A couple of months ago, we released the HMO twitter page for those of you that use Twitter. But for our visitors and fans who have a facebook page (which I know is most of you), we're happy to announce that we now have a facebook fan page as well!

It will receive the same updates and latest site information that our twitter page sees, but it will be more interactive. Now you can show your support for HMO by commenting and participating in discussions on the new facebook page. So if you have a facebook account and would like to become a fan, simply click the "Become a Fan" button up above! :)

"This is a simulation game in which players assume the role of a young farmer who must save his village from being turned into a theme park. While accomplishing this goal, players can grow crops, ranch livestock, interact with villagers, and engage in commerce with vendors. Players can also buy various supplies, tools, food and beverages in town: milk, sautéed mushrooms, wheat wine, nut wine, french fries, fish meal, and tomato salad are all on the menu at a town café; players can consume these items, which often return stamina—the depiction is benign and in-context (i.e., there is no getting drunk in the game). During the course of the game, players can wager medals on horses that race in the tri-annual Horse Racing Festival."

Welcome!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have supported Natsume and our titles over the past 15 years. Thanks to your continued support, we have been able to steadily grow this company in the very competitive video game industry.

We would especially like to offer our sincere appreciation to all of our loyal Harvest Moon fans for their incredible enthusiasm and continued support for this series over the past 12 years! Thanks to all of you, this uniquely nonviolent, heartfelt life simulation has grown from a niche title into a well-known series that is played and enjoyed by players of all ages!

Our company mission for the past 15 years has been and will continue to be to “Make Everyone Happy” with exciting interactive entertainment software for the entire family. For us, “everyone” is all of our customers, Natsume employees and all of the people we work with, such as our development partners, retailers, our distribution partner, financial institutions, and all of the other people who are directly or indirectly connected with Natsume and our products. We've been accomplishing our mission with family-friendly software like the Harvest Moon series and Reel Fishing, the #1 selling fishing series, for many years now.

We at Natsume are committed to continuing our mission to "Make Everyone Happy" and we hope that you’ll continue to see that attitude in every game that we publish.

Wishing “Everyone” A Happy New Year!

Hiro Maekawa, President & CEO of Natsume Inc.