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G-Mode announced that Bokujo Monogatari: Minori no Shima, an old mobile flip phone Harvest Moon (known as Story of Seasons nowadays) game, will release on March 29, 2025 in Japan. The game will cost 1,500 yen (or approximately $10) and will appear on the Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. [Thanks, PR Times!]

To celebrate its release, the game will be 30% off on sale for 1,050 yen (~$7.07) on both platforms. The sale will last until May 27, 2025 on Switch, and April 11, 2025 on Steam. The original title of the game translates to Harvest Moon: Island of Crops, and the game originally released on 2008 as a digital for mobile phones exclusively in Japan.

The game was divided into a "for Boy" release which appeared first on April 3, 2008, and a "for Girl" version which released on August 8, 2008. The new port will include both versions of the game in a single package, which will be available only in Japanese. The re-release of the game will be part of the G-Mode Archives+ collection.

G-Mode specializes in ports of old Japanese mobile games that aren’t available anymore. The company already released ports of mobile game Bokujo Monogatari Mobile: Live & Love back in September 2024.

Bokujo Monogatari: Minori no Shima will reléase on March 29, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

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G-Mode has released ports of Bokujo Monogatari Mobile: Live & Love in Japan. The entry, which is part of Marvelous' game series now known in English as Story of Seasons, originally appeared for feature phones in 2007. The new ports are now available digitally on Nintendo Switch via the Japanese eShop and PC via Steam.

Even though the Steam page also has an English description, the port is only available in Japanese. This feature phone game has the same protagonists who appeared in titles like Harvest Moon: Back to Nature and Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. While the player can choose either gender version of the avatar, the game has a different set of characters who are available as marriage candidates.

In addition, this game also features the protagonist's mother who will live with them in their house. The player can have the mother cook a meal for the protagonist, and they can also ask her about the relationship levels with available marriage candidates.

G-Mode has also ed a trailer showcasing Bokujo Monogatari Mobile: Live & Love on its YouTube channel:

G-Mode has been gradually porting its classic feature phone games to the Switch and PC. The company was recently known for porting mobile games featuring side stories of Atlus titles like Megami Tensei in 2022, Revelations: Persona in 2023, and Persona 3 in 2024.

The ports of Bokujo Monogatari Mobile: Life & Love are now available in Japanese on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

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A new Story of Seasons title in currently in development at Tencent's NExT studio. This entry in the Story of Seasons series will release on mobile devices. Marvelous authorized the project, however in what capacity they could potentially oversee the mobile game has yet to be revealed. The game has been in development since 2019. [Thanks, ZhugeEx!]

To accompany the announcement, Tencent's NExT studio released a trailer. This video was reed to Twitter by Daniel "ZhugeEx" Ahmad. Players will be able to engage in a variety of activities. This includes the option to fish, raise livestock, and of course farm. Night and day cycles will exist in the game, as shown in the trailer with changing environments. You can watch the Story of Seasons mobile trailer below.

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As mentioned previously, the title has been in development since 2019. In May 2020, Tencent became the largest shareholder for developer and publisher Marvelous. During the announcement, Marvelous released a statement revealing that the partnership came to fruition so that it could develop more games. Additionally, Marvelous mentioned that it would create and release new titles within the next three years with those funds. However, there is currently no word whether the title will be released in markets outside of China.

Story of Seasons Mobile is currently in development for Android and iOS devices.

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