History VideoGame / StoryOfSeasons2014

** If you want to date Licorice or Kamil, but you don't see their flower level, you have to press the left shoulder button to see they think of you. For Licorice's favorite gift, you must eat at Raeger's restaurant 50 times for the soybean salad while Kamil's loved gift is Tom Yun Goong, which requires you to get the recipe set 3.

* WeatherReport: Broadcasts every day and is hosted by Lillie, who lets the player know what the next day's weather will be.

** Weather Channel: Only broadcasts one program, which is the weather forecast hosted by Lillie, who is a resident of Oak Tree Town. She gives information on the day's weather and the forecast for the next day.

*** ''Oak Tree Times'' Sunday's program, in which host Kassie interviews the denizens of Oak Tree Town. Useful for finding out what marriage candidates and other citizens like and dislike, as well as revealing some of their backstories. Almost all the guests are characters from town, and many of them remark to Kassie that they've seen her show.

''Story of Seasons'' (''Bokujō Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi''[[note]]Ranch Story: To The New World[[/note]]) is the 2014 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') FarmLifeSim franchise for the Platform/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.

* GirlsLoveChocolate: A lot of the female bachelorettes and villagers like chocolate dishes and foods. For Lillie and Elise chocolate dishes are their most favorite food (Chocolate Ice Cream and Chocolate Fondue respectively), and chocolate dishes are also highly liked by Corona, Melanie, the otherwise uptight Margot, the female nature Sprite Pepita, and your daughter. One of the few to defy this is Dessie, the young Nature Goddess, who only likes desserts based on her favorite crops (and that doesn't include chocolate).

** While the wife of the married couple is giving birth, her husband is off to the side, [[PanickyExpectantFather pacing and panicking]]; when the baby is heard crying, he darts towards the delivery bed, only for Angela (the nurse) to tell him to wait because the delivery isn't finished (as the "baby" ends up being [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn boy and girl twins]]) and then comes and gets him to let him know. If Angela is the one giving birth, then it's the head doctor ''Marian'' who shoos him away and then walks over to let her husband know about the twins. Obviously she would be too occupied to do so.
** If you're married to either Fritz or Elise and challenge them to win a public field, they'll bring up your being married to them--and how that won't change them trying their hardest to beat you anyways. They'll also have unique dialogue if you manage to negotiate them out of it.

** If you and your spouse have the same birthday, the dialogue for your birthday event will be slightly different.
* DialogueTree: The romance/flower events and special random events that you can trigger in the game play out as {{cutscene}}s with limited dialogue trees. Your answers don't affect the plot of the game, only your friendship level with the other characters.

* 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 Natsume-translated "Cam" and "Reina".

* InsistentTerminology: This game (as well as ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns '' and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''), changed the Heart Events to "Flower" events, with the characters having flowers on their text boxes to show their levels of affection rather than a series of heart colors.

* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Once the protagonist gets married and upgrades the house to the second-story model, they and their spouse will eventually have male and female fraternal twins, with the time between learning the wife is pregnant to the birth dependent on [[ExpressDelivery how much money you spent on the wedding]]. They greatly resemble the other parent, since you can change your entire look at any time.

* ValentinesDayEpisode: Valentine's Day occurs every Winter 14, while the equivalent White Day occurs every Spring 14. Valentine's Day has the female player gift all bachelors chocolate or an unmarried male player receive chocolate from every bachelorette. White Day reverses this, with the unmarried female player getting gifts from all the bachelors and the male player gifting all female bachelorettes white-themed food gifts. (If you're married, then you can have a special meal with your spouse on your respective gift-receiving day--and still gift the other gender for boosts on their days, including your spouse.)

** 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/or gift it to them on their birthday. They will take it ''and'' have [[WhatTheHellPlayer an annoyed and/or offended statement to go with it]], especially if it's on their birthday.
** The game lets you be as nasty to a partner as you like after you start dating. This can trigger a breakup with them if you did a ring commitment and thus end your dating--you can recant breaking up, but you can also just go through with it. 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, there's no option for divorce--and you can ''still'' be shitty to your spouse, making for an AwfulWeddedLife and lines where they lament how terrible marriage is with you and how badly you treat them.

* WeatherDissonance: No matter what season it is, it will always be sunny at the Safari Park, except for occasional light rainfall. Despite this, you can still find snowballs on the ground during winter.
* WeddingsInJapan: {{ZigZagged|Trope}}. If you pick the cheapest wedding, the wedding only has one option: the bride will wear a FairytaleWeddingDress while the groom wears a tuxedo (white for almost all the grooms), and there won't be anyone there but Veronica as the officiant. But the other two levels offer the option between the Western and Eastern Wedding. The Eastern Wedding is explicitly Japanese themed, where the bride and groom wear formal hakama and an elaborate kimono, respectively.

** If you ignore someone for several days, they'll say something about you ignoring them the next time you come over to speak to them. If you try to gift them, they won't take it ''and'' will say something about you not talking to them.
** Showing the commitment ring around town or the blue feather to others after you're married ''will'' upset your partner.

* InsistentTerminology: This game (as well as ''HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns'' and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''), changed the Heart Events to "Flower" events, with the characters having flowers on their text boxes to show their levels of affection rather than a series of heart colors.

* InsistentTerminology: This game (as well as ''HarvestMoonTaleOfTwoTowns'' and ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns''), changed the Heart Events to "Flower" events, with the characters having flowers on their text boxes to show their levels of affection rather than a series of heart colors.

** In order to progress in a romance with any character past the Purple Heart Scene, you must craft a promise ring to give them. You'll need silver and fluorite, and the ring can only be made in the Sewing Studio at the accessory bench. The Sewing Studio also allows you to make clothing for the annual fashion competitions, as well as outfits you can wear.

* 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, of which she has five instead of the usual four. Doesn't help her status as a Base-Breaking Character with the fandom.

* MoodDissonance: Given that you can wear any outfit once you have it--be it gifted to you by other players or made yourself--this can happen with your presence in a scene. You can break up with you boyfriend/girlfriend while wearing a ridiculous animal mascot costume, propose to them while wearing a nun's dress, go on a romantic date in something completely improper, or be in a whimsical magical girl dress when you're called to Eda's bedside [[spoiler:before she dies]].

''Story of Seasons'' (''Bokujō Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi'' [Ranch Story: To The New World]) is the 2014 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') FarmLifeSim franchise for the Platform/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'' (in Japan, ''Bokujō Monogatari: Tsunagaru Shin Tenchi''/Ranch Story: To The New World)) is the 2014 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') FarmLifeSim franchise for the Platform/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 the 2014 installment in the ''[[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Bokujō Monogatari]]'' (formerly localized as ''Harvest Moon'') FarmLifeSim franchise for the Platform/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.

* MoodDissonance: Given that you can wear any outfit once you have it--be it gifted to you by other players or made yourself--this can happen with your presence in a scene. You can break up with you boyfriend/girlfriend while wearing a ridiculous animal mascot costume, propose while wearing a nun's dress, or be in a whimsical magical girl dress when you're called to Eda's bedside [[spoiler:before she dies]].

* NewGamePlus: After unlocking all seven Trade Depot vendors, starting a new game allows the player the choice of starting with 1) 50,000 gold, 2) 10,000 friendship points with all of the villagers, or 3) nothing.

* ExpressDelivery: After marriage and once the house is large enough at two stories, the female half of the pair will feel ill and go to the clinic with her husband, and they'll be informed by Marian that there's a set amount of days until the baby (that they didn't know about before then) will be born. The length of the pregnancy is determined by the expense of the wedding, with 30 days for a cheap wedding, 20 days for a modest wedding, and only ''15'' days after you're informed if the most expensive wedding is done. You can in theory be parents a mere two weeks after you get hitched.

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: To your spouse, not you. Since [[CharacterCustomization you're free to change your entire look at any time]], your son and daughter will 100% resemble your spouse, matching their hair and eye color. Nadi's kids will also have tan skin, while Iris/Mistel's will be very pale.

** During nasty storms or typhoons, everyone stays inside to avoid the bad weather including your spouse. However if you say, pop down to Mistel's shop or Raeger's restaurant, they ''will'' pop behind the counter long enough to sell you whatever and then pop right back home.

** Variety Channel: Hosts [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a variety of programs]], including a travelogue, a murder mystery, and children's programming. Runs different programming each day of the week. Some shows are rerun immediately once all episodes are aired, others are replaced by a different show. Some of the shows are [[/ShoutOut/StoryOfSeasons2014 shout-outs]] to popular real-world franchises.

* ForegoneConclusion: ''Harvest Moon'' players realized very quickly that [[spoiler: Eda would 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.

** Weather Channel: Only broadcasts one program, which is Lillie's weather forecast. She gives information on the day's weather and the forecast for the next day. Lillie's show is a type 1 example -- Lillie, who is a resident of Oak Tree Town, is the host of the show.
** Variety Channel: Hosts [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a variety of programs]], including a travelogue, a murder mystery, and children's programming. Runs different programming each day of the week. Some shows are rerun immediately once all episodes are aired, others are replaced by a different show. Some of the shows are [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShoutOut/StoryOfSeasons shout-outs]] to popular real-world franchises, and all are type 2 examples of ShowWithinAShow:

*** ''Oak Tree Tips'': Broadcast Mondays through Fridays, offering vaguely worded tips on edit combos, farming, animal care, and other subjects. A type 2 example.
*** ''Giorgio's Gorgeous Farm Life'': Saturday's program, in which local farmer Giorgio offers tips on farming and animal care, as well as musing on the nature of beauty. A type 1 example.
*** ''Oak Tree Times'' Sunday's program, in which host Kassie interviews the denizens of Oak Tree Town. Useful for finding out what marriage candidates and other citizens like and dislike, as well as revealing some of their backstories. Both a type 1 and type 2 example, as almost all the guests are characters from town, and many of them remark to Kassie that they've seen her show.

** Your player character has no ties to farming life at all, not even a grandfather who may have owned the place before. Instead they come from the city to start the farm, after they ''just'' applied, after getting a flier in the mail showing off [[{{Arcadia}} lush green lands and happy cows]]. They arrive and after the six-day "tutorial" with Eda, are on their own and pick up farm life easy, thriving from the get-go.

** Early in the game, you can find twigs and weeds, and the latter in particular seems to be nothing more than ShopFodder. 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!
** Perfumes. You can make them yourself if you have the Seed Factory (in the same machine that makes fertilizer), or receive them as birthday gifts from Klaus if your friendship level is high enough. But the game doesn't clarify what they actually do; you can't use them on your avatar as you would use perfume in real life. They get fed into beehives in the same fashion that treats get fed to the livestock and pets. The different perfumes affect the honey productivity of your bees.
** 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 level needed for the Pink Flower level with Agate, you also 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.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The flower colors indicate your level of affection with the bachelors or bachelorettes. By raising their affection, their flower color changes starting at white and going to red for true love.

* RelationshipValues: Just like in all ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games before it, this is included, and can be judged based on how the characters talk to you and judged by standing near them and pressing the shoulder button to see the symbol over their head. This is the only way to see the relationship values with Kamil and Licorice, who don't have flowers on their textbox.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Eating a meal with your spouse can be this if you're experiencing severe weather, due to the soundtrack being happy-go-lucky.