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Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble, Harvest Moon, and Mystery Tower are Available Now on Nintendo Switch Online

Ravi Sinha — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:26:32 +0000

Nintendo has added some new titles to Nintendo Switch Online for various platforms. Base subscribers can play Harvest Moon on the Super NES and Mystery Tower on the NES, while Expansion Pack subscribers can play Blaster Master: Enemy Below and Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble on the Game Boy.

Blaster Master: Enemy Below should be familiar to side-scrolling action fans and sees Jason using SOPHIA, a tank that can jump, to navigate various environments. Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble is a spin-off of the Kirby franchise, and sees players moving the puffball by tilting the console in different directions. Of course, the Switch and its controllers support motion controls for this.

Harvest Moon kickstarted the farming sim genre as we know it, directly inspiring titles like Stardew Valley. As a farmer, you grow crops, manage your house, expand the farm and make friends in the community. Finally, there’s Mystery Tower, known as Tower of Babel, a puzzle platformer from Namco exclusive to the Family Computer in Japan till now. Check out all four titles in the trailer below.

Nintendo Switch Online Expands NES and SNES Libraries with Earthworm Jim 2, DIG DUG 2, and MAPPLY-LAND

Shubhankar Parijat — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:27:50 +0000

Nintendo Switch Online’s N64 catalog has been adding new games on a significant bases, with the likes of F-Zero X, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Paper Mario, and Banjo-Kazooie, while the service’s Genesis library has also brought new games into the fold. The NES and SNES libraries that come with the service’s base tier, however, have largely remained stagnant for quite some time.

Out of nowhere though, Nintendo has added three new games to Nintendo Switch Online’s NES and SNES library- and these are all deep cuts (for the most part). Two new NES games have been added with DIG DUG 2 and MAPPY-LAND, while the SNES catalog is bolstered by the addition of Earthworm Jim 2. In Japan, while the NES offerings are the same, Earthworm Jim 2 is replaced by the original Harvest Moon– which many might argue is the better of the two options.

Earlier this year, Nintendo added EarthBound and EarthBound Beginnings to the NES and SNES library of Nintendo Switch Online, but the update before that was back in July of last year. Hopefully we’re not in for another similar gap before the next batch of games is added to the service.

Hometown Story Releasing in October in North America, Q1 2014 in Europe

Ravi Sinha — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:27:34 +0000

Yasuhiro Wada’s Hometown Story finally has a fixed release date. The newest game from the Harvest Moon creator, slated to release on the Nintendo 3DS, will be arriving on October 31st in North America and in Q1 2014 for Europe.

Much like Harvest Moon, Hometown Story will see you working to build up a new life, only this time it will be a shop you inherit from your recently deceased grandmother. You’ll need to stock the shop, expand on its size and make contacts, with the initial town’s population going from 10 individuals to 30, each with their own preferences. That number can expand to more than 100 depending on the actions of the player through the story.

Hometown Story is developed by ToyBox Inc. and will be published by Natsume in North America and Rising Star Games in Europe. A release date for Japan is to be announced and the game will also be arriving on iOS next year.

Harvest Moon Creator’s Hometown Story Coming to E3 2013

Ravi Sinha — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:59:11 +0000

Natsume Inc. has announced that the previously named “Codename: Project Happiness” from the creator of the Harvest Moon series will be coming to E3 2013 as Hometown Story, to release for the Nintendo 3DS. It is being developed by TOYBOX, most notable the “Father of Harvest Moon” Yasuhiro Wada, and will be published by Natsume in North America, while Rising Star Games brings its to Europe.

Among other key staff are Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and renowned Pokemon designer aka the “Father of Pikachu” Atsuko Nishida are also working on Hometown Story.

Natsume Inc. President and CEO Hiro Maekawa stated that, “We’re very pleased to have a playable version of our new IP, Hometown Story, at this year’s E3. We’ve been able to see the exciting development process of this game during the past year, and are now extremely happy with the chance to share the game with everyone!”

Hometown Story involves the protagonist returning to their hometown after the passing of his grandmother to inherit the family shop and bring it back to success.

Harvest Moon Coming To the PSP and DS in UK

Pramath — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:30:23 +0000

Here’s something that all you niche gamers might enjoy- Harvest Moon, the games that made farming cool before Farmville burst onto the scene, is making its way onto the DS and the PSP, with a game each in the venerable farming sim series due for each handheld.

Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming hits the DS this fall. As per the developers, “Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for the DS brings a new dimension to the Harvest Moon series, branching out into the puzzle genre, in an adventure that really puts the pace of players’ farming skills to the test.”

The DS game features twelve playable characters and a variety of different modes including story, mission and score attack.

he PSP game, the developers promise, will be the biggest Harvest Moon game on the PSP so far.

To progress players will have to grow crops, raise animals and mine ores and gems to help save Leaf Valley and their family farm.

Skills and money will be earned in part-time jobs, and gamers will also have to earn the trust of villagers to gain their help, apparently.

The games are due out in fall and winter this year, respectively, in the UK.