We've seen a few of Natsume's Harvest Moon titles popping up on Xbox One over the past year, and now the developer has announced that its latest game, Harvest Moon: One World, will be available on Xbox One (in the US) as well.
In a New Year message, President & CEO Hiro Maekawa noted that a release date for the Xbox One version will be revealed soon, with the game currently set to arrive for PS4 and Nintendo Switch in early March.
Harvest Moon: One World is described as "the biggest Harvest Moon game in its history", featuring "an all-new engine and graphics, creating a brand-new way of exploring Harvest Moon for seasoned players and new generations alike."
"Explore a world of new and familiar faces, unique villages and adventurous challenges, while managing your growing farm.
Can you imagine a world without tomatoes, strawberries, or cabbage? Buoyed by a mysterious discovery, set out on an adventure that goes beyond your hometown, spanning the whole world! What kind of people and places await? From the gorgeous beaches of Halo-Halo to the snowy mountains of Salmiakki, there’s an entire world to explore."
Interested in this one? Let us know what you think of the trailer in the comments.
[source community.natsume.com]
Comments 14
The whole Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons naming thing is a mess.
Since the newer Harvest Moon games developed by Natsume have been pretty terrible I can't imagine too many people getting hyped over this.
Hopefully they find a way to turn things around with this new title.
IF they actually did turn this game around and make a good Harvest Moon for once, it would be smart marketing to throw this up on to GamePass. People would play it and then talk about how good it is.
I wish them the best. Their track record has been terrible.
@Dijita I guess Light of Hope did pretty well for them. But with Marvelous only putting Story of Seasons on Nintendo (one is on the PC)that leaves a lot of the fanbase in the cold. I think Natsume is trying to capitalize on it. If they can pull of a miracle we shall see.
Harvest moon is not my cup of tea
Looks more like Empty World instead of One World.
Shame it’s not Story of Seasons. These ones are rubbish in comparison.
Thats not Harvest Moon maybe in name but nothing else.
I think it looks off putting. I was surprised how empty the world looked. I don’t like to just criticize games. Having played the original and Stardew I wonder if they would be better served just making a 2d game with sprites. It’s not clear what the 3d is getting them. The lighting and textures make the game look cheap. Like there are many “free” games that look much much better. Hmm... Maybe with a better lighting model (pathtracing on XSX?) it wouldn’t look so depressing to my eye.
Let me know when Story of Seasons comes to Xbox. Harvest Moon is just a soulless copycat now.
Please explain that this is only harvest moon in name as Natsume kept the rights to the localized name and started doing their own thing after they and Marvelous split ways. Otherwise some folks might get misled.
The original bokujo monogatari games that were localized as harvest moon are now called story of seasons. New story of seasons game is coming to Switch in march.
I saw this Harvest Moon was looked pretty decent in opinion. Not really bad.
I will keep my eyes peeled on it to see more actual gameplay.
Normally Japanese support would be exciting, but it's "new" Harvest Moon.... So not too exciting. Would love for rune factory to try expanding to xb. Nintendo is it's home market at this point but I bet it could find a niche on xb.
Track record of this series has been terrible.
If it ends up on Game Pass, I'll give it a chance.
Q) Interested in this one?
A) Somewhat; it looks better than the more recent entries and is a game I've been considering. A physical release on the Xbox systems would probably convince me, but from my last few checks of GAME's website, I can't find this game available on any platform.
Cool that this game is popping up on Xbox platforms but a bit of a shame that is for the US only. So it seems this game will be passing me by, or perhaps will be a later purchase/present months from now (which is probably for the best, as it's release date is wedged between two other games I hope to purchase).
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