with the upcoming release of story of seasons: friends of mineral town, here& #39;s a quick, short thread on the history of the harvest moon games, and why they& #39;re now under the name story of seasons! (1/6)

marvelous is the company that makes the original bokujō monogatari/story of seasons games. starting in 1996 they were partnered with natsume for the american release of their first game, localized as & #39;harvest moon.& #39; (2/6)

natsume continued to translate and distribute the games under the name & #39;harvest moon& #39; until 2014, when marvelous announced that their american publishing branch, xseed, would handle the localization of the games from now on. (3/6)

however, natsume still held the rights to the name & #39;harvest moon& #39; and, petty bastards that they are, decided to keep the name. this forced marvelous and xseed to use a new name for the series going forward: story of seasons. (4/6)

natsume, meanwhile, started developing their own farming games under the harvest moon name, which is why fans of the series saw a drastic shift in art style in 2014/2015 with the release of harvet moon: the lost valley. that same year, marvelous released story of seasons. (5/6)

so there you have it, i hope that clears up any confusion about the difference between harvest moon and story of seasons! see y& #39;all this summer when the fomt remake drops! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐮" title="Kuhgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Kuhgesicht"> (6/6)