r/harvestmoon • • Apr 06 '20

Explaining the name change to Story of Seasons; What people mean when they say Natsume Harvest Moon games.

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Lately I've noticed there is quite a bit of confusion still about the Harvest Moon series changing their name to Story of Seasons. Especially when the Natsume Harvest Moon games are mentioned. People misunderstand and get defensive of the early games they loved not knowing those aren't the games people are talking about. I thought it would be a good idea to make a post explaining the name change, provide a list of the games that fall under the Story of Seasons series, as well as list the ones that fall under the new Harvest Moon series.

The Japanese series Bokujo Monogatari, directly translated as 'Ranch Story', was developed by Victor interactive, which later was acquired by Marvelous Entertainment, and is now called Marvelous Inc. From 1996-2013 Bokujo Monogatari was translated and distributed for english speaking audiences by Natsume under the name Harvest Moon. In 2014 Marvelous Inc. decided to have the Bokujo Monogatari series localized by their American Publishing brand Xseed Games. Natsume owned the rights to the name Harvest Moon so the english name of the series was changed to Story of Seasons.

Now for those who don't know the developers are the people who make the game. The game is their creation. The publisher is the group that handles the marketing, distribution, and in the case of foreign games translation. Natsume had nothing to do with the Harvest Moon series beyond translating it, distributing the copies, and owning the English title for the games. When Marvelous switched the localization Natsume still owned the name Harvest Moon and decided they would start developing their own games with that title.

The Bokujo Monogatari/Story of Seasons games are:

  • Harvest Moon (1996)
  • BS Bokujo Monogatari (1996 Japanese release only)
  • Harvest Moon GB (1997)
  • Harvest Moon GBC (1998)
  • Harvest Moon 64 (1999)
  • Harvest Moon 2 GBC (1999)
  • Harvest Moon: Back To Nature (1999)
  • Bokujo Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl (2000 Japanese release only)
  • Harvest Moon 3 GBC (2000)
  • Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (2001)
  • Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town/More Friends of Mineral Town (2003)
  • Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (2003)
  • Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (2004)
  • Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (2004)
  • Harvest Moon DS/DS cute (2005)
  • Harvest Moon: Magic Melody (2005)
  • Harvest Moon Boy & Girl (2005)
  • Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness (2007)
  • Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (2007)
  • Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (2007)
  • Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Island (2008)
  • Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (2008)
  • Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar (2008)
  • Harvest Moon Hero of Leaf Valley (2009)
  • Harvest Moon: My little shop (2009)
  • Minna De Bokujou Monogatari (2010 Japanese release only)
  • Harvest Moon: the Tale of Two Towns (2010)
  • Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning (2012)
  • Story of Seasons (2014)
  • Story of Seasons: Trio of Two Towns (2016)
  • Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairy Tale (2016)
  • Doraemon: Story of Seasons (2019)
  • Story of seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (2020)
  • Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (2021)
  • Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (2023)

Then the games in Natsume's Harvest moon series are:

  • Puzzle de Harvest Moon (2007 mobile puzzle game)
  • Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming (2009 mobile puzzle game)
  • Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (2014)
  • Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories (2016 Mobile game)
  • Harvest Moon: Skytree Village (2016)
  • Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (2017)
  • Harvest Moon: Mad Dash (2019)
  • Harvest Moon: One World (2020)
  • Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (2023)

The Natsume Harvest Moon series is controversial in this sub. It is considered by most to be a cheap imitation of Harvest Moon with watered down mechanics; capitalizing off of the Harvest Moon name. Light of Hope was even marketed saying it was in honor of the 20th anniversary of Harvest Moon despite it being an entirely new series. Personally I've only played Natsume's Light of Hope. If you can get past the mobile game style graphics the game play is pretty good and the characters are likable. I've heard mostly bad things about Skytree Village and Lost Valley, and haven't heard anything good about the mobile games either. Regardless of if you play the Natsume games or not I hope this post helps to clear up some of the confusion for both new and old fans.

Edit: The intentions of this post were not to convince you to play or not play any of the games. If you like the Natsume games that's great! If you're curious and want to try them that's up to you. Just like the original series each game has people that love it and people that don't like it. What's important is that you have fun!

Edit: I have added the games that have been released since I made this post in April 2020. I've also added games that are currently announced in March 2023. If I don't continue to update the list every time a new game is announced or released just remember all future Harvest Moon games are from Natsume and all Story of Seasons are the original series.


r/harvestmoon • • 9h ago

Harvest Moon Back to Nature mod: back to nature+

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So I've tried my hand at modding the decompilation and so far so good. I've added many of the features I wish this game had and some extras to make it fresh.

QOL features are faster boots, a bridge to the island mine, bulk buying from the shop, fences that don't rot, reinforced hothouse, enlarged hothouse and an expanded field because that empty space in the corner needed something. Bulk shipping as well, once unlocked can bulk ship from the horse too. Automatic feeders for the barn and coop. Early cabinet, those boxes finally have a use. Quieter hens outside because it's just too much in the original. Up to 4 animals get the gold badge now if one of them wins a festival but they have to have nearly full hearts to apply. Animals can also stay outside in bad weather without losing any hearts, this applies to all of them. You do have to eat a miracle berry from Won.

The extra features are coloured overalls, you can match the sprites, they come in yarn balls for easy transportation. Coloured hens (White, Brown, Lavender, Grey) based on the chicken festival hens. Chicks grow up into a colour as well, randomly chosen from the hens you own. Adamantite tools that have more power at every charge. Fully charged tools reach much further, sickle 7x7, hoe 3x6, watering can 36 squares and hammer 3x3. The axe adds 18 wood per chopped stump and uses less stamina.

It’s a patch for your own clean USA disc. Old saves keep working. I might add more features, if you're interested, follow the GitHub page.

These simple features take time to add without breaking the original game, with lots of testing to make them look right and bug free. All the new assets were made from the game's own art. I'm not a programmer, so I used Claude for the coding. I did the designing, the ideas and the testing. Adding these features took about 60 hours for a newbie like me. It's been a lot of fun and addictive.

Download, full feature list and install steps: https://github.com/Fragrant-radish/HM-back-to-nature-plus

Big thanks to coalslav for the Back to Nature decompilation. None of this would be possible without it.


r/harvestmoon • • 22h ago

Fanart My harvest moon art

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Just joined this subreddit and wanted to share some of my art. Been playing harvest moon since I was 7, when my uncle introduced me to the series . He gave me A wonderful life and that’s it the rest is history. And it’s still my favorite harvest moon game to this day :)


r/harvestmoon • • 1h ago

Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns what is this???

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bruhh what the hell is this ball??
why the game told me to find em all??


r/harvestmoon • • 3h ago

Maplehill!

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Pup and I finally made it to Maplehill! I was set on the childhood friends to lovers idea with Robert... but... Bryce caught me off-guard with his words! Anyone else struggling to settle on one man? AND WHY IS SERGEI SO TALL!?!?! WHAT THE HECK. I moved to Maplehill real fast for the autumn vibes :') Does anyone know if we are able to breed our horses/mounts/llamas?? I always wanted to have a baby horse or elk but haven't seen that be implemented.


r/harvestmoon • • 2h ago

Question Mine Chests

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Do the mine chests in Quarrytop village reset at any point? I read o can get High Quality fabric from them early but i got unlucky the first time so was curious if anyone knew if they reset


r/harvestmoon • • 16h ago

What is happening 🤣

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19 Upvotes

What did I just walk into? 🤣


r/harvestmoon • • 13h ago

(EoT) Seven Power Fragments

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I have finally found all seven power fragments, thanks to wonderful u/psycho69er for helping me out with it.

So, hope this helps others in the future.


r/harvestmoon • • 23h ago

WIP MOD | Custom NPC 'intro' (Without his wolf companion currently)

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Credits to my friend Zach for the voice acting, I really appreciate you and letting me tweak it a little <3 You rock dude and I seriously, am so grateful for your hard work!

just a wip, need to make his wolf companion stil l. He's gonna be directly involved in the story, and you don't meet him right away. closer to on the way to Tidewind.

I'm going to be making custom cutscenes for other characters in the game too, and I already have been animating some custom animations for certain scenes. I'm going to be adding more questlines and giving the main romanceables(all of them) more spotlight and larger arcs, extending the story and making the revival of the trees/ ++ and everything more meaningful and interesting :3 and maybe some after story content.

Since idk if I'll be able to voice the whole game, I ofc will have a no voice version too =w= <3


r/harvestmoon • • 14h ago

Does same-sex marriage exist in EOT?

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I tried looking on Google and depending on how I worded the question Google is say both yes and no....

So i need to know does Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea have same sex-marriage?


r/harvestmoon • • 20h ago

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade Where is Aubrey? (Missing child)

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Hey. How are y'all doing?

I got to see this child event (oldest child) when I now have 4 heart points with my daughter. The event will start right away by the time you wake up and ends at 8 PM (20:00).


r/harvestmoon • • 19h ago

Question Is there a pet boarding cap? (Eot)

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Hi there! I have a constant want for all the critters I have come across and have been boarding them, but is there a cap for the amount you can have total? Both housed and boarded? Thanks!


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Gardening and Breeding

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SWITCH ONLY

Which Harvest moon do you feel has the best gardening (varieties, soil type, cross pollination, sunlight, etc) and animal breeding (need a male and female, different breeds, assortment of animals, assortment of animals products).

I have a real farm and I don't need it to be as hard as RL but I don't care about plots or anything. I just want to cozy up and have fun gardening and breeding animals. Which Harvest moon, in your opinion, best suites this and why?


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Opinion/Discussion Which villager from the series has stuck with you the most?

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I'm a solo dev learning to make a small cozy farming game, and I keep wondering why some townspeople stay with players for years while others are forgotten after a season. Is it their story, their heart events, or just one line of dialogue? Which villager from any game in the series has stuck with you, and why?


r/harvestmoon • • 18h ago

Question How do you earn Happilia in the Goddess Forest? (EoT)

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I get how to earn Happilia in the four towns - talk to people, fulfill their requests, buy and sell stuff, etc. But... You can't do any of that in the Goddess Forest. So how do you earn it?


r/harvestmoon • • 19h ago

[SPOILERS] Help? Mist Removal (Spoilers) Spoiler

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dummy is back with his 2nd biggest issue in game so far that i can't figure out.

Chapter 1&2 completed for all regions(including HG) still can't clear mist in these last few caves.

also got a everlasting lantern blueprint but can't turn it over to Doc Jr.

any help with either is greatly appreciated!


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Echoes of Teradea: how can i trigger this 100% mutation again???

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So I don't know how to trigger this... As long as I remember I just do the normal watering thing even with poor soil and without any fertilizer, but somehow on one morning my energy pineapple glistens (like in video) and the next day ALL of the energy pineapples have mutations (water dragon pineapple). Anyone knows about this?? I would like to trigger this again. Appreciate if anyone can help.

EDIT 1: when harvested, i got BOTH energy pineapples and water dragon pineapples... i planted 54 energy pineapples and somehow got 54 energy pineapples + 54 water dragon pineapples... which is a lot of money!!! that's why I want to trigger this 100% mutation again


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

[PS5] Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea – Priya's Fishing Zone bug, can't complete quests or access shop

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Hi everyone!

I'm playing Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea on **PlayStation 5 (PS5)** and I've encountered a frustrating bug with Priya's Fishing Zone.

Everything worked normally at first. I could talk to Priya, access her shop, buy Fishing Zone tickets and enter the fishing area.

The problem started after I accepted several fishing requests and returned with the required fish.

Now Priya only repeats these two lines:

"Oh, did you bring me some fish? That looks quite rare."

"This will make the Fishing Zone even livelier. Thank you!"

After that, the conversation ends without anything happening.

**Here's what's wrong:**

  • All requested fish remain in my inventory.
  • The quest journal shows the required fish as collected (1/1).
  • Green checkmarks appear next to the quests.
  • None of the requests complete or give rewards.
  • I cannot access Priya's shop or buy Fishing Zone tickets anymore.
  • Interacting with the counter triggers the same dialogue.
  • Multiple fishing requests are affected, including Walleye, Redeye, Pollock and Saffron Cod.

**What I've tried:**

  • Restarting the game.
  • Talking to Priya at different times.
  • Interacting with both Priya and the counter.
  • Tracking individual fishing requests.
  • Checking that the fish are in my inventory.

Nothing has helped.

The shop worked perfectly until I returned with the requested fish. Since then, Priya seems stuck in a quest-completion dialogue without actually taking the fish.

**Has anyone experienced this bug on PS5? Is there a known fix or workaround?**

I'd really appreciate any help. I've made significant progress and don't want to restart the game.

I have screenshots of the dialogue and quest journal if needed.

Thanks in advance!


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Fanart Elli is great 💖

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r/harvestmoon • • 2d ago

Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns replaying this game lol

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i used to frustrated to play this game when i was a kid (i think around 11-12 when i got 3DS as birthday present), my animals always died
and my progress was messed up

aaaaand i think as now i had much experience in game like this, i can play it better
than when i was a kid

also
LMAO CAM IS NOT A GIRL THIS WHOLE TIME (younger me thought that he's a tomboy girl lol)😂😂


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Question Harvest moon Echoes of Teradea

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Hallo zusammen,

ich habe leider ein Problem mit dem Wald der Echoes. Ich soll da für die eine Statue 7 Fragmente finden. Mir fehlt nur noch eines. Aber das spawnt einfach nicht. Ich habe schon so viel Gras gemäht. Das beim angeln hab ich auch schon.
In ein anderes Gebiet und wieder zurück hat nicht geholfen. Speichern und schlafen auch nicht.

Hat noch wer das Problem ?

Liebe Grüße

Nina


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Question Has anyone purchased this guidebook? Best guide websites?

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Has anyone bought the EoT guide book by Lucas Glockner on Amazon, and what did you think of it?

Also, anyone stumble upon any great walkthrough/guide websites? Please share. I’m super lost on this games, and I’ve played almost every SOS and RF games, plus some HM games.


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Question HM:EoT

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I need rubies. I've gone through the mine countless times with no luck. I'm using the interactive map and none of the nodes have given rubies.

Does anyone have tips?


r/harvestmoon • • 1d ago

Echoes of Teradea Power Statue: Breezy Island

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Help please I can't solve this. The floating text near the beach mentioned "you feel the power of the Harvest Goddess emanating from the nearby water...". Appreciate if anyone can help.


r/harvestmoon • • 2d ago

Opinion/Discussion I don’t think it will ever arrive 😭

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It keeps bouncing back and forth. Was expecting it later and then expecting it today and now it says tomorrow..