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).
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Lost Valley Characters | Posted at 02:44 PM 19 July 2014Ceecee at Natsume has started ramping up the promotion of Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley by introducing some of the characters that you'll meet when playing the game.
- The helpful journalist Naomi has traveled the world, but yet continues to search for peace due to being separated from her young daughter as a result of an accident.
- The flower fan Iris owns a shop outside the valley with her husband. She likes to search the valley for rare flowers.
- The muscular blacksmith Brutus who explores the valley for a rare ore while trying to emotionally connect to his two sons.
- The novice blacksmith Tony secretly wants a different career, yet continues on with his training to please his dad. He is also a male marriage candidate.
The Harvest Sprites are a big part of the game, as they act as the upgrades for you tools. Instead of having to upgrade your watering can, you can ask the sprites to water your crops for you. The bag you carry around will also be categorized for easy searching, plus you can carry 255 of each item that you have inside your bag. How handy!
As new information becomes available, you can find it on Ceecee's Tumblr page.
On the Story of Seasons side of things, the game will finally be available for download on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop starting on the 24th. There will also be a patch available for those of us with the Japanese version, which will add a novice difficulty setting when starting a new game. The exact details for this new playmode aren't known yet, but Marvelous has stated that:
- the player's stamina won't be exhausted as quickly.
- the cost to buy items at the shops will be less (although this isn't much of a problem later in the game, as you'll have millions of G to spend)
- there will be other game balance adjustments.
I would hope that there are adjustments to key features of the game, mainly unlocking the last two Trade Depot vendors and the constant need for stone lumber. The material is needed for a lot of blueprints, for construction of the boulder area of the Safari (500 pieces), and even for your own house upgrades. To get the material you'll have to smash it yourself from the random rocks you find each day (or from the initial boulders on your farm), or by buying it directly at Gunther's shop, where it exists in limited supply each day for 1500 G each. Things like making required materials more plentiful would be great in a novice mode of the game, but we won't know how simplified the game will be until after the patch is available.
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