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.
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Oct '18 Mobage, LoH News, and eShop Sale | Posted at 03:51 PM 05 October 2018Happy Farm'n Friday! The dry weather last weekend allowed for some Christmas Light Extravaganza crafting. Managed to complete one of the 12-foot tree wraps that will attach to the tall pine trees in the front yard. With its 450 LED bulbs, it's definitely going to be a bright tree!
Just two more trees wraps to create and that project will be done. Then it is onto other Extravaganza planning! November 1st is fast approaching!
October Bokumono for Mobage Events
Rolling into fall season we've a set of three new community events in the online version of Bokujou Monogatari on the Mobage game network.
- On the 1st a harvest event be gain where players care for Bread and Fall Leaf Trees, basket flowers, Relay race Rabbits, and Goal-line Pandas. Awards are given at the end of the event for the amount of harvest points earned compared to all other players. During random special times, the number of points earned during harvest can be double or triple the normal amount, which can then award farmers with Friend Hearts to exchange with other social game users. These friendship hearts can then be exchanged for another set of prizes. This event is scheduled to end on the 9th.
- Starting on the 11th a big crop event begins. During this event, players grow special crops on a dedicated event field. Harvesting these crops will increase a level bar. Once the bar is filled, then a three-card monty game triggers where players pick one of three random cards. As you pick the right card the pick-a-card chain continues until the wrong card is selected, at which point players are awarded with in-game nuts. These nuts will award prizes based on the amount collected during the event. There will also be a large crop in the middle of the dedicated event field that increases its size (i.e., becoming a big crop) as players trigger the three-card mini game and earn their nuts.
- Finally starting on the 21st will be the bingo event. Farmers will grow special bingo crop seeds and hope they get three of the same crop in a row or a full board of the same crop for a max bingo, which is worth more points. In-game prizes will be awarded based on the total number of bingo points collected during the event. Players can use their Sunshine Ability to increase the number of harvestable items on their friends' bingo cards, but bonus bingo points will only be awarded if the ability is used on an active three-in-a-row bingo. Typically it is best to wait until the board is full of the same crop to trigger a max bingo and then wait until a multiplier triggers to earn bingo points. This event often has time-based prizes that no longer become available for players to win once the availability time expires.
Natsume Plushies on Ebay
If you missed out on some of the North American preorder plushie offerings with Harvest Moon games, several game+plushie combos are now available on Natsume's Ebay store. The peach-face llama from Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns, the little pig from Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands, the horse from Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar, and the Multiverse Studio cow mega-plushie are each for sale along with a copy of Harvest Moon: A New Beginning.
I would guess there's a few farmers out there who already have the game and just want the plushie. Since Christmas is coming up, it might be efficient to buy the bundle, keep the plushie, and then re-gift the game!
LoH Price Reduction
The PC edition of Harvest Moon: Light of Hope has a new price in the Steam Store. The game launched last November with a retail price of $29.99 (USD), but this week the game was reduced to $19.99 (USD). The bundle containing the game and all four DLC is now at the $29.99 (USD) price point. The individual DLC packs did not receive a price reduction and are still the same price (between $1.99 and $3.99 each).
LoH Mobile Update
An update to the mobile version of Light of Hope on iOS devices was released on Wednesday, fixing a few minor issues, improving gameplay, and updating the game to version 1.0.2. The Android version is still on version 1.0.
Nintendo NA eShop Sale
In North America, Farming Simulator: Nintendo Switch Edition is on sale in the Nintendo Switch eShop for $29.99 USD (regularly $49.99), while Farming Simulator 18 is for sale in the Nintendo 3DS eShop for $10.49 USD (regularly $29.99). The sale on these two farming games will end on October 11.
Until next time!
- Cher
(The trees are beginning to drop their leaves all over the ground. Makes for good over-winter mulch on the iris bed!)
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