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    @Demi Sneed What's going on here? #Story of Seasons and #Harvest Moon are two differents series?
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      Editing … They are now, yes. It's due to a weird licensing kerfuffle. Natsume, who had always published the Bokujou Monogatari series under the Harvest Moon name, had Bokujou Monogatari taken away from them. It's now published by XSEED under the Story of Seasons name. Reason being that Natsume owns the Harvest Moon name and was unwilling to part with it. Natsume has since hired other studios to make Harvest Moon games that are not Bokujou Monogatari games. So all Bokujou Monogatari games published as Harvest Moon are retroactively part of the Story of Seasons series.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Shouldn't this page still remain "Harvest Moon" then and having the new one named "Story of Seasons"?
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … No, because Story of Seasons is Bokujou Monogatari, a series with 20 years worth of games. It's what the people who previously ranked Harvest Moon want to rank. The new era of Harvest Moon started last year with Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, a game that was very poorly received. It has a 46 on Metacritic, whereas the first Story of Seasons has a 78. The Harvest Moon fanbase has mostly moved on to Story of Seasons now.
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … Demi, what you're proposing is called revisionism. #TeamPape
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … No it's not. This is no different from a franchise getting renamed, which I'm sure has happened before. Wikipedia handles it the same way. In Japan this wouldn't even be an issue as there is only Bokujou Monogatari.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Wait! So basically, you're saying that #Harvest Moon DS is NOT part of the #Harvest Moon franchise. Sorry but this is way too confusing.
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … Oh, I see. You're actually right. Carry on. Still confusing, though
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … You're saying that if I want to rank Harvest Moon as my favorite franchise, I'll have to rank #Story of Seasons instead of #Harvest Moon. Sorry but that will not work out.
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      Editing … I'm okay to rename a franchise BUT don't create another page with the old name then, that will confuse everyone.
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … Yes, that's what I'm saying Papi. For example, if in the future, XSEED/Marvelous decides to re-release Harvest Moon DS, it'll be released under the Story of Seasons name. Because XSEED/Marvelous are owners of the actual game itself, whereas Natsume merely owns the name. But yeah, it's really confusing to have a separate page with the old name. I can see people accidentally ranking Harvest Moon when they meant to rank Story of Seasons. Not sure what the best solution is.
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      Editing … Iirc there was a harvest moon rpg spin-off series with a different name, runescape or something. What's going to happen with that one?
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … It's called #Rune Factory. That series has been dead ever since #Neverland, the developer, closed down 2 years ago. It doesn't have the same licensing problems as Harvest Moon, though. The Rune Factory name is owned by XSEED/Marvelous.
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      Editing … Ok, let's just rename the old Harvest Moon into "Story of Seasons" and put all the games in there. Call of Duty is Call of Duty, The Treyarch or Infinity Ward versions still belong in the same franchise.
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      Editing … While I believe it should be named as it was originally since the majority of the franchises games are literally called harvest moon, I get where your coming from.
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … Thing is, if you keep Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons merged, then the Adventure Island and Wonder Boy series should be merged as well. The original Adventure Island is just Wonder Boy under a different name (again, weird licensing agreements...). Both series ended up continuing in drastically different directions. The Adventure Island series stayed true to the original Wonder Boy as fast-paced run-to-the-right platformers, whereas Wonder Boy turned into a series of non-linear action adventures. However, Adventure Island had two games that actually aped the Wonder Boy style, those being Adventure Island IV and Super Adventure Island II. Anyway, you know me. I just like keeping the conversation going.
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      Editing … I kinda agree with Retro. Story of Seasons should probably be an alternative name to avoid the confusion.
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      Editing … I'm incredibly confused
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