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Cozy games are some of the best video games to play right now across all platforms. Whether it is a large budget experience like Animal Crossing: New Horizons or a smaller title like Moonstone Island, cozy games are the place to be. But what about the forgotten or misunderstood farming sims and cozy games? This is what we have to say about the most underrated farming sim and cozy game of all time.

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Setting aside the (deserved) fan favorites like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, more people need to check out Trio of Towns and Harvestella. Trio of Towns is up there as the best in its series for me, with such a diverse landscape to explore, varying economies, and so many excellent characters.

Meanwhile, Harvestella didn’t get nearly the attention it deserved. It truly feels like Final Fantasy-meets-Story of Seasons in all the right ways. It was rough around the edges, especially on the Switch performance-wise, but the mix of story, dungeon-crawling, job classes, and farming could easily pave the way for a fantastic sequel.

Finally, my last pick for this category is a much more recent entry. Ova Magica is an indie game that impressed me upon its release earlier this year. It certainly wears its inspirations on its sleeves, but I appreciate that. The charm of farming sim-meets-Pokemon works surprisingly well. Every aspect of the title, from the farming to romance to turn-based battles are terrific. It fares much better than other similar attempts to marry these genres in the past. It is only a shame it is in early access for now. The content is a bit too light at this time. -- Cody

I wasn't immediately intrigued by Fields of Mistria, but after playing it I was really impressed by how quickly and unobtrusively it established the character of its townspeople. I also second Harvestella. That story didn't quite go where I was expecting but I loved it and would love to see more iterations on its ideas. -- Elliot

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Back in February, Xseed Games asked fans to respond on whether they wanted the update for Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns to be translated and added as a paid DLC, due to various circumstances. Fans responded overwhelmingly positively, and Xseed announced that the DLC would be localized.

The DLC is now currently available for the US version of the game, adding new friendship events, winter outfits, and new romance candidates in the judges Woofio and Stephanie. There are new costumes as well, including clothes based on Lest and Frey from Rune Factory 4.

The DLC costs $7.99 USD and additionally, a new 3DS theme based on the game is now available separately for $1.99 USD, through the 3DS Theme Shop. There is also a free update that patches some bugs that is now live.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns’ ‘New Neighbors Pack’ DLC is now available in the Nintendo eShop. Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is currently available for Nintendo 3DS.

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Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns players will be able to romance Woofio soon. Xseed has announced a North American launch date for the game’s New Neighbors Pack. The add-on will be released on November 9, 2017 and cost $7.99. This is the same day the free 1.1 update, with four new costumes and game adjustments and improvements, will launch.

One of the big draws is the inclusion of two new love interests. People will be able to romance Stephanie and Woofio. New story events, dialogues, and winter outfits will also appear. Just to the 1.1 update so you can buy and play it.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is available for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns releases back in February this year in North America and June 2016 in Japan. The farming simulation game by Marvelous is finally headed to Europe on October 13, 2017 for 3DS.

The announcement comes from Nintendo of Europe’s official Twitter . Here’s a look at its launch trailer for the North American release of the game:

Since you were little, your family’s never lived in one place for very long, always moving to wherever your father’s job has taken you. Wherever you went, you always enjoyed trips out to the country, where you’d pet the animals, taste fresh-grown food, and dream of a slow, steady life.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns releases in Europe on October 13, 2017 for Nintendo 3DS. The game is available in North America and Japan.

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Previously, Xseed Games has expressed its uncertainty with how to proceed with Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns’ DLC. Due to the amount of work involved localizing the content, Xseed explained that they would ultimately have to release the DLC as paid content, or end up not releasing it at all.

Now, due to overwhelming fan , Xseed has announced that they will go through with localizing the previously Japan-only DLC for Trio of Towns. You can read the full message from their official localization blog below:

“We were really overwhelmed by the we received from it. The patience and of those who responded was encouraging to say the least, and we were grateful to hear all of your opinions, however you felt about the situation. One issue that came up on our forums that I’d like to address quickly is about the bug fixes that were included in the post-launch patches in Japan. Those fixes are all already included in the core game that we are releasing on February 28.

Now then, on to the big news: I’m happy to report that we have decided to localize and release the DLC in North America. I don’t have information on a release timeline or costs for you yet, but we’re eager to dive into translating and editing the text for this massive update. Stay tuned for updates in the months after the initial release.

Thanks again for all your . It made our decision much easier. While the DLC is a ways off, until then we hope you enjoy Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. Even without the post-launch DLC, it is still the biggest game in the storied history of the farm/life-sim series.”

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will release for the Nintendo 3DS on February 28th, 2017.

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In Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, players can dress up their farmers in costumes inspired by Super Mario characters like Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad. Each of these ensembles has a special trait assigned to it. When you wear the hat and outfit, it will have an effect on your character. To show how this works in action, a “Let’s-a Go!” trailer shows the difference dressing as Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Toad can make.

As a refresher, each of outfits influences one element of gameplay. The Mario costume lets characters run faster. Dressing as Luigi means you’ll have better luck when you fish. People who look like Peach will befriend other characters faster. Toad’s attire makes a farmer’s stamina gradually recharge. Each one is practical in its own way.

People who want to see more Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns gameplay can catch an Xseed stream later today. The company will be playing through the game and answering questions about it at 2:30pm PT/4:30pm CT/5:30pm ET on Twitch.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will come to North American Nintendo 3DS systems on February 28, 2017.

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Xseed Games has been introducing the bachelors and bachelorettes from Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns over on its official Facebook page, and now they have come to their final entry. This time, the spotlight is on Ludus, the resident handyman of Lulukoko village.

To read more about Ludus, you can go here.

Additionally, you can see more of Ludus and the game’s other bachelors in a new video shared by Xseed which features all of the game’s eligible bachelors. A video featuring all of Trio of Towns’ bachelorettes was shared recently by Xseed, as well.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will release of the Nintendo 3DS on February 28th, 2017.

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Xseed Games has been introducing Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns’ bachelorettes and bachelors over on its official Facebook page. Previous entries include Komari, Siluka, and Wayne. The latest character in the spotlight this time is the bachelor Hinata.

Hinata is a young man who works at the wholesale store in Tsuyukusa and has an interest in acting. You can read more about him over on Xseed’s post.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will release for the Nintendo 3DS on February 28th.

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Another one of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns’ love interests has been introduced on Facebook. Wayne is among the potential bachelors players can woo. This Westown resident is one of the men people can marry in the game.

Wayne is a postman and, while he’ll visit all three of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns’ locations on his route, his home is in the middle of Westown at the post office. His best friend is Ford, another one of the game’s bachelors. He’s a very congenial man who’s popular with the ladies and quick to compliment the player. He’s happy with his position and life and can be quite the gentlemen.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will come to the Nintendo 3DS in North America on February 28, 2017.

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Xseed Games recently shared a trailer for Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns, showing off the game’s resident bachelorettes. Now they have released a bit of new information about the bachelorette Siluka.

Along with her sister Iluka, Siluka helps run a seaside café in Lulukoko, and she also has the ability to read auras. You can find out more about her in this Facebook post from Xseed.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will release for the Nintendo 3DS on February 28th, 2017.

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Xseed Games has posted a brand-new trailer for Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. This time, the trailer is a preview of the game’s bachelorettes featuring Lisette, Kasumi, Komari, Iluka, and Siluka. You can check it out below.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will release in North America for the Nintendo 3DS on February 28th, 2017.

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Xseed Games has introduced another bachelorette from Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns over on their official Facebook page.

This time, the spotlight is on Komari, a waitress at the Tsuyukusa teahouse where she works along with her father. Komari mentions that her mother is off traveling the world, and she also notes that she wishes she had a hobby.

To read more about Komari, you can go here.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will release for the Nintendo 3DS in North America on February 28th, 2017.

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Xseed Games has recently shared a new post over on their official blog, stating that they have encountered a dilemma regarding the release of Story of Seasons: Trio of Town’s DLC in North America.

In Japan, the DLC launched over a period of six months for free in a total of four patches and includes many new features and additions to the game, including a new Bachelor and Bachelorette, new events, new pets, new costumes, new dialogue, and more.

However, the DLC contains roughly 200,000 characters of Japanese text and would take over six figures to localize into English. In the post below taken from the blog, Xseed goes into further detail about their predicament and their possible solutions.

“The total size of the DLC is over 200,000 Japanese characters, making it as large as some games we’ve released. The first Corpse Party, for example, has about 210,000 characters.

The last round of DLC was released in Japan in mid-December, which means that the Japanese text was completed after we’d entered the QA and submission phase of localizing the main game. With DLC of this size, including it in the game would have been impossible under our schedule. It would have forced us to release months after we’d originally planned.

So, will the DLC ever be released in North America? The truth is that we’re still discussing it. Given the size of the DLC, it would cost upwards of six figures to localize it (over half of which is programming and QA costs). For the amount of money and manpower we would need, we could almost release a full other title. The price of the base game in Japan is more than in North America, and they sell about twice as many games as we do here, factors which made it easier for them to release the DLC for free. We are really grateful to fans for their continuing of the series under its new name, but releasing DLC of this size for free is beyond our means.

This places us squarely between a rock and a hard place. We either don’t localize the DLC at all, or we release it as paid DLC. Neither of these is ideal, but we have to be realistic as a smaller publisher.”

Story of Season: Trio of Towns will release for the Nintendo 3DS in North America on February 28th, 2017.

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The North American release date for Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns has been revealed. On February 28, 2017, the farming simulation will come to the Nintendo 3DS. It will be $39.99 and, at participating retailers, a Capy-san capybara pocket plush will be offered as a pre-order incentive.

In addition to the release date announcement, details on Story of Seasons: Trio of Town’s Super Mario Bros. costumes were revealed. People can dress as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad, with each outfit having a different bonus. Mario’s outfit makes you run faster, Luigi’s costume makes you luckier when you fish, Peach’s outfit helps you with making friends, and Toad’s outfit gradually refills your stamina.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is immediately available on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan.

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A new blog from Xseed’s localization team of Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns has been shared, this time going over one of the biggest aspects of the game: farming.

The blog entry covers a lot of aspects of the farming in Trio of Towns, including which plants are available for planting in your fields and how to take care of your farmland. We also get a look at one of the challenges the localization team had whilst localizing a particular part of the game into English from Japanese. You can read the entire localization blog post here.

Additionally, a handful of new screenshots were shared as well, providing a better look at the types of crops you will be able to raise in the game, and much more.

Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is scheduled to release for Nintendo 3DS sometime in Q1 2017.

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