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:
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).
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.
Latest Farming Video Game News
ToTT+ in Japan, Stardew Released, and LoH QA #1 | Posted at 03:09 PM 06 October 2017Happy Farm'n Friday! There are too many trees in our area, so we couldn't see the great Harvest Moon last night. Drat!
Halloween Event in BokuMobile
Starting this week in Bokujou Monogatari for Mobage, the mobile BokuMono in Japan, a Dracula's Castle event kicked off for farmers. Players can grow Pumpkin Flowers and Candlewood, and raise Upside-down Bats and Dracula Cats, to harvest and collect points to increase their festival rank. At the end of the harvesting event, prizes are awarded based on the achieved rank in comparison to everyone else who is participating. The highest ranked farmers will win a Candle Trophy, while other farmers can receive spooky farm animals like the Magician Spider. There's also clothing option awards for the Sprite avatar such as dresses, Bat Headband, and Jack-o-Lantern Bag.
Players can also receive heart tokens from their linked friends, which can be exchanged for more prizes. Trading in 350 heart tokens will earn a Dracula-like Tuxedo, and 80 heart tokens is a fancy Dracula hair style. There's also prizes awarded based on how your team ranks in comparison to other teams.
This event is scheduled to end on the 9th. Starting on the 11th, a new event begins for players to ship specific crops to win prizes. After that event ends, on the 22nd a feed-the-animals event will start. Farmer players will grow specific crops to give to random-time event animals, with prizes awarded based on the number of animals that are fed.
Japan Gets Tale of Two Towns Plus
Marvelous will finally be releasing the 3DS version of Futago no Mura on December 14. The rest of the world has had the 3DS version since the game was released as Harvest Moon 3D: The Tale of Two Towns back in November 2011 (NA) and June 2012 (PAL), but Japan is only now receiving the 3DS version at a price of 3980 Yen (about $35 USD).
This updated version in Japan comes with a new theme song called "Twin Farms" by idol singing group, Dreaming. The two members of Dreaming are twin sisters Chiyo and Kayo Terada, popular theme song singers for the children's TV series Soreike! Anpanman, among other things.
In general, it appears to be the same as what farmers outside of Japan has already received; 3D graphs, Street Pass support, a working multiplayer field for remote farmers to join, and so on. There's no information yet about any specific differences in Marvelous' latest version, other than the new Dreaming song, but I wouldn't expect this game to be released outside of Japan. For us, it's already for sale on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.
Light of Hope Q&A #1
A couple of the questions that were submitted a week or so ago by fans about the upcoming Harvest Moon: Light of Hope game have been answered on Natsume's Facebook and Tumblr accounts. Sounds like Jeanne has become a full-fledged doctor in Light of Hope; she was just studying to be one in Harvest Moon: Skytree Village. Go girl! You can read more responses to the first group of questions on Community Manager CeeCee's Tumblr page:
The independent farming game Stardew Valley was released on the digital eShop for the Nintendo Switch yesterday. The game retails for $14.99 (USD) with a filesize of 913 MB. I've some time next week to finally play this highly praised farming game. Looking forward to it!
Until next time!
- Cher
(The year's first frost arrives soon. Time to dig up the bulbs and tubers this weekend... how exciting...)Feedback: Add | View (1)
Starting this week in Bokujou Monogatari for Mobage, the mobile BokuMono in Japan, a Dracula's Castle event kicked off for farmers. Players can grow Pumpkin Flowers and Candlewood, and raise Upside-down Bats and Dracula Cats, to harvest and collect points to increase their festival rank. At the end of the harvesting event, prizes are awarded based on the achieved rank in comparison to everyone else who is participating. The highest ranked farmers will win a Candle Trophy, while other farmers can receive spooky farm animals like the Magician Spider. There's also clothing option awards for the Sprite avatar such as dresses, Bat Headband, and Jack-o-Lantern Bag.
Players can also receive heart tokens from their linked friends, which can be exchanged for more prizes. Trading in 350 heart tokens will earn a Dracula-like Tuxedo, and 80 heart tokens is a fancy Dracula hair style. There's also prizes awarded based on how your team ranks in comparison to other teams.
This event is scheduled to end on the 9th. Starting on the 11th, a new event begins for players to ship specific crops to win prizes. After that event ends, on the 22nd a feed-the-animals event will start. Farmer players will grow specific crops to give to random-time event animals, with prizes awarded based on the number of animals that are fed.