As Colette said this is the true successor, as the name Harvest Moon is owned by Natsume, so the latest Harvest Moon (The Lost Valley) isn't an entry in the BokuMono series.
Definitely agree with you on this, so good luck with it.
If worst comes to worst... You could always see if you could get a cheap used 3DS game you don't really want that is in a good case, and then swap the cases.
Thanks! I got a resolution from amazon so all is good there. I found a cheap replacament case so I'm going to use that!
Someone told her how picky some people are about video game cases.
If you're that concerned about it, just get a refund and go to a physical retailer so you can select the case yourself.
It's not really about being picky, it's about paying for a product and when said product arrives and isn't in satisfactory condition it's a bit upsetting. Buying a physical copy of a game is more then just having a disk for me it's the whole package. The manual, the case, the disk are all part of what I'm buying, obviously having the game is the number one reason why I bought it but just like how I want my figure boxes to be in the best condition possible, I treat my video game collection the same way, I take pride in displaying my video game cases. I treat all my hobbies equally lol
I respect your opinion and know others view things differently so I have no problem with your view! I just figured I'd explain my view as well.
But the Lost Valley is... called.... Harvest.... Moon. I stand by my assessment that Story of Seasons is not a Harvest Moon game. It may be one in everything but name only, but they don't have the legal rights to the name. Therefore, I don't see how it can be considered an entry in a series they don't own the rights to.
Please explain that to me.
I'll try and explain a bit further if I can.
The long standing series that the west has known for the longest time as "Harvest Moon" is called "Bokujō Monogatari" in japan. Every game that has been released in the west as "Harvest Moon" up until "Harvest Moon the lost Valley" has been a localized version of a game from the Bokujō Monogatari series. This past summer, Marvelous the owner of the Bokujō Monogatari IP decided that they no longer wanted to have the western publisher Nastume publish the game in the west and instead have their in house team Xseed localize any future Bokujō Monogatari games in the west.
Since Nastume owns the trademark name of "Harvest Moon" in the west Xseed was unable to continue using the name "Harvest Moon" that western fans are used to so they had to use a new title "Story of Seasons". Story of seasons though is 100% the next installment in the Bokujō Monogatari series so while it may no longer have the title "Harvest Moon" it is 100% the official series.
Nastume on the other hand developed a game called "Harvest Moon The Lost Valley" that game was developed in house by Natsume and has absolutely zero relation to the Bokujō Monogatari series and a completely seperate game, Nastume just so happens to be calling it "Harvest Moon" since they own the rights to the name.
TLDR any future game called "Harvest Moon" is in no way related to the Bokujō Monogatari series, Any game called "Story of Seasons" is in fact the true game in the Bokujō Monogatari series.