The Rune Factory series is back after eight years, with Rune Factory 5, out now on Nintendo Switch in Japan, and the game still mixes Action RPG with farming, crafting, monster raising, and dating sim elements including a marriage system – but is there same-gender marriage in the game? Mass Effect’s Choice System is Painfully
Story of Seasons
The Rune Factory series is back after eight years, with Rune Factory 5, out now on Nintendo Switch in Japan, and the game still mixes Action RPG with farming, crafting, monster raising, and dating sim elements including a marriage system – but is there same gender marriage in the game? Mass Effect’s Choice System is
The latest instalment of the popular Story of Seasons franchise is officially here, and many players want to know what the best gifts are in Pioneers of Olive Town. We’ve put together a list of the best gifts you can give to certain villagers, so you don’t need to worry about working out the best way to get
Today, in the US at least, sees the release of Story of Season: Pioneers of Olive Town – the latest title in the beloved farming series. Players can cultivate crops, form relationships, get married and live out their serene life in Olive Town. The game is available on the Nintendo Switch, and its release has
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is the latest title in the beloved Story of Seasons franchise. The latest title, set in Olive Town, allows players to plant crops, raise animals and forge relationships with the townsfolk. Unusually, the game has a different release date in the UK and US. Here are all the
The release for the latest entry into the Story of Seasons series, Pioneers of Olive Town, is fast approaching. The game was revealed as part of a Nintendo Direct Mini showcase in 2020 and is set for release on the Nintendo Switch this February in Japan and a month later in the West. In the
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is the latest game in the lineage of the Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons franchise. The title was revealed during a Nintendo Direct Mini last year and is due for release on the Nintendo Switch this February in Japan and a month later in the West. In
Marvelous announced that one of its development studios, 1st Studio, is currently recruiting a wide range of developers, in order to strengthen its planning and development of next gen games, most notably on PS5 and Xbox series X. 1st Studio handled many games at Marvelous, such as Daemon x Machina, the Fate/Extella series, and the
Marvelous says Rune Factory 5 is still coming in 2020 in Japan on Switch, surprisingly. Marvelous, like many other Japanese game companies, published a new financial report a few days ago. Now, my paycheck isn’t big enough to give you a full summary of the report with the actual numbers, but as you can guess
At PC Gaming Show 2020, Marvelous and XSeed announced Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town for Steam. The game is already planned on Nintendo Switch. It’ll launch on both platforms in the country of democracy and freedom, America, on July 14, 2020. The game launches on Switch in Europe on July 10. The Steam
Marvelous announced on May 25 that Tencent will buy 20% stake in the Japanese studio, thus owning 20% of the studio. Tencent, which is China’s biggest gaming company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Image Frame Investment, will spend around 7 billion Yen ($65 million) on Marvelous. This will allow Marvelous to expand its existing IPs and
Quarantines have been going on for a while now, so you may have burned through all of Animal Crossing already. Without that comfy, homey sim vibe, staying inside all the time just isn’t as fun. Nintendo, not being a company to miss an opportunity, has announced a new title to possibly fill that hole: Harvest Moon: One
In this week’s Famitsu magazine, Marvelous announced they’re currently on the groundwork for a new Story of Seasons game. As a refresher, the latest game released in the series is Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town on Switch, a remake of Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town on Gameboy Advance. We learned that via an interview
Ahhh, Selphia. I missed you. It’s good to be home again. I played the ever-loving hell out of Rune Factory 4 back on the 3DS, so getting the chance to revisit the Switch version was a welcome task. Even with this prior history, however, I’m amazed at how effortlessly it drew me in. The hardest
XSEED Games announced that Rune Factory 4 Special will be coming to the US on February 25, exclusively to Switch. Europe and Australia will get the game a few days later on February 28. A new trailer was released to coincide with the announcement. The official XSEED site contains the E3 trailer in addition to
When I first heard about Doraemon Story of Seasons, I definitely thought it’d be a good idea. The game’s atmosphere, music and art direction all mix both the worlds of Doraemon and Story of Seasons in the best way possible. You can tell the developers at Studio Brownies, led by ex-Mana series artist Shinichi Kameoka,
Bandai Namco released a new Doraemon Story of Seasons trailer explaining the farming system. Overall, it’s the same as any classic Story of Seasons game, with a few differences. Nobita needs to buy seeds, tile some land at the farm he’s renting, plant the seeds and water them. Each bag of seed will be sowed on
Marvelous held the second Runfachannel stream today, revealing more about Rune Factory 4 Special. The stream had the same people as the previous stream along with Ayana Taketatsu, who voices Dolce. Multiple gameplay sequences for Rune Factory 4 Special were shown on stream: (32:32) Gameplay from some of the Newlywed Stories mode: Clorica, Arthur, Dolce, and
Bandai Namco announced that Doraemon Story of Seasons will be coming west in Autumn 2019 on Switch and PC. No surprise there considering how big Doraemon is worldwide. Story of Seasons is far from being a niche franchise as well. Meanwhile, the game will launch in Japan only in a few weeks, on June 13,
Bandai Namco and Marvelous announced the Japanese release date of Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari. The game launches exclusively on Switch on June 13. The game wasn’t announced in the west yet but will probably come over at some point, seeing the overall popularity of both franchises. A new trailer explaining the game’s story and gameplay
Marvelous revealed new information on Rune Factory 5 today on the Rune FaChannel stream. The stream featured multiple Japanese streamers and Marvelous producer Maikawa. Let’s get this out of the way first: The new information concerning Rune Factory 5 is how players will have “something extremely nice” happening in Rune Factory 5 by linking their save
Marvelous announced through the Rune Factory official Twitter that a live stream for the Rune Factory series, titled “Rune FaChannel”. It’ll air on April 4 at 20:00 JST. You’ll be able to watch it on YouTube, Periscope, and Niconico. The stream will include live gameplay of Rune Factory 4 Special on Switch, and new information
Japanese company Marvelous announced today through a statement that it reached an agreement with Chinese company Tencent in order to create a Story of Seasons mobile game. The statement details that Marvelous is only providing authorization to Tencent to use the Story of Seasons license. The Story of Seasons mobile game’s development and publishing will
When Rune Factory 4 Special and Rune Factory 5 were announced on Switch by Marvelous and Nintendo on the latest Nintendo Direct, many people around the world were ecstatic, myself included. All of us had lost hope that a new Rune Factory would ever be released, and for good reason. Why do we love the series
During the Japanese broadcast of February 13’s Nintendo Direct, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo announced Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, a brand new Story of Seasons game but with characters from kids anime franchise Doraemon. In Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, players control Doraemon‘s protagonist Nobita and manage a farm. You’ll get to grow crops, raise
Surprising everyone, Xseed Games and Marvelous announced on today’s Nintendo Direct Rune Factory 4 Special, a remaster of Rune Factory 4 on Nintendo Switch. Not stopping with this and decided on triggering hysteria among the series’ fans, Rune Factory 5 was announced as well. The game is currently in development, with no release date estimate. Meanwhile, Rune