Natsume is best known for localizing the Harvest Moon series which were originally developed in Japan by Pack In Video. After a series of mergers and acquisitions, Marvelous emerged as the owners of the Bokujo Monogatari franchise along with many other IPs. Natsume still owned Harvest Moon and after the two companies parted ways, Natsume decided to continue Harvest Moon by developing games themselves. In this interview with Siliconera, Natsume president Hiro Maekawa talked about transitioning to internal development and their plans for the future.
Total worldwide sales for Pocky & Rocky Reshrined have surpassed 100,000 units, publisher Natsume Atari and developer Tengo Project announced. Pocky & Rocky Reshrined first launched for PlayStation 4 and Switch on April 21 in Japan, followed by June 24 worldwide.
Harvest Moon: One World is releasing on the Nintendo Switch in just over a month. Here is everything we know about the game so far.
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town came out last month. Why does it look so strikingly similar to Harvest Moon? Let's delve into the history of these two farming sim franchises and the controversy surrounding it.
