It’s easy to equate these two games with one another since the farming sim genre isn’t very widespread. While both games are still farming games at their core, they have two completely different approaches. Natsume has yet to confirm or deny if they will continue with the Harvest Moon series on their own, but judging by their move this year, it’s very likely.Ĥ. Hashimoto confirmed in his interview earlier this year that as long as Marvelous keeps making their Bokujō games and working with XSEED, Story of Seasons will become a series in its own right, a competitor in the west to Harvest Moon. Over the next few years we may see not one, but two cutesy farming simulator games hitting western shelves. So long as Marvelous is making Bokujō Monogatari games, Story of Seasons will grow into its own series.
So, while Story of Seasons is still a Bokujō Monogatari game in Japan, it is technically part of a separate series in the west, and conversely, Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley is a Harvest Moon game, but not a Bokujō title.ģ. However, since Natsume owns the Harvest Moon IP, it is impossible for Marvelous and XSEED to localize their new title under the same series name. Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley is a new entry in the North American series, but not the original Japanese.Įvery former entry in the Harvest Moon series has been a renamed and localized version of the Bokujō Monogatari series which was developed in Japan by Marvelous. Natsume went on to create Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley while Marvelous is responsible for Story of Seasons, which will be localized for western audiences by XSEED Games.Ģ. For this reason the companies decided split from their collaborative work to each pursue their own path.
In an E3 2014 interview with Marvelous’ head of development, Yoshifumi Hashimoto, it was stated that both Marvelous and Natsume had different visions for the future of the series. Natsume and Marvelous are responsible for Harvest Moon as we know it here in the west, with Marvelous being the series developer and Natsume being responsible its for western localization. If you have ever played a Harvest Moon game before, both of these names should look familiar.
These games are being produced by two different companies: Natsume and Marvelous AQL. So now with the recent release of Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, and the impending release of Story of Seasons early next year, it’s about time to set some facts straight.ġ. Two farming simulator games of similar styles were set to come out around the same time and no one was quite such what was going on. Shortly before E3 2014 back in June, the so-called farming war began between Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons.
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