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Yerm on 31 July 2017
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Xxain said:
Yerm said:

the changes in right holders gets more confusing that the Zelda timeline. but at the end of the day, these Harvest Moon games are offically listed as a different video game series while the Story of seasons games are listed as sequels to the old Harvest Moon games

No it's not. It's very clear who holds the IP rights. Which company gets to call their version Harvest Moon and which one doesn't? 

okay but the actual Havest Moon games werent even originally called "Harvest Moon". its just a name that they invented when they got the localization rights. the Harvest Moon IP isnt the game series itself, its literally just the name. the actual games have always been named "Story of Seasons" in Japan and the new publisher chose to use the original name because Natsume owns the name Harvest Moon.

just to make it easier to understand - 

(until 2013) Natsume localized the Story of Seasons games under the name "Harvest Moon"

(2013 onward) XSeed localized the Story of Seasons games under the name "Story of Seasons"

(also 2013 onward) Natsume develops and publishes a new farming game series nder the name "Harvest Moon"