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:

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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town’s new English release will now fully support same-sex marriage

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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:

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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town boxart, pre-orders open

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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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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town due out this summer in North America, pre-order bonus revealed

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Marvelous has already committed to a July 10 launch for Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town in Europe. As for North America, we unfortunately don’t have an exact date just yet. XSEED Games followed up with the latest information today, but will only say that the stateside release is planned for this summer.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town will be sold both physically and digitally. A “pocket plushie” based on the in-game animal, “Strawberry Hanako,” will be available as a pre-order bonus item while supplies last at participating retailers and the XSEED Games Store.

Here’s an overview of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, along with a trailer:

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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town coming west in July

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Marvelous today announced that Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, a remake of the Game Boy Advance classic, is releasing in Europe and Australia on July 10. The North American release is expected around the same time – we should be hearing something from XSEED soon.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town will support English, French, German, and Spanish text localization. The game will be sold both physically and digitally.

Here’s an overview of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, along with a trailer:

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Dead or School launch trailer

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Studio Nanafushi’s post-apocalyptic platforming adventure Dead or School makes its western debut on Switch today. We have the game’s launch trailer, which you can find below.

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[Review] Rune Factory 4 Special

Posted on 4 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments

System: Switch
Release date: February 25, 2020
Developer: Marvelous
Publisher: XSEED Games

It’s been nearly a decade and a half since Rune Factory made its debut as a more action RPG-focused spin-off of Harvest Moon, but the series has been dormant for quite some time. While we wait for Rune Factory 5, Rune Factory 4 Special brings the beloved franchise to Switch to ease people in. It’s every bit of great as you remember it to be on the 3DS, and in fact, outside of having one less screen available, it essentially carries with it the same content and style from 2012. This keeps things nostalgic and familiar, but also shows off its age.