<s>
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
farm	O
simulation	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Amccus	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
long-running	O
Story	B-Application
of	I-Application
Seasons	I-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
series	O
in	O
western	O
territories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Satellaview	B-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yasuhiro	O
Wada	O
was	O
producer	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
was	O
Magical	B-Application
Pop'n	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaining	O
inspiration	O
from	O
his	O
childhood	O
in	O
the	O
countryside	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
series	O
Derby	B-Application
Stallion	I-Application
,	O
Wada	O
wished	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
without	O
any	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
some	O
time	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Pack-in-Video	O
,	O
the	O
publishers	O
of	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
,	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
1996	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
recent	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
the	O
game	O
would	O
sell	O
over	O
100,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
"	O
New	O
Day	O
"	O
cinematic	O
sequences	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
eats	O
an	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
traditional	O
Japanese	O
food	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BS	O
Bokujō	O
Monogatari	O
(	O
BS	O
牧場物語	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
episodically	O
released	O
ura	O
-	O
or	O
gaiden-version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
consisting	O
of	O
4	O
unique	O
episodes	O
on	O
the	O
Satellaview	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
outside	O
Japan	O
and	O
as	O
with	O
all	O
other	O
Satellaview	B-Device
titles	O
it	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
re-released	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
Satellaview	B-Device
emulation	O
enthusiasts	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
unofficially	O
as	O
"	O
BS	O
Makiba	O
Monogatari	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
,	O
IGN	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
8.5	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
still	O
gorgeous	O
16-bit	O
graphics	O
and	O
addictive	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Complex	O
ranked	O
the	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
72nd	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
The	O
Best	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
46th	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
profitable	O
release	O
of	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
led	O
to	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
series	O
,	O
Harvest	B-Application
Moon	I-Application
GB	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
installment	O
,	O
Harvest	B-Application
Moon	I-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
nearly	O
the	O
next	O
two	O
decades	O
,	O
new	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
games	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
frequently	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
new	O
games	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Story	B-Application
of	I-Application
Seasons	I-Application
due	O
to	O
issues	O
with	O
rights	O
when	O
Marvelous	O
chose	O
to	O
move	O
their	O
localization	O
division	O
from	O
Natsume	O
to	O
Xseed	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
