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The Harvest Moon series (called Bokujō Monogatari in Japan which translates to Farm Story) is a life simulation video game series based around farming. Most entries have the player be able to court one of a select group of characters to later wed. The series was created by Yasuhiro Wada.
Series Elements[]
Series History[]
Three months after Pack-In-Video released the first game in Japan, Pack-In-Video merged with Victor Entertainment to form Victor Interactive Software. Victor Interactive Software would merge with Marvelous Entertainment six years later to form Marvelous Interactive. Marvelous AQL is the current owner of the franchise.
Natsume Inc. owns the "Harvest Moon" trademark in North America. As of 2014, Marvelous AQL terminated their publisher relationshop with Natsume and established a separate series of Harvest Moon games called Story of Seasons to be published by XSEED. Natsume continues to use the "Harvest Moon" brand starting with The Lost Valley, developed by their own development studio.
Bokujō Monogatari series[]
SNES[]
Game Boy[]
Nintendo 64[]
Game Boy Color[]
- Harvest Moon GBC (1998) (upgraded port of Harvest Moon GB)
- Harvest Moon 2 GBC (1999)
- Harvest Moon 3 GBC (2000)
Game Boy Advance[]
GameCube[]
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (2003)
- Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (2004)
- Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (2005)
- Harvest Moon: Poem of Happiness (2005)
Nintendo DS[]
- Harvest Moon DS (2005)
- Harvest Moon DS Cute (2005)
- Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness (2007)
- Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Islands (2008)
- Harvest Moon Frantic Farming (2009)
- Puzzle de Harvest Moon (2007)
- Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns (2010)
Wii[]
- Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (2007)
- Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (2008)
- Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (2008)
- Harvest Moon: My Little Shop (WiiWare, 2009)
Nintendo 3DS[]
- Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns (2011)
- Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning (2012)
- Story of Seasons (2014)
- PoPoLoCrois: Bokujō Monogatari (2015) (Known as Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale in the West)
- Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (2016)
Nintendo Switch[]
- Doraemon Story of Seasons (2019) (licensed from Marvelous but published by Bandai Namco)
- Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (2020) (Remake of Game Boy Advance entry)
- Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (2021)
New Harvest Moon series[]
- Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley (2014) - 3DS
- Harvest Moon: Seed of Memories (2016) - Wii U
- Harvest Moon: Skytree Village (2016) - 3DS
- Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (2018) - Nintendo Switch
- Harvest Moon: Mad Dash (2019)
- Harvest Moon: One World (2021)
Rune Factory series[]
- Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (2006) - DS
- Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (2008) - DS
- Rune Factory Frontier (2008) - Wii
- Rune Factory 3 (2009) - DS
- Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (2011) - Wii
- Rune Factory 4 (2013) - 3DS
- Rune Factory 4 Special (2019) - Switch
- Rune Factory 5 (2021) - Switch
Legacy[]
Harvest Moon has inspired farming mechanics in other genres. It has also directly inspired Stardew Valley.
| Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons / Bokujō Monogatari series | |
|---|---|
| Console games | Harvest Moon • 64 • A Wonderful Life (Another) • Magical Melody • Tree of Tranquility • Animal Parade Friends of Mineral Town • Pioneers of Olive Town |
| Handheld games | GB/GBC • 2 GBC • 3 GBC • Friends of Mineral Town (More) • DS (DS Cute) • Island of Happiness • Sunshine Islands Grand Bazaar • The Tale of Two Towns • A New Beginning • Story of Seasons • Trio of Town |
| Developed by Natsume | Puzzle de Harvest Moon • Frantic Farming • The Lost Valley • Light of Hope • Mad Dash • One World • The Winds of Anthos |
| Spin-offs & Related Games |
Rune Factory • My Little Shop • Hometown Story • Return to PopoloCrois • Doraemon Story of Seasons Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom • Stardew Valley |