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
3oT DLC Released and 4 Days until LoH | Posted at 03:03 PM 10 November 2017Happy Farm'n Friday! Progress in Stardew Valley has slowed a little bit while I work on the annual outdoor Christmas light display. It stays turned off until after Thanksgiving, when the neighborhood becomes blinded by hundreds of holiday lights. They like it though (or so they've told me), so it's all good.
3oT 1.1 Patch and New Neighbors DLC
The long anticipated extra download content for Trio of Towns is now available for purchase for $7.99 (USD) in North America; it is already out in Japan and not available yet in Europe. The DLC includes:
- New unlocked marriage candidates Stephanie and Woofio
- Five Winter-season wearable items: two red kimonos and one snowman outfit, the snowman hat that goes with the snowman outfit, and the snow chicken hat.
- A gifted child for those who married Inari. (Maybe the Inari wedding/anniversary outfit too? Not sure about that one yet)
- New cultural appreciation events with the marriage candidates for each town
- A post-marriage event where your family stops by to visit
- Additional activities for the New Years and Starlight Gala festivals
- The snowbunny show at the Performer
- New dialog and additional positive responses to clothing outfits and pets
Before you can purchase the New Neighbors DLC, the base game needs to be updated using a free patch from the Nintendo eShop. You'll have to log into the eShop, type in "Story of Seasons" into the search bar, and then tap on the "Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns Update Ver. 1.1" icon. This free download is 387 blocks of SD space and won't take too long to complete. After the game has been updated to 1.1, start the game like you normally would and you'll find a "Downloadable Content" button underneath the New Game and Continue buttons on the title screen. That's where you go to purchase the DLC, which only requires 2 blocks of SD space.
The patch includes various bug fixes such as the wacky seasonal sun exchange in the cellar (it works now!) and (hopefully) the Ludus Beverage Bash bug. The free patch also adds additional Farm Guidebooks to your bookshelf that explain what group items belong to such as giving you a list of all flowers that are considered "red" colored, which may be handy when making red-colored cloth using the Textile Mill. The patch also adds in four clothing outfits: two outfits from Rune Factory 4 (clothes only), and two outfits from Japanese voice artist Ayana Taketatsu (clothes and hats). These outfits will be available for crafting at Ra Man's and Ludus' Relacion the next in-game day after you download the 1.1 update.
The New Neighbors DLC does not include Hamtaro and Cheburashka as farm pets, as that's a Japan-only feature and out of XSeed's influence.
Light of Hope is out NEXT WEEK?!
The next entry into the Harvest Moon series will be playable on the Steam platform on the 14th (next Tuesday!), far ahead of the estimated release of next year for the Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 platforms. Expect to read a lot of negativity simply because it's Natsume's take on the series, even though there are some of us looking forward to playing a simpler style of game compared to SoS. This one might be a bit too easy with the Farming Friend, but we'll see how it goes!
Until next time!
- Cher
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