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Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 7d

A 30th/20th Anniversary Livestream for #StoryofSeasons and #RuneFactory has been announced for the 24th of August at 8 PM JST. It's teased as being over 2 hours long and features special guests, revealing contest winners, and more. For ease of access, I've done some timezone conversions:

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GMT: 24th of August, 2026 at 11 AM
JST: 24th of August, 2026 at 8 PM
BST: 24th of August, 2026 at 12 PM
CEST: 24th of August, 2026 at 1 PM
EEST: 24th of August, 2026 at 2 PM
ADT: 24th of August, 2026 at 8 AM
EDT: 24th of August, 2026 at 7 AM
CDT: 24th of August, 2026 at 6 AM
MST: 24th of August, 2026 at 4 AM
PDT: 24th of August, 2026 at 4 PM
WIB: 24th of August, 2026 at 6 PM

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 11d

Official artwork featured in a promotional calendar released in 2001 for the month of August. Artwork by Igusa Matsuyama. #StoryofSeasons #HarvestMoon #牧場物語

Artwork of Pete, the protagonist of the classic games in the Story of Seasons (formerly "Harvest Moon") and Marie, formerly known as Maria and Mary, looking up at a firework. Pete is wearing a mask with a dog's face on it, Marie is wearing a kimono and holding an uchiwa with baby chicks on it.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 16d

A Japanese commercial for the original #RuneFactory in 2006, released as a "Fantasy Harvest Moon" spinoff to the #StoryofSeasons series on its 10th anniversary. It added features like dungeons, monster taming, and combat. Probably the first game where you can destroy a tank with a watering can.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 24d

Alice from Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 25d

QTP with a female villain

An official wallpaper of Alice from Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley riding on top of a mecha mole.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 25d

behold : crab

a sprite of pete from the nintendo 64 video game "Harvest Moon 64" holding up a crab. his eyes are closed, his mouth is wide open.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 26d

Looks like some new merch will be available at the Animate online store for #StoryofSeasons and #RuneFactory 's shared anniversaries. Sales start August 1st and continue to August 23rd.

An image featuring various Story of Seasons and Rune Factory items. Keychains, acrylic stands, bags, bromides, and a stainless steel milk-can shaped bottle.

Two plush toys of a Bubble Cow and Wooly, with both having a pouch on the back for storing things.

A pair of scent diffusers with a decorative flower based on the in-game flowers. You can see the little reeds poking out the back.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· 27d

If you see this, reskeet with a Sentai team that is not Power Rangers or Super Sentai.

Artwork of Mechabot Ultror and the heroes Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green from the Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town TV show of the same name.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jul 14

I hope for my power to grow.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jul 10

A Japanese ad for Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (1999) #StoryofSeasons #HarvestMoon #牧場物語

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jul 3

New blog post on the closure of the PS3/Vita stores. Some games will become no longer officially available, marked with an asterisk. #StoryofSeasons #HarvestMoon #RuneFactory #InnocentLife Full post: ranchstoryblog.tumblr.com/post/8211605...

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Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (PS3) - $9.99
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PS3, PSP, Vita) - $5.99
Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl (PSP, Vita)* - $14.99
Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley (PSP, Vita)* - $19.99
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PS3) - $9.99
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PSP, Vita)* - $14.99
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon Special Edition* (PS3) - $9.99
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny* - $29.99

Games marked with an * are not available on current PlayStation platforms.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jul 2

show me a cool physical game

A photo of the cartridge for the video game "Harvest Moon 64" for the Nintendo 64. It's sitting in a drawer on top of other games, such as Ecco the Dolphin, Lunar, Popful Mail, Magic Knight Rayearth, Virtua-On, Darius Gaiden, Hexen, Bust-A-move 2, Battle Arena Toshinden Remix, and Vectorman.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jun 30

Close enough, welcome back Marie StoryofSeasons

Artwork depicting the two distinct character designs of Marie (AKA, Mary, Marivia, Maria) in the Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon franchise.

Artwork depicting Tiara August, a character in the upcoming video game "Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave."

Since this will show up in "Fire Emblem" related searches, I feel like I'll add that this account is a Story of Seasons-focused one, so be aware of that while I draw the apparent parallels between these otherwise completely unrelated characters.

Such as her glasses resembling Marie's original design while having the color of the remake's, the twin tails from the remake, the overall color palette, and maybe if you squint your eyes and tilt your head and imagine Marie's designs combined and thrown into a fantasy setting there's something there, I guess. Both characters are also big-time bookworms, so there's that.

There's no real deep analysis here, it's just for fun.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jun 20

An edited screenshot of the Nintendo DS video game "Harvest Moon DS Cute." The screenshot shows the player at the bar, with Marlin and Griffin speaking. The portrait for Marlin has been changed to a sprite from the 1991 fishing video game "The Blue Marlin." A play on words based on his localized name being identical with that of the fish depicted.

There is a textbox featuring Marlin speaking, with the dialog reading "It's a place where everybody knows your name." Probably a reference to Cheers the localizers snuck in there.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Jun 2

Official artwork featured in a promotional calendar released in 2001 for the month of June. Artwork by Igusa Matsuyama. #StoryofSeasons #HarvestMoon #牧場物語

Artwork of Pete, the protagonist of the classic games in the Story of Seasons (formerly "Harvest Moon") series stomping around in the rain alongside his dog and three Harvest Sprites, one of which is riding a frog.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· May 28

There's more than just new DLC with #StoryofSeasons Grand Bazaar's 1.5 update. There hasn't been a full patch notes release yet, but a few nice changes can be confirmed between in-game and Bokumono_PR. Using an image because of character limit:

You can now combine stacks with different qualities, resulting in a stack that averages out the overall quality. Example: Stacking a 0.5-star alpaca yarn with a 4-star alpaca yarn will give you two 2.5-star alpaca yarns. Great if your storage is REALLY tight!

A new White Wonderstone that allows you to make items from other windmills and increases processing speed!

The Sprite's stall during Bazaar Days now sell animal byproducts, including + variants, at 0.5 stars.

Korean Language Support is available.

New outfit DLC for matching with each of the romance candidates detailed in the previous post.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· May 28

Went too fast! The 1.5 update for #StoryofSeasons Grand Bazaar is live now with the launch of the PS5/Xbox versions and these sets are available now in all regions. Prices, split between either choosing half or the whole set: US: $4.99/7.99 UK: £4.99/7.99 EU: €3.99/6.49 AU: $7.55/11.95

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· May 28

Announced on the JP side, and surely getting announced for players in other countries soon: DLC for matching outfits for your sweetheart in #StoryofSeasons Grand Bazaar! You can either purchase a full suite of outfits, or ones that just match the guys or just match the girls.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· May 12

Games industry plant

Official artwork for Tartan (AKA, Vinnie) from Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· May 4

A cut-out sheet and instructions for a paper craft cow that was on the Japanese website for Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland. #harvestmoon #storyofseasons #牧場物語

A printable sheet allowing you to cut out shapes and assemble a cow out of paper.

A set of instructions for the papercraft cow, though the text is in Japanese.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· May 1

Official artwork featured in a promotional calendar released in 2001 for the month of May. Artwork by Igusa Matsuyama. #StoryofSeasons #HarvestMoon #牧場物語

Artwork by Igusa Matsuyama of multiple Harvest Moon / 牧場物語 characters at the horse races.

Most of the characters watching the race are in shock/dismay, with Mayor Thomas and Cliff looking sadly at what are presumably betting tickets while Manna is holding hers up with a big smile on her face while Ann/Ran celebrates with her.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 30

What are your top 10 most wanted Smash characters? 🤔 1.Harvest Moon Guy (Pete!) 2.Story of Seasons Girl (Sara and/or Claire) 3.RuneFactory Gal 4.RF Dude 5.uhhh 6.? 7.? 8.? 9. for real tho, I want someone from SEGA's console era. Joker/Bayo aren't my childhood. Phantasy Star? 10. playable Dr.Wright

An illustration used for the box art for Harvest Moon GB. Sara and Pete are sitting on top of a cart filled with crops, including turnips, tomatoes, potatoes, and corn. There are also seven Harvest Sprites dotted around the image, and a horse, cat, dog, cow, chicken, and five baby chicks.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 27

What do you think is inside...?

A screenshot of the "Story of Seasons" Gamecube game "Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life," also known as "牧場物語ワンダフルライフ." The screenshot features a small shed flanked by trees.

The shed has no door.

There is a dialog box reading "It's open."

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 21

Celery from our team translated a bunch of the little character blurbs from the A Wonderful Life guidebook! Check out the full list on the blog: ranchstoryblog.tumblr.com/post/8145272... #HarvestMoon #StoryofSeasons

A screenshot of the blog post. It's text that reads:

Protagonist

25 years of age at the start and height is 168cm!! Parents have already passed away, so had no relatives until getting married (to one of three people) in Chapter 1.

A screenshot of the blog post. It's text that reads:

Turtle of Turtle Swamp

Stylish master of Turtle Swamp wearing a scarf. Forgotten Valley’s (Forget-Me-Not Valley’s) oldest resident.

A screenshot of the blog post. It's text that reads:

Daryl

Apparently comes to the ranch to overcome the trauma of being attacked by a cow(s) in childhood. Height is 170cm.

A screenshot of the blog post. It's text that reads:

Kate

Eight years old at the time of Chapter 2. Does she wind up teasing next-door neighbor Hugh because she really wanted to be born a boy?

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 19

The weird thing is that there were actually some space aliens in the manga for GBC 2. They've just never been in any games! So you can't be their friend! The manga one's might not really be the cute, "candidate material" types though... Well, I guess some folks might be into 'em.

A panel from the manga for Harvest Moon 2 GBC, featuring some pumpkin headed aliens with vine bodies.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 14

Love Eunice, hate how they treat her. Even on the 20th anniversary poll they used the thin art for Eunice. Couldn't vote like that =[ Even more ridiculous since the two distinct Irises shared a button. Why couldn't they at least put both arts for Eunice?

A screenshot of the Rune Factory 20th Anniversary character voting poll. It's a card used for the voting function, though the button is not present because it's after the voting period, and it depicts Eunice with the wrong art.

The correct official artwork for Eunice in Rune Factory Frontier.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 11

Share a preacher, nun or priest

Official art of Lara for Rune Factory Frontier

Official art of Cain from Harvest Moon GBC 2

Official art of Chester from Hero of Leaf Valley

Artwork of Alisa from Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 5

One final reminder and assortment of official art for your perusal, 'cause it's April 6th in Japan right now! I wonder when we'll see the results... Remember to use your daily poll vote today! #StoryofSeasons: www.bokumono.com/anniversary #RuneFactory: jp.runefactory.com/anniversary/

Marie wearing a raspberry beret (the kind you'd find at a second-hand store) while writing with a giant green pencil that's about as tall as she is.

A semi-subterranean farm under Sharance Tree, surrounded by tree roots with light pouring in from above.

The artwork used on the box art of the original Harvest Moon (牧場物語). It depicts Pete in the center of a large horseshoe, jumping forward while raising a pitchfork above his head and surrounded by animals. The animals include a dog, fox, cow, horse, chickens, baby chicks, bunny, blue bird, squirrel, and raccoon.

Artwork of Pete wearing a white disco suit and sunglasses with an afro made out of cherry blossom petals.

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 4

Some 4komas for Grand Bazaar and A Wonderful Life that were released in guidebooks and such. Remember to use your daily poll vote today! #StoryofSeasons: www.bokumono.com/anniversary #RuneFactory: jp.runefactory.com/anniversary/

A 4koma manga titled "Imagine her but x100."

In the first panel, Erik (formerly known as Claude) is looking a bit down while speaking with the protagonist: E/C: "I made a mistake at work and my wife got terribly angry at me." P: "Sorry to hear that."

In the second panel, the protagonist is asking Erik/Claude a question, and he ponders it. P: "By the way, what kind of person is your wife?" E/C: "My wife? Well..."

Third panel, featuring a portrait of June, formerly known as Antoinette: E/C: "Imagine Antoinette's personality, but times 100." P: "1-100!?"

Fourth panel, the protagonist is facing Erik/Claude: P: "Your wife must find frogs IRRESISTIBLE. How many did you gift until proposal?"E/C: "Just who do you think my daughter is?"

A 4 panel manga. In the first panel, Takakura and Sion, the protagonist, are cheering on a newborn calf, asking for it to stand up.

In the second panel, the calf stands up. Yaaay!

In the third panel, Nami has just given birth to a baby.

In the fourth panel Sion is cheering for the baby, asking it to stand up. It does not work that way.

A 4 panel manga titled "Secret Book."

In the first panel, Sion is looking at a magazine. "Oh yeah... This is the good stuff..."

In the second panel, Sion continues. "Nothing beats big milkers..." as Molly (formerly known as Muffy) overhears him, blushing in response.

In the third panel, Molly snatches the magazine away from Sion. "HEY! You're reading a dirty book, aren't you!?" Sion: "Huh!?"

In the fourth panel: Sion: "It's a cattle catalogue...?" Molly: "..... Ah..."

A 4koma manga titled "Natural Enemy" featuring the heroine of Grand Bazaar and Lloyd.

In the first panel, the protagonist is presenting Lloyd with a chicken.
P: "Mr. Lloyd, this is my chicken..."
L: "No... Please don't bring that here.

In the second panel, the heroine looks pitiful.
P: "Really? ... I'm sorry."
L: "Oh... Well, let's try it one time."

In the third panel, the chicken viciously attacks Lloyd's glasses.

In the fourth panel, Lloyd is facing the viewer with broken and cracked lenses.

L: "...... Sorry, but it seems I still can't come to like them."
P: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!"

Ranch Story - A Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon) Fan Community@ranchstory· Apr 3

Some official media from Rune Factory 3 and Rune Factory 3 Special. Remember to use your daily poll vote today! You can vote once a day until April 6th! And that's JST!! #StoryofSeasons: www.bokumono.com/anniversary #RuneFactory: jp.runefactory.com/anniversary/