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).

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.

Latest Farming Video Game News

01.14 Nintendo Direct | Posted at 02:41 PM 17 January 2015This week Nintendo aired their latest Nintendo Direct presentation, which featured Story of Seasons for a few moments. The game has a general release window of March 2015 in North America, but it doesn't have an official date as of yet. Once XSeed Games has a set date I'm sure they'll announce it on their various social media outlets.

• Nintendo Direct - Story of Seasons preview (at 2 min, 33 seconds)

The Nintendo Direct mentioned the game's theme is connecting with other lands and players, so it may be safe to assume that the wifi farm visitation system will be in place for the NA audience, but there was no mention if StreetPass will remain. The Direct also mentioned it was "exclusive to the Nintendo eShop", even though there will be a physical release with the little Angora Rabbit plushie pre-order bonus. So no worries there about it being digital only! The StreetPass feature in Story of Seasons isn't very much anyway; you basically just see other gamers' farmers walking around your town, and you can talk to him/her to see the player's farm statistics. Not having it in the North American version won't be a big loss, especially since farming StreetPasses happen so rarely. XSeed Games has also released a promotional trailer for the game. The background music is the winter season theme. Daikon has been translated to "Radish," and yams are "Sweet Potatoes." As for Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, the game has been out for about two months and players still haven't discovered all of the various crop mutations in the game. The missing crops are slowly being figured out though, so perhaps in a few more months we'll all have everything laid out. The game's first downloadable content (DLC) is expected to be out sometime this month, so keep an eye on Natsume's social media outlets for when they get a release schedule. Natsume is still promoting their Lost Valley fan art contest, and announced the available grand prize the other day: a giant plushie Chicken/Chick set, a chorded Cinch bag, and a Lost Valley plushie cow headphones. What? Cow headphones?! Yep, with horns and ears. You could look like a cow while jam'n to your tunes! Mooo! *edit* Here's a better picture of the plushie cow headphones. They're so furry! (BTW, the white lines on the box are the mini blinds behind the photographer, not part of the grand prize) More information about the fan art contest can be found on the company's Facebook page.

• Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley Drawing Contest!

And here is Igusa Matsuyama's 4-col Nintendo DREAM comic for January 2015!

Until next time! - Cher yam, sweet potato, yam, sweet potato...Feedback: Add | View (5)

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