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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin arrives on Switch November 10 in North America, November 12 in Japan, and November 20 in Europe and Australia. An update has arrived to the Japanese official website with information on the game’s cooking and farm tool creation elements. You can see the videos below as well as information and screenshots as rounded up by Gematsu after the break:

Marvelous Japan has updated the website for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin to detail all the specifics of the action gameplay and combat. There are videos for specific fighting moves that will be integral to the game as well as small explanations for each. 

Also included are a few screenshots of the map and UI of the game, giving details on such things as a Day and Night cycle, searching for objectives, and difficulty selection. 

You can check out the full list of details below, courtesy of Gematsu, as well as the videos that go along with them. 

XSEED previously announced a Divine Edition for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin in North America. Marvelous has now followed up with news for Europe, revealing the Golden Harvest Edition.

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin’s Golden Harvest Edition contains most of the same contents as the Divine Edition. Buyers in Europe will receive a copy of the game, 132-page art book, 3-disc soundtrack CD collection, double sided poster, and collector’s box. The poster is new here, replacing the Japanese omamori charm from the Divine Edition. Pricing is set at £49.99 / €59.99.

Standard physical copies will also be available. The regular retail version will go for £34.99 / €39.99.

Source: Marvelous PR

XSEED Games announced today that Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town has become the company’s fastest-selling title to reach 100,000 units on a single platform in North America. That goal was reached within one week after its launch on July 14. Story of Seasons on 3DS was the previous record holder.

That’s not the only good news from XSEED, as Rune Factory 4 Special has also surpassed 100,000 copies sold. That was accomplished in less than five months in North America.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town and Rune Factory 4 Special are both out now on Switch.

Source: XSEED Games PR

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is quickly approaching its western release date. Find some early footage from the English version in the video below.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is due out for Switch in North America on July 14 and Europe on July 10.

Senran Kagura Reflexions

Senran Kagura Reflexions was previously made available on the Switch eShop. Now, however, a physical version is also happening.

Limited Run Games will be taking pre-orders for Senran Kagura Reflexions on June 30 beginning at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. It’ll be up for a four-week reservation period.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

XSEED Games and Marvelous have shared a new trailer for Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. View the video below.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is due out for Switch in North America on July 14 and July 10 in Europe.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town will launch in North America on July 14, XSEED Games has confirmed. That’s right around the European release of July 10.

All pre-orders on the XSEED Games store and participating retailers will include a “Strawberry Hanako” pocket plushie based on the in-game Strawberry Cow animal. The pocket plushie is also being offered by participating retailers but only while supplies last. Those who pre-purchase the game on the eShop will receive a Cow Costume DLC as an early bird bonus. It will be made available for purchase separately for $1.99.

We have the following overview and trailer for Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town:

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town has been out on Switch in Japan since October. It’s taken a bit of time for the western release, but we’re finally getting the game in North America and Europe this summer. XSEED has gone back to the drawing board by coming up with a new English localization and implementing some changes from the Japanese edition.

XSEED revealed in a blog post that changes have been made to the “Best Friends” system in which players are able to form a lifelong partnership with a character of the same sex. For the upcoming English version, it’ll simply be called “marriage”. Additionally, “the relationship between same-sex couples will be given identical treatment to opposite-sex couples.” We also now know that the “heart” icon”, which indicates a marriage candidate’s romantic affinity for the player, “will display for all marriage candidates from the start of the game, where in the Japanese release it will only display for same-sex candidates after you confess and start dating.”

Here are a few notable excerpts from XSEED’s blog, which addresses character name changes as well:

Amazon has posted the boxart for Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. You can check it out above, and pre-order the game here.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town launches in North America this summer. In Europe, it already has a confirmed release date of July 10.


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