New Story of Seasons separate from Doraemon Story of Seasons in development

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has a new interview regarding Doraemon Story of Seasons, which confirms that a new Story of Seasons game separate from the Doraemon tie-in is in development.

Here are the notable tidbits:

• Doraemon Story of Seasons is a project that was launched by Bandai Namco‘s Koji Nakajima, who was a fan of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature.
• Unlike past Story of Seasons titles, Doraemon Story of Seasons has a proper main story (as opposed to just working on the farm).
• The theme is family, and the main story focuses on love for one’s family.
• Working on the ranch is the player’s main task, and at first the farm work will be quite hard.
• Doraemon’s secret gadgets will help resolve the things that “inconvenience you” in Story of Seasons.
• The “At Gungun,” which causes crops to grow immediately, is an expendable item, so it cannot be used carelessly.
• Other than Doraemon Story of Seasons, work is underway on a new Story of Seasons game, according to Marvelous‘ Hikaru Nakano.

Doraemon Story of Seasons is due out for Switch on June 13 in Japan. Read more about the game here.

Thanks, Ryokutya2089.