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Story of Seasons series

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale

The fairy tale world of PoPoLoCrois meets the farm living of Story of Seasons in this cross-over RPG. It features classically-styled turn-based combat and towns full of lively and interesting NPCs who…

69 18 June 2015 ESRB E10+

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is an adventure developed by Marvelous Entertainment, released 18 June 2015 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is an adventure game developed by Marvelous Entertainment and released in 2015. It was published by XSEED Games. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"It’s Prince Pietro's 13th birthday, and all the people of PopoloCrois have come out to celebrate! But among them is a very special guest: Marmela, a representative from an otherworldly kingdom called Galariland. Her country has been ravaged by shadowy creatures who corrupt the soil, preventing crops from growing -- and since this same phenomenon has been occurring in PopoloCrois as well, the king now seeks her counsel. Her expert opinion? Prince Pietro should visit Galariland personally as an ambassador for PopoloCrois, to see the damage first-hand and learn all the ways the Galari people are fighting back. But once he's there, he finds there's no way home, and his princely name holds…
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Story of Seasons series

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale is the 39th of 51 entries we hold in the Story of Seasons series. It arrived a year after Story of Seasons. The next entry was Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns in 2016. Its critic score of 69 is 5 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life at 85.

See all 51 Story of Seasons games in release order →

How it was received

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale launched on 18 June 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, Splatoon and Heroes of the Storm. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, Splatoon, Heroes of the Storm.

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When did Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale come out?
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale was released on 18 June 2015 for Nintendo 3DS.

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