Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Also known as Doraemon: Nobita's Story of Seasons) is a crossover title between the Farm Life Sim series Story of Seasons and the famous manga Doraemon. It released for the Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam in 2019 and is one of the few instances of Doraemon-related media to ever get released in Western countries.
The title has much of the standard gameplay that Story of Seasons is known for. You farm, befriend locals, attend festivals, etc. The main difference is that you play as Nobita from Doraemon and co-exist amongst the cast of Doraemon. All of the NPCs are Doraemon-inspired, and Nobita has access to Doraemon's numerous gadgets from the future to aid him.
The story involves Nobita struggling to come up with something for his science project until he discover a mysterious spiral seed at the open lot and decide to use it for said project by planting it somewhere in the mountain with the help of Doraemon and invite his friends while at it. Unfortunately, after the tree is fully grown, it creates a time-rift storm that sucked in the gang alongside the tree itself and banish them into a town of Natura somewhere unknown. Worse of all, most of Doraemon's gadgets are lost after that incident and with no apparent way home, Nobita and co. had no other choice but to make a living there for the time being.
A sequel, Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom, was released in November 2022.
This game provides examples of:
- Adaptational Badass: Nobita is usually a wimp that unable to do mostly anything on his own and overall a Lazy Bum. Here, he's capable to run his own farm just like other Story of Seasons' protagonists and quite a hard worker.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Nobita, Gian, and Suneo's nice side are emphasized in the game, much like in the movies.
- Crossover: It's a Story of Seasons title starring characters from Doraemon.
- Dub Name Change: The English script uses the names from the Disney XD version of Doraemon. Despite not being dubbed in english.
- Friend to All Living Things: Nobita can befriend a lot of critters in the game by giving them foods and at some point, they even returned the favor. Additionally, he can own a dog, cat & horse to take care of in his farm.
- I Choose to Stay:
- Subverted. Nobita and friends are willing to lose their chance to go back home and stay for good in Natura Town by resetting the elder tree to save the village from being sucked by the gigastorm created by said tree. However, Vera informed there's a time machine hidden underneath the tree the whole time, allowing the gang to go back home regardless.
- Played Straight with Vera, as she originally came from the 23rd century, got stuck in the village due to the storm and decide to stay there once she was rescued by a man she loved, starting a family with him and having a child.
- Kid Hero: Nobita is much younger than the standard Story of Seasons protagonists. He's a young boy.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Vera revealed to be Harmon's mother this whole time.
- Market-Based Title: The game's called Nobita's Story of Seasons in Japan. As it's referencing the naming convention of the unexported movies, the title was understandably changed to a more general one in the West.
- Not Completely Useless: Invoked in-universe by the Junk item. It is anything but, and is in fact the de facto endgame currency - it is used for the final upgrade of each tool, and the Koropokkurs take it as currency - and seeing as one such item they sell is an arrow which can boost your relationship with any individual you choose, you'll be paying a lot of it to them. Get mining.
- Only Six Faces: Not within the game itself, however the portraits of many characters in the game bear semblance to characters from the greater Doraemon franchise but never appear in this game.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Shizuka must be gifted with roasted sweet potatoes (her Trademark Favourite Food) in order to receive the most hearts from her, despite the fact her love for sweet potatoes is something she's very embarrassed of.
- Trapped in Another World: The gang gets stranded somewhere in Natura Town due to being sucked away by the time-rift storm and with no way home, they decide to stay there for quite a long while until they are able to figure their way out. Turns out, they're not the only victims of the storm as Vera suffers the same fate.
- Voice Grunting: The characters shout noises or short phrases upon being talked to or given gifts.
- Weird Crossover: The last thing Story of Seasons sounds like it'd ever crossover with is Doraemon, since Doraemon is an action/adventure/mildly-sci-fi show (not to mention one of the protagonist's defining traits is being lazy).
- Year Inside, Hour Outside: Just like some of their adventures in the movies, the gang only lose a little time in their world whenever they return despite spending a long time in different land, thanks to the time travel involved. That said, it took them at least around several years in-game to finally get back home.
