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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.
Happy Farm'n Friday! Christmas Light Extravaganza planning has officially started, with some fancy red slow-glow LED light strings and accompanying white slow-glow strings heading this way. These are to replace the strobe-light strings that decorate the four porch columns on the front of the house. Slow glow is a much softer lighting effect than flashy strobe lights. The other hiccup I have with the strobes on the porch columns is each flashing bulb is spaced about 25 inches apart on the string of lights. With the circumference of the columns being 20 inches, the strobe bulbs eventually end up on the back side the columns as they loop around the post. Nobody can see them there!
November 1 is fast approaching! Gotta finish the prep work to ensure the whole Christmas light project installs quickly and with less impact on farm'n time.
Natsume noted this week that the XBox version of Harvest Moon: One World is now planned for a September release. The game hasn't been given an official, confirmed release date yet, but that'll eventually be locked in. Still, nothing publicly announced by Rising Star Games if they too will be publishing the XBox version in their covered Europe and Oceania regions.
The first episode of the visual novel based on the tropical farming game, Summer in Mara, is now available for FREE on Steam or Itch.io! Game developer Chibig hopes to make Stories of Mara an ongoing tale of the characters that make up the world of Mara. In Episode 1, Akaji the blacksmith discovers that Koa has gone missing, with just her abandoned boat left behind on Qalis. Akaji needs to work with the other residents of the island to discover what happened with little Koa.
You can download the free episode from the following platforms:
The last of the paid DLC expansions released this Thursday for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. The new Twilight Isle area can be accessed by taking the boat from the dock by the farmer's house. The area is beach-like and has castle ruins set on a cliff above the houses. The island is small and only has two houses: the first is shared by Moriya and Lisette, and the other belongs to Tigre and Ludus.
Ludus and Lisette are the priority targets for most players, as they're available for courtship. As they're new to SoS:PoOT, we don't know what they like to receive as gifts right away! So far, it's easier to find gifts for Lisette than Ludus, so here are some suggestions I've come across:
Special Gifts (+1200 FP): Oh gosh, I'm not sure how to react! This is one of my favorite things. Thank you so much for thinking of me!
Blazing Waltz, Jewelry Locket, Moonlight Nocturne, Peach, Springtime March
Loved Gifts (+600 FP): Wow, you're sure you want to give this away? Thank you so much!
Hibiscus, Lemon, Orange, Royal Fern, Sunflower
Liked Gifts (+200 FP): What a delightful present. Thank you!
Fashionable Bracelet, Floral Perfume, Golden Rain Rosemary, Jewelry Ring, Lemon Marigold, Oregano, Sage, Shiny Watch
Special Gifts (+1200 FP): Wow, I love this! Did you pick it out just for me? Mahalo, (player name).
Banana, Fashionable Bracelet
Loved Gifts (+600 FP): You're so thoughtful. I like this a lot. Mahalo, (player name).
Catfish, Eel, Mixed Herbs, Shiny Watch
Liked Gifts (+200 FP): Mahalo. This is a nice gift
Durable Lumber, Floral Perfume, Mysterious Bait, Jewelry Locket, Jewelry Ring
Also this week, the last two updates for SoS:PoOT were released in North America, Europe, and Oceania. The major change with 1.0.7 is the option for players to enable a Chat Camera from their game's Options > Gameplay menu. When this setting is turned on, the in-game camera will focus on the upper-body of the person the player is interacting with. The camera won't highlight the villager if it would have problems with walls or corners.
Version 1.0.7 also added visual changes to the town upgrade tasks. Now players will see a swipe-affect to show the difference between the old town style and the new town style when viewing the task completion cut scene.
The 1.0.8 update was also released on Monday. This update is a quick bug-fix with the chat camera along with other unspecified corrections.
The wildly popular Farming Simulator 22 is now available for preorder in anticipation of its November 22 release date. Giants Software revealed an optional season pass that players can purchase, which gets them full access to all the planned bonus content for the first year after the game's release. GS plans to have three content packs released in Winter 2021-2022, Spring 2022, and Summer 2022, plus a large expansion in Autumn 2022.
The season pass for FS22 costs about $38 USD, putting the game + expansion pass at $87.98.
A new farming-style game will be released next week. After several delays, Monster Harvest by Maple Powered Games is launching on the Steam platform and Nintendo Switch console on August 31. In this game, the player will take control of a farmer starting a new life near the town of Planimal Point. As a farmer, players naturally will grow and harvest crops, but the crops in this game can mutate into monster buddies! These Planimals will follow the player around, participate in turn-based battles and helping the player explore dungeons. Different Planimals will pop out from the farm soil depending on the slime used to grow the seeds as well as the current season (Dry, Wet, or Dark season). Players can also build furniture for their farm and participate in town events like the Cooking Festival.
A free demo is available on the Steam platform page:
Monster Harvest retails on the Nintendo eShop for $19.99/€19.99, but is discounted 20% (15.99) until September 13.
Until next time!
- Cher
(Ok zucchini plants, you can stop producing squash any day now... )
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