Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (Switch) Off-Screen Footage

[Yerm]

Nuvendil said:

Yerm said:

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"

So wait, the new Harvest Moon games are *literally* impostors?  That's...got to be a sad existence for the developers working on these...

yep, Natsume are just pedaling random low-budget farming games as Harvest Moon Sequels. and they are allowed to do so completely legally because 1. despite not owning the games themselves, they still own the rights to the name and the logo, and 2. farming games are a genre and anyone is allowed to make them. 

meanwhile XSeed publishes the real games under the "Story of Seasons" name and people dont even give them a try because they think the real games are rip offs. and i recommend the new Story of Seasons games if youre wondering where the Harvest Moon magic went. because its not gone, its just somewhere else now