Rune Factory 5 is a little over two weeks away, and new details about the game are trickling out. In a new video (above), Marvelous showcases the player character embarking on various activities with their potential soulmate. Aww.
Your forever partner, whether the same or the opposite sex to your character, can join you while you forge goods, fish for food, or even cook a meal. We're pretty sure all of these things are a recipe for a successful marriage, right?
Rune Factory 5 launches on the Switch on 25th March, and in our hands-on with the game, we had this to say:
"...it’s nice to see that Rune Factory stuck around and wasn’t another casualty that came with the death of dedicated Nintendo handhelds; we’re happy to report that, so far, this new entry seems like it’ll be every bit as enjoyable as we could’ve hope. On the other hand, Rune Factory 5 also doesn’t feel like a very new game, which is to say that it doesn’t appear like it’ll shake up the genre or series at all."
Will you be picking up Rune Factory 5 at the end of the month? Let us know in the comments!
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This looks fun.
Cow bunga run them over and mow them down... lmao. At least two can ride the cow.
I mean, yeah that's nothing new. lol
Anyways I'd normally go for this, but...Kirby...
Day 1 on the 22nd! 4 copies of the limited edition ordered with two of them being surprise gifts to friends and one to stay sealed in my gaming collection. Practically chomping at the bit in anticipation
glad to see same sex options available as easily as hetero options.
I call this gender neutral game in itself.
Ay, baybeee wanna go forge a battle axe with me
How do you fish or smith a cow?
@RupeeClock Carefully.
Sounds like Xenoblade is no longer the only JRPG to involve multiple characters in item crafting.
As I've said before, DAY EFFIN' ONE - at least with the assumption that Russian eShop will either exit its "maintenance" or manage to process the payment (since the required funds are long in the wallet) despite it. I've had this game preordered since January and it's still one of THE 2022 Switch releases in my book, with only XC3 reaching the same top tier hype-wise.
@Joeynator3000 Same. I only have so much I can dedicate each month, and this month saw me purchasing Triangle Strategy and soon Kirby and the Forgotten Lands.
I understand cooking and riding cows but smithing and fishing cows is weird.
It looks like Stardew Valley with better graphics. I loved Stardew Valley even though I hated the graphics of the game so I’m really interested in this.
This was pre-ordered for me back in like November! I am hyped! (But at the same time with semi tempered expectations. Don't want to over hype and end up disappointed.)
So excited for this, I was thinking about posting "only two weeks left!" in the RF thread here last night. I am at maximum hype and waiting for my Special Edition, ordered from Best Buy because Amazon messes up all my launch day deliveries. CAN NOT WAIT.
Also, to answer the question, yes, those are excellent dating activities. I met my wife when were both working on a farm, and our entire "dating" experience was doing farm stuff together. You really get to know a person when you're bringing in the harvest together! Our 25th anniversary is in two months.
@DiamondJim
Stardew is based on the old Harvest Moon games which spawned the Rune Factory series.
This is day 1 for me. I don't know if I want them to mess with a winning formula. Story of Seasons did and some aspects are a disappointment.
@Joeynator3000 WhyNotBoth?
Pre ordered but please for the love of God run smoothly on the switch, I don't want this to be another disgaea 6 and SMT V where technical issues make me give up and wait for the inevitable playstation version.
@ShikabaneHime13 Wow you single handedly guaranteed that we will get Rune Factory 6!🍻
Pre-ordered the collectors edition
@DiamondJim @DiamondJim ughh. This was around way before stardew!!! I enjoy stardew valley like the next person...but can we stop giving it all the credit like it invented this genre. Story of seasons, harvest moon, rune factory all were around years and years before stardew. Nothing personally to u. There are thousand that say exactly what u said. Just unfair to these amazing games. Esp rune factory and the older harvest moon before the split
I heard something about if u had the rune factory 4 game on save file on switch u get some bonus stuff...but I haven't heard anything else about it since. Anyone know ? If not mistaken it was from the developers who said u get something...I may be wrong tho
@Half-ShellHero Lol. When I get into collecting, I do go all in. I only went overboard this time because, as I mentioned, I wanted to surprise two friends of mine whom are into similar games. But I am known to double or triple dip (for example, I got a Fire Emblem Three Houses LE from NA, Europe and Japan).
Got my copy preordered so will be getting it all launch. Might be a little while before I find the time to play it though unless I can squeeze it in between Kirby and 13 Sentinels.
@ShikabaneHime13 Nice. I love Fire Emblem. You're a good guy for hookin your friends up like that.
@Ocaz Didn't it have the oxford comma before?
I saw your article listed the 25th as the release date. In NA it's the 22nd and EU it's the 25. The Rune Factory and Story of Seasons franchise do this a lot.
I've played every game in the series including, RF4 Special, RF Tides Of Destiny and RF Frontier. I ended up buying the Special Edition of RF5
The game looks about as graphically unimpressive and low budget as it could possibly get, but...when considering the circumstances and the fact that the developer is clawing back from oblivion, I would expect some concessions.
As a longtime fan of the series (I've played and beaten every game), I want this game to be a major success so that the series can continue - and hopefully with a larger budget next time around. For that reason, it is a day one purchase, warts and all.
Uuuuh but all the shared activities have the same minigame mechanic, that's a little sad. They could've implemented different minigames. Still this is a game I'll look into a bit more, it could be fun overall.
It's coming out on the 22nd of March not the 25th. Idk how so many people are getting this wrong in regards to the game but it's a very easy Google search. Game looks great, very excited to play it. Preordered the earthmate edition last year so I can have the art book and steel book with it.
@Jexxa Its coming out on the 22nd of March in NA. In Europe and for me in Australia (and probably elsewhere in the world as well), the release date is the 25th of March. Maybe a simple google search would have cleared that up for you.
Still game does look great and I have pre-ordered a copy (a late birthday present to myself)
@Jexxa NA and EU typically get different dates on their games in Story of Seasons and Rune Factory. I have a feeling that this journalist might be from Europe
@Rakgi why in the hell would I google when it comes out in other countries? That doesn't pertain to me whatsoever as a consumer. They should have specified where they were talking about, they are a journalist after all. That's not on the people to figure out.
@Jexxa
You said you didn't know why people didn't google the release date, when you could have done that yourself to see why there were different release dates. You do realise you could have answered your own question before going off about the the "correct" date according to you.
I knew about the different dates and one doesn't pertain to me as a consumer either, yet I still know it. How? A simple google search! You should try it sometime, might help you sound less whiny and entitled.
I have it pre-ordered through the publisher's site due to previous experiences with GameS top pre-orders of "obscure" (Read Harvest Moon and Rune Factory) games.
@ShikabaneHime13 So you're the reason why they're sold out everywhere! Haha, luckily I have one ordered too, but I'm surprised at how quickly their Earthmate Edition sold out on their site/Walmart/Gamestop!
@Ghostipuffs Lol. Hey, I tried to leave stuff for other fans >.< I know the XSeed store turned off orders sometime last week after they tweeted about ensuring addresses were correct since they’ll be preparing to ship orders probably this week. But Amazon still has both standard and Earthmate editions up for grabs (same with Best Buy) so hopefully last minute parties interested can get their orders in for launch delivery.
@nhSnork can you change your region through settings to purchase it. I change to Europe all the time to grab off their deals. They have different currency than American dollar so I buy eShop card And that works for ms
@Larams I couldn't change the region largely because of the very preorder, since they only charge you until a week before release, so I had the full sum sitting in the account wallet. Thankfully, Nintendo has since confirmed that digitial preorders with enough money to draw from said wallet are processed normally, so I'll be able to preload the game since tomorrow.
On the other hand, I plan to change the region after that regardless - the payment will leave the balance clean and I've already had the support disable my NSO autorenewal (which is another obstacle and another option that users can't access on their own during eShop maintenance😆), so by next week my main account should be boasting a US eShop... at least a year earlier than I previously considered it.😅 After all, with eShop down across the board, further 3DS purchases (and thus the region synergy needed to keep a shared wallet for them) are no longer a factor here.
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