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New SoS:FoMT Video, RF4 broadcast #4, New Doraemon:SoS video, and Stranded Sails Beta | Posted at 12:52 PM 19 July 2019

Happy Farm'n Friday! The blueberries have all been picked and the snowpeas are beginning to run out of energy. Things aren't winding down though, as the tomatoes are ripening their fruit. Even the gimpy twisted-leaf plant has lots of little green tomatoes on its branches. We also have tomatillos, though I didn't plant them where they are growing! They just sprouted there. I guess tomatillos are the crop that just keeps on giving, year after year, so to say.

The front-yard crops are still duds. There's a few 'cucs growing on the pickling cucumber bushes, but for the most part nothing else is productive. Not even the zucchini is doing well. I had tried mixing some decent bagged soil in with the crummy stuff at planting time, but not even that helped. Bleh!

New SoS: FoMT Video

This week Marvelous released another promo video for Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. This new video with the upbeat summertime theme song shows the farmer riding the horse around town, which is a new quality improvement from the original GBA game where horse riding was restricted to your farmland and the Spring/Fall Horse Race festivals. The video also shows a convenient new gap in the fence line just north of Yodel Ranch, which appears to tie in with the new gap in the stone wall from the original reveal video, making an easy shortcut from the southern path of Mineral Town to the center path of the town.


In the video you can also briefly see Gotz at the top of Mother's Hill. If you're really quick, you can also spot an unrevealed character walking up the path at about 5 seconds into the 16-second video.

馬は大きくなると背中に乗れるようになり、草競馬のレースに出場させることができるようになります。毎日ブラッシングして愛情込めて育てよう https://t.co/f45LfjyfSM#牧場物語 #再会のミネラルタウン pic.twitter.com/HC42ovxQIM

— 『牧場物語』公式アカウント (@bokumono_PR) July 18, 2019

Rune Factory Channel Update

On the 25th (Thursday) at 8PM Japan Time (+9 GMT), a new broadcast will air on the official Rune Factory Channel in Japan. Presenters Underbar, Hira, and Milikine will be joined by special guest Hitomi Nabatame, who is the voice actor for character Clorica in the Japanese version of the game. The broadcast will also include a secret guest to be revealed during the show. To commemorate the release of Rune Factory 4 Special, scheduled to be released on the same day, there will be new information revealed about the upcoming Rune Factory 5 game currently in development by Yoshifumi Hashimoto's studio, Hakama.

You can watch the broadcast live when it airs on the following websites:

Today is the 7th-year anniversary of the original Rune Factory 4 release date in Japan, released on July 19, 2012. Happy Rune Factory 4 day to everyone!

As for my adventures through Rune Factory 3, I helped build a flower bouquet and held a festival, but the Sharace Tree still won't bloom. Now Wells is trying to tell me I have to... get married?! Whaaaa?! I DONNA WANNA GET MARRIIEED! Oh well, I guess if it is for the greater good of the world (and to finish the game). Look out Carmen, you've a new main squeeze, besides your brother Carlos...

Doraemon Updates and Week 5 Sales

Doraemon: Story of Seasons is still selling in Japan, but beginning to decline in numbers. Famitsu reports that the game sold 4000 copies last week, putting its total sales at about 75,200. The game currently holds the #14 slot in sales numbers for last week

Bandai Namco of Asia has released a new promo movie for the game, stating that the English name for the game's world will be called Natura.

Their video shows scenes from the Japanese game, while explaining in English how to complete favors (i.e., requests) and give gifts. The Asia version of the game will contain English text with Japanese voiceover.

Stranded Sails Beta

RokaPublish is looking for an additional 200 testers to actively try out their upcoming Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Island game. To earn a chance to participate in the beta, candidates can sign up for the Stranded Sails mailing list, where 200 random registrations will receive an application and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for the beta around August 5. The beta takes place from August 7 until the 18th, and it is reserved for the PC/Steam version of the game (Not Switch, XBox, or Ps4). Stranded Sails is scheduled to be released sometime this October.

Until next time! - Cher (How the heck is it almost August already?!)
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