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
Bah Snow, Kickstarter Updates for New and Existing Campaigns, BM Radio Ep.2, and HMGB2 Comic | Posted at 02:20 PM 15 April 2022
Happy Farm'n Friday! Soooo.... yea. For some crazy climate reason, it snowed here earlier this week. According to the National Weather Service, the last time it snowed this late in the year was in 1903. Yea. What the snot. It's been about 120 years since snow appeared in April.
All the marigolds lived through the unexpected dusting of white junk. The Antigua Gold sprouts I planted down by the mailbox were a little unhappy at first, but they've since improved. The Durango marigolds in the hanging baskets were super troopers and had no problems. Even the mystery marigolds took the snow like champions, and one of the sprouts is already trying to produce a flower.
Unfortunately, the coleus were not happy campers. They're warmer-weather plants, preferring above-50° F temperatures, which it has been for a few weeks; we even had a 78° F day recently. Though they were planted under the porch and didn't have contact with the snow, the cold snap damaged many of them. I'll have to plant another batch of seedlings to replace everything destroyed by the weather. Bah...
As for my adventures in Rune Factory 5, I won the first Bean Throwing Festival, and Livia sent me to explore some ruins on the southern edge of town. After clearing the ruins of the boss monster, some weird royalty guys moved into the place. Why are they living in the Belpha Ruins instead of one of the empty houses around town? Are they secretly sewer-thriving vampires? It's so weird. I'm sure there's a mystery there to solve...
I also managed to finish my sloppy speed-run of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town as I worked on writing the guide page about Victor's help requests. The luxury liner unlocked on Autumn 7 for me. Betcha you guys can get through it faster than that! I got stuck for about an in-game week progress-wise because I didn't have enough points to trigger Victor's next help request.
Kickstarter Updates
The beta for Roots of Pacha started last week. Those who helped fund the game at the beta key level have been sent their PC game keys to download and play the game. Soda Den hopes to have a playable demo available this June. The latest dev blog introduces "ideas," the system used for triggering inspirations that lead to new developments for the tribe. There are a lot of additions to the game too, so check it out!
The Halloween-themed farming game, Critter Crops: Mystery of Mullery Mansion reached its funding goal this week as well as its second stretch goal. The campaign still has about 10 days left if you're interested in supporting this witchy farming game.
As for new farming indie games looking for funding via Kickstarter, we now have PuffPals: Island Skies. This sky island exploration game will allow players to visit floating islands, manage a farm, and interact with the cute PuffPal villagers.
Players can also customize their protagonist and choose the design of their farmhouse, both exterior and interior. Plus, there are lots of interior furniture options! This game also has a collection aspect, such as documenting new types of fungi or locating ancient artifacts.
The developer of this game, Fluffnest, has previously launched successful crowdfunding campaigns for their line of plush dolls. The company now sells plushies, stationery, and stickers from its online website. The Island Skies campaign has already reached its initial funding goal with the help of its fans, receiving 8x more than intended since its launch on April 6. It is currently trying to match several stretch goals such as an artbook ($700k), desert ruins ($800k), new jungle and underwater island biomes ($900k), and multiplayer ($1 million).
You can learn more about this Kickstarter and help push its funding on its campaign page:
HM2 Comic
It's been a while since the last newly-translated Igusa Matsuyama comic from the Harvest Moon GB 2 guidebook. In our last comic panel, "Peat" (as his name is spelled) wanted new-farmer Sara to start taking care of animals. His help isn't turning out to be very useful...
BM Radio Episode #2
Last weekend's episode of Bokujou Monogatari Station has been uploaded to Youtube by A&G Tribal Radio. In this 10-minute session, Daiki Yamashita talks about the upcoming release of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Special for Playstation 4 on July 28 (in Japan) and his thoughts on making friends in the game.
Until next time!
Cher
(Do I plant dahlias this weekend? Maybe I should wait for next weekend to be safe...)
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