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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:
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.
The black Goji seeds arrived last week and have been planted too. The first one popped up out of the soil yesterday. Soon it'll be time to start the tomatoes.
It doesn't look like spring season though. Last week it did snow on Monday, but it wasn't too bad. A lot of people stayed home anyway. This weekend has another bout of snow forecasted, but this time it goes on and on until next Friday! The snow here looks cute and fluffy, but underneath it hides an evil core of ice and misery, making for a very not-fun time trying to get anywhere. Only the main roads get plowed, and the heavy-traffic streets get plowed and showered with gravel. Everywhere else is a fend-for-yourself scenario.
I'm hoping it isn't as bad 2008, when we were home-bound and snowed in for a week!
Fishing is pretty easy. Just pick the fishing gear, the location, and then cast your line. After the bite, then just reel in the fish. The fish will try to break the line by increasing the tension bar, so you have to coordinate pressing and releasing the A button to ensure the fish doesn't break free. There's also a jumping circle that if you time it correctly, will reduce the fish's distance and bring the fish closer to being caught.
The Switch joy-cons can be detached to act as fishing controllers. The left joy-con becomes the reel and the right joy-con becomes the rod. To cast, you hold the right joy-con up and then swing it forward. And if you aren't holding on tight enough, the right joy-con will slip from your hand and go flying across the living room (oops). Then rotating your left hand while holding the left joy-con will reel in the line. This sounds all and well, but in my case the right joy-con became twisted and pointing in different directions, so rod pointing was off to the side, behind me, and so on. The game also can interact with the Nintendo Labo Toy-con Fishing Rod.
Unlocking all of the fishing ponds and catching the majority of the fish species took about 10 hours. There are some longer missions like "catch 700 fish" and "catch all fish with 4-star rank," but most of the missions are completed as you unlock each land. It's an OK game if you just want to sit back and catch some fish. It reminds me a little of the Nintendo DS eShop game Hooked on Bass Fishing or the 3DS StreetPass Ultimate Angler game.
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