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A Compilation of Changes In The ‘Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town’ Remake
Because Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is a remake, there are a tumultuous amount of changes that have been made. The game now auto-saves at the start of the day. There are 8 save files on the Nintendo Switch version. Villager sprites and the overall art-style has been re-designed. Birthdays can now be viewed on the calendar in your home. Resident Friendship Points (FP) and Love Points (LP) can now be viewed in the main menu under “Relationships”. You begin the game with Four Tool Slots and Eight Item Slots. In Friends of Mineral town, you started the game with Three Tool Slots and Three Item Slots. Items…
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‘Harvest Moon’ Isn’t The Same Game You Grew Up With
A lot has happened since Natsume split from original developer Marvelous Interactive to create their own games under the Harvest Moon moniker – it was a major turning point at the beginning of Harvest Moon‘s 20th Anniversary. In Japan, Marvelous held the license to what roughly translates from Bokujo Monogatari to “Ranch Story”. Natsume localized the Bokujo Monogatari games as Harvest Moon until 2014. Though the company retains the rights to the title, Marvelous has partnered with XSeed games to localize the franchise’s games instead. To make matters more confusing, in 2014 Marvelous announced that their in-house publisher XSeed games would be localizing and publishing the Bokujo Monogatari series in…
