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Hometown Story

Originally announced as Project Happiness, HomeTown Story is a simulation game from Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada about a shopkeeper taking over their grandmother's shop.

17 October 2013

Hometown Story is an adventure developed by Hyde, released 17 October 2013 on Nintendo 3DS and iOS.

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What Hometown Story is

Hometown Story is an adventure game developed by Hyde and released in 2013. It was published by Natsume Inc.. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Originally announced as Project Happiness, HomeTown Story is a simulation game from Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada about a shopkeeper taking over their grandmother's shop.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are kids and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Harvest Moon series

Hometown Story is the 39th of 60 entries we hold in the Harvest Moon series. It arrived 12 months after Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. The next entry was Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley in 2014.

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What it launched against

Hometown Story launched on 17 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.

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When did Hometown Story come out?
Hometown Story was released on 17 October 2013 for Nintendo 3DS and iOS.

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