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
LoH Players Guide and March '18 4-col Comic | Posted at 02:23 PM 09 March 2018Happy Farm'n Friday! Overnight temps are getting warmer, so hopefully this weekend will be the big spring bulb planting project. There's a lot of daffodil, tulip, and allium bulbs to plant that, hopefully, won't need to be replanted once they're in the ground. The broccoli and marigolds are ready to be planted outside too! Granted, with my luck it might start raining and I'll then be stuck indoors playing video games...
Light of Hope Strategy Guide
Prima Games will be publishing a hardcover strategy guide for Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, set to be released on May 29. This collector's edition guide is a separate purchase and not included in the NISA Limited Edition bundle or the Gamestop Special Edition bundle. The guide retails for $39.99 USD and includes:
- A two-sided foldout poster,
- Interviews with the makers of Harvest Moon (you guys, make Doc a candidate already!),
- Farming strategies and profit maximizer,
- A guide to all the fetch-quest missions in the game,
- Full character profile and friendship/gift information, and
- A promo code to download a digital guide for the game that includes crop and mining data.
The digital version will be available for a discounted price of $9.99. The Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Celebration eGuide will also be available early on "May 28th 09:00 PM" for those who will be getting the game on the 29th.
The collector's edition guide isn't sold directly through the Prima Games website. Prima is linking to other retailers who will be selling the guide. These include Amazon (North America), Amazon Canada ($50.45 CDN), Amazon France (€33.99), Amazon Germany (€34.75), Amazon UK (£28.66), and Gamestop US. The guide is listed as English language text for AMZ France and Germany though, but at least it's a bonus that is available for farmers outside of the United States! Kudos to Prima and Natsume for making it available to a wider audience.
You can read more about both versions of the Light of Hope guide on the Prima Games website:
March Nintendo DREAM 4-col Comic
And here's the March 2018 edition of the Nintendori 4-col comic! Looks like Emi continues to really like fish farming.
Until next time!
- Cher
(Don't forget it's spring-forward-one-hour this Sunday in the US. Woo SPRINGTIME!)
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