Ushi No Tane | Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, and Legend of the River King Video Games

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 Soleil, Little Dragons Cafe, and Stardew JP | Posted at 12:25 PM 23 March 2018

Happy Farm'n Friday! The snap peas have now sprouted, though some seeds didn't germinate at all. The verbena seeds that were put in the refrigerator for a week have popped up too! There's a lot of little plants taking over the dining area and laundry room. Even the tomatoes are large enough to go outside now, but it is still a bit too cold for them to be outside full time. I'm hoping all this growing won't become a wasted effort if deer visit again this year, bah.

Light of Hope SE Character

This week Natsume revealed the crystallized character added to the console version of the game is Soleil, a non-human child of sorts who can grow up (albeit at a different rate than humans) to eventually be a marriage candidate. Well... hmm... that's all that was revealed, so I'm just going to leave it at that and wait for more detailed information. Maybe that image is the child produced from marriage with Soleil? *shrug* Because... well... at first glance that could be considered a bit odd...

Wada's Next Game

At this week's Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Yasuhiro Wada was showing off his newest video game creation called Little Dragons Cafe. The game is in development at Wada's TOYBOX company with publishing handled by AKSYS Games for the Nintendo Switch and Playstation 4 consoles. Currently the game is scheduled to be released on August 24 in Europe and the US with a retail price of $59.99 USD. The Japan release is planned for the end of August.

The plot of the game centers on a cafe run by a mother and her twins. You play as either the boy twin or the girl twin, with the one you don't choose acting as your "helper" at the cafe. Good 'ol mom became sick (oh nooz!) and the twins decide to help out by trying to locate a cure. One day an old man comes by and gives the twins a dragon egg, which hatches into a baby dragon to care for. The twins then have to raise the dragon, manage the cafe, and possibly find a cure for their mom's sickness with the help from the dragon. Players will be cooking dishes to sell at the cafe, collecting ingredients that you'll use to craft over 100 recipes, while helping out the travels that pass by the cafe. Raising the dragon is important as well, since eventually you can ride it to other areas. Interesting to note that while Wada is the producer of the game, according to GAME Watch the illustrator is Matsuyama Igusa, the artist who has designed the characters for most of the Bokujou Monogatari and the River King games. So the artwork should look somewhat familiar to you :) You can learn more about the game, and even pre-order it, on the official website:

Little Dragons Cafe - Official Website

There's also some more screen shots at GameWatch, and Nintendo World Report has a video of some gameplay:

Wada's previous game, Birthdays The Beginning will be released on the Nintendo Switch as Happy Birthday on March 29 in Japan. No word yet if it will also be released for Switch outside of Japan.

Stardew Rolls On in Japan

Stardew Valley is still on the Top-10 Downloads chart in Japan for the Nintendo Switch. Last week (3/15 - 3/21), the game ranked #3 out of 10, beating Hyrule Warriors (#9) and even Splatoon 2 (#10). Minecraft ranked #2 and Kirby Star Allies was #1. Until next time! - Cher (Planted purple carrot seeds almost two weeks ago and nothing has sprouted yet, darn it...)

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