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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
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
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)
- 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
- Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (2018) - Nintendo Switch
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.