Ushi No Tane Forum

First of all, new trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kh3LxfoYDY (Thanks to those who linked in the information thread)

Cher is visiting E3 and has had a chance to visit the XSEED booth where there's a playable Japanese version. She's been kind enough to give us some new info!

Cher @ Ushi No Tane @Cherubae wrote: ~Neil is NOT in the game. Mr. Red Coat is just a random villager.

~Ooyyy taay, they have a JP version of the game for show attendees to try out. The farm is HUGE, at least 3 screens worth. No public fields.

~You can have multiple pets, as many pet barns as you can, 1 pet per barn, plus your soul mate pet. Not sure yet if it can be swapped out.

~The soul mate pet allows you to hear talk between other pets and wild animals. Villagers have pets too.

~While I was playing, MC's mom stopped by for a visit and was hanging out inside the farm house. Little sis will visit too.

~Part time jobs have to be completed on the same day that you accept them, so be careful which job you accept.

~Dad will give you tasks to complete, to convince him that you truly can become a farmer. Make dad proud!

~The calender is insane. Bombardment of birthdays and festivals. Can switch between weekly view and monthly view. So much to do event-wise.

~The towns are connected by a main crossroads and a path from Westown, to Lulukoko, to Tsuyukusa. There's fast travel points too.

~Important note - Inari is special in that it can't produce offspring. Makes sense since it is a magical being.

~JP character names will be the same as possible, but changes may end up becoming necessary.

~Inside your house you can place lamps that turn on and off the lights the interior farmhouse is really dark without lights!

~Time does not stop while indoors in the latest SoS game.

~New tree crop - maple trees can be harvested to make maple syrup.

~Tool upgrades are more complex. For example, watering can has separate remodeling to change its volume or its weight (stamina conservation).

~As with the prior version the villagers have a meal time, but this time somehow you can sit and eat with them.

~The plot is to raise the prosperity of each town, which is why the shipping bin allows you to select which town you are shipping for.

~As each town becomes better, things will unlock. Raising friendships with each towns' villagers will also help.

~For growing rice and other paddy crops, you don't need a special public field. You can make paddy fields on your massive farm space.

~There is no river diving. Fishing is anywhere there is water. Toss in line, wait for fish shadow to bite, then mash A until you reel it in.

~Festivals in the game include town specific and all-towns options. So many festivals... (maybe I can get a calender picture. It's crazy...)

~The game is about 30% larger text wise. It may take XSeed some time to localize plus QA. So no harassing them for release dates

~Also, there is a farm house mailbox, but no television.

~Ah yes, cows. There are different patterned black and white cows in the animal shops. Pets are for sale in the shops too.

~"There are no mountain areas that I saw. Wild items and bugs are all over in the towns and your farm."

~There are no marriage or farm rivals in the new SoS game. Other farmers, yes, but they do their own thing.

~The fast travel takes money. It is an elephant in Lulukoko, a stagecoach in Westown, and a palanquin in Tsuyukusa.

~The proposal items are a Blue Feather in Lulukoko, a Comb in Tsuyukusa, and a Wedding Ring in Westown.

~Not sure if + quality products are back or if a Farm Bell for mass herding is available yet.

~The farm is on a grid, so your buildings need to fit within the available space along with the crop plots and Farm Circle objects.

~The barns come with attached perimeter fencing. The small barn holds 1 animal, a larger one hold up to 4 animals.

~There are a few more two-color eye options available. Same skin color choices as before.


~Here's the calender for Fall. Cake icons are birthdays, stars are festivals in the three towns.





~Some town festivals might take place on the same day, so you've to decide which one you want to attend.

~The crop plots are grouped in pairs and can be moved when editing the farm layout.

~Oh yea, Trio of Towns tidbit - Small Lumber, Lumber, Small Stone, and Stone can be bought from shops. No limited daily supply like in SoS.

Dengeki has some new screenshots: http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/297/1297151/
Fun fact, the cow is named Hanako in that screenshot

Not related to E3, but the latest Famitsu scans released today are rounded up here: - http://nintendoeverything.com/scans-rou ... ch-3-more/

So...

A lot of that is pretty major confirmation of necessary things. We DO have a plot, though I can't tell yet how compelling it will be. I hope dad is creative with his standards of what makes you a successful farmer.

I love that we have a huge farm all to ourselves...we had 3 screens in ANB too and maybe this is even bigger.

I really wonder if the fact that we can now look at the calendar in weekly view (rather than just monthly) means that there is just THAT many events...that they needed more space to fit them all. (Of course, that would include birthdays, and we already know we have a plethora of villagers this time around. It's going to be a busy game, it seems!)

We live at a crossroads? One to our farm, one to Westown, one to Lulukoko and one to Tsuyukasa? Whew. That's what I had pictured and for some reason, confirmation is a relief. If I've understood correctly, that is. Perhaps your farm isn't on one branch of the crossroads, I guess it doesn't exactly say that. It's what's stuck in my head, though.

That's an odd way to upgrade tools but maybe you can upgrade sooner that way, at least partial upgrades. I hope you can upgrade BOTH stamina consumption and area of effect/volume/etc though and not just one or the other.

Yay! Everything is where I can see it, me and my laziness....thanks, Kirie!

I was all where you could see it on page 139 of the General Info thread too, Shan Kirie had compiled all the tweets into one post, just like the one above. Goodness, what a Shan you are. You remind me of the Shan I was friends with years ago. She'd have said something like that, too.

Isn't it a load of interesting new facts? I think I'm happy about all of it, except I want to know more about dad's expectations and the upgrade system. Well and I didn't mind if Neil came back...but I didn't actually want him, either, so...indifference, on that point.

And I won't go into the maple trees because I already had a mini spaz about that in the other thread and it was embarrassing.

You're welcome :p

Honestly, almost all of these things sound really fantastic. Especially the fact that there's no public fields anymore and that our farm is very large.. I know some people liked the public fields but I really was not a fan of that feature at all.

I'm wondering if the fast travel points need to have some sort of item to use them this time around. Like SoS did with the carrots. Maybe it's the same?

Edit:

Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
As with the prior version the villagers have a meal time, but this time somehow you can sit and eat with them.

Cuuuute

This looks like it's really shaping up to be something special!
Though I somewhat doubt it, my biggest hope is that the farming is a bit simpler, or at least you don't need to hoard so much of the crops and animal products.

But dang, everything has so much more life than the previous game I feel.
Looking fantastic!

Edit: Oh! Also, I'm glad public fields are gone, too. I just... was not a fan of them at all.
I did enjoy having a separate space for my orchard and tea fields, but beyond that I just found it a cumbersome system, personally.

You can sit and eat with the villagers? Whoa, that's totally unexpected...and really neat.

EDIT: Oh, Cher is saying something about the plot...

Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
The plot is to raise the prosperity of each town, which is why the shipping bin allows you to select which town you are shipping for.

Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
As each town becomes better, things will unlock. Raising friendships with each towns' villagers will also help.

Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
For growing rice and other paddy crops, you don't need a special public field. You can make paddy fields on your massive farm space.

Your own paddies, too. Great

Wow, I have to say...the demo must really have let you see a lot!

~New tree crop - maple trees can be harvested to make maple syrup.

brb, making farm into Canada.

Ah, this game feels so lively in vibrant. All these features are going to be epic!!!

If Cher can still get info at E3, I wonder if she can see if there are more candidates???

Holy « Puppy Doodoo », this game just seems so amazing and the best part is that it's because of a loooooot, of really small details! I really appreciate those small details, as I've said multiple times before.

Changing tool colour will be nice and I think even helpful. I have a habit of organizing and recognizing things by colour.

I also find it funny that other villagers have pets, if only because of all the stories you could hear from those pets.

"I found a really weird chew toy in Miranda's side dresser the other day..."

Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
There is no river diving. Fishing is anywhere there is water. Toss in line, wait for fish shadow to bite, then mash A until you reel it in.

Aww, I kind of liked river diving. I guess since you can fish anywhere they decided to focus on that. Understandable

RopeMaidenKirie wrote:Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
As with the prior version the villagers have a meal time, but this time somehow you can sit and eat with them.

Wonder if that'll be another way of raising FP/LP with people. I also wonder if we're going to need a certain amount of FP/LP with the person you want to sit with before they'll let you, or if they'll just let you eat with them from the get-go.

RopeMaidenKirie wrote:
Cher @ Ushi No Tane ‏@Cherubae
As with the prior version the villagers have a meal time, but this time somehow you can sit and eat with them.

Cuuuute

Is this for real? I wonder if it'll help with the FP?