As from Harvest Moon Story of Seasons was

In a few days will appear with Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town the latest offshoot of the Harvest Moon game series. If you ask yourself now, how this works, despite the name of inequality, then read ahead, because we will explain you how to from Harvest Moon Story of Seasons was, and why this is not so straightforward…

In the year of 1996, were released in Japan for the game Bokujō Monogatari (牧場物語, lit. Ranch Story) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The player slips into the role of a young farmer Pete who shall, in the absence of his parents, the task is to bring a farm near a small town back on track. He has exactly two and a half years time, the he vegetables spend to grow, to breed cows and chickens and earn with the sale money. In addition, he can take care of Pets and even get married and up to two children. There is no prescribed goal, but the game ends with the return of the parents. This simple basic principle of a simple farm Simulation laid the foundations for a very successful game series, which comprises around 27 parts in the main series and 14 different Spin-Offs.

Was developed Bokujō Monogatari by the Japanese Studio Amccus under the Producer Yasuhiro Wada and distributed by the Publisher Pack-In-Video. A short time later, this company merged with the video game division of Victor Entertainment and was renamed Victor Interactive Software. A few years later to the day, in March 2003, the Japanese video game developer, publisher and Anime producer. Marvelous is known that there is a 55%stake in this Software company acquired had and this with immediate effect in Marvelous Entertainment Inc. will be renamed. This Acquisition included the rights to all Games previously listed companies. In short, Marvelous is as a developer and Publisher of the Bokujō Monogatari series.

You are now confused? Then read it quietly, because it gets even more complicated!

East vs West

Bokujō Monogatari was in 1997 in North America and in Europe in 1998 published. For the localization of Natsume Inc. responsible. Many elements of the game were in the course of the adjustments to be “westernized” and so the Name in Harvest Moon changed. This cooperation also remained 18 years: Marvelous – developed games, Natsume fit them to the Western market and was also responsible for sales. In the mid-2000s expanded Marvelous its business activities on the American market and announced a partnership with Xseed Games, an American video game company, which is run by former members of Square Enix USA was founded. The aim was to jointly publish games in North America. In 2011, Marvelous took over this company and from XSeed Games a subsidiary of the Japanese game company, which is used for localization and Distribution in the West is responsible. Since that time, all games of the company unit adorn the Marvelous Logo.

In the case of business ability is lost to the Japanese, however, the rights to the name of Harvest Moon to the former Publisher Natsume Inc. Already published in 2007, the American company with Puzzle de Harvest Moon , the first Spin-Off of the game series, but only seven years later appeared with The Lost Valley, the first part of the main series, without the involvement of the original developer. The game was not well received by critics as well as players very well. The successor to titles such as Light of Hope, were qualitatively not much better and the last year’s Harvest Moon: Mad Dash marks the preliminary low point of the game series.

Since Natsume is now the rights to the name Harvest Moon , retained, had to be Marvelous to the newer title in the series to rename. While in Japan, the game series continued under the name Bokujō Monogatari published published was and 2014 Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi (To The New World) a new part into the trade, appeared in the same game on the Western market as Story of Seasons. In July 2015, Xseed announced that the game, with over 100,000 units sold in North America, and became your best-selling game. With a Trio of Towns appeared, therefore, a short time later, another offshoot, and with Doraemon’s Story of Seasons , even a Crossover with the Japanese Manga series Doraemon.

With Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town now appears for the Nintendo Switch to the 10.7.2020 the Game Boy Advance 3D Remake of the Farming Simulation Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, 2003.

CONCLUSION

The Amateur historians among you will forgive me it, I hope, that I have omitted in this article are a few Details, but as you noted when you read certainly, are braids, such companies often very complex and the change of brands, as well as in Daily Business. In front of us players are of such constructs and developments mostly hidden and many associate a title with a whole game series, no matter which company or developer for a single part of it is responsible. Harvest Moon is a very special example and shows that a Name alone is not sufficient – it must also be the quality of the product votes. Here proves Marvelous with Story of Seasons , the clearly better hands and after a few days were allowed to play, we are sure that Friends of Mineral Town, this Trend will continue. Read more next week in a detailed Test here for us to read.