History Trivia / StoryOfSeasons

* CreatorBacklash: The creator of the series, Yasuhiro Wada, left the series in the 2000s because it was drifting too far from his original vision. He had wanted a relationship-based series with a farming backdrop - for the series to predominantly be about relationships within the rural community - but others involved in the franchise wanted more emphasis on romance and on farming. They also began adding gimmicks in an attempt for mainstream appeal. Wada didn't like this so he left after ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade''. He has since created other titles, such as ''VideoGame/HometownStory'' and ''VideoGame/LittleDragonsCafe'', which fit his preference for relationship-centric stories.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: To newer fans, this occurs quite often when characters from older games appear in newer ones:
** For example, the first female protagonist, Sara, appeared for the first time in around ten years in ''My Little Shop''. Her source games are obscure UsefulNotes/GameBoy games, thus obviously some people thought she was a new character.

* NoExportForYou: The soundtracks, 4-koma manga, and concept artbook are Japanese-exclusive.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's often spouted that Natsume took the "''Harvest Moon''" name away from Marvelous, forcing them to rename the series. In reality, Marvelous decided the new name on their own and left Natsume with the old name. As a result, Natsume decided to continue using the ''Harvest Moon'' name for [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonNatsume their own series]] because ''Harvest Moon'' was their main moneymaker.

** The perma-locked sheds in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife A Wonderful Life]]'', the many non-existent ways to open them, and the many little animals running around the valley [[IconicItem wearing neckacheifs]], and the many ways to 'recruit' them onto your farm. Becomes AscendedFanon in ''Sunshine Islands'': once you raise Animal Island, you can befriend the animals there and have them do certain chores for you - like gathering lumber and grasses.

** Doctor's name being "Tim". In reality, there is no scene where he mentions his real name. The closest we get to a canon name is "Trent" (which is used in ''IOH'' and ''SI''[[note]]It ''could'' be his descendant from ''DS'' and ''Cute'', but Karen's bangs imply otherwise and that wouldn't fit Natsume's {{Dub Name Change}} of having everyone have identical names[[/note]]). "Tim" in ''Back to Nature'' is the name of a dog, but somehow fans mistook it for Doctor's name.

** In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife A Wonderful Life]]'' there was supposed to be a circus but the characters were scrapped, and eventually used for ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]''. Early screenshots show the dog was supposed to herd sheep and do tricks (the latter of which was added into the DistaffCounterpart game), the local cats would go outside, and your horse originally moved around more. For the ''Special Edition'', instead of a daughter that resembles the father your daughter was supposed to have multiple looks (similar to your son) but this was scrapped due to technical limitations and time limits. DummiedOut items include an Ax item, two fishing lures, three unused records, and two Nursing Bottles.

** The Band-Aid item from ''Back to Nature'' is DummiedOut in ''Friends of Mineral Town''.
** Before opting for ''Story of Seasons'', potential renamings for the series were ''Plow & Propose'', ''Summer Solstice'', and ''Autumn Wind''.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: While the original SNES and Nintendo 64 games would arrive on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online app in Japan, both games (despite previously being localized) fail to appear on the western counterpart, seemingly from Natsume now owning the trademark to the ''Harvest Moon'' name and/or localizations.

* NamesTheSame: ''Harvest Moon'' shares its name with a Music/NeilYoung album, a Music/BlueOysterCult song, and [[http://harvestmoon.com.au/ a large produce company]] in the tiny island of Tasmania.

* FanNickname:
** "Jill" for the first two female player characters after Sara, until their names were eventually revealed to be Claire [the blonde] and Pony [the brunette]. Most fans still use "Jill" over "Pony".
** Many people refer to any of the male protagonists without an ingame default name as "Jack" despite the fact that the ''[[DarkerandEdgier Wonderful]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife Life]]'' "Jack" is "Mark", the ''[[LighterAndSofter Magical]] [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody Melody]]'' one is "Tito", the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland Save The Homeland]]'' one is "Toy", and most others up until ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness IoH]]'' were called "Pete".
** The ''Grand Bazaar'' protagonists have no official names yet, but the fans call them "Hansel" and "Gretel".
** The female ''Magical Melody'' protagonist is often called "Melody" instead of her canon name "Amanda" ("Tina" in Japan).
** Doctor's name being "Tim" is this. It comes from mixing him up with another character. In most games he is "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Doctor]]", but in the DS games he is "Trent".
** The ''Save the Homeland'' protagonist's name is likely "Toy" but fans overwhelmingly call him "Tony" instead.

** The Band-Aid item from ''Back to Nature'' is DummiedOut in ''Friends of Mineral Town''.

** Doctor's name being "Tim". In reality, the closest we get to a canon name is "Trent" (which is used in ''IOH'' and ''SI''[[note]]It ''could'' be his descendant from ''DS'' and ''Cute'', but Karen's bangs imply otherwise and that wouldn't fit Natsume's {{Dub Name Change}} of having everyone have identical names[[/note]]). "Tim" in ''Back to Nature'' is the name of a dog.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's often spouted that Natsume took the "''Harvest Moon''" name away from Marvelous, forcing them to rename the series. In reality, Marvelous decided the new name on their own and left Natsume with the old name.

* UrbanLegends: It's often spouted that Natsume took the "''Harvest Moon''" name away from Marvelous, forcing them to rename the series. In reality, Marvelous decided the new name on their own and left Natsume with the old name.

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* NamesTheSame: Klaus shares his name with the doctor from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning A New Beginning]]'', but is more like Soseki in personality, worrying about the age difference between himself and the female player character, and being apparently fond of making innuendos.
* NoExportForYou: It certainly looked this way for a while. The game was released in February 2014, but the European export was only announced in late 2015 - for the first quarter of 2016.
* PreOrderBonus: [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/12/26/get-this-adorable-rabbit-plush-as-a-story-of-seasons-pre-order-bonus.aspx An angora rabbit plushie]].
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* PreOrderBonus: An angora rabbit plushie.

* ShoutOut:
** To the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games. There are plants called Super Mario Brothers crops, which do certain things. The Super Mushroom matures your crops faster, even increasing how many crops you can harvest. The Fire Flower raises crop quality and gets rid of wilted crops. The Super Star increases the amount of time that harvested crops stay fresh from 3 days to ''60 days''.
** The description on the blueprint for the dog statue references not only {{UsefulNotes/Hachiko}}, but thanks to the translation, also [[MemeticMutation Doge]].
---> A stone statue of a legendary dog. His patience and loyalty gives him a dignified air. Wow. Such distinction.
** The description for the Magical Girl Costume (which is itself also a reference to Michelle from [[{{VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning}} A New Beginning]]). [[{{Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica}} Do you have a wish]]?
** The Kung Fu outfit references the famous disco song "Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting."
---> [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting It was a little bit frightening, but you farmed as fast as lightning]].
** The Short Cheongsam dress tells us that "[[{{Disney/Mulan}} Once you find your center, you are sure to win!]]"
** The Down Jacket's description brings to mind to a more recent [[{{Main/Award Bait Song}} Award Bait Song]] from Disney......
--->[[{{Disney/Frozen}} Let the storm rage on, the cold won't bother you today.]]
** Elise loves chocolate desserts, like the Chocolate Cake. If you give her one on her birthday, she will declare that "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade You have chosen... wisely.]]"
** Once you have built the television, you can tune in to the "Variety Channel," and every day it will have a different program. One of these is a travelogue, in which the host of the show gets talked into going on a "[[Series/GilligansIsland three-hour tour]]" on a small cruise boat which inadvertently takes a turn into a nasty storm...
*** Also on the Variety Channel is a children's program called the ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Munchin' Veggie Rangers]]''. These multicolored nutrition-loving superheroes battle an evil vegetable-stealing figure named [[SherlockHolmes Moliarty]].
*** The show ''The Search for the Legendary Chef'' features an adventurous cook named [[Music/{{Macklemore}} Mackerelmore]].
** The sound effect for when you finish a building is very similar to the level up sound in [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue the first Pokémon games]].

* NoExportForYou: Currently there's no word on a European release date.
** Subverted as of recently, a European release of the first quarter of 2016 has been mentioned.

* ShoutOut: To the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games. There are plants called Super Mario Brothers crops, which do certain things. The Super Mushroom matures your crops faster, even increasing how many crops you can harvest. The Fire Flower raises crop quality and gets rid of wilted crops. The Super Star increases the amount of time that harvested crops stay fresh from 3 days to ''60 days''.

* NamesTheSame: Klaus shares his name with the doctor from ''A New Beginning,'' but is more like Soseki in personality, worrying about the age difference between himself and the female player character, and being apparently fond of making innuendos.