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Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town Remake announced for Nintendo Switch (UPDATE: localization by XSEED confirmed)
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I mean, they kind of did. If you want the entire lineage...
Back to Nature (PS1) is a "reimagining" of Harvest Moon 64 (N64), which was the first sequel to Harvest Moon (SNES).
They released a "for Girl" version of Back to Nature in Japan (PS1).
They rereleased both versions in a single package as Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl (PSP).
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town are remakes of Back to Nature (GBA).
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is a remake of FoMT & MFoMT in a single package (Switch).
What we have here is a remake of a remake of a reimagined game.
I would guess no, since there aren't many games that give you both English and Japanese text on Switch, especially not as an update concurrent with the English release. However, this game might do that because there's already an almost complete localization in the code of the Japanese version for some reason, and people with hacked Switches have been able to patch it in as the main text used by the game.
Bottom line, not impossible for them to do this, but it is extremely unlikely. The best people to ask would be Marvelous themselves, because the average internet user can't know this information no matter how closely they're following this game.
It is...? At least, it's a remake of a demake of that game. Friends of Mineral Town was basically a GBA version of Back to Nature after removing a few NPCs that didn't have any events dropping a festival or two, and adding a bunch of new stuff. This has its own new content and at least one new festival I know of.
Unfortunately, I doubt it. I've only ever heard of getting the EN version alongside a Japanese version's purchase when there's a simultaneous release. I could be wrong though, as XSEED has seemingly been working on their localization alongside the development for some time.
edit: dang Teriyaki Blues already got it =P
No worries! Sometimes my word choice and sentence structure tend to be a bit wonky for various reasons and people have a hard time understanding me, so it is beyond cool to have some backup.
No clue! I don't even know if it is the text that Natsume provided back in the day or if it is stuff that XSEED worked on.
Ah, guess we'll just have to wait until XSEED comes out and tell us!
Considering the game's director stated that it would probably be called marriage overseas, I'm willing to bet it's just "marriage." Also, I really doubt they're using even a shred of Natsume's original translation, since it doesn't seem like Natsume ever took the breakup well. Besides, I don't know what good they'd have for a translation that did things like COMPLETELY not translate some of Zack's dialog, or have Carter break into German =P
Or how flour the baking ingredient was translated as flower. Or how Angler Jake becomes Anger Jake in some episodes of the fishing show.
Considering how Natsume has released the PS2, GBC, SNES, and GBA games on PSN and the eShop over the years, I am sure they have no plans to give up the rights to those scripts.
The only reason I'm not 100% willing to dismiss the possibility of it being Natsume's text is that I don't think the English text that's in the Japanese version of the game was supposed to be accessible on the end user level. There have been instances where things that weren't supposed to be in the final release were still accessible to coders anyway. Hot Coffee most infamously.
In all probability it is Marvelous/XSEED work, they may have been doing some prerelease localization work again.
FWIW, I'm 100% on the Natsume is hot garbage train after their "original Harvest Moon games" and shady PR/merchandising BS over the last 6 years.
In all probability it is Marvelous/XSEED work, they may have been doing some prerelease localization work again.
FWIW, I'm 100% on the Natsume is hot garbage train after their "original Harvest Moon games" and shady PR/merchandising BS over the last 6 years.
You mean the art style harvest moon ha e been using since forever?
This doesn´t look like any of the of Snes or gba games I know. This is way more extreme in my eyes compared to previous entries.
But I´ll give it a shot as people seem to agree that it looks better in person.
None of the Harvest Moon games I've played have that kind of in-game art. I'm not talking about the portraits which are fine (a few of them I would even say are upgrades even if a few others are worse) but the actual 3D chibi art. Even the 3DS Story of Seasons games had more detailed less.....weird looking models.
BTN and 64 both had chibi character models though and this is meant to harken back to that era of HM.
It's a remake of this after all:
Been reading the last bunch of pages in this thread....any summary on all the changes/additions? At first I didn't care much for this despite it being my 2nd or 3rd fave harvest moon, but the things I'm seeing have actually made me pretty interested. Love the new designs, the super fast loading looks nice, streamlined gameplay, etc...... would love to see a summary.
Nevermind just saw this: https://fogu.com/sos3/
Not sure if it captures all the stuff though.
Nevermind just saw this: https://fogu.com/sos3/
Not sure if it captures all the stuff though.
I haven't had enough time with the game yet (still in my first Spring season in my copy of the game), but have been adding bits and pieces to the site from those who have had more play time. Adulting keeps me pretty busy with non-farming tasks.
I wish it didn't make me think of Magical Melody as much as it does. Because I'm glad this exists, but also now I really just wish it was a new port of MM
awesome that's good to know, is it still possible to just befriend sprites early on and have them be farm slaves? That was always one of the saving graces in this game because after a while it just becomes too much work to care for animals and crops.
Not sure if it is true, but someone posted that you can't put items on the ground at all. If that's the case I'm really excited for this change. I used to lose so many gifts from trying to butter up NPCs while they were strolling around.
My feelings towards this are mixed. I love 90% of the new stuff, but not the new character art.
Wish we had a "classic" models option. Karen looks even more different from her "older" redesign.
Wish we had a "classic" models option. Karen looks even more different from her "older" redesign.
If it was meant to recall the style of the old games, I wish they would have gone all the way instead of the weird middle ground between the old and new styles they landed on. I mean yeah they're chibi characters, but that's about where the similarities end.BTN and 64 both had chibi character models though and this is meant to harken back to that era of HM.
It's a remake of this after all:
To each their own, but the old style is just so much more appealing to me, and this game's art reminds me of the newer SoS art way more than classic Harvest Moon.
Those two brides look so cute together!Gay marriage in Boku baby:
Most of the wedding portraits are in here if anyone wants to see them!
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6303707372
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6303707372
Yep, you just have to raise your friendship with each of them and then you can hire that sprite to work for you. They still can work on watering, harvesting, or animal care, and they still have the three mini-games for each sprite to increase its skill in that area.
It's true. Items can be tossed into the shipping bin or the trash cans, but won't leave the farmer's hands in other areas. I can't even toss an ore onto the crop field because it isn't meant to go there. The field can accept tossed branches, lumber, seeds, and stones, but nothing else I've found will land there. You also can't toss fish or trash back into the water.
I admire the MCs commitment to his fashion style lol
I'm really happy that HM/SoS has finally jumped on the gay marriage train. The closest previously was the best friends system.
BTN and 64 both had chibi character models though and this is meant to harken back to that era of HM.
It's a remake of this after all:
It doesn't look even remotely the same....
I don't have an issue that it IS chibi but just how it looks in general I was just using that as a descriptor.
Gay marriage in Boku baby:
Such a monkey's paw situation. I'll probably still buy to support gay marriage finally being in the games, but man I wish the artstyle and graphics were better. I await the next actual Story of Seasons entry with its more mature artstyle.
...Are we sure they're not just calling it marriage in Japan?Gay marriage in Boku baby:
Yes, I hope that start doing like the Pokemon series and mix in remakes between new entries. I would love a Magical Melody remake, don't even have to do much either. Smooth out the character models and update textures.
If it was meant to recall the style of the old games, I wish they would have gone all the way instead of the weird middle ground between the old and new styles they landed on. I mean yeah they're chibi characters, but that's about where the similarities end.
To each their own, but the old style is just so much more appealing to me, and this game's art reminds me of the newer SoS art way more than classic Harvest Moon.
Some of the redesigns I like but Ann is such a downgrade. It doesn't fit how I remember her personality at all.
They aren't. It's labeled as best friend ceremony (大親友の儀) in the game and not a marriage (結構). That's not to say it will be the same in other regions' adaptations of the game; it might be called "marriage" on both sides for a western release.
Ann's classic design was always the one that made the least sense in the 64 to BtN changeover to me. Her original design was for herself as a girl who worked on a ranch, but in Mineral Town she's a waitress.
Thanks for the confirmation!
I got to watch a bit of someone playing the live-streamed English hack, and it does seem like Marvelous/XSEED work. Game looks awesome. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that the stamina breakpoints that play an animation seem to be about 12 real life seconds long (although the in game clock does seem to be paused while they're running), which is kind of ridiculous considering how many times you're going to run into those in a day.
Yes, the tired animations are longer than they need to be. If you happen to eat some food to restore fatigue/stamina, and then expend it, you have to watch the long animation again.
When eating food directly from the rucksack menu the game will state exactly how much stamina/fatigue you'll restore. You can also eat multiple items at once. If you eat a over-the-head held item from your bag, you've to eat it one at a time and have to go through the eating animation (which also is longer than what it was in the GBA game). Basically, eat from the rucksack menu whenever possible.
Seems English is already basically done, it's just not selectable unless you have a homebrew Switch. It's mostly fine, some text boxes need fixing, but it looks like most of the work is already done. So I really hope it means the game isn't too far off for us in the west.
I didn't get to comment when I saw it earlier but I did actually straight up tear up seeing that gay marriage will be an option in some way. Feels really nice to be represented in a video game series I've loved since I was about 8 years old ;.;
I had no clue there were going to be skin tones + secondary models--I am ridiculously excited for this game.
Also, while you'd think that would mean XSEED would be fast to localize, I wouldn't rely on that too heavily. RF4S came out in Japan this summer and from what I've heard there's hardly any new content, meaning XSEED literally has like 99% of the game already localized and they've still yet to give a release date. They also have a bunch of other games right now to promote, and I feel like they'll want a window between RF4S and this...
Which bums me out because if there games could out post animal crossing I feel like their launch numbers won't be nearly as good as otherwise.
Seems English is already basically done, it's just not selectable unless you have a homebrew Switch. It's mostly fine, some text boxes need fixing, but it looks like most of the work is already done. So I really hope it means the game isn't too far off for us in the west.
I had no clue there were going to be skin tones + secondary models--I am ridiculously excited for this game.
Also, while you'd think that would mean XSEED would be fast to localize, I wouldn't rely on that too heavily. RF4S came out in Japan this summer and from what I've heard there's hardly any new content, meaning XSEED literally has like 99% of the game already localized and they've still yet to give a release date. They also have a bunch of other games right now to promote, and I feel like they'll want a window between RF4S and this...
Which bums me out because if there games could out post animal crossing I feel like their launch numbers won't be nearly as good as otherwise.
It wont be about how fast they localize, more about when they feel it is the best time to launch it.
They won't want it to come out too close to Animal Crossing becasue AC and HM have an almost identical fanbase.
They won't want it to come out too close to Animal Crossing becasue AC and HM have an almost identical fanbase.