History VideoGame / StoryOfSeasons2014

** If a blizzard or typhoon hits during the day of a field challenge, the challenge will be cancelled and you'll have to go back the next day to reapply.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Giving any character their most hated gift gets a unique, disgusted line from them about it. They'll still take it--and you'll lose 800 friendship or romance points for doing it.

** Klaus's final flower event has you reacting badly to seeing him and Iris together, despite them always being together and you never having a problem with it until now.[[note]]This is explained in-game as Iris having noticed you enter the room, and deliberately ignoring you, trying to make you jealous and thus goading Klaus into confirming his love. It still seems a bit weird, especially since from the player's perspective nothing out of the ordinary has taken place.[[/note]]

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Elise has five rivalry {{scripted event}}s which you can complete as your friendship strengthens. You help her become a better farmer, and she in turn gains greater respect for you. Giorgio and Fritz, your other rivals, also have scripted events related to your friendship. Completing all of the events for each character unlocks trophies on your bookshelf.

** Every character has a gift that's their "horror gift"--they hate it so much that gifting it to them drops friendship and/or affection 800 points (e.g. Elise despises Marlin Steak). You can still give it to them--and even go so far as to wrap it beforehand--and they will take it ''and'' have [[WhatTheHellPlayer an annoyed and/or offended statement to go with it]].

[[caption-width-right:450:Welcome to Oak Tree Valley.\\

''Story of Seasons'' is a 2014-2015 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') FarmLifeSim franchise for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, developed by Marvelous and localized by Creator/XSEEDGames. Due to former localization company Creator/{{Natsume}} owning the trademark for the ''Harvest Moon'' brand, ''Story of Seasons'' is the new international title outside of Japan from this title onwards.

''Story of Seasons'' is a 2014-2015 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') franchise for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, developed by Marvelous and localized by Creator/XSEEDGames. Due to former localization company Creator/{{Natsume}} owning the trademark for the ''Harvest Moon'' brand, ''Story of Seasons'' is the new international title outside of Japan from this title onwards.

** Colored Flower events. To advance your romance arc with an eligible bachelor or bachelorette, you will also need to improve your friendship level with specific other villagers, with whom your chosen love interest is close in some way. For instance, if you reach the Pink Flower level with Agate, you need to advance your friendship with her best friend Lillie to the Purple Flower level in order for your romance with Agate to proceed. Melanie in particular is a linchpin for several romances - strong friendship with her is required if you want to romance Lillie, Kamil, ''or'' Nadi.

* LoveInterests: Twelve of them - six males and six females.
* LuckBasedMission: Every contest has a bit of this. Even if you perform perfectly in every aspect, there's a chance you'll end up losing simply because the game didn't favour you.
** The fishing contest is probably the worst offender: it actively weighs the scales against you. There are only three usable fishing spots (as you can't put the fishing rod away, you can't swim across to the fourth). There are ''four'' competitors, but, thankfully, one of your opponents always occupies the inaccessible spot. However, when the timer starts, they are ''already'' in position at one of the fishing spots, while you're just outside Oak Tree Town. Not only do you have to waste precious time seeking out the only vacant dock, if you're unlucky enough that the spot on Eda's farm is the only available fishing spot, you'll waste an in-game hour just getting there. It's a wonder your character hasn't complained to the Guild. And you better have bait handy: the only way to slightly even up the odds is to bait every fishing spot, and that's still no guarantee of victory: even early in the game, your opponents can catch over twenty fish, or fish four meters long!

* MistakenForServant: The scripted event which introduces you to Elise has her ordering you to carry a vase and drawers to her room. Her actual servants arrive after you do it, and they're more upset by it than you or Elise are.
* MoneySink: Blueprints for buildings and furnishings, patterns for the Sewing Studio, recipes to cook in the kitchen... purchasing all of these eventually unlocks trophies. You're also apparently the only one capable of expanding the Safari Park, which requires accumulations of materials as well as gold. Additionally, if you want to have a really big wedding, you've got to save up one million gold for the best option, wherein the whole village attends and you get the most gifts. And just in case you otherwise happen to run out of things to do with your income, there's an annual fireworks display which relies on your donations to fund it.

* NewSeasonNewName: ''Story of Seasons'' is a video game version of this trope for the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series. It's still a ''Bokujō Monogatari'' series, but due to changes in American distribution, the new Western title of the franchise is ''Story of Seasons'' while Natsume holds the rights to the ''Harvest Moon'' name.

* RelationshipValues: Just like in all ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games, this is included, and can be judged based on how the characters talk to you.

* SeasonalBaggage: Rather than twelve months like the real world, the game's calendar year is divided into the four seasons. Each season lasts exactly 31 days, is visually different from the others, and has its own {{leitmotif}} playing throughout the day.

** The game lets you be as nasty to a partner as you like to trigger a breakup with them if you did a ring commitment, and thus end your dating. You can even turn right back around and date them again, even if you have to wait 62 days for them to get over the hurt and ply them with their most favorite food. But after you're married to them, there's no divorce--and you can ''still'' be shitty to them, making for an AwfulWeddedLife and lines where they lament how terrible marriage is with you.

* WhamEpisode: Many players were shocked to find that [[spoiler:Eda dies when the first winter starts.]]

* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: You need to grind for materials to make things.
* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: You can't cook a dish until you've acquired the recipe. Mixing random ingredients in the kitchen isn't allowed. This can be frustrating if you're trying to woo a specific neighbor and know how to make their favorite dish, but haven't found the recipe yet.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After Eda's death, nobody ever mentions her ever again.]] Almost. [[spoiler:Subverted once you unlock all seven vendors. Veronica will invite you to a party in the Trade Depot, where she remarks that she wishes Madam Eda were here to see what you've accomplished. Afterwards you'll receive a letter in the mail from Eda that she wrote in advance. And if you have children, once they are old enough, there is also a line of dialogue with your son where he mentions the villagers told him about the old lady who taught you.]]

* FishingMinigame: During your first summer, Otmar will give you a rod and teach you to use it. You can fish off any dock by equipping the rod.[[note]] By the time you receive it, however, you will have long since learned to jump into the water off of those same docks; you can just swim around and dive to catch fish or collect items. This is arguably easier, since a red exclamation point appears onscreen whenever you have reason to dive, ''and'' you don't need bait. It should be noted, though, that the trophies/achievements actually related to fishing can only be earned by using the fishing rod.[[/note]]
* FloralThemeNaming: Several of the love interest characters have flower or plant names. Iris and Lillie (lily) are the most obvious; Kamil's name shares its origin with the camellia flower; Mistel is German for mistletoe; and Licorice is the root of a plant which provides a sweet extract. Nadi also counts in a roundabout way, as he shares his name with a region in the very floral islands of Fiji.

* ArtificialStupidity: If you talk to an NPC in another characters walkway, they'll always try walking through the NPC for a couple of seconds before going around you.

* DubNameChange: {{Averted|Trope}}. Creator/XSEEDGames was originally going to do it, but switched it back to the translated Japanese names after listening to fan feedback. {{Inverted|Trope}} with Kamil and Licorice, the two characters returning from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns Tale of Two Towns]]'', whose names are changed back to their original Japanese names from the translated "Cam" and "Reina".

* MoodWhiplash: Inevitable when it comes to the character animations. See GoingThroughTheMotions.

* NoPlotNoProblem: This game has almost no plot outside of scripted events and romance arcs; you signed up to start a farm, your application was approved, and that's it. Unlike its ''Harvest Moon'' predecessors, in which the protagonist needs to do specific tasks, the protagonist of this game is free to do whatever to their heart's content with no time limit or stakes of any kind.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: While there is no hurry to complete the conditions for most events, if you want to see [[spoiler:Eda's three rivalry events]], you have to do it before [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode the first winter]]]].
* PlayingHardToGet: Implied. Elise is the one of the most difficult bachelorettes to court; you have to see all of her Rival events as well as her Heart events. Doesn't help her status as a BaseBreakingCharacter with the fandom.

* RelationshipValues: Just like in all ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games, this is included.

** This can also be done before entering any of the festival competitions, as the prizes are sometimes random.

* ShowWithinAShow: Building a television allows you to [[InGameTV watch the various shows]] broadcast on the three available channels. One show is broadcast per channel each day, running all day until the signal cuts out at midnight:

*** ''Princess Lillia’s Adventure'': Thursday's program, in which the titular RebelliousPrincess Lillia decides she'll become a hero of the realm and battle the Dark Prince in order to escape from an ArrangedMarriage.

* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Once the protagonist gets married and upgrades his/her house to the second-story model, s/he and their spouse will eventually have male and female fraternal twins. They greatly resemble their NPC parent.

** The horse - provided you're near one of the Horseback Riding stations, you can summon the horse instantly and ride it where you need to go. If you have at least one carrot in your bag, you can direct it to take you instantly to your farm, the town square, or the Trade Depot.

''Story of Seasons'' is a 2014-2015 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoon Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') franchise for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, developed by Marvelous and localized by Creator/XSEEDGames. Due to former localization company Creator/{{Natsume}} owning the trademark for the ''Harvest Moon'' brand, ''Story of Seasons'' is the new international title outside of Japan from now on.

As with most Harvest Moon games, the story begins with your character moving to a farm to start a new life. Or as the instructions put it:

* ArtificialStupidity: If you talk to an NPC in another characters walkway, they'll always try walking through the NPC for a couple of seconds before going around
* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Crops growing faster than they do in real life, starting up a farm just because you're bored and being successful, [[NotAllowedToGrowUp almost no one aging]]... Yeah.
** Veronica blatantly [[BreakingTheFourthWall tells the player how street pass works]].

* ArabianNightsDays: The little we see of Silk Country makes it look like that sort of setting. The cart is pulled in by an elephant, the merchant's skin tone is expected from a middle east native, and the stand is gold with dashes of bright colors. Additionally, the ''Streets of the World'' feature on Silk Country paints a picture of a city with both outdoor bazaars lined with a variety of stalls and a huge indoor market with many types of shops.

* TheDitz: In the cutscene where you first learn to fish, Otmar forgets what your name was for a second, then apologizes and says its because his "[[ImagineSpot Head was in the clouds]]"
* DubNameChange: {{Averted|Trope}}. Creator/XSEEDGames was originally going to do it, but switched it back to the translated Japanese names after listening to fan feedback. {{Inverted|Trope}} with Kamil and Licorice, the two characters returning from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns Tale of Two Towns]]'', whose names are changed back to their original Japanese names from "Cam" and "Reina".

* FashionDesigner: The game has the HeroicMime protagonist make the clothes him/herself.

''Story of Seasons'' is a 2014-2015 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoon Bokujō Monogatari]]'' franchise for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, developed by Marvelous and localized by Creator/XSEEDGames. Due to former localization company Creator/{{Natsume}} owning the trademark for the ''Harvest Moon'' brand, ''Story of Seasons'' is the new international title outside of Japan from now on.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: When the Harvest sprites introduce themselves to Witchie, each states their name and their skill. TheChick of the Harvest Sprites, Pepita, mentions cooking as hers.

** Tropical Country is... somewhere [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tropical]]. Likely [[HulaAndLuaus Hawaii]], Tahiti, or another similar Pacific island culture. Vendor Yolanda wears a "Tropical Pareo" and sells items like banana, mango, and pineapple seeds.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The animation for using the axe is the player character spinning wildly in place, accompanied by a "swishing" sound effect.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Nadi.

* DifficultySpike: Contests become increasingly harder as years pass.

** Early in the game, you can find twigs and weeds, and the latter in particular seems to be nothing more than VendorTrash. Then you get the Seed Factory and discover that they're the most inexpensive way to get fertilizer for your farm. Hoard your early foraging finds!

* VendorTrash: The vendors will buy pretty much anything you want to sell them - including captured frogs and insects, the bottles and boots you catch while fishing, and gathered twigs and stones.
** Subverted with weeds. They ''seem'' to be this, but actually turn out to be very valuable, since they are a cheap way to produce fertilizer once you get the Seed Factory. [[GuideDangIt The game doesn't give any prior indication about this]].
** {{Lampshaded}} in the description for Scrap Ore:
-->''"A cheap ore. You don't really have much use for it, but there are a few people who'll take it off your hands."''
** Inverted with the PhilosophersStone. You need it to create the ultimate Philosopher Style tools. It can be found at the mining point (though it's a rare drop item) and it costs 777,777 G from the Ice Country vendor... but it has a resale value of 1 G.

* EquipmentUpgrade: When you first move to town, Eda gives you a hoe, a watering can, an axe, a hammer, a milker, and a brush. All of these (including the sickle, fishing rod, pitchfork, and wool Clippers you buy at the general store ) are "Old Style" tools: the most stamina-depleting, inefficient tools in the game. You'll have to purchase blueprints and scavenge for materials to upgrade them to Normal Style, then Copper Style, then in sequence Silver Style, Gold Style, Master Style, Orichalcum Style, and finally Philosopher Style tools.

--> '''Streets of the World Reporter''': -this week, we're going to Wheat Country! As the name suggests, here we are in a sea of wheat. Yep, nothing but wheat. Look, there's a field. And… another field. Annnd another field. Just wheat, from horizon to horizon. Nobody else here. I don't even see any houses.

--> '''Streets of the World Reporter''': What do you think of when you hear "Rose Country?" Old rustic houses, cute, fashionable stores, rivers flowing everywhere, and of course, flower gardens, right?

--> '''Streets of the World Reporter''': Welcome to ''Streets of the World.'' Get your coats! Today, we're going to Ice Country! I'm Leela, and I'll do my best to guide you through this winter... wonderland. Now, the first thing you need to know about Ice Country: It's cold. So cold I need to get indoors right now.
** Tropical Country is... somewhere [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tropical]]. Likely [[HulaAndLuaus Hawaii]], Tahiti, or another similar Pacific island culture. Vendor Yolanda wears a "Tropical Pareo" and sells items like banana, mango and pineapple seeds.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: When The Harvest sprites introduce themselves to Witchie, each states their name and their skill. TheChick of the Harvest Sprites, Pepita, mentions cooking as hers.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After Eda's death, nobody ever mentions her ever again.]] Almost. [[spoiler:Subverted once you unlock all seven vendors. Veronica will invite you to a party in the Trade Depot, where she remarks that she wishes Madam Eda were here to see what you've accomplished. Afterwards you'll receive a letter in the mail from Eda that she wrote in advance.]] [[spoiler:There is also a line of dialogue with your son where he mentions the villagers told him about the old lady who taught you.]]
* FarEast: Anything you consider typically Japanese? Sakura Country probably has it. Rice, bamboo, cherry tree branches, blueprints for a chicken coop designed to look like a pagoda... Additionally, the ''Streets of the World'' feature on Sakura country begins with the host in a busy metropolitan city, but after taking the subway a little ways away she finds herself swept up in a parade filled with portable shrines and women in yukatas.

** Colored Flower events. To advance your romance arc with an eligible bachelor or bachelorette, you will also need to improve your friendship level with specific other villagers, with whom your chosen love interest is close in some way. For instance, if you reach the Pink Flower level with Agate, you need to advance your friendship with Lillie to the Purple Flower level in order for your romance with Agate to proceed. Melanie in particular is a linchpin for several romances - strong friendship with her is required if you want to romance Lillie, Kamil, ''or'' Nadi.

** In [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns their first appearance]], Licorice and Kamil's names were [[CulturalTranslation translated as "Reina" and "Cam"]]. In this game, partly due to a [[Creator/XSeedGames a new translation team]] their names are more faithful to the Japanese Version.

%%* MeaningfulName: Fun fact - licorice is a plant. The candy is flavored by licorice extract. %%how is this meaningful in the context of the game?

* NoPlotNoProblem: This game has almost no plot outside of scripted events and romance arcs; you signed up to start a farm, your application was approved, and that's it. Unlike its ''Harvest Moon'' predecessors, where the protagonist needs to do specific tasks, the protagonist of this game is free to do whatever to their heart's content with no time limit or stakes of any kind.

** His second Heart Event involves Klaus talking about 'other activities' that can be done at home and asks the player if she wants to come over for a visit some time and try them out.
** If the player is married to Mistel, some mornings he'll say he heard you saying his name in your sleep last night and wondered [[EroticDream what you were dreaming]].

*** ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Munchin' Veggie Rangers]]'': Friday's program, in which a trio of color-coded, vegetable powered superheroes fight a villain who steals the world's supply of fresh fruits and veggies.

* EveryoneTenAndUpRating: This game's ESRB rating.

* AntiPoopSocking: If you talk to talk to Kamil while wearing glasses, he might [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall lean on the fourth wall]] and say this:
-->'''Hmm, do you need those glasses, though? If so, you shouldn't play video games so much. Take a break once every hour.

* AmericansAreCowboys: Wheat Country has natives dressed as cowboys and a blue and red rug with white stars on it as part of its stand. The merchant talks with a stereotypical [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Dixie Accent]]

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--->'''Hmm, do you need those glasses, though? If so, you shouldn't play video games so much. Take a break once every hour.

** Veronica blatantly [[BreakingTheFourthWall telling the player how street pass works]].

* DifficultySpike: Contests become increasingly hard as years pass.

* EquipmentUpgrade: When you first move to town, Eda gives you a hoe, a watering can, an axe, a hammer, a milker and a brush. All of these (including the sickle, fishing rod, pitchfork, and wool Clippers you buy at the general store ) are "Old Style" tools: the most stamina-depleting, inefficient tools in the game. You'll have to purchase blueprints and scavenge for materials to upgrade them to Normal Style, then Copper Style, then in sequence Silver Style, Gold Style, Master Style, Orichalcum Style, and finally Philosopher Style tools.

--> '''Streets of the World Reporter''': Welcome to ''Streets of the World.'' Get your coats! Today, we're going to Ice Country! I'm Leela, and I'll do my best to guide you through this winter...wonderland. Now, the first thing you need to know about Ice Country: It's cold. So cold I need to get indoors right now.

** {{Orichalcum}}: Necessary to create the Orichalcum Style hoe and watering can, which perform better than the platinum based "Master Style" tools but not as well as the Philosopher Style tools.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After Eda's death, nobody ever mentions her ever again.]] Almost. [[spoiler:Subverted once you unlock all seven vendors. Veronica will invite you to a party in the Trade Depot, where she remarks that she wishes Madam Eda were here to see what you've accomplished. Afterwards you'll receive a letter in the mail from Eda that she wrote in advance.]] [[spoiler:There is also a line if dialogue with your son where he mentions the villagers told him about the old lady who taught you.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Players realized that [[spoiler: Eda will most likely die within the first year,]] since the game series had already [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon64 done]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife this]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS in the past]]. Those who never played ''Harvest Moon'' games and came into this game blind, however, were taken painfully by surprise.

** Jewelry: If you wear the right three pieces, you can get bonuses such as a faster swimming pace or automatic regeneration of stamina over time. [[http://fogu.com/sos1/activities/closet/accessory-combos.php Full details are at the bottom of this page]].

* HeroicMime: [=NPCs=] can speak at length and are accompanied by [[CharacterPortrait character portraits]] when they speak. The player character is limited to communication through the wild gesticulation of their model and a few short responses from the limited [[DialogueTree dialogue trees]] found only in special events, with no character portraits.

** In [[Videogame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns their first appearance]], Licorice and Kamil's names were [[CulturalTranslation translated as "Reina" and "Cam"]]. In this game, partly due to a [[Creator/XSeedGames a new translation team]] their names are more faithful to the Japanese Version.

* MeaningfulName: Fun Fact, Licorice is a plant. The candy is flavored by licorice extract.

** This is a little piece caused by GameplayAndStorySegregation. Mistel's festival victory dialog if you're in a relationship or married with him has him talk about celebrating your victory later in the evening. Outside of your respective birthdays, the two of you can ''not'' dine together while you are in relationship but not married yet. Maybe he was thinking of another way to celebrate...
** Proposing to Iris has her mention that she's an 'adult' woman and has a 'lot of experience'.
** Klaus' "How were your dreams, and did they include me?" line can be interpreted as less than innocent.
** In her {{love confession}}, Iris tells you that she has plenty of "experience" as an older woman, and can teach you much.
** Klaus may make a remark about "other activities" you can do at home, and invites you to come and visit if you want to know what exactly he's talking about. He also, during the second event of his romance arc, may tell you that if you keep being so sweet to all the men, you're going to get eaten by a big bad wolf on your way home one day.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Eating a meal with your spouse can be this if you're experiencing severe weather, due to the soundtrack being happy-go lucky.

* WalletOfHolding: Overlaps with CheapGoldCoins - although your bag's inventory is limited, your wallet doesn't appear to be. The most expensive purchase you can make from a traveling salesperson is 104,000,000 G (for 20 pink diamonds at 5,200,000 G each): G being short for gold coin. All that money must be carried on your person. This ludicrous amount of currency might make sense if the economy worked on a credit system, but all signs point to a cash-based economy; all transactions with merchants are instantaneous, collecting earnings from your stall at the trading depot is accompanied by the sound of a coin dropping, and there's no mention of banks (or other financial institutions) where you can store your money.

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* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After Eda's death, nobody ever mentions her ever again.]]
** Almost. [[spoiler:Subverted once you unlock all seven vendors. Veronica will invite you to a party in the Trade Depot, where she remarks that she wishes Madam Eda were here to see what you've accomplished. Afterwards you'll receive a letter in the mail from Eda that she wrote in advance.]]
** [[spoiler:There is also a line if dialogue with your son where he mentions the villagers told him about the old lady who taught you.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In her {{love confession}}, Iris tells you that she has plenty of "experience" as an older woman, and can teach you much.
** If you marry Mistel, some mornings he'll tell you that you were calling his name in your sleep, coyly wondering [[EroticDream what kind of dream you were having]].
** Klaus may make a remark about "other activities" you can do at home, and invites you to come and visit if you want to know what exactly he's talking about. He also, during the second event of his romance arc, may tell you that if you keep being so sweet to all the men, you're going to get eaten by a big bad wolf on your way home one day.
** If you marry Agate, her dialogue after dinner has her suggesting taking a bath together and washing each other's backs. The implications are obvious.

** {{Orichalcum}}: Necessary to create the Orichalum Style hoe and watering can, which perform better than the platinum based "Master Style" tools but not as well as the Philosopher Style tools.

** Livestock, in one respect, are very much a GuideDangIt. No matter how diligent you are in caring for your animals, ''they will eventually die of old age in five years.'' You're given exactly one hint in the game at this--and it's a disclaimer screen that only shows up one time when you get your very first animal in your very first save. Other than that, nothing in the game will prepare you for this.

* HumanCannonball: After purchasing the blueprint from Rose Country, you can build a cannon that launches you from your farm into town or vice versa. That being said, there's a chance that you'll land off target and end up some where in-between.

* InconsistentDub:
** In [[Videogame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns their first appearance]], Licorice and Kamil's names were [[CulturalTranslation translated as "Reina" and "Cam"]]. In this game, partly due to a [[Creator/XSeedGames a new translation team]] their names are more faithful to the Japanese Version.
** A minor example, but the ShowWithinAShow ''Streets of the World'' program is either hosted by different women named Leela, Lula, Lyra, and Layla, or a [[JapaneseRanguage translation mishap]] has caused each installment to give the host a different name.
* InnerMonologue: The PlayerCharacter has one, in {{Cut Scene}}s.

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou:
** You can upgrade your home and build new furnishings, flooring, and wallpaper for it, so long as you purchase the necessary blueprints and acquire the materials. An editing table inside the house lets you arrange the furniture, as well as the other buildings on your farm, however you like.
** An Exterior Designer Is You: As more traders come to the town through your efforts, Veronica will want the town to be as attractive as possible, and gives you full reign over the landscaping in more and more parts of town.

* MoodWhiplash: Inevitable when it comes to the character animations. See GoingThroughTheMotions
* MeaningfulName: Fun Fact, Licorice is a plant. The candy is flavored by licorice extract

* RelationshipValues: Just like all ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' [[VideoGames Games]], this is included

*** ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Robot Genesis: Gotter Robo ZERO]]'': Replaces ''Rookie Detective Karen'' after it's run on Sundays. Concerns the exploits of four girls as an alien presence gifts them giant robots with which to defend the planet against a fearsome foe.

* ValleyGirl: In [[CulturalTranslation the English translation]], at one point, Licorice will display the speech patterns of a Valley Girl
--->'''Licorice:''' I always feel super-relaxed around noon. Like, in the morning, I'm all get-up-and-go, and then at noon, I'm like, "Time for a siesta."

** Subverted with weeds. They turn out to be very valuable, since they are a cheap way to produce fertilizer once you get the Seed Maker. [[GuideDangIt The game doesn't give any prior indication about this]].

* WalletOfHolding: Overlaps with CheapGoldCoins - although your bag's inventory is limited, your wallet doesn't appear to be. The most expensive purchase you can make from a traveling salesperson is 104,000,000 G (for 20 pink diamonds at 5,200,000 G each): G being short for gold/ gold coin. All that money must be carried on your person. This ludicrous amount of currency might make sense if the economy worked on a credit system, but all signs point to a cash-based economy; all transactions with merchants are instantaneous, collecting earnings from your stall at the trading depot is accompanied by the sound of a coin dropping, and there's no mention of banks (or other financial institutions) where you can store your money.

*** Streets of the World: Tuesday's program, a travelogue that explores the countries from which the merchants in the trade depot hail. Usually in the form of the comical misadventures of the hapless hosts and their crews as they explore the region.

''Story of Seasons'' is a 2014-2015 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoon Bokujō Monogatari]]'' franchise for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, developed by Marvelous and localized by Creator/XSEEDGames. Due to former localization company Creator/{{Natsume}} owning the trademark for the ''Harvest Moon'' brand, ''Story of Seasons'' is the new Western title of the series going forward.