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0|0|0|||1||Attn%3A Harvest Moon fans|laudre||15:22:45|06/05/2014|I%27ve never gotten into the franchise%2C but my %28significantly%29 better half adores the games%2C and she%27s turned me onto this.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DMarvelous AQL%5B%2Fb%5D is the name of the developer and%2C in Japan%2C publisher of %E7%89%A7%E5%A0%B4%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E %28Bokuj%C5%8D Monogatari%2C literally %22Farm Story%22%29%2C known in the English-speaking world as %5Bi%5DHarvest Moon%5B%2Fi%5D. Previously%2C all of the games have been localized for the North American market by Natsume%2C who own the title %22Harvest Moon%22%3B however%2C last week%2C Marvelous AQL announced that Natsume would no longer be localizing the game%2C and that%2C instead%2C Marvelous AQL%27s subsidiary XSEED Games would be handling the localization for the newest game %28%5Bi%5DFarm Story%3A Connect to a New World%5B%2Fi%5D in Japan%29. Because Natsume%2C rather than Marvelous AQL%2C owns the %22Harvest Moon%22 brand%2C however%2C the new game will not bear that title%2C instead being released to the English-speaking world as %5Bi%5DStory of Seasons%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AShortly thereafter%2C Natsume announced that they%27re producing their own game in house that will be marketed under the %22Harvest Moon%22 brand%3A %5Bi%5DHarvest Moon%3A the Lost Valley%5B%2Fi%5D. Every bit of marketing from Natsume has been pushing hard on that brand recognition%2C creating the %28false%29 impression that it%27s from the same developers etc. as the previous games%3B they%27ve also gone out of their way to dismiss or shut down%2C as much as they can%2C anyone asking for clarification. Not only that%2C but it turns out that Natsume has been developing this game for %5Bi%5Dover a year%5B%2Fi%5D%2C while still under contract with Marvelous AQL for localization.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C to sum up%3A if you want to support the actual established Harvest Moon people%2C the game coming out this fall that you want is %5Bi%5DStory of Seasons%5B%2Fi%5D%2C and %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D the new Harvest Moon game. Also%2C note that most of the bugs and glitches of previous English-language HM games are much more Natsume%27s fault than Marvelous%2C since most of those bugs are %5Bi%5Donly%5B%2Fi%5D present in the Natsume localization%2C not in the Japanese-language original%3B this does not bode well for the QA for a game developed entirely in-house by Natsume.%0D%0A%0D%0AMe%2C I%27m hoping that some reporter asks Natsume some uncomfortable questions in E3.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bhr %2F%5D%5Bsmall%5D%22Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately%2C it also brought mortis.%22%0D%0A - Kenneth Boulding%5B%2Fsmall%5D%5Bhr %2F%5D