I was constantly checking my calendar to see who was coming into town, then stocking inventory accordingly so that I had whatever a merchant needed. Making sure I had the right items at the right time (like dairy products to serve the needs of customers coming from Silk Country, or seafood for the people of Wheat Country) involved a welcome bit of strategy. Here, it’s deeper and more involved than that: you have to ship items to travelling merchants, who dole out more money for specific things on specific days when demand is high. In most farm sims I’ve played, you make a profit just by tossing turnips into a crate and waiting for the money to pile up. The biggest and best new idea, though, is in Story of Seasons’ use of economics and inventory management.
The land around your farm is fairly large too, which gives ample opportunity to look for unique types of bugs and flowers to collect. There, you can bring farm animals to graze (yielding better animal products), mine for valuable ore, and best of all, keep a menagerie of exotic pets like monkeys and penguins. Spending less time on repetitive farm chores during my 30-hour adventure meant more time to go off and explore the lovely countryside, which includes a cool safari area. It’s a fun and clever mechanic that adds variety to the harvest, and speeds up progress. But my favorite new feature is the special seeds that sprout into Nintendo-themed items, like a Super Mario 1-Up mushroom that makes produce spring up faster. There’s also a handy multiplayer option that allows friends to exchange gifts and help harvest each other’s fields.
Fishing is easy, too: trout and salmon can be caught with a traditional rod, or by swimming in the local rivers. For example, instead of plucking turnips from the ground one by one, you can scoop up a whole batch with a quick tap of the A button.
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