DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.1.0 Update

DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS Experience a fresh take on farming as Doraemon meets Story of Seasons on Nintendo Switch! The beloved farming simulation series, which has endured for over two decades, is now set in the mystical land of Natura, with the iconic Big Tree at its center. In this new adventure, Doraemon and his friends will each play a role in helping the town thrive.

The heartwarming theme of this experience is building bonds with the town’s residents, and you’ll enjoy interacting with each character and discovering their unique story. While raising horses and cattle on your farm, you’ll also have the chance to explore Natura, go on adventures, catch bugs, and more.

And for fans of the Doraemon series, you’ll be delighted to know that Doraemon’s gadgets can assist you in your daily life. Join Noby as he lives his farm life in this lovable land, filled with nostalgia and unique adventures. With Doraemon and Story of Seasons combined, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!

Doraemon meets Story of Seasons in this new, fresh take on farming! Japan’s adored Doraemon franchise comes to Nintendo Switch™ in Story of Seasons, a beloved farming simulation series lasting over 20 years. The setting is Natura, and at the center of this land is the mystical Big Tree. Doraemon and friends will each take on a role to help out around town!

This game is a 2019 farming simulation role-playing video game developed by Brownies and Marvelous and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Nintendo Switch and Windows. It is a crossover of the Story of Seasons video game series and the Doraemon franchise. The title’s release marks the first release of a Doraemon video game to international audiences.

The game was released on June 13, 2019, in Japan, and worldwide on October 11, 2019. The PlayStation 4 version of the game was released on July 30, 2020, in Japan, and worldwide on September 4, 2020. A sequel, Doraemon Story of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom, was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Windows on November 2, 2022.

GAMEPLAY

The game combines the farming simulation elements from the Story of Seasons series and the familiar characters and secret gadgets from the Doraemon series. The player will play as Nobita and participate in farming activities such as plowing the fields to grow crops, taking care of cattle and sheep, and more. The game also has a fishing system, a house decoration system, an insect capture-and-collect system, and holidays and festivals similar to the Story of Seasons games.

Characters from the Doraemon series such as Gian, Suneo, and Shizuka (who were part of the main cast) also show up as supporting characters and assist Nobita in his adventures. By advancing the story, Nobita can unlock gadgets that grant special abilities such as Weather Cards which can change tomorrow’s weather, and the Anywhere Door which allows Nobita to fast-travel between areas. A demo of the game is downloadable, and allows the user to play until a certain date when it will then show a screen saying “Thanks for playing”. Only the very beginning of the game is compromised, and the rest is playable until its time limit.

PLOT

After finding a mysterious seed, Nobita, Doraemon and their friends plant it in an empty area outside of town. It then grows into a giant tree that creates a storm that transports to another world located in the past, into a place called Shizen Town (Natura in the English version). Many of Doraemon’s gadgets are lost in the process. In the end, they decided to stay in Shizen Town while trying to find a way to get back to the present time. Lunch (Harmon in the English version), a Shizen Town resident, lends Nobita a farm in town for him to stay while his friends take jobs around town.

When a storm strikes, they learn from Lunch and his grandmother Ravi that it is called the Gigastorm, which makes people and objects disappear and new people and objects appear; they were displaced through time by the storm. The Elder Tree, a massive tree located near the town, protects them from the storm, and that it is guarded by a goddess, whom Lunch doesn’t believe is real. Nobita and his friends soon meet Vera, who is the goddess that Ravi mentioned. She agrees to help them return home in exchange for four things (which are related to four of Doraemon’s gadgets): the Come-Here Cat, the Time TV, the Realization Pen, and the Sprite Summoner.

During their task, they consider staying in Shizen Town due to their having personal issues with their mothers, but Vera convinces them otherwise. They also discover some ruins and with Vera’s help, uncover a strange seed that looked like the one Nobita found at the beginning of the story. Once all four needed gadgets are found, Vera is still not able to send them home. Having been suspicious of her motives earlier, she finally tells them the truth: she is not a goddess but a scientist who came from the far future (presumably Doraemon’s time, which explains how she knew about Doraemon’s gadgets).

She created a seed-like bio-machine that could time swap objects and traveled to the past to plant it, but her time machine was destroyed when arriving. She fell in love and married a man, eventually having a son. Seeing how poor the soil was in Shizen Town, she used her bio-machine to resolve the problem, which then grew into the Elder Tree; this led people to believe that she was a goddess. It soon got too powerful and began displacing more than soil, including Vera and her family (which also explains how Nobita and his friends ended up in the past); Vera requested Doraemon’s gadgets in hopes of converting the Elder Tree into an ordinary time machine so she can return to her family.

The Elder Tree was also programmed to destroy itself if it ever overloaded, but it did not for some reason. Nobita and his friends soon learn that Lunch is actually displaced through time and was found by Ravi as a baby and that the Elder Tree is also the cause of the Gigastorm. It also turns out that a lightning strike from the storm damaged the tree, explaining why it did not destroy itself. When the storm strikes again, they decide to stop it despite knowing that it is their only way home. Vera reveals that it can be reset by removing the first leaf that the Elder Tree grew, which is a yellow-brownish-colored leaf.  Despite the dangers, they proceed to reach the first-grown leaf; their actions alert Lunch. The group eventually succeeds, permanently stopping the storm and causing the Elder Tree to disappear.

Vera reveals that Lunch is her son and Ravi reveals that she is his aunt (also revealing that her brother, who was lost in the storm, is Vera’s husband, making her and Vera sister-in-law). Nobita remembers Vera’s time machine, and they decide to have Doraemon help her fix it. Once that is done, they return to the present but also leave the time machine with Vera so she can find her husband, also promising to come back and visit soon. During the credits, Nobita and his friends reconcile with their mothers and complete a successful science project, Vera reunites with her husband, and Nobita realizes that the seed they found in the ruins is gone, having been lost when returning home. The seed ends up in the past where it is found by the past Nobita, revealing that it was the same seed from the beginning of the story.