Aug 26, 2022News
In this adorable new entry to the franchise, join Doraemon, Noby, and friends on a brand new planet for some more farming fun. Use different gadgets to help you grow and harvest crops, tend to the animals, and much more. Spend your days building and designing your farm or fishing on the beach. Explore the underwater areas to harvest pearls. Even fly above the clouds to discover special farms where you can grow and harvest rare crops.
Perhaps even more exciting about this Doraemon Story of Seasons game is the addition of co-op play. So, play solo, or kick back and relax with a friend as you both design, farm, fish, and explore to your heart’s content!
Bandai Namco published a new trailer to announce the upcoming release of the game. You will be able to get Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom starting November 2nd, 2022. It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Steam.
You can find the previous Doraemon Story of Seasons game on the Nintendo Switch store, Steam, and the Playstation store (where it is on sale for $14.99 until 9/1/2022).
For other Story of Season games, check out our other articles here.
Jul 7, 2022News
During the latest Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, a sequel to the previous Doraemon and Story of Seasons mash-up was announced! This new entry to the franchise will see Doraemon, Noby and friends, back for some more relaxing farming on an unknown planet.
As always, this adorable sim features plowing fields, harvesting crops, and tending to the animals, all with the help of Doraemon’s gadgets. However, the most exciting and new addition is the local play feature! Meaning, you and a friend can now build a ranch together!
Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom is published by Bandai Namco and developed by Marvelous. The game will launch on PC, PS5, and the Nintendo Switch later in 2022. We’ll be sure to post the links to the listings when they’re available!
May 16, 2021News
Get ready to farm on the go now that the Story of Seasons franchise is officially making its way to mobile devices. We have known for some time now that Marvelous and NeXt Studios had a new game in the works for mobile, and it will be coming to both iOS and Android.
The new trailer shows off just how beautiful the new game really is, rivaling even the new iteration released for Nintendo Switch. The game also already appears to have some pretty in depth farming, and plenty of interaction with others. Here’s hoping that some of that iteration extends to playing with friends.
No word on an official release date for the game. But I will sure keep an eye out as I can’t wait to give this one a try asap.
For more great news from the Story of Seasons universe, there are new characters in the recent DLC for Pioneers of Olive Town!
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 27, 2021Animal Crossing
It has been exactly 10 years since Nintendo launched the 3DS in North America. The handheld console may have had a rough start with a price tag a little too high but once Nintendo listened to its fanbase the handheld quickly become a fans favorite gaming machine and has sold more than 75 million units since its original launch back in February 2011.
With the Nintendo Switch just recently celebrating its third birthday, I thought it would be a great idea to take a look at the Nintendo 3DS. This handheld console was first released in February of 2011. The 3DS features a library of more than 1297 games – I took 15 of the cutest ones and listed them right here for you! Join me on a journey through The 15 Best Cute 3DS Games.
I also compiled a list of my 15 favorite Nintendo 3DS games, so if case you missed that list, check it out! This time I am being a little more specific. Kawaii lovers rejoice! Here are some of the 15 cutest 3DS games.
Jan 21, 2021Quick Bits
Since the hinted announcement with the release of the Nintendo Switch, we have been receiving seemingly endless details about the upcoming Story os Seasons game. In Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town, you leave the big city trouble behind in favor of the rural farm life.
The game features everything you come to expect from a Harvest Moon Story of Seasons game. You will be able to build a huge farm, craft hundreds of different items to help your crops grow and of course explore the beautiful environment of Olive Town.
Now, XSEED games and Marvelous have announced that the game will be released with an expansion pass. The expansion pass will include new marriage candidates, as well as outfits for your character as well as the marriage candidates.
For more detailed information about the candidates and outfits, you can check out the Japanese Nintendo page where the expansion pass currently exists. There you will also find some new screenshots for the game. Pioneers of Olive Town will release for the Nintendo Switch in the U.S. on March 3rd, and will cost $49.99.
There will also be a premium addition for $59.99, and that comes with a physical copy of the game, a plushie, and a cloth poster.
For more in formation on Pioneers of Olive Town, you can check out my coverage here.
For more great games coming to the Nintendo Switch, check out my coverage of The Good Life.
Nov 13, 2020Quick Bits
For those that may have somehow missed the big news, there is a new game coming out from the makers of the original Story of Seasons, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. In Pioneers of Olive Town, you leave the big city trouble behind in favor of the rural farm life.
The game features everything you come to expect from a Harvest Moon Story of Seasons game. You will be able to build a huge farm, craft hundreds of different items to help your crops grow and of course explore the beautiful environment of Olive Town.
The developers have now released an all new trailer, which can be viewed below. The trailer gives a much closer look at the game than previously released videos. The video displays what we can expect from different functions like path making, resourcing and even placing furniture outdoors!!
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 coming to the Nintendo Switch, check out my coverage of Everafter Falls!