Jul 31, 2019Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town was first released in 2003 and quickly became one of the best selling gameboy games of its time. Now the the popular farming game will get a remake on Nintendo Switch and be published under the Story of Seasons Reunion of Mineral Town name, with many familiar and beloved characters making a return.
If you have played the original game back in the days, you may have come to enjoy the company of some, or even many of the characters in the game. Mary, Gary, Elli, Doctor and even Kai are now confirmed to be making an appearance in the remake.
With the surprise annoucnment, Marvelous was also kind enough to share some more screenshots with us. Check out how our beloved friends will look like in the new and remastered version of the game.
Marvelous will be releasing Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town in Japan on October 17th. There is no release date for the west yet, however XSeed Games, who will be handling publication in the west has confirmed that the game will indeed be coming to North America and Europe at a later point.
If you can’t wait for Story of Seasons on Switch, make sure to follow up on Rune Factory 4 Special which is now out on Nintendo Switch. There is also a brand new teaser for Rune Factory 5 you don’t want to miss!
If you are curious to find out why Harvest Moon games are now being published under the Story of Seasons name, make sure you head over here to find out!
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Kikki
You know what I love? I love that the doctor looks like an adult. Even in the cartoony style, you can tell he’s a grown-up, not a kid. At my age, that’s a big plus, lol. There are younger players, of course, so hopefully when all are revealed, the candidates will cover a broad range of taste.
James
I too appreciate it. I enjoy games with romance, but I really appreciate having interactions with adults not kids all the time. Likely why I love FFXII so much is that many of the characters were older. Auron from FFX was my favorite there too and that was when I was in early college. Maybe I’ve always preferred older characters.
Kikki
Rick looks pretty grown-up as well, this time. I feel a bit bad for grown-up players who prefer female candidates…they’re VERY cute, probably cuter than the boys by a good margin, but they look like adults even less often than the guy characters do, imo. I’m supportive of having young and young-looking candidates, since this is a series intended to be family friendly including for fairly young kids… I just really like a variety, so that everyone has something that appeals to them. There are a lot of age groups playing this type of game by now, so it’s great when we see a good selection 🙂
I wish I could say who I would have liked as a kid…I didn’t start playing the series until ANB, lol. (I tried a bunch of the older ones, but I’m more a fan of the more complex newer games that stuff the game with goals and makers and more crops and etc. I like to have to multitask and plan ahead, I guess.)
SkeletalK
Mary looks adorable!!