Welcome to the Weekly Nintendo Corner! Every week, Smashboards will be covering a title from the Nintendo pantheon. Most of the time these are new releases or games that are coming soon; but, do expect surprises – every once in a while, there may be a blast from the past.
Story of Seasons
This week’s topic is Story of Seasons. Story of Seasons is a life-simulation game made by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games. The game will not carry the Harvest Moon name due to Natsume's ownership of the IP. The game still has the same Harvest Moon flow, however; the protagonist works as a farmer, producing crops, raising livestock, keeping watch over the fields, and, of course, harvesting!
Story
The Protagonist finds themselves bored with their day-to-day life and finds a flyer advertising the need for farmers in Oak Tree Town. The protagonist decides to take the risk – thankfully, other farmers are there to teach the protagonist the basics, and together they live out the fabulous farmer life.
Gameplay
While the gameplay remains similar to previous Harvest Moon games, there are a few new features. Players will be able to sell their crop and dairy products to other “countries” in the game via a Trade Station. Personal farm data can be swapped with other players using Street Pass. The player can also set up a wildlife safari that allows them to keep a variety of exotic animals, including parrots and monkeys. The safari can be toured by NPC Villagers.
Farming is simplified to the 3x3 field; sowing, watering, and harvesting can now be done globally instead of separately. This allows the player to care for more fields in less time. Unlike in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, crops do not carry over to the next season.
Character customization is the same as it was in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. If you've never played A New Beginning, the player is able to choose their hair style and color, eyes, skin color, hats, glasses, outfits, and three additional accessories.
Music
While there wasn’t any music for Story of Seasons on youtube, enjoy some music from previous games in the series!
About the Team
Marvelous Inc. developed the game and published it in Japan, while XSEED (Marvelous USA Inc.) published the game in North America. Marvelous Inc. (known as Marvelous AQL during development) have made quite a few Video Games and Anime series'. They are primarily known for publishing Skullgirls, the later entries to the Rune Factory series, Vanhalla Knights 3, and a few others. They’ve developed (and in some cases, published) Muramasa: Rebirth, Fortune Street, Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming, Senran Kagura, and Fate/Extra. In terms of anime, they've produced Cat God, Humanity has Declined, Princess Tutu, (The) Prince of Tennis II, and a few more.
Marvelous USA, doing business as XSEED Games, is a sub company of Marvelous Inc. that publishes games for the West. A list of popular games Marvelous USA have published includes Wild Arms 4-5 and XF, Shadow Hearts: From the New World, Vanhalla Knights, Flower, Sun, and Rain, Retro Game Challenge, Little King’s Story, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, all the Ys games in North America, Ivy the Kiwi, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, The Last Story, Unchained Blades, Pandora’s Tower, Killer is Dead, Senran Kagura Burst, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Arc Rise Fantasia, Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed, and plenty more.
For the rest of Marvelous’ catalogue, click here and for XSEED, click here
Story of Seasons is already out in Japan and will be released in North America on March 31st, 2015. No release date has been announced for Europe yet. It’s available for $39.99.
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Thethirdkoopa is a Game Producer, Collector, Musician, and Smash Fanatic at heart. He’s currently really busy both in and outside of SmashBoards, especially outside of SmashBoards, but he’s still kickin. Follow him on Twitter at @Thirdkoopa!
Story of Seasons
This week’s topic is Story of Seasons. Story of Seasons is a life-simulation game made by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games. The game will not carry the Harvest Moon name due to Natsume's ownership of the IP. The game still has the same Harvest Moon flow, however; the protagonist works as a farmer, producing crops, raising livestock, keeping watch over the fields, and, of course, harvesting!
Story
The Protagonist finds themselves bored with their day-to-day life and finds a flyer advertising the need for farmers in Oak Tree Town. The protagonist decides to take the risk – thankfully, other farmers are there to teach the protagonist the basics, and together they live out the fabulous farmer life.
Gameplay
While the gameplay remains similar to previous Harvest Moon games, there are a few new features. Players will be able to sell their crop and dairy products to other “countries” in the game via a Trade Station. Personal farm data can be swapped with other players using Street Pass. The player can also set up a wildlife safari that allows them to keep a variety of exotic animals, including parrots and monkeys. The safari can be toured by NPC Villagers.
Farming is simplified to the 3x3 field; sowing, watering, and harvesting can now be done globally instead of separately. This allows the player to care for more fields in less time. Unlike in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, crops do not carry over to the next season.
Character customization is the same as it was in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. If you've never played A New Beginning, the player is able to choose their hair style and color, eyes, skin color, hats, glasses, outfits, and three additional accessories.
Music
While there wasn’t any music for Story of Seasons on youtube, enjoy some music from previous games in the series!
About the Team
Marvelous Inc. developed the game and published it in Japan, while XSEED (Marvelous USA Inc.) published the game in North America. Marvelous Inc. (known as Marvelous AQL during development) have made quite a few Video Games and Anime series'. They are primarily known for publishing Skullgirls, the later entries to the Rune Factory series, Vanhalla Knights 3, and a few others. They’ve developed (and in some cases, published) Muramasa: Rebirth, Fortune Street, Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming, Senran Kagura, and Fate/Extra. In terms of anime, they've produced Cat God, Humanity has Declined, Princess Tutu, (The) Prince of Tennis II, and a few more.
Marvelous USA, doing business as XSEED Games, is a sub company of Marvelous Inc. that publishes games for the West. A list of popular games Marvelous USA have published includes Wild Arms 4-5 and XF, Shadow Hearts: From the New World, Vanhalla Knights, Flower, Sun, and Rain, Retro Game Challenge, Little King’s Story, Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, all the Ys games in North America, Ivy the Kiwi, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, The Last Story, Unchained Blades, Pandora’s Tower, Killer is Dead, Senran Kagura Burst, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Arc Rise Fantasia, Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed, and plenty more.
For the rest of Marvelous’ catalogue, click here and for XSEED, click here
Story of Seasons is already out in Japan and will be released in North America on March 31st, 2015. No release date has been announced for Europe yet. It’s available for $39.99.
Excited for more Sim Life games on the go? Ever played a Harvest Moon game? How about Sim Life as a whole? Let us know in the comments below!
Thethirdkoopa is a Game Producer, Collector, Musician, and Smash Fanatic at heart. He’s currently really busy both in and outside of SmashBoards, especially outside of SmashBoards, but he’s still kickin. Follow him on Twitter at @Thirdkoopa!