During the Japanese broadcast of February 13’s Nintendo Direct, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo announcedDoraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, a brand newStory of Seasonsgame but with characters from kids anime franchiseDoraemon.
InDoraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, players controlDoraemon’s protagonist Nobita and manage a farm. You’ll get to grow crops, raise animals and more, along with Nobita, Doraemon and their friends. Seems like the game will also have festivals like in everyStory of Seasonsgames, and the Harvest Goddess is there too.
Doraemon’s original manga and anime feature Nobita, a young boy who’s basically a good-for-nothing, until he meets Doraemon, a strange blue creature from the future with many different helpful gadgets in its pocket. Most of the time, Doraemon gives a gadget to Nobita, who then either gets it stolen from his friends, or Nobita himself misuses it and receives some kind of moralistic punishment with the gadget going berserk or ending up causing him trouble.
Doraemon’s most famous gadget is the Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door in Japanese) which lets the user teleports anywhere they want. The Anywhere Door and Doraemon’s other gadgets are present inDoraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, but we still don’t know how they’ll be used gameplay-wise.
Story of Seasonsis popular in Japan, butDoraemonitself is massively popular there and this game will definitely sell like croissants.Doraemonhad multiple anime seasons, games and movies since 1973, and the 2014 movie,Stand By Me Doraemon, had its theme song as one of the most sung songs at karaokes in 2018. Stand By Me Doraemon was the first 3DCG anime movie of the franchise and a massive success, and now, the movie’s staff is planning to reiterate this success with thefirst 3DCG anime movie of theDragon Questfranchise.
Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatariwill release sometime in 2019 exclusively on Nintendo Switch. The game’s first screenshots can be seen below, along with the first trailer.Doraemonis much less popular in the west, but still widely known, and I definitely want moreStory of Seasons, so hopefully, the game will get localized.
On the same Nintendo Direct, it was also announced thatRune Factory, the fantasy action RPG spinoff ofStory of Seasons, is miraculously coming back on Nintendo Switch, with theremasterRune Factory 4 Specialand a brand-newRune Factory 5.
