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Story of Seasons has a score of 76 on Metacritic. Lost Valley drew heavily from Minecraft for its blocky world - Image: Natsume

They were both not very good, although it was clear that Wada was trying to recapture the old spirit of Bokujō Monogatari - a simple, pastoral existence.Įvidently, Natsume had some warning Įvidently, Natsume had some warning, because they announced their own game, Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, during E3 in June 2014, for a release later that year - undercutting the western release of Story of Seasons by several months. He made some new projects, separate from Marvelous Interactive, called Hometown Story and Little Dragons Café. Creator Yasuhiro Wada's role changed from game designer, to producer, to executive producer throughout the 2000s, until finally he left Marvelous some time between 20.

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This began with PSP game Valhalla Knights 2, a game that was published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan, Rising Star Games in Europe, and Xseed Games in North America.Ĭompounding the issue was the fact that the original developers of Bokujō Monogatari were becoming less involved with the games. In 2008, Marvelous Entertainment also announced that it would be partnering with Xseed Games, an American studio founded by former Square Enix employees, to publish games in North America. They eventually sold it to someone else, but don't worry about that too much. In 2004, Marvelous Entertainment founded a UK-based company called Rising Star Games, and began publishing the Harvest Moon games through Rising Star in Europe.

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In 2003, Victor Interactive Software was acquired by Marvelous Entertainment, and was merged into the company to create Marvelous Interactive Inc. Doesn't quite satisfy the RPG-thirst, but you won't be able to put it down once you start playing.' An extremely engaging original experience on the N64. We had entirely too much fun playing it for hours on end and disregarding all of the ways the game comes up short. 'It's a rare occasion nowadays that a game with such simple graphics would even make it to store shelves, but Harvest Moon has that rare quality of being totally engaging and challenging. Here's what IGN had to say about Bokujō Monogatari 2 - translated to Harvest Moon 64 - in their glowing 1999 review:

Until then, Harvest Moon had been a cult favourite - something that a few people loved, but most people had not heard of.

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The fourth Bokujō Monogatari game, named Bokujō Monogatari 2 despite being the third game in the series (don't worry too much about it) was where the games really began to take hold of people's hearts. Lukewarm and limited reviews praised Harvest Moon GB, but were curious if such a sedate farming game could ever really become more than just a niche genre.

Meanwhile, the English-speaking company decides to capitalise on their ownership of the title by using it to make their own series of gamesīut the longer explanation is a little more complicated than that.

Because they don't own that translated title, they are legally not allowed to use it, so they come up with a new one.

Japanese company decides to translate and publish the games themselves.

Because they picked it, the translated title is technically the intellectual property of the English-speaking company.

Japanese company hires English-speaking company to translate and publish their games in the west.

Trimming Back The Tangle: The Story Of Harvest Moon Image: Natsume The TL DR

Growing together, but apart: 2014 - 2021.

Trimming Back The Tangle: The Story Of Harvest Moon.

After starting every article that concerns either Story of Seasons or Harvest Moon with a potted explainer of the schism between Natsume and Marvelous XSEED, we've finally sat down and put (electronic) pen to (electronic) paper and written out a long-form explanation of what 'Harvest Moon' and 'Story of Seasons' actually mean.