The Winds of Anthos

You possibly can hardly swing a controller on this trade right now with out hitting a minimum of three completely different farming sims. The style has completely exploded within the years following Stardew Valley and there appears to be no scarcity of builders trying to have gamers on the market hoeing with the very best of ’em. In 2022, we noticed some wonderful farm sims, together with Harvestella, the Doraemon Story of Seasons sequel, and the completely resplendent Wylde Flowers. Looking forward to 2023, we’ve got Story of Seasons: A Great Life, Rune Manufacturing facility 3 Particular, Fae Farm, and hopefully the complete launch of Coral Island. We even have The Winds of Anthos.

Earlier this week, Natsume introduced The Winds of Anthos can be the following entry in its Harvest Moon franchise, following final yr’s Harvest Moon: One World. That sport wasn’t precisely properly obtained, one thing that has been a constant theme of the Harvest Moon sequence because it was separated from Bokujō Monogatari. Although I discovered Harvest Moon: Mad Sprint to be fairly pleasant, it’s arduous to not argue the once-dominant identify in farm simulations has fallen on robust occasions.

We’re completely satisfied to announce the title of the following Harvest Moon! Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos can be launching Summer season 2023! #HarvestMoon25 pic.twitter.com/QTBpdMCk9T

— Natsume Inc. (@Natsume_Inc) December 14, 2022

We’ll see if that may be circled with The Winds of Anthos. Aiming for a summer season 2023 launch, the sport will happen within the land of Anthos, the place 20 years prior, a volcanic eruption separated the villages of the area. The Harvest Goddess, utilizing the final of her energy to save lots of the folks, forged a bottle containing a magic key into the ocean. What that key unlocks can be found when the sport launches subsequent yr.

Hiro Maekawa, president and CEO of Natsume, says the sport will, “take gamers to new lands and embrace options which might be fully new to the sequence. We’re desperate to reveal extra within the new yr, since we nonetheless have so many huge surprises deliberate for this exceptional anniversary.” The anniversary in query is the twenty fifth anniversary of the Harvest Moon franchise. You’ll keep in mind Bokujō Monogatari celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary final yr with the discharge of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive City.

Hopefully, The Winds of Anthos can be a step in the precise route for Natsume. Then once more, I mentioned the very same factor about One World, and that basically didn’t work out for me. However, as a result of it’s the vacation season, I select to go along with hope and pleasure on this one.