The traditional Harvest Moon games were translations of Bokujo Monogatari - developed by Marvelous and its predecessor companies. When Marvelous switched publishers, some US court decided that Natsume owned the "Harvest Moon" trademark, despite the fact that the only involvement they had in the series was localization.
In other words, this new game has nothing to do with any of the past Harvest Moon games prior to 2013. This game is Natsume abusing the Harvest Moon trademark. It's very sleazy stuff.
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