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. In other regions, you'll find Natsume, XSeed Games, Marvelous AQL of Europe, 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: Futago no Mura+ (December 2017)
• North America: Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (May 2018 [Switch/Ps4]) and Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (February 2017)
• Europe: Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (June 2018 [Switch/Ps4]) and Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (October 2017)

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! The replanted radish seedlings have sprouted, but I don't trust those dang tree rats to leave them alone if the seedlings are placed unprotected into the garden bed. I've been trying to appease the little buggers by putting out stale Cheerios by the backyard patio door. So far they haven't bothered the radish seedlings, but they did dig holes in the soil of the potted Goji Berry plants that were nearby. Such pesky critters!

A Dashy Release Dates

This week Natsume announced their upcoming four-player party-hardy game, Harvest Moon: Mad Dash, will be released on October 29 in North America for Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch. There's also a new reveal trailer to check out!

Last weekend we played some games with our board game group, and Mr.Fogu was trying to explain to them how to play Mad Dash. Maybe I can get him to play some other farming games too? Auu, someday we could farm TOGETHER! Yea, I can wish I guess...

Speaking of Natsume, next week's release of Reel Fishing: Road Trip will now include Steam as a platform along with Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

RF4 CE Bundle

XSeed Games revealed a special "Archival Edition" for the North American release of Rune Factory 4 Special is now available for preorders from their company store for $59.99 USD. This special release includes:

• A copy of the Nintendo Switch game
• A CD Soundtrack, including three new songs
• A 160-page artbook
• The swimsuit DLC

This is similar to the "Memorial Box" that was available in Japan, but with a CD soundtrack containing music from the game instead of a 2-disc drama CD.

You can preorder the Archival Edition, or the normal version of the game, from XSeed's website:

• Rune Factory 4 Special

Tokyo Game Show Farm'n!

TGS opened yesterday and two upcoming farming games have released new trailers to entice virtual farmers to check out their fields-in-development. Today we have new gameplay trailers for Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands and Snacko!

Stranded Sails is scheduled to be released this year, and Snacko is estimated to be released in 2021.

Weekly JP Sales

Famitsu's Top 30 Sales for this week has Doraemon: Story of Seasons still hanging on at spot 27 with +1500 additional copies sold, putting its total at around 92,100.

The latest contest for Doraemon concluded this week, with the winning field designs announced on the official website. The game is scheduled to be released next month in North America and Europe.

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