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

Futago Sales, 2018 Celebrations, and Older 4-col Comic | Posted at 01:53 PM 29 December 2017Happy Farm'n Friday! Hope you all got some nice farming equipment for Christmas. Mr.Fogu's mom gifted me a pitchfork and a bag of tulip bulbs :) Now I can use the pitchfork to dig up my dahlias in the Fall without accidentally splitting them with a shovel.

Futago no Mura+ Sales

The tracker of Japan retail sales, Media Create, reported that from the 14th (the game's release date) to the 17th, the 3DS Japan release of Tale of Two Towns sold about 15,600 copies. From the 18th to the 24th, the game had already dropped off the Media Create Top-20 sales chart. The reviews on Amazon.jp are (unfortunately) generally unsatisfied, as players are comparing it to the improved Trio of Towns. Complaints about its expensive cost for a simple DS-to-3DS port and its DS-quality graphics are mixed in with general gameplay complaints such as the once-per-day save system, game progress tied to the cooking festivals, and how shops are closed on rainy days. One reviewer had experienced conversation dialog that contained no text, and another complained about the Harvest Goddess' constant use of "pan pan pan" (i.e., Taaadaaaa). The addition of the auto-run without needing to press the left-shoulder button is liked though, as is the introduction of main character personality trait options at the start of the game. So far there's 18 reviews with an average score of 2 out of 5 stars. The original DS game is scored at 3.5 of 5 stars from Amazon.jp Oh my :| But on the bright side, the rating for the game in the JP Nintendo eShop is 4 out of 5 stars! Sixteen of the 26 ratings are 5 stars and only three ratings are 1 star. The game itself plays just like the digital version off of the English-based Nintendo digital eShops. It doesn't have the mountain slowdown from the retail cartridge version of the 3DS game, so all is well there. I haven't noticed the no-text dialog yet, but time has only permitted me to reach midway through the first Spring season.

Farm'n into 2018

So far next year we'll be looking forward to the Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 versions of Harvest Moon: Light of Hope and the reveal of the Nintendo Switch version of Story of Seasons. We'll also have the 10th anniversaries of the JP release of Sunshine Islands (Feb 2008) and the EN version of Island of Happiness (Aug 2008). It is also the 10th anniversary of the North American release of the last River King game, Legend of the River King: Mystic Valley (April 2008). It will also be the 20th anniversary of the handheld Gameboy Color version of Harvest Moon 1 in North America. I just tossed the game into my neon green GBC and the save state is not there anymore :( Well poo...

4-Col Comic

And here's the older April 2012 Nintendo DREAM 4-col comic featuring Hart from A New Beginning Until next time! - Cher (2018 New Year's resolution is to automate tasks to hopefully find some free time for video games!) Feedback: Add | View (3)

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