In September 2015, Nintendo of Europe confirmed that they would be publishing the latest entry of the series in Europe under the Story of Seasons name.

Because of this, Xseed began bringing the series to North America under the Story of Seasons title, beginning with the release of the game of the same name. At that time, Natsume maintained the rights to the Harvest Moon series name after Marvelous announced that it would have its subsidiary, Xseed Games, take over North American distribution. Natsume published this series under the name Harvest Moon until 2014. The resulting spin-off series has caused some degree of confusion among fans and video game news sources.

Natsume took the opportunity to develop their own series of Harvest Moon in North America and Europe beginning with the release of Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley. In 2012, Marvelous discontinued licensing the series to Natsume. The first game in the series, Harvest Moon, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. Over a period of time, the player tends to crops and livestock, befriends nearby townsfolk, and eventually marries and starts a family. The main objective of the series is to rebuild a dilapidated old farm and turn it into a successful one. In September 2015, Nintendo of Europe announced that they would be handling the European distribution of the first game released under this title, Story of Seasons, which was released later that year. announced that the latest installment in the series would be localized by their American publishing brand Xseed Games under the new series title Story of Seasons. Story of Seasons was the first game to be released under the new international series title of the same name.įrom 1996 to 2013, Natsume oversaw the English translation and distribution of the Bokujo Monogatari series in North America, where the games were released under the series title Harvest Moon. Farm Story) and formerly known as Harvest Moon, is an agricultural simulation role-playing video game series created by Yasuhiro Wada and developed by Victor Interactive Software (acquired by Marvelous Entertainment in 2003, now Marvelous Inc.). Story of Seasons, known in Japan as Bokujō Monogatari, ( Japanese: 牧場物語, lit.

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