Rune Factory 5 has a release date of March 25th, 2022, which means that it missed out on the tussle between Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town and Harvest Moon: One World earlier this year, but nevertheless, RF5 is trying to get in on the competition for Cutest Pre-Order Plush.
Anyone who pre-orders the physical version of game in Europe and Australia (sorry, everyone else) will receive a "Wooly Plush Bag Tag" — have a look:
The Wooly Plush (which is inspired by the beloved Wooly from the game) and the Limited Edition are both exclusive to GAME in the UK, and "participating retailers" everywhere else.
The Limited Edition "Earthmate Edition" will include:
- The physical game
- Custom box with artwork by series illustrator Minako Iwasaki
- A Steelbook case
- A softback art book with artwork from the game
- The "Melodies of Norad" 15-track soundtrack CD
- 13 exclusive in-game costumes based on the marriage candidates from Rune Factory 4
For North American players, there's good news: Rune Factory 5 will be coming out days earlier, on the 22nd of March, and the Limited Edition is also available, albeit with no Wooly plush.
The "exclusive in-game costumes" will also be available digitally as part of a slightly-more-expensive-than-the-base-game Digital Deluxe Version.
Will you be pre-ordering Rune Factory 5? Is it for the game, or the Wooly plush? Tell us in the comments!
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Is this like Story Of Seasons: POOT (Pioneers of Olive Town)?
that sheep looks terrifying.
I love it.
“Limited Editionsd”
Oh I need that Wooly! It's such a good mascot for the series and I don't have merch of it yet!
I wish I knew more about this game. I mean, I've heard about it and seen the logo in Directs but it's never been on my radar.
Well, the main game is my fave part of Rune factory. Rune factory 2 is my fave game though and this looks ace! Again, from the looks of the trailer, the physics look a bit stiffer than the originals but at least there is more freedom and joy in the flying than what rune factory 4 was trying to do
Is the title intentionally misspelled? Am I missing a pun?
Update: Just noticed that "s" is next to "d" on the keyboard
This is one physical edition I'd be tempted to buy (even paying double the price as a result because I'd still rather have the game itself on my memory card - I don't expect it to be a Witcher-like mammoth in size anyway)... but after even Nintendo's own Fire Emblem SDatBoL special edition skipped Minsk retailers (despite them getting Fates and Echoes ones in the past), I'm so not holding any breaths for this one.
Maybe they'll take a page from Fuga release someday and make the artbook a DLC piece.
Nice collector's edition. I'll probably pick up the game on day one, I"ve never tried one of this series, but I want to jump into this one. I'm totally in for a Fantasy Life kind of game, and this one looks great.
Same with Shin Megami Tensei V lol, it will be the first one in the series, but I'm REALLY interested.
Where’s the link for the pre order?
@GrailUK Can gladly share some info! This series is my all-time favorite. Basically, this game is a life-sim action RPG. You play as an amnesiac character that is dropped into a town full of interesting characters. In the main town hub, you can farm at your house, increase relationships with the townspeople and shop to buy seeds or items. Once you leave the town, you can fight or befriend monsters with a few people/monsters in tow and gather items to be used in farming or creating items.
The biggest draw for most people is the relationships with the townspeople (shown with heart levels), the loop of getting better equipment or food by gathering better items and plants, and eventually fighting in harder dungeons with cooler equipment, skills and allies. Possibly get a wife/husband and child later in the game as well.
I personally love the hidden mechanics that make up monster stats (EV's a la Pokemon in a way plus permanent increases from good), equipment stats and item levels.
Sites keep reporting the Rune Factory 5 Earthmate Edition available to preorder but nobody provides a link. The XSeed site does not have it. How do we pre-order???
@Markiemania95 I wrote this, then immediately went on my lunch break 😅 It has been fixed!!
@Elithal Thanks! It does sound rather good
I wish there a plush animal that matches the SoS plushies, but steelbook and soundtrack CD will do nicely. One LE for me please.
Hopefully they fix any performance issue before launch.. can't wait!
Still gonna get the Limited Edition here in the states. Though I wish it had the plushie.
I still need to get my hands on Rune Factor 4, but I am for sure going to be picking up RF5 day one! Very excited for this game.
I am very tempted in ordering that Limited edition.
I'll be waiting to find it at 3 times the price on eBay. The more you pay, the better the quality... {Very bad word}ing scalpers.
Will get this once preorders go up.
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