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'''''Story of Seasons''''', formerly called '''''[[Harvest Moon]]''''', is a series of [[Simulation Game|Simulation Games]] based on farming developed by Marvelous Entertainment and translated by Natsume in North America and Rising Star Games in Europe. The original game was released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] in 1995, and since then there have been over twenty ''Harvest Moon'' titles released for a variety of different consoles. ([[The Other Wiki]] has [[w:List of Story of Seasons video games|a list]].) The plot line, such as it is, is much the same for almost every game: the protagonist, a young man ([[Distaff Counterpart|or woman]]) just starting life on his or her own, inherits or buys a farm. Sadly, its previous owner was unable to keep up with chores on the farm, leaving it in a significantly dilapidated state... and now it's up to you to fix it!
Gameplay is generally fairly simple. The player must clear
In addition to making money through a variety of means, the player is generally expected to integrate himself or herself into the community. Players can make friends with various townsfolk, attend festivals (which range from paralleling real-life holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas, to pseudo-religious ceremonies, purely social occasions in the community, and competitions where the player can compete himself or herself or enter his/her livestock or pets to compete), woo the local girls (or guys in later versions where you can [[Distaff Counterpart|play as a female farmer]]), and eventually get married and have children.
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In the majority of the games, there is a certain time limit (usually between two and three years of game time) built in, at which point some event (such as the character's father visiting the farm) occurs and the player is "graded"- but it's almost always possible to continue playing indefinitely even after you've received your "grade".
As with [[The Wiki Rule|most popular series]], it has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104061552/http://www.ranchstory.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page wiki], [http://harvestmoon.wikia.com/ two in-fact].
Don't confuse for the [[Neil Young]] song, although it could make one good soundtrack for the game, or the [[Blue Öyster Cult|Blue Oyster Cult]] song which would make a decidedly [[Eldritch Abomination|less fitting soundtrack]] for the games.
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** [http://www.fogu.com/hm4/farm/oopsy.htm More errors here.]
** In Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life for the Gamecube you can get a "Mae" sheep.
** In ''Magical Melody'', [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090820071956/hm/images/2/21/Blue.gif the "USI" on Blue's hat]{{Dead link}} is the result of an incorrenct Japanese-to-English transliteration; what it ''should'' say is "USHI" (meaning "cow" in Japanese).
* [[Boring but Practical]]: In many games, fishing is one of the best ways to make money, especially early in the game, but it can get highly repetitive. However, many games make catching every kind of fish a [[Sidequest]] which can be rather enjoyable.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: Natsume has done this several times. They've changed references of alcohol to "juice" and "soda", taken out the thinly veiled [[Gay Option]] in one game, taken out religious references in a few games.. They've changed lines in a few games, especially in the Wii games. Gil had an infamous line about wanting to lock you in a basement, which was changed in the translation.
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** Alice in Hero of Leaf Valley. So much so that when you give her a birthday present she goes so far as to use some classic tsundere lines.
{{quote|'''Alice:''' "Well, I guess I'll take it from you. I-It's not like I'm happy about it or anything!"}}
* [[The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter|The Ugly Guy's Cute Daughter]]: Gannon and Eliza from ''Island Of Happiness''
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: Several entire ''games'' do this; ''Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon'' and ''Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon'' are both [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], though the entire rest of the series are in realistic modern day settings, barring some various [[Nature Spirit|fairies, imps, and sprites]], not to mention ''Puzzle De Harvest Moon'', a not very well received Puzzle Game -- not of the Match Three subgenre, despite what anyone who hasn't played it will tell you.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: In A wonderful Life it's pretty easy to unintentionally get Muffy and Celia to fall for you, without even talking to them sometimes.
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