Tag: Story of Seasons
Feature "It's Nothing Like A Port" - Story Of Seasons Head Talks Remaking A Lesser-Known Favourite
Totally Bazaar
Marvelous announced the next title in the beloved Story of Seasons series during last week's Nintendo Direct, and we're sticking with the remakes! But this time, we're diverging from the undisputed classics and going a bit off-piste. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar launches on Switch on 27th August 2025, an
News Marvelous Provides Development Update On New Story Of Seasons Game
"Please wait just a little bit longer"
Last year, during the Marvelous Games Showcase, the company revealed it was working on the next major entry in the farming and lifestyle simulation series Story of Seasons. Now during this year's showcase, the Story of Seasons series manager Hikaru Nakano has provided a development update and another look at...
News Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life 'Precious Memories' Trailer Is Full Of Farm Sim Nostalgia
"Tell your own generation-spanning tale"
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life sprouted back onto Switch earlier this summer, reintroducing us to the farm sim world that we first visited on the GameCube in 2003. Cashing in on this cross-generational appeal, publisher Marvelous Europe has released a new post-launch trailer for the game titled 'Precious...
Step aside, 2003 GameFAQ
Will you be playing Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life? Or are you, perhaps, one of the original fans of the GameCube/PS2 game? Either way, we know what you need: A ton of tips, tricks, and hints to get past the game's special little idiosyncrasies, and into the heart of this charming farming game. (We would like it to be...
Review Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (Switch) - Slow, Old-Fashioned Yet Fulfilling Farming
A Wonderful Life, or A Terrible Remake?
What is the value of a remake? That's something we found ourselves asking as we played Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, a remake of the 2003 Harvest Moon game on GameCube, and a surprising addition to Marvelous/XSEED's catalogue of games. Should a remake of a game bring it up to today's standards, with...
Guide Best Harvest Moon / Story Of Seasons Games Of All Time
Harvested (and ranked) by you
Remember: This ranking is based on each game's User Rating in our database and is subject to real-time change even now. If you haven't rated the ones you've played, you can do so even now and potentially change the order of the games below. Enjoy! The king of the harvest, and the longest-running farming sim series...
"I think it's your destiny to take on this farm"
In a little less than a month, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life will finally be making its way to the West on June 27th, 2023. The game joins Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town as the second modern remake of a farming classic, introducing new players to a franchise that's now been running for...
News Story Of Seasons Multiplayer Game Announced Alongside New Traditional Instalment
"Look forward to hearing more"
During the 'Marvelous Game Showcase 2023' livestream, the company announced not one but two new entries in the farming and life simulation series Story of Seasons. The first trailer showed off new footage of the next major traditional game - with series manager Hikaru Nakano detailing what exactly fans could look...
Random Playing SOS: A Wonderful Life Through A Translation App Leads To Hilarious Misunderstandings
"I serve poop milk!"
A few enterprising and impatient players have figured out a loophole to let them play Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life before it comes out in English: Just download the Japanese version and use a translation app for all the text! Unfortunately, Japanese is one of those languages that doesn't always translate well into...
Running up that hill
[Update: Thu 26th Jan, 2023 21:00 GMT] Now that the Japanese version of the remake of A Wonderful Life is out, we finally have our answer to the question "what's up the hill?" Drum roll... It's nothing. Worse than nothing, even: it just skips 6 hours of time. That's it. YouTuber Josh's Gaming Garden has been playing the game...
Feature What Is The Difference Between Story Of Seasons And Harvest Moon? A Handy Explainer
I was elected to weed, not to read
We've finally done it. After starting every article that concerns either Story of Seasons or Harvest Moon with a potted explainer of the schism between Natsume and Marvelous XSEED, we've finally sat down and put (electronic) pen to (electronic) paper and written out a long-form explanation of what "Harvest Moon"...
Guide Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - Everything We Know So Far
Release date, characters, and more!
Beloved GameCube farming sim Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life is coming back to our consoles this year, and we can't wait. Even though it's now a Story of Seasons game instead of a Harvest Moon one... even though the characters are all redesigned... and even if doesn't die in the remake (although we would be a...
Soapbox The Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Remake Doesn't Look Weird Enough Yet
What have they done to my boy Gustafa
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Kate's not impressed by what she's seen of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life so far... My very first Harvest Moon game was A Wonderful Life on the GameCube,...
Memory Pak Story Of Seasons: Trio Of Towns' Ludus Was The Last Good Thing About The Series
omne trium perfectum
Welcome to the latest instalment in our nostalgia-inducing column, Memory Pak, where we're going to be doing a deep-dive into some of the most memorable moments in gaming – good and bad. Today is the five-year anniversary of the release of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns in Europe, and Kate has some fond memories of a certain...
PSA Get All The Harvest Moon Games Before The 3DS And Wii U eShops Close
They've bought the farm
If you're embedded within the farming game community, you'll know all about the Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons schism, in which (Western localisation team and publisher) Natsume and (developer) Marvelous went their separate ways. Natsume kept the Harvest Moon name in the West, and cranked out a bunch of wildly disappointing...
News Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town To Get Free Content Update
New outfits, hairstyles, and more
Following on from Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town getting a bunch of patches to make it a better experience, plus the free trial for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, XSEED has announced today that a new, free content update is coming for the game. The
Update: Trial now live
Update: The Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Game Trial is now live. If you're subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online, make sure to get the game downloaded and give it a go! Original Article (Wed 3rd Nov, 2021 15:00 GMT): Nintendo Switch Online subscribers in Europe will soon be able to check out Story of Seasons:...
Feature Should I Play Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Now?
All the DLC and major patches are now out
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town was a bit of a mess at launch. Unlike its predecessor, the remake of Friends of Mineral Town for Switch, PoOT was just a bit lacklustre, with an empty world, zombie-like NPCs, and a crafting system so slow that you'd save time pressing coal into diamonds yourself with...
News Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is The Next Free Trial For Nintendo Switch Online
Free PoOT!
Following on from DAEMON X MACHINA's free trial for Nintendo Switch Online members (which ended yesterday), Nintendo has announced that the next free trial will be Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. From the 22nd September, subscribers to Nintendo's online service will have access to Story of Seasons: PoOT for free, and can then...
News Story Of Seasons' Latest DLC Update Adds New Costumes And 'The Legendary Sprite Dance'
Four DLC parts down, one to go
The fourth piece of downloadable content from the Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Expansion Pass is now available on Switch. This latest batch of content adds a new sub-scenario called The Legendary Sprite Dance and the Yukata Set costumes; The Legendary Sprite Dance allows players to explore a new quest in...
News The Big 1.0.5 Patch For Story Of Seasons Is Out This Weekend
We've also got details on patch 1.0.6
We've already spent quite a few column inches on the much-awaited 1.0.5 patch for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, and how it'll go some way to fixing the tedious Maker machines and the boring dialogue. The patch was released in Japan at the beginning of the mo
News The Third Story Of Seasons DLC Has A New Trailer, And Even MORE People To Marry
Iris and Raeger are ready to woo
Following the release of the much-awaited Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town patch 1.0.5 in Japan, which fixed issues with the maker machines, loading times, and dialogue, the Japanese arm of Marvelous has just shown off the trailer for the upcoming Terracotta Oasis DLC. In the trailer, we can see new...
News The Big 1.0.5 Story Of Seasons Patch Is Live In Japan: Here's What's Changed
Better Makers, Bigger Silos
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town received a whole lot of criticism on launch thanks to its slow, time-consuming way of doing things. Luckily, the developers heard the feedback and promised a huge patch to fix many of the issues, with more patches to come later in the year, too. Patch 1.0.5 is the big one, and it...
Soapbox Why Harvest Moon 2 GBC Is Still The Best Farming Game Around
Less is more
We recently published our reader-ranked top 50 Game Boy Color games, and we've taking a look back at a handful of our favourite GBC carts. Today, Kerry reminisces about her very favourite farming sim... There have been a lot of Harvest Moon games ove
News Story Of Seasons DLC Part 2 Is Now Available, With New People To Marry
Time to marry Neil, again
It's what we've all been waiting for: Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town's new DLC will let you marry new people. Or, actually, old people — they're characters from Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, which came out on the 3DS in 2012. The DLC, titled "Windswept Falls", will give players access to a new area, four new...
News Story Of Seasons: Mobile Has Its First Trailer, And It Puts Pioneers Of Olive Town In The Shade
Mayor Thomas returns
During a Tencent video game conference last weekend, the first trailer for the upcoming Story of Seasons mobile game, titled "Story of Seasons: Mobile", was revealed. And, uh, is it just us, or... does it look better than Pioneers of Olive Town? The trailer shows off Xingluo Town, which looks a bit like Animal Crossing meets...
News Turn Your Wife Into A Cat With The New Story Of Seasons DLC Costumes
Feline pretty
Last week, we covered the arrival of Felicity and Neil in the new Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town DLC, which will come out in the West on the 27th of May. This week, XSEED have released information on the Animal Attire costumes that come along with the DLC, too. Protagonists can don the new animal-inspired kigurumi, and...
News Story Of Seasons Gets A DLC Trailer To Show Off New Marriage Candidates, New Area
We all just want to marry Clemens and Beth, though
The first marriage candidate DLC for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is just around the corner, and familiar faces from Harvest Moon: A New Beginning will move in just down the road from your farm, ready to be wooed. The "Windswept Falls" expansion pack adds a new area to the map, where...
News The Latest Story Of Seasons Patch Is Live, And We Have Details On The Next One, Too
When will they patch in the ability to marry Beth???
Congratulations, farmers! Your farm has just been updated to 1.0.4, and with that comes a few new patch notes! It's just like real agriculture. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town launched late last month in the West with a bit of a lukewarm reception - many reviews (including ours!) noted...
Random Story Of Seasons' Photo Mode Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Bumholes and crotches and legs, oh my
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is a pleasant, relaxing little farm simulation game, where players can gently explore a town, raise livestock, and have a lovely old time. Every now and again, though, you'll have to wait through a loading screen - and loading screens are boring! They're just a blank...
News You Could Win This Cow-Shaped Artwork To Celebrate Story Of Seasons' 25th Anniversary
How many more cowmpetitions can there be?
Boy, is it a busy month for lovers of cows and competitions. Just a few days after the Cow-Shaped Switch competition, we now have a Cow-Shaped Art competition, run by the actual makers of Story of Seasons themselves. A tiny cameo from the more traditional HM main character XSEED has been teasing this since...
News Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Has Sold Over 700k Worldwide
Buyers are flocking like sheep
Holy cow! Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town might be the best-selling Story of Seasons title so far, although don't make us do the whole "what counts as a Story of Seasons game" thing right now because it is Friday and we are SLEEPY. Marvelous Japan, the publisher for Story of Seasons (or Bokujo Monogatari, as...
News You Could Win This Cow-Shaped Nintendo Switch To Celebrate Story Of Seasons
C'est vachement mignonne
Ohoho, branching out into puns en français, are we? BIEN SÛR, mes amis. Nous sommes an equal opportunity pun website. What's that? We're not a pun website? We cover Nintendo news? Hm, if you say so. Whether or not you've put down actual money for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, you have to admit that this...
Feature Should You Buy Harvest Moon: One World, Or Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town?
We did a direct compare and contrast to answer that question for you!
Right, farming fans and friends: let's get it out of the way. Harvest Moon is not Harvest Moon. The series known as Bokujo Monogatari in Japan was translated as "Harvest Moon" when it came out back in 1997, and that title stuck with the series until 2013, when Natsume - the...
Talking Point Are There Too Many Harvest Moon-Likes On The Market?
Raking in the profit
This is my new game, "FrankenFarm" Ova Magica. Monster Harvest. Coral Island. Castaway Paradise. Kitaria Fables. Littlewood. No, those aren't the potential titles for my upcoming heavy metal album - those are just a few of the recently-announced, released, or funded farming games I can think of, and that's
Soapbox How One Large Vegetable Highlights The Issue With Japan-Only Merch
I want the Big Turnip
While perusing news on the upcoming release of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town - a game I am reviewing, and a series I love - I stumbled upon something special: a limited edition turnip plushie, available only in Japan. I... love the big turnip... And, you see, the thing is, I want the Big Turnip. But more than just...
News Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is Getting Patched, A Lot
The developers are feeling sheepish
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town came out last month in Japan, and quite a few players were disappointed with the way the game felt a little... unfinished. Common problems included bad framerates on the farm, long loading times, villagers with nothing to say, and not being able to submit more than one item...
Soapbox Why Do People Love Games Like Stardew Valley And Animal Crossing?
Playing games shouldn't feel like work, right?
One of my favourite things to do after a long day of nine-to-five work is crack open a beer, get cosy on the sofa, and play two to five hours of a game where I have a nine-to-five job. It seems ludicrous to spend my free time doing exactly what I do in my non-free time, and yet, here I am - one of...
Video Check Out 12 Minutes Of Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Gameplay
Pet racing, clothing options, and more
Did our recent preview of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town leave you with questions about the game ahead of its 23rd/26th March release? Perhaps our early opinion of the game made you decide not to get it - or perhaps the news that
Video Watch Harvest Moon And Story Of Seasons' First Half Hour, In This Side-By-Side Comparison
Speedrun Any% Pre-Cow
In the race for "best farming game of March 2021", there's still everything to play for. Harvest Moon: One World came out earlier this week, and Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town has a release date of 23rd/26th March depending on whether you're in North America or Europe/Australia, and we've been reporting on the battle...
Many Japanese players criticised the game's loading times among other issues
The Maker issue is a particularly egregious example of the game's flaws Earlier today, a blog post was uploaded to the Japanese site for Bokumono - short for Bokujō Monogatari, the Japanese name for the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons series. In the blog, producer Dai Take
News Stardew-Like Coral Island Wraps Up Successful Kickstarter With $1.6 Million Raised
The game is planned to release at the end of 2022
We're only on our third month of 2021, and we've already got Harvest Moon: One World, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, Littlewood, and a massive Stardew Valley Update... but fans of the farming simulation genre always want more.
Preview Story of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is Not Quite As Pioneering As We'd Hoped
Can the series keep up with Stardew Valley?
How does Story of Seasons continue to innovate when Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing have done so much to develop the 25-year-old formula? Well, with Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, the answer is twofold: one - borrow the ideas of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, and two - change things for...
Video Check Out Harvest Moon: One World's Launch Trailer
"The biggest Harvest Moon game in history"
Harvest Moon: One World is out today, so it's finally time to check out the game with this detailed launch trailer. Showing off the festivals, different locations, bachelors and bachelorettes, the fishing, and the mining, as well as the new Expando-Farm, it's clear that there's a lot to spend your time on...
Watch Streamers Are Showing Off Story of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town In English
Content creators got the codes a few weeks ahead of time
Following last week's Japanese release of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town - which hasn't been particularly well-received, thanks to a few new changes - some EU streamers have been given access to the English localisation of the game, which comes out later this month on the 23rd...
News This Insight Into The Localisation Of Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Is Fascinating
How do you solve a problem like a pun name
The newest Story of Seasons game is already out in Japan, so we're starting to get more information trickling down to us as we wait another month for the western release. A new trailer premiered today, with an English voiceover talking about a year in the life of a farmer, and players have even discovered...
News New Story Of Seasons Interview Reveals New Secrets Ahead Of Next Month's Release Date
Read all about puddles, sprinklers, and the Witch Princess
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town will come to the Switch in Japan this Thursday, the 25th February, but for the western world, we won't get our hands on it until the 23rd March. We will, of course, be covering the Japanese reception here on Nintendo Life, but until we can play it for...
Find out more about Photo Mode, mining, and puddle fishing
It's not long now until the 23rd of March launch of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, and Marvelous Japan have been sending out copies to streamers andYouTubers in an effort to reveal a little more about the game (h/t Fogu). Two Let's Play channels, HikakinGames and SeikinGames,...
Video Story Of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Gameplay Features Trailer
Start your farm life next month
Apart from Monster Hunter Rise, one other game we're rather excited for in the month of March is Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. It's out next month on 23rd March, and to help build some excitement, Nintendo has published a video of all the gameplay features into a single trailer. As previously noted, if...
News The Cat Mario Show Is Back, Showing Off Bowser's Fury (And BIG Cat Mario)
Nya!
In a new video posted on the Nintendo Japan YouTube channel, Neko Mario and Neko Peach are back as the hosts of the much-loved Cat Mario Show, or "Nyan Nyan! Neko Mario Time", as it's known in Japan. In the video, the feline forms of Mario and Peach discuss their new amiibo, and what they add to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. You can...
