Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Japanese: ドラえもんのび太の牧場物語 / Doraemon: Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari) is a Doraemon Nintendo Switch and PC game featuring Doraemon characters and gadgets in the Story of Seasons (formerly known as Harvest Moon) settings. The game was developed by Studio Brownies, produced by Marvelous, and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. This is the first (technically second) Doraemon console/PC game to be localized for western audiences.
The game was first announced during a Nintendo Direct presentation on February 14, 2019 in Japan. It was originally set to be released in 2019, then confirmed to be released on June 13. On April 23, 2019. Bandai Namco announced the game will be released in Asia and Korea in that summer, alongside the relaese on PC via the Steam platform later in autumm that year.
Later that day, it was announced the game will be released in English in North America, Southeast Asia, and Europe in Autumn 2019. Australia will receive the game at some point in 2019. They also annouced that the North America will not receive a physical release.
On August 13, 2019, the release date was announced for Europe as October 11, 2019, and the following day, the date was confirmed for North America and Southeast Asia as October 11, 2019. The same release date was also confirmed for Australia on August 21, 2019, and Nintendo Australia confirmed a physical release on August 25, 2019.
It was revealed in a Famitsu Weeky magazine in April 2020 that the game will be released on the PlayStation 4 in Japan on July 30, 2020. In the same magazine, Kenji Nakajima, a Bandai Namco producer said in an interview that when the development of the game began, fans said they want to play the game on the PlayStation 4 as well. Nakajima also mentioned that Bandai Namco is consider making free updates for both the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions.
In June 28, 2021, it was revealed that the game was passed an "General Administration of Press and Publication" (Chinese: 中华人民共和国新闻出版总署 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Xīnwén Chūbǎn Zǒngshǔ) approval in China, and the Chinese publisher is "Shanghai Electronic Publishing Co., Ltd." and Tencent according to the information on 2021 game imports in China. It is likely that the game will release in simplified Chinese on Chinese mainland sooner or later.[1]
The languages of this game are Japanese, traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain) and Spanish (Latin America).
Character[]
- Ranch (EN: Harmon)
- Haschee (EN: Ravi)
- Helen
- Chuck (EN: Henson)
- Ken (EN: Cooper)
- Blu (EN: Taurus)
- Yuu (EN: Aries)
- Ram (EN:Rem)
- Penter (EN: Pent)
- Smick (EN: Smitty)
- Brass (EN: Blake)
- Etie (EN: Gennie)
- Neral (EN: Mark)
- Tiral (EN: Jemma)
- Yarmei (EN: Ryam)
- Rocod (EN: Regis)
- Seluna (EN: Serena)
- Resta (EN: Cafet)
- Toran (EN: Eria)
- Seafee (EN: Sandy)
- Veena (EN: Vera)
- Veena's husband
Gadgets[]
In this game, Nobita must reclaim Doraemon's lost gadgets. Here is a list of gadgets that are collected:
- Pass Loop
- Skyhorse
Reception[]
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Famitsu gave the game a score of 34/40 (8/9/8/9). IGN gave the game rating score of 5.5/10 (Mediocore). Nic Vargus they stated "All the ambiance and anime in the world can’t save this Story of Seasons from descending into tedium. The actual farming heart of it is feeling awfully antiquated nowadays – it's been nearly four years since Stardew Valley upended the genre, but Marvelous still has nothing new to bring to the table. But worst of all, it commits the cardinal sin of farming sims: it feels like work".
Trailer[]
Trivia[]
- Curiously, Nobita is able to give Shizuka her favorite food, Baked Potato (Roasted Yam), without her getting angry or refusing to accept it (due to having to keep up her image as a proper lady), unlike the main series.
- This is the first Doraemon video game to be translated in Latin American / Spain Spanish, French, German and Italian.
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