Natsume, Inc recently confirmed via Twitter that the North American release date for Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley will be 4th November:
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Although no European release date has been set, Natsume also confirmed that a publisher is being sought out and that it expects the title to reach the otherpart of the west sometime in 2015. Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley will be the first original Harvest Moon game developed by Natsume and not a localization of the original Farm Story titles from Japan, which will continue in the west as Story of Seasons due to intellectual property rights.
Let us know if you're keeping a bright and early eye on this new series of Harvest Moon games in the comments!
[source destructoid.com]
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Glad this is releasing next month. It means one less game this month to buy and more time to play Fantasy Life, Bayonetta 2, Just Dance 2015, Pokémon Art Academy and the other games I plan to get this month.
I keep bouncing back and forth about this one. Day 1 for Story of Seasons, but I don't know about TLV. Probably, but not definite yet. A lot depends on how satisfying Fantasy Life is.
I'm worried that this is the first game in the series made by a completely different team. I got burned too hard by Bravely Default and Hometown Story to trust anything made by a new team that was related to the original...
I just want this one to be more engaging than A New Beginning, or whatever the last 3DS one was called. That one was just too bland with too slow of a start, even for these games. Animal Parade on the Wii was so wonderful, if this can emulate that style somehow it would be really great.
Can't wait for it! I need to save up a tad more first! I'd rather have this than Story of Seasons.
As a rabid Harvest Moon nut, I always get them when they first come out. Then I remember that after two corrupt saves and a dead internal battery, I never actually had a kid in Mineral Town nor Harvest Moon DS, and maybe I should actually do that before I buy anymore...
I am hoping they make a Harvest Moon for Wii U!
Meh, a knockoff. I'll wait for Story of Seasons.
I wonder how many people are going to run out and buy this game just because its called Harvest Moon and how many people will not pay attention to Story of Seasons. IMO they should fight for the right to use the Harvest Moon name as this is misleading to the consumer.
Good call, Tasuki. I agree. Natsume owns the name but not the game. I'm not against new ideas, but I don't like to see the franchise being split this way. It could inspire Marvelous to release a console version, to pre-empt one by Natsume, but in the long run I think two versions of the same franchise will lead to saturation and hurt both companies.
I wasn't very impressed with A New Beginning, so I'm happy to see it resembles the classic Harvest Moon art style a little more.
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