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No HD Havest Moon anytime soon
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Marvelous director of digital content Toshinori Aoki has told online gaming publication Siliconera that the company has no plans to move the Harvest Moon franchise over to HD consoles such as Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Aoki believes that it’s not the right thing to do as they don’t want the fans of the franchise to have to purchase new consoles.
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“The game has a large fanbase of both male and female gamers. I’m not sure if one is larger than the other, but we know it is a title female gamers cherish. And we really appreciate that. In the future we will release Harvest Moon on platforms we believe it will sell well, but right now we think female gamers don’t favor a HD version as much as they do with having fun wiht the series.”
“Right now we’re making The Tale of Two Towns for 3DS with Natsume. It’s not that we’re against bringing Harvest Moon to Wii U, PS3, or Xbox 360. It’s just that this is a series where we are thankful for fans and we don’t want to force them to buy a new system.”
“We want to bring it to where the fans are. Up until now, we felt the fans were on the DS and we think that a lot of those fans have gotten a 3DS. So, we want to bring it on those platforms first before we start planning bringing the series to another console. It’s not that we’re not thinking about it, but right now we are focused on working on The Tale of Two Towns for the 3DS.”
