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The Harvest Moon series (called Bokujo Monogatari in Japan which translates to Farm Story) is a life simulation video game series based around farming. Most entries have the player court a member of the opposite sex. The series was created by Yasuhiro Wada.

Series Elements

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Series History

Natsume owns the IP in America but, the games are made by Marvelous AQL as well as published by them in Japan. 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 . Meanwhile, Natsume continues to use Harvest Moon brand starting with The Lost Valley, developed by their own development studio.

Bokujou Monogatari series

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)
Harvest Moon: Connect to a New World (2014) (also known as Story of Seasons in the West)
PoPoLoCrois Bokujo Monogatari (2015) (Known as Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale in the West)
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (2017)

New Harvest Moon series

Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (2014) - 3DS
Harvest Moon: Seed of Memories (2016) - Wii U
Harvest Moon: Skytree Village (2016) - 3DS

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

Legacy

Harvest Moon has inspired farming mechanics in other genres. It has also directly inspired Stardew Valley.

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 ==Bokujou Monogatari series==
-===SNES===
+===[[SNES]]===
 *[[Harvest Moon]] ([[1996]])
-===Game Boy===
+===[[Game Boy]]===
 *[[Harvest Moon GB]] ([[1997]])
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 *[[Harvest Moon 64]] ([[1999]])
-===Game Boy Color===
+===[[Game Boy Color]]===
 *[[Harvest Moon GBC]] ([[1998]]) (upgraded port of Harvest Moon GB)
-*[[Harvest Moon 2 GBC]] (1999)
+*[[Harvest Moon 2 GBC]] ([[1999]])
 *[[Harvest Moon 3 GBC]] ([[2000]])
-===Game Boy Advance===
+===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
 *[[Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town]] ([[2003]])
-*[[Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town]] (2003)
+*[[Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town]] ([[2003]])
-===Gamecube===
+===[[Gamecube]]===
-*[[Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life]] (2003)
+*[[Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life]] ([[2003]])
 *[[Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life]] ([[2004]])
 *[[Harvest Moon: Magical Melody]] ([[2005]])
-*[[Harvest Moon: Poem of Happiness]] (2005)
+*[[Harvest Moon: Poem of Happiness]] ([[2005]])
-===Nintendo DS===
+===[[Nintendo DS]]===
-*[[Harvest Moon DS]] (2005)
+*[[Harvest Moon DS]] ([[2005]])
-*[[Harvest Moon DS Cute]] (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)
+*[[Puzzle de Harvest Moon]] ([[2007]])
 *[[Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns]] ([[2010]])
-===Wii===
+===[[Wii]]===
-*[[Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility]] (2007)
+*[[Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility]] ([[2007]])
-*[[Harvest Moon: Magical Melody]] (2008)
+*[[Harvest Moon: Magical Melody]] ([[2008]])
-*[[Harvest Moon: Animal Parade]] (2008)
+*[[Harvest Moon: Animal Parade]] ([[2008]])
 *[[Harvest Moon: My Little Shop]] (WiiWare, [[2009]])
-===Nintendo 3DS===
+===[[Nintendo 3DS]]===
-*[[Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns]] (2011)
+*[[Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns]] ([[2011]])
 *[[Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning]] ([[2012]])
-*[[Harvest Moon: Connect to a New World]] (2014) (also known as Story of Seasons in the West)
+*[[Harvest Moon: Connect to a New World]] ([[2014]]) (also known as Story of Seasons in the West)
-*[[PoPoLoCrois Bokujo Monogatari]] (2015) (Known as Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale in the West)
+*[[PoPoLoCrois Bokujo Monogatari]] ([[2015]]) (Known as Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale in the West)
-*[[Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns]] (2017)
+*[[Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns]] ([[2017]])
 == New Harvest Moon series ==
-*[[Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley]] (2014) - 3DS
+*[[Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley]] ([[2014]]) - [[3DS]]
-*[[Harvest Moon: Seed of Memories]] (2016) - Wii U
+*[[Harvest Moon: Seed of Memories]] ([[2016]]) - [[Wii U]]
-*[[Harvest Moon: Skytree Village]] (2016) - 3DS
+*[[Harvest Moon: Skytree Village]] ([[2016]]) - [[3DS]]
 == Rune Factory series ==
-*[[Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon]] (2006) - DS
+*[[Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon]] ([[2006]]) - [[DS]]
-*[[Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon]] (2008) - DS
+*[[Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon]] ([[2008]]) - [[DS]]
-*[[Rune Factory Frontier]] (2008) - Wii
+*[[Rune Factory Frontier]] ([[2008]]) - [[Wii]]
-*[[Rune Factory 3]] (2009) - DS
+*[[Rune Factory 3]] ([[2009]]) - DS
-*[[Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny]] ([[2011]]) - Wii
+*[[Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny]] ([[2011]]) - [[Wii]]
-*[[Rune Factory 4]] ([[2013]]) - 3DS
+*[[Rune Factory 4]] ([[2013]]) - [[3DS]]
 == Legacy ==