Hi lovely peeps! I am finally finding more time for myself. There's still a lot of posts that I need to write, but I'm not too far behind. It's been a dreary week in NYC, but today is looking a little better. I can't believe next week will be New York Comic Con! I'm really excited to attend^^ So as some of you know from my
post awhile back that I am really excited for the next Harvest Moon game, or wait can I even call it a Harvest Moon game anymore?! Okay, let me start at the beginning.
A few days I ago I realized that it was getting closer to the release for the new Harvest Moon game (Story of Seasons). So, I decided to search the tag Harvest Moon tag in Twitter. So I see a game called The Lost Valley, and I'm like bish whet? Two Harvest Moon games in the same year?! Ayyyy turn up! But then something told me this can't be right upon closer inspection of the box art. I then remembered an article I read about how Natsume was not going to be distributing Story of Seasons.
To keep it short and simple, Harvest Moon's actual name is Bokujō Monogatari (
牧場物語) which basically means Farm Story. In the West, it's called Harvest Moon, but the company that makes Bokujō Monogatari no longer owns the name Harvest Moon. Natsume retained the use of the title Harvest Moon. So essentially this Lost Valley game is not a Bokujō Monogatari game. It's a separate farming simulation/otome game made by Natsume.
This is Story of Seasons, which is the next game by the makers of Bokujō Monogatari
The Lost Valley, the new farming simulation game Natsume is creating with the Harvest Moon name
I don't really know what this means for the future of Bokujō Monogatari as far as naming conventions go. XSEED is just calling it Story of Seasons, so we'll see if the makers behind Bokujō Monogatari come up with a new Western title so people we be able to easily recognize it as their game. I hope too many people aren't left unawares and buy The Lost Valley game on accident. I know I would be ready to go H.A.M if that happened to me. So be careful what you buy! If any decides to give The Lost Valley a chance let me know how it is. I haven't played Minecraft before, but I saw a few people saying it had similar elements to that came so they weren't interested in it. Thanks for reading!
There's a reason I've been calling The Lost Valley "Fakeumono" haha! To the best of what XSEED has stated, the new Western title for Bokumono is Story of Seasons. The next one will likely be Story of Seasons: Subtitle Goes Here, something like that. Story of Seasons is just gonna replace Harvest Moon as the title point-blank. They did everything they could to try and keep the branding but no dice. They said they feel good about this new name, so I've just resigned myself to the fact that I'll have to get use to it lol
ReplyDeleteHahaha I love that name^^ I really like the sound of Story of Seasons as the new name for the series. Thanks for the information! Do you have a bachelor or bachelorette that you're interested in that's in the upcoming game?
ReplyDeleteActually, if you can believe it, despite having been a fan of the series since Save the Homeland, this is the very first time I've actually PURPOSELY kept myself in the dark about the game to preserve the hype! I don't even know the names/personalities of the marriage candidates this time, though I've heard a little bit about each of them.
ReplyDeleteOoh, interesting! :D I used to play Harvest Moon back when it was only on the PS2 and it was relatively "simple"... and you couldn't choose to be a girl. XD
ReplyDeleteWhen I got a Nintendo DS I got a later version (Sorry I don't remember which one, and it's deep down inside a box now...) and really enjoyed that. I've never been a huge gamer, but I looooooooove Harvest Moon. One of the reasons I stopped was because it was too addictive for me though, haha! :D
I didn't know about the naming issueーbut thank you for explaining the difference... If I ever get a 3DS I'll make sure to get the "real" one. :)
My first game was Sunshine Islands and I became super addicted haha So, I can understand why you stopped. I think since I am interested in all the bachelor in this title and the game premise, I'm going to have a hard time putting this title down ^_^
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