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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:
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.
For those of you curious about the size of the plushie, here is an image of it along with a 3DS and the Japanese cartridge for Story of Seasons. It is about the size of a tennis ball. The plushie was promoted as a charm that you can attach to your cellphone's audio port, where one would typically put a cellphone strap accessory, but it is a little too bulky for that! :) Since such things aren't common place in North America, I'd imagine that the attach strap may be omitted when the game finally hits retail stores.
The blog entry also mentions the Zebu cow, Angora Goat, and various Safari animals like the penguins, Sifaka Lemurs (which are really just recolored monkey sprites), and parrots. The animals that live within the Safari can't venture out of the Safari, so you aren't going to find Polar Bears wandering around your barnyard. The wild animals work similar to their incarnations in A New Beginning and Tale of Two Towns, where befriending them will result in a small gift. In Story of Seasons, the gifting event from the wild animals only occurs once (at least in the JP version).
You can read XSeed's latest blog entry here:
This morning, Natsume posted their latest entry to their State of the Farm. Community Manager CeeCee noted that the download content for Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley is planned to start in January of 2015, then one in February and another in March. They can't reveal exactly what will be included yet, but CeeCee hints at getting Doc to construct the Dresser within your house, so we can guess it may have something to do with additional clothing outfits.
You can ready Natsume's latest State of the Farm on their Tumblr page:
Merry (late) Christmas!
- Cher
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