r/harvestmoon • u/danlev • 10h ago
r/harvestmoon • u/Tag727 • Apr 06 '20
Explaining the name change to Story of Seasons; What people mean when they say Natsume Harvest Moon games.
Lately I've noticed there is quite a bit of confusion still about the Harvest Moon series changing their name to Story of Seasons. Especially when the Natsume Harvest Moon games are mentioned. People misunderstand and get defensive of the early games they loved not knowing those aren't the games people are talking about. I thought it would be a good idea to make a post explaining the name change, provide a list of the games that fall under the Story of Seasons series, as well as list the ones that fall under the new Harvest Moon series.
The Japanese series Bokujo Monogatari, directly translated as 'Ranch Story', was developed by Victor interactive, which later was acquired by Marvelous Entertainment, and is now called Marvelous Inc. From 1996-2013 Bokujo Monogatari was translated and distributed for english speaking audiences by Natsume under the name Harvest Moon. In 2014 Marvelous Inc. decided to have the Bokujo Monogatari series localized by their American Publishing brand Xseed Games. Natsume owned the rights to the name Harvest Moon so the english name of the series was changed to Story of Seasons.
Now for those who don't know the developers are the people who make the game. The game is their creation. The publisher is the group that handles the marketing, distribution, and in the case of foreign games translation. Natsume had nothing to do with the Harvest Moon series beyond translating it, distributing the copies, and owning the English title for the games. When Marvelous switched the localization Natsume still owned the name Harvest Moon and decided they would start developing their own games with that title.
The Bokujo Monogatari/Story of Seasons games are:
- Harvest Moon (1996)
- BS Bokujo Monogatari (1996 Japanese release only)
- Harvest Moon GB (1997)
- Harvest Moon GBC (1998)
- Harvest Moon 64 (1999)
- Harvest Moon 2 GBC (1999)
- Harvest Moon: Back To Nature (1999)
- Bokujo Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl (2000 Japanese release only)
- Harvest Moon 3 GBC (2000)
- Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (2001)
- Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town/More Friends of Mineral Town (2003)
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (2003)
- Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (2004)
- Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (2004)
- Harvest Moon DS/DS cute (2005)
- Harvest Moon: Magic Melody (2005)
- Harvest Moon Boy & Girl (2005)
- Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness (2007)
- Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (2007)
- Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (2007)
- Harvest Moon DS: Sunshine Island (2008)
- Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (2008)
- Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar (2008)
- Harvest Moon Hero of Leaf Valley (2009)
- Harvest Moon: My little shop (2009)
- Minna De Bokujou Monogatari (2010 Japanese release only)
- Harvest Moon: the Tale of Two Towns (2010)
- Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning (2012)
- Story of Seasons (2014)
- Story of Seasons: Trio of Two Towns (2016)
- Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairy Tale (2016)
- Doraemon: Story of Seasons (2019)
- Story of seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (2020)
- Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (2021)
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (2023)
Then the games in Natsume's Harvest moon series are:
- Puzzle de Harvest Moon (2007 mobile puzzle game)
- Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming (2009 mobile puzzle game)
- Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (2014)
- Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories (2016 Mobile game)
- Harvest Moon: Skytree Village (2016)
- Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (2017)
- Harvest Moon: Mad Dash (2019)
- Harvest Moon: One World (2020)
- Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (2023)
The Natsume Harvest Moon series is controversial in this sub. It is considered by most to be a cheap imitation of Harvest Moon with watered down mechanics; capitalizing off of the Harvest Moon name. Light of Hope was even marketed saying it was in honor of the 20th anniversary of Harvest Moon despite it being an entirely new series. Personally I've only played Natsume's Light of Hope. If you can get past the mobile game style graphics the game play is pretty good and the characters are likable. I've heard mostly bad things about Skytree Village and Lost Valley, and haven't heard anything good about the mobile games either. Regardless of if you play the Natsume games or not I hope this post helps to clear up some of the confusion for both new and old fans.
Edit: The intentions of this post were not to convince you to play or not play any of the games. If you like the Natsume games that's great! If you're curious and want to try them that's up to you. Just like the original series each game has people that love it and people that don't like it. What's important is that you have fun!
Edit: I have added the games that have been released since I made this post in April 2020. I've also added games that are currently announced in March 2023. If I don't continue to update the list every time a new game is announced or released just remember all future Harvest Moon games are from Natsume and all Story of Seasons are the original series.
r/harvestmoon • u/SmokeyBear0310 • 7h ago
Found a Hardlock!
So I'm aware that buying all the food means there isn't any available when trying to dine in, but found it interesting that it completely hardlocks the game. Did it multiple times to test. I figured she'd just tell me shes all out! Or that it'd show a list with nothing available. Did not see this one coming. I feel like I've already found soooo many glitches and bugs. Between those and the constant lag it's so disheartening. Harvest Moon is so good, I'm sad that this one just cant seem to hold up.
r/harvestmoon • u/Suspicious-Boot-97 • 1h ago
Jugando Harvest moon (Gba) de nuevo :D
Estoy jugando la versión femenina después de mucho tiempo y quería saber si a los aldeanos se le bajan puntos cuando dejas de darles regalos todos los días lo hago pero solo a aquellos que considero que valen la pena o a los que desbloquea eventos importantes
r/harvestmoon • u/kayekkun • 3h ago
Even game admitted now's a tough time with "in this economy"🥲
r/harvestmoon • u/AurelionGray • 19h ago
I made a Harvest Moon: Back to Nature mod with sprinklers, longer days, and horse riding around town
Hey everyone! I wanted to share a fan mod I've been working on for Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.
It adds a few things I've always wanted for everyday farm life:
- Sprinklers: Buy Bronze, Silver, or Gold sprinklers at Saibara's to automatically water 8, 18, or 36 tiles each morning. They work in the greenhouse too.
- Longer days: The clock runs at 70% of its normal speed, giving you more time to get things done. Villagers still move at their usual speed.
- Easier fishing: Fish bite sooner, and you get more time to reel them in.
- Horse riding outside the farm: Ride your grown horse around ordinary outdoor areas. If you leave it away from home, it returns to the stable the next morning.
- Herding bell: Bring your cows and sheep outside or back into the barn together.
- Garden decorations: Gotz sells bushes and flowering bushes you can place around your farm.
- Talk and gift markers: Keep track of who you've talked to and given a gift to that day.
There are also a few QoL features from the prev v0.0.1 like calendar mark, fatigue indicator, etc
The herding bell and garden decorations are still experimental, so feedback on those would be especially helpful.

The current version is v0.0.2, available in English and Indonesian, with the same features in both editions.
Back up your memory card before trying it. Once you save with this mod, don't load that save in the unmodded game, since it won't recognize the new items. Load through Continue using an in-game diary save, rather than an older emulator save state.
Screenshots, full feature details, and downloads
If you try it, I'd love to hear what you think! I'm especially curious how the longer days and sprinklers feel during a normal playthrough.
r/harvestmoon • u/General-Tone4770 • 2h ago
Echoes of Teredea Discord?
Hey guys, I'm a modder and I was wondering if theirs an echoes of teredea discord? I just like looking at stuff and chatting with people and working on things about the game tbh. I don't really see a chill spot yet but I don't like being in charge of discords xD
r/harvestmoon • u/NeptuneOrion13 • 15h ago
Question Glowing Wolf in Echos of Teradea
I just recently started playing HM Echoes of
terradea
And I adopted two Wolves. One of them glows Golden. Does anyone know what it means? Both have all Notes full, both have the same mood,both are fed,pet and carried.But only one of them glows like this and it doesnt do it all the time either.
r/harvestmoon • u/bbf3562 • 14h ago
Question Echoes of Teradea: Maplehill Chapter 1 quest
I am on Maplehill Chapter 1, and the story quest requires ingredients: egg, San Marzano, and olive. The problem is that San Marzano only grows in Summer, and I am currently in Fall. What am I supposed to do with it? Is there a way to get San Marzano during the fall season, or do I have to wait until next year? :(
r/harvestmoon • u/Holiday_Cabinet_ • 13h ago
[SPOILERS] Three dumb people telling each other exaaaaactlyyyy [Echoes of Teradea] Spoiler
I'm really enjoying this game but sometimes it's so goofy 😭😭
r/harvestmoon • u/SecondChoiceAlways • 6h ago
Question Where is my feeding dish??? (Echoes of Teradea)
I made a feeding dish for my cockatiel... And can't find it in my house??? Any idea where it should be?
r/harvestmoon • u/Pandrew_Pandaroo • 17h ago
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town I had a weird shower thought about Friends of Mineral Town
Another remake... but is 2D-HD style, goes back to the original designs (Rick being a nerd, Gray keeping his hat, etc...), but keeping the new characters like Brandon and Jennifer.
r/harvestmoon • u/General-Tone4770 • 8h ago
what kind of heart events/ Romance stuff would you like for Echoes of Teredea
Also any writers out there, and is there a discord where we can actually talk about this game or anything? I want to give it more content and writing.
r/harvestmoon • u/No-Box3621 • 19h ago
harvest moon eot. help to find the chest with the map you need
here is the way to the chest to get the map!
r/harvestmoon • u/General-Tone4770 • 10h ago
Echoes of Teredea Tweak mod: Hold button smash rocks/chop trees and slower time!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q0WCx-U2BbhMYSYcP8uVJ13cZW3b52B4?usp=drive_link
since nexus hasn't added the freaking game yet, you can download my mods dlls on the google drive. you need to install bepinex to use them, after you got bepinex ready in your game folders you put the dlls in bepinex> plugin folder for those new to modding.
Rn I have auto fishing, or fishing ui help(tells you the direction to pull on a pop up ui)
Feel free to adjust the games time pacing in the code. I Also have a custom jump mod as well so you can jump over fences and some smaller cliffs.
If you want the game time in a seperate mod from hold/chop and hold/smash rocks lemme know.
r/harvestmoon • u/Noir_Kurosu_ • 10h ago
Question There's sand..everywhere
Hiya, I am playing Harvest Moon Echoes of Teradea. I am trying to make my way through the desert to get to Maplehill Village and I literally cannot get through it. I have a Zebra for a mount. The thing making it hard is the constantly moving sand. Can someone share tips on how to get through this area, please? I have been trying for several hours and am literally ready to cry from frustration. Thank you!
EDIT: MADE IT TO MAPLEHILL!! REALLY HATE THE DESERT THOUGH.
r/harvestmoon • u/PudgeTheAxolotl • 10h ago
Where to refine garnet ore??
I have someone looking for garnet (stone) and I have the ore, but I’ve checked Bloomfield, Tidewind and Quarrytop and none of the crafters have it available to refine the garnet ore into the stone… anyone know where a crafter is that can? I may not be far enough yet
r/harvestmoon • u/General-Tone4770 • 10h ago
Any Experience modders know how to extract the models with the rigs?
EDIT NVM I FIGURED IT OUT WORKING ON EXPRESSION SHAPE KEYS RN :)
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and combing stuff they have to make more subtle, less crazy expressions. ^^ yay
original post said this:
Idk, I'd like to try making custom hair and fix these some of the facial expression on the npcs to look a bit better. But idk how to extract the models with the rigs. Asset studio has everything in parts you can't just slam together, and blenders setup is differenty from unitys shaders so the textures won't show up properly...yeah...;x;
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but now I can extract the models. cool! ^^
r/harvestmoon • u/Dry-Tomatillo1712 • 11h ago
Raw glass gemstone
Has anyone found where to get the raw glass gemstone for one of the quests before getting access to the mines?
Harvest moon echoes of teradea
r/harvestmoon • u/pinenutrabbit • 21h ago
Question Echoes of Teradea crashes
It crashes EVERY TIME I try to turn in the quest for the summer tree revival. I restarted my switch 2, I waited a day for hopefully an update, I got rid of my quests. HOW do I do it
r/harvestmoon • u/IHateYourBacon • 6h ago
Opinion/Discussion Evil greedy bi woman playing HM a new beginning
Hi guys as the title stated I am a very greedy bisexual woman about to start harvest moon: a new beginning. However, I do know this entry has no same sex marriage
That being said, I’m stuck between Felicity and Neil T___T pls gimme ur thoughts
r/harvestmoon • u/ghostipebbles • 13h ago
Has anyone found Cod?
I need Cod for a quest and Google said either Harvest Goddess forest or Quarrytop but I've had no luck finding one. Does anyone know where to catch them?
r/harvestmoon • u/Cute_Ad8915 • 22h ago
Harvest Moon Echoes of Teredea too much lagging/frame rate drop issue?
reddit.comI posted under harvest moon. I just wanted to know anyone who is playing Harvest Moon Echoes of Teredea experience any constant lagging and i guess frame rate drop issue constantly? I'm playing the switch 1 copy of the game on a switch 2 console
r/harvestmoon • u/General-Tone4770 • 1d ago
Made Jump Mechanic Mod And Fish UI/Auto Fish Catch Mod but need to wait for Nexus to approve the game!



Also please don't mf make fun of me bro I'm not dyslexic but I have directional issues and tried 50 times to play fishing and without a ui I couldn't do it. I always pull in the wrong direction and it's actually embarrassing lol
Anyways It will be up when nexus gets the game up...
You need bepinex to use them, but just waiting so they can go up lmao
JumpExampleVideo some examples of the jump. It's not perfect but best I could do with colliders. Tried to add another jump animation and didn't work, looked bad, so had to keep adjusting theirs xD
Jump 2 Vid showing fallback/bug some colliders I tried to prevent(you can't jump in ponds, can't jump by the beach) so do your best to not jump over cliffs into water. I can't adjust the game colliders without the core game, if natsume wants they can yank this and edit their colliders for a proper jump if you guys complain about it enough maybe lol
but some places I couldnt prevent. If you do, it brings you back home at least, not game breaking. Just...try to avoid it lol.
r/harvestmoon • u/General-Tone4770 • 1d ago
If any good artists wanna make waist ups or portraits I'd mod them in
Hey idk if I can, I'd test it before anyone makes stuff so i don't waste their time, but I'd honestly (shouldn't be too hard tbh)
Mod in art if people did emotes/waist ups of the emotes of the characters for the dialogue.

Just trying to figure out if I do where would they...go exactly. Would I hide the in front models, and put them over this blur filter? Bc I have a feeling the characters look like their just standing still and not animated in the foreground if I remove the front one. Ugh. That's kinda frustrating.
Any ideas?