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: Grand Bazaar (August 2025)
- North America: Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home Special Edition (October 2025) and Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (August 2025)
- Europe: Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home Special Edition (October 2025) and Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (August 2025)
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
Upcoming Farming Game - Stranded Sails | Posted at 02:13 PM 18 January 2019 Happy Farm'n Friday! The Shawo Radish seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds were available again, so I just had to order them and more!
The envelope of Cubanelle Pepper seeds came in the mail too, though it wasn't part of my order. Hey, if it really wanted to be planted, I'm more than happy to grow it. The Goji is going to take a few years of care before producing fruit, and that's if I can keep them alive for that long. I'm always ready for a plant challenge.
I also gave My Time at Portia a try this week, but I have the same problem with MTaP as with Harvest Life; my PC isn't powerful enough to run the game. If I reduce the window size to 512 x 384, the game DOES run at at normal speed for the most part, but the text is unreadable: "Woo I picked up *squints eyes* Animal Feces?!" Good thing there's plenty of audio voices in the game to guide me along. Might be time for a PC upgrade...
Castaway Farming
Roka Publishing, the same folks who released Harvest Life for Steam and Nintendo Switch, plans to release Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands later this year (April/May/June) for Steam, with a Nintendo Switch version coming in July/August/September.
Developed by Lemonbomb, in this part-farming/part-adventure game you play as the child of a mighty exploration ship's captain. The ship you were all sailing on shipwrecked on an island in a mysterious archipelago. With captain papa injured and unable to lead, it's up to you to take charge of the surviving crew and build a new ship to escape the cursed islands. To survive, you'll have to build a farm to produce food for the crew and for fueling your exploration of the archipelago's islands as you search for materials to build a ship. A happy crew means they'll take care of the crops (no livestock or pets) while you search for a way for all of you to leave.
Players will visit seven different islands, solving puzzles and locating treasures (and new crop seeds) that might help complete the goal of getting back onto the ocean. The stranded crew are not the only inhabitants of the islands, as the game contains a combat system for fighting off the local spooks. While you can choose to play as a male or female protagonist, the game doesn't contain a marriage system; the goal is to survive and escape the islands, not to stay put and build relationships!
If you're interested in participating in a future beta of the game, the official website has information on signing up for the newsletter:
Until next time!
- Cher
(Okay, okay, I'll start taking the Christmas tree down this weekend...)Feedback: Add | View (4)
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