Franchise file / Yasuhiro Wada

Story of Seasons

Farm life, one season at a time

Yasuhiro Wada's farming series began in Japan in 1996 as Bokujo Monogatari and reached the West as Harvest Moon. Grow crops, raise animals and put down roots in a small town.

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1996
First game: 1
Series: Yasuhiro Wada
Creator

In the frameStory of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

One world. Many eras.

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The Harvest Moon years. Natsume brought Bokujo Monogatari to the West as Harvest Moon, and the series grew from its Super Nintendo debut through Back to Nature, Friends of Mineral Town and a long run on Nintendo DS.

Start with Harvest Moon

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The essentials

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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

Marvelous2019

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Victor Interactive Software1999

Chapters

Series (1)

Story of SeasonsFarming and life sim series from Marvelous, known in the West as Story of Seasons. You tend crops and animals, build relationships and shape a rural town over the seasons.

A legacy worth revisiting

The farm that started it all.

Every entry hands you a neglected plot and a calendar, then lets you decide what matters. Crops, livestock, festivals and courtship all run on the turn of the seasons, and the quiet routine is the whole appeal.