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

Happy Farm'n Friday! Apparently, I had planted several bulbs in the spring bulb area. They sprouted but didn't bloom, which is typical for bulbs in that section of the front yard. The tree that shaded the space was removed earlier this year, and it turns out it may have been a lack of sunshine? And they are autumn blooming bulbs! Well, no wonder I didn't see anything during the springtime! The internet says these are some form of Gladiolus, and they smell so nice. These flowers brighten up the little corner of the yard and drown out the wilted watermelon, sunflowers, and zinnias. I can't pull up the sunflowers yet since the chickadees are still munching on sunflower seeds.

Natsume community manager CeeCee has announced her retirement from handling social media accounts after 13 years. I hope she has a happy harvest with whatever future crops she plants!

It's a lite week for farm'n news. The interns and I have been busy playing the PC version of SoS:PoOT and knocked out a lot of heart event descriptions last weekend. We even have another farmer helping us with Iris' romantic events! Progress!

Steam Next Fest

Starting today, Steam is promoting new and upcoming games during the Steam Next Fest. This online event of game demos and live stream lasts until October 7. Several farming games are participating in the digital game festival, which means free demoooooooos for us!

• Deiland: Pocket Planet
• Everdream Valley
• Harvest Island
• The Garden Path
• The Good Life

Also currently on sale on Steam (until October 4) are:

• Doraemon: Story of Seasons = 70% off (only $14.99 USD!)
• Monster Harvest = 30% off
• Stranded Sails = 60% off

Tencent's BokuMobile

The mobile phone version of Bokujou Monogatari will be shown at this weekend's CICFxAGF expo in Guangzhou, China, (October 1 to 5). Players can visit Booth 5B03 to check out the game.

We still don't have release information about this China-region specific game. The game has been in development for several years by NExT Studios and Tencent, with guidence from Marvelous. We do know is that it has a real-time harvest mechanic to it and in-game currency that can be spent to speed up the wait time for crops and animal harvests. It also contains fishing and mining aspects.

One World Launches on XBox

Harvest Moon: One World was released for XBox One and XBox Series X this week in North America. The standard version of the game costs $49.99 and requires about 2.4 G of console space, and the game plus DLCs retails for $64.99 and requires about 2.9 G of console space. The XBox version has the same 28 in-game achievements as the Ps4 and Steam editions of the game.

October Mobile Events

Fall continues to roll through the Bokujou Monogatari community-based browser game in Japan:

• From October 1 until October 9 is the dreaded Harvest Festival event, where only players who own multiple fields (paid using real money) can rank high in the competition. Players will harvest special crops and care for ginkgo-themed animals to earn as many points as possible.
• From October 11 until October 19, farmers will participate in a Big Crop event. Players will grow crops to earn points towards playing a three-card-shuffle game, where players earn points for keeping their card-picking streak going.
• Finally from October 21 until October 30 is a Bingo event. Farmers will grow crops on a special 3x3 field and earn points depending on how many of the same crop sprout.

Until next time!

Cher
(Happy first day of Halloween season!)

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