Harvest Moon: Back to Nature | |
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Developer(s) | Victor Interactive Software |
Publisher(s) | Natsume |
Director(s) | Masayuki Kisaki Teru Kurouta Rouge Kaizuki Magoichi Oritake |
Producer(s) | Yasuhiro Wada |
Artist(s) | Igusa Matsuyama |
Composer(s) | Miyuki Homareda |
Series | Story of Seasons |
Platform(s) | PlayStation, PlayStation Portable |
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Genre(s) | Life simulation/Role-playing video game |
Mode(s) | Single player |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | (PS) 79.32% |
Metacritic | (PS) 82/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
GameSpot | 8.3/10 |
IGN | 7.5/10 |
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (牧場物語~ハーベストムーン~ Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon?) is a video game in the farm simulation series Story of Seasons, developed by Victor Interactive Software and published by Natsume. It is the first Harvest Moon game for a non-Nintendo console. Characters from Harvest Moon 64 were transferred to be the characters in this game, although with new lifestyles, personalities, and relatives. A version featuring a female protagonist, Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl (牧場物語~ハーベストムーン~forガール?), was also released.
This game was later remade as the Game Boy Advance games Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town and Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town. In 2005, Harvest Moon: Back to Nature was coupled with the girl version and ported as Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl (牧場物語ハーベストムーン ボーイ&ガール Bokujō Monogatari: Harvest Moon Boy and Girl?) for the PlayStation Portable, although the box art and instructions portrayed it as a completely new game. In 2008, Marvelous Interactive released Harvest Moon: Back to Nature and Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable via the PlayStation Network.