Thread:Mai Is Me/@comment-4694083-20161118101443/@comment-4059391-20161119204032

Hello! I do know the difference, but I don't know if I can really explain it that well.

Basically, the series that people have enjoyed for most of the time has been the Japanese Bokujou Monogatari (Which basically means "Ranch Story") series. When it was translated to the west, it was called Harvest Moon. Recently, the series localization rights were bought by a second company, xseed. Since the name "Harvest Moon" isn't just a translation, the first company still had a right to the name, but not to the translation. This means that the first company can still make games called Harvest Moon, but these aren't translations of the original series. Xseed decided to call it "Story of Seasons."

So, basically, the new games by the first company are made by a different American company and really don't have anything in common beside their name (And they use sort of similar elements).

So! These games are all just made by Natsume and aren't related to Bokujou Monogarari.
 * Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories
 * Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
 * Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley
 * Puzzle de Harvest Moon
 * Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming

Every other game is just a translation of the Bokujou Monogatari series.