The Harvest Report

I'm sure most Harvest Moon fans were as confused as I was when I heard that two Harvest Moon games would be released at once, from two different publishers, and one would no longer hold the Harvest Moon name. After a lot of digging and confusion, I finally figured out why the split happened, so I wanted to try to spread the word for other confused fans. Yes, I know it has been a while since this was big news, but it still took me this long to get all of the facts straight.  Traditionally, Harvest Moon was the western release name for the Japanese Bokujo   Monogatari series. The name was owned by the North American publishing company, Natsume. The actual BokuMono series is owned and produced by Marvelous AQL, and worked with Natsume to translate and publish games in North America for almost 20 years. Marvelous decided to stop working with Natsume sometime before 2014 to instead use their in-house publishing company, XSEED Games, and thus lost the right to use the Har...

I've been a fan of the BokuMono game series since I was about 10, when my parents bought me a used copy of "Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town" for the Gameboy Advance. Almost ten years later, that one game has turned into about 20, give or take a few spin-offs. It's always been a great little escape from my everyday life, and I wanted to share my love.  So, a little info about me:  🌸Favorite Title: Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns 🌸Least Favorite: Harvest Moon: Little Shop  🌸Currently Playing: Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns This is going to be a blog where I talk about the games, and spread some news about future games and how the series is looking towards the future. Hope you enjoy!