Harvest Moon Video Game Series

A series of life simulations, enriched with RPG elements and solutions from the economic strategy genre. Its roots date back to 1996, when on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System console appeared the first Harvest Moon. The game received a moderately warm reception from gamers and critics (its average rating on Gamerankings was just over 73/100). Nevertheless, its good sales encouraged the authors to develop the idea, which in time resulted in the creation of a whole series. Over the years, successive installments of the series have been released on a variety of platforms - from desktop consoles, handhelds and mobile devices to personal computers.

While the first part of the series was developed by the Amccus studio, subsequent parts were created by the Victor Interactive Software team. In 2003, the latter came under the wings of Marvelous Entertainment, and with it - the rights to the games it developed, headed by the described series. From 1996 to 2013, the publishing of the series in the West was handled by Natsume Inc. but in 2012 the paths of this publisher and Marvelous finally parted. As Natsume Inc. held the rights to the brand of Harvest Moon, it decided to base a new series of its own on it; the original series, meanwhile, was renamed Story of Seasons. The first production under the banner Harvest Moon, both published and created by Natsume Inc. was. Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley from 2014.