discovered that sleazeball Ethelberd and a Terrable dragon?! It's been a very long time since I saw those two in a Rune Factory game! As my protagonist is over-leveled at that point, Terrable wasn't terribly difficult to defeat. But then I was stuck for a while, as the soldiers had destroyed the bridge to Maya Road. I had thought that teleporting to "Maya Road Entrance" would just take me back to that destroyed bridge. What a surprise when I happened to try it after being stuck for days on where to go next. Now I'm back on the right track!

Everafter Falls now on Kickstarter

The post-"death" farming and town simulator game, Everafter Falls, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter:

Besides directing your pet to plant crops, players can also raise animals, build drones to tend fields, catch fish for the town aquarium, explore dungeons, customize their house, and complete requests from the animal villagers. The game has a scheduled release for March 2022 on Steam, and mid-2022 for Nintendo Switch. You can learn more about Everafter Falls on the Kickstarter page:

• Everafter Falls: A Farming Sim RPG (Kickstarter)
• Everafter Falls - A New Farm/Life RPG Adventure (official website)

HM:OW NISA LE

NIS America announced this week that half the preorder stock for the Limited Edition bundles of Harvest Moon: One World remains. There will be no more preorders of the LE available once NISA's preorders have been filled by fellow farmers.

This limited edition from NISA includes a physical copy of the game (either Ps4 or Nintendo Switch), a collector's box, a CD of the game's soundtrack, a cloth poster, and six lapel pins. The bundle costs $79.99 USD and has a March 2, 2021 ship date. You can preorder the bundle at the NISA website:

• Preorder Harvest Moon: One World Limited Edition - 50% Available (Switch and Ps4)

The NISA LE does not include the cute chicken plushie for farmers in the United States who preorder through GameStop (Switch or Playstation4).

New SoS:PoOT Profiles

Marvelous posted new mini-profiles of two more marriage candidates from their upcoming Bokujou Monogatari game, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town.

『牧場物語 オリーブタウンと希望の大地』
🌱恋愛候補紹介 "エミリオ"🌱
兄貴肌の街の漁師。何でも笑い飛ばしてしまう気楽な性格。
海が大好きで、いつまでもこの美しい海と暮らしたいと思っている。

🌐https://t.co/qmTLyLa0BO#牧場物語 #オリーブタウン #牧場物語25th pic.twitter.com/4GyLv7hQv2

— 『牧場物語』公式アカウント (@bokumono_PR) November 12, 2020

Emilio has just finished up his work and is asking the protagonist if she'd like to join him for a meal. Well of course! He then asks if you liked the cheescake and further inquires what your opinion of it was.

Gosh, I haven't had cheesecake in a long time...

『牧場物語 オリーブタウンと希望の大地』
🌱恋愛候補紹介 "レイナ"🌱
博物館で働く女の子。ノリは軽いが仕事は真面目にこなす。
展示品に対する知識が豊富で、館長のグロリアからも頼りにされている。

🌐https://t.co/qmTLyLa0BO#牧場物語 #オリーブタウン #牧場物語25th pic.twitter.com/XdxqJguaHJ

— 『牧場物語』公式アカウント (@bokumono_PR) November 12, 2020

The second candidate is Reina, the museum employee. In this intro, Mayor Victor leaves the protagonist with Reina, leaving her perplexed for a moment. She then asks if the protagonist is interested in power spots? If the protagonist wants to know more about them, she's full of info!

I'll expect we'll learn more about what she's referring to at some point.

Then last night, Marvelous released a new trailer for the Nintendo Switch game:

What we learned from the new trailer include:

• Cows can produce more than 1 bottle of milk at collection time (0:20)
• There is a shipping bin (0:45 and 1:54)
• A chicken shed requires 20 Branches, 20 Stone, and 30 Weed to repair (1:04)
• Caught fish have up to 10 stars of Star Rank (1:16)
• An ore mine has both up-ladders and down-ladders, with both on-ground stones and ore nodes (1:19)
• While cooking, ingredients can come from the rucksack or refrigerator, and refrigerators are numbered. Cooked meals have Flavor and Temperature elements. The displayed Baked Apple dish in the video has an ingredient slot that is locked, so perhaps special Toppings can be added? (1:47)
• Cooking meals take time, as the Baked Apple dish will take 30 minutes to bake (1:49). Perhaps there are cooking maker machines?
• There's a wild tree rat! Arrg why do they follow me everywhere?! (1:53) stupid squirrels...
• Lots of fruit trees can be grown - peach (1:30), grape, kiwi, apple (1:59)
• Olive Town has a clothing shop and a hairstyle shop (2:06)
• New villagers: Mikey (2:15), unknown short-haired blonde lady (2:17), unknown ship captain (2:18), Lache (2:19), Cindy (2:21)
• Dog racing shows the protagonist's white dog (2:17)

• The other four marriage candidates are introduced, with three of them having names and one mystery dude (2:30)
• Fish traps are back (2:46)
• Earth Sprites are adorable (2:49)
• JP price is 5980 Yen (~ $57 USD) either digital or physical

How exciting! The game is scheduled to be released in Japan on February 25, 2021, in North America on March 23, 2021, and in Europe/Aus on March 26, 2021.

Until next time!

- Cher
(Oregon is back to Covid lockdown for the next few weeks... wear 'yo masks!)

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