Jul 29, 2021Quick Bits
Since release, fans of the series have been loving Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. From fishing and farming, to chatting and relationships, this is one title with everything we have come to love from the farming and life sim genre. Of course, what else is to be expected from one of the greatest farming sim franchises ever.
For those that may not have been paying attention, since release the game has also gotten quite a bit of DLC, adding all sorts of things ranging from new NPC’s to character outfits and in-game items. With this new DLC comes even more great costumes for you and the ten marriageable characters in the game.
The DLC will also include the “Legendary Sprite Dance” quest line. It is up to you to help the lesser sprites complete their sprite dance, without the knowledge of the Boss Sprite. An absolutely adorable endeavor that I can’t wait to try.
For more wonderful news from the life sim genre, have you heard that Brewster may be returning to Animal Crossing!?!
Jul 17, 2021News
Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town is celebrating great commercial success but was unfortunately not released without any bugs or little things that just don’t make the game flow as smooth as fans were hoping for.
Shortly after the initial release of the game Marvelous promised to improve the game and released updates to make it the Story of Seasons game fans of the franchise have been waiting for so long.
After multiple DLC releases and updates Marvelous announced yet another update improving the game further. The next patch will enhance many aspects of the game, for example it will now be easier to see who exactly is running a certain festival – no more endlessly looking for the host!
For more wonderful news from the farming genre, see what’s new in the farming survival game The Survivalists.
Jun 18, 2021Quick Bits
Pioneers of Olive Town for the ones who don’t know is the latest installment in the long running Story of Seasons franchise. The first full new title in the series released with a bunch of new features never seen in Story of Seasons before.
Huge farms, a big open world to explore and now plenty of add ons thanks to the expansion pass.
The Expansion pass for Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town includes a whooping 5 DLCs which two of them have been released already and three more will be made available throughout this summer.
The latest pack in threes is DLC Pack Number 3, which unlocks Neil & Raeger as marriageable candidates. To give a closer look at what’s coming, the developers have also released a new trailer for this DLC pack.
To stay up to date with Pioneers of Olive Town, check out all the quality of life changes that were made in the latest update.
Apr 29, 2021News
After having a rough launch for not being everything that players expected, Marvelous is now launching their first paid DLC for Pioneers of Olive Town. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Pioneers of Olive town is the latest iteration in the farming and life sim series, Story of Seasons. In the game, you are charged with running your own farm that you have inherited from your grandfather. Do your best to to keep things lively and growing, and possibly live up to the memory of heroic grandpa.
Recently, Marvelous released the first wave of DLC for Pioneers of Olive Town. The DLC will include new Animal Attire for the main character, as well as for the 10 marriage candidates. There will also be a new sub-story added to the game called “Olive Town Mystery Files”. The expansion pass will cost $19.99 for those that own the game, and add $50 if you still need to purchase this gem.
Marvelous also announced the next DLC coming to Pioneers, called the Windswept DLC. The Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town Windswept Falls Expansion Pack will introduce four characters to the game that you may or may not know yet. Neil, Dunhill, Felicity, and Hina will be coming to Story of Seasons, if you have played Harvest Moon: A New Beginning before these names may sound familiar.
For more information on Pioneers of Olive Town, you can check out my coverage here.
For more great farming and life sim games, check out my coverage of Harvest Moon: One World now on Switch.
Apr 6, 2021News
The team behind Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town are far from giving up on their wonderful game. While it wasn’t super well received, fans have still be enjoying countless hours exploring the new world, expanding their farms, and just making friends.
Now, the game wasn’t everything that fans have been hoping for, but the develops are still working hard to make it a game that does the franchise proud.
The new update, title 1.0.4, will fix some issues that players have been encountering. The devs also announced that there is another bug fix on the way already. It certainly appears that Story of Seasons iterations is here to stay!
Here are the patch notes from the developers website:
—-【Version 1.0.4 Notes】————
・Shortens loading times in general
・Fixes an animation when making a “Special Prayer” at the shrine
・Fixes an issue where save data could become corrupted after animals are born
・Fixes an issue where the game could freeze after the child adoption event
・Fixes an issue that created infinite items under certain conditions
・Adds a language settings menu under “Options” in the game’s title screen
・Other minor bug fixes
The next update will include the following:
—-【Upcoming Version 1.0.5 Information】—-
・Adjusts some of the residents’ existing dialogue and adds new dialogue
・Changes the functionality of all makers
・Improves visuals during eating scenes
・Adds the ability to lock movement in a straight line
・Adjusts cooking times
・Removes the need to press the A Button when moving from indoors to outdoors
For more information on Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, you can check out my coverage here.
For more great farming games, check out my coverage of Coral Island.
Mar 8, 2021Quick Bits
Every day we get just that much closer to the official release of Pioneers of Olive Town on the Nintendo Switch. Since announced, the developers have been doing a wonderful job with keeping the community up-to-date on what’s happening with this new title, including a recent trailer reveal that gave a much closer look at what we are to expect from the upcoming game.
Lately, there has been an abundance of trailers and gameplay videos being released, giving everyone a much better idea as to what to expect when we get to play it ourselves. Well, NintendoLife has just released their own little video showing off the play time they had with the upcoming game.
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town will release on the Nintendo Switch on March 23rd ,and will cost $49.99.
For more information about Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, you can check out my coverage here.
For more great farming games coming to the Switch, check out my coverage of Littlewood.
Mar 2, 2021Quick Bits
For those that haven’t been following super closely, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is just about a month and a half away from being released on the Nintendo Switch in North America.
Since announced, the developers have been doing a wonderful job with keeping the community up-to-date on what’s happening with this new title, including a recent trailer reveal that gave a much closer look at what we are to expect from the upcoming game.
Now, there is a new video with over an hour of gameplay, and it is all in English. Not that I minded watching it Japanese, but it is a bit easier being able to fully understand what it is I am seeing.
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town will release for the Nintendo Switch on March 23rd.
For more information on Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, you can check out my coverage here.
For more great farming and life sim games, check out my coverage of Coral Island.
Feb 11, 2021Quick Bits
For those that haven’t been following super closely, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is just about a month and a half away from being released on the Nintendo Switch in North America. Since announced, the developers have been doing a wonderful job with keeping the community up-to-date on what’s happening with this new title, including a recent trailer reveal that gave a much closer look at what we are to expect from the upcoming game.
Now, some popular Japanese Youtubers have gotten their hands on a copy of the game. The video is of the Streamers starting a new game, and exploring the world and trying to get a taste of just about everything the game has to offer. The video is about 40 minutes, so strap in for a lengthy bit of spoilers!
For more information on Pioneers of Olive Town, you can check out my coverage here.
For more amazing farming and life sim games, check out my coverage of Coral Island.