XSEED Games has announced a bounty of new customization options included in STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town, the first original Nintendo Switch entry in the long-running farm/life simulation series known as Bokujo Monogatari in Japan. The title will launch on the Switch in North America on March 23 digitally and with standard and special ‘Premium Edition’ physical versions.
Farmers can create a look of their own by visiting Olive Town’s beauty salon, changing up everything from their hairstyle to facial features or skin color To accompany their new makeover, players can change their character’s outfit to fit the season, bundling up for the winter or donning a breezy hat for long summer days. This customization extends to players’ farms, giving them the ability to upgrade from a tent pitched in the wilderness to a grand house where they can relax in comfort at the end of a long day’s work.
Once players have established their home, they can start building a family. All players can raise pets such as dogs or cats, building a relationship of trust and even bringing them into Olive Town to participate in the annual Pet Derby. And getting to the derby is easier than ever with new transportation options including motorcycles and friendly wolf mounts! Players who find love in Olive Town can have their partner move in with them and eventually raise a child together.
Publisher XSEED Games has also released additional details about many of the characters residing in Olive Town:
- Victor – Olive Town’s visionary mayor
- Jacopo – Victor’s laid-back son
- Patricia – Owner of The Hoof House, the local animal shop, and mother to Bridget and Damon
- Georg – Captain of the ferry and Patricia’s husband
- Jason and Sally – Owners of the Gull’s Rest Hotel & Café
- Mikey – Jason and Sally’s mischievous son
- Misaki – Owner of the Capeside Bistro
- Gloria – Fashionable curator of Olive Museum and Victor’s wife
- Beth – An antique-hound who also works at Olive Museum
- Nigel – The town’s legendary carpenter and owner of Nigel’s Handiworks
- Clemens – The gearhead owner of the Worker’s Base Tool Shop
- Lars – Clemens’ motorcycle-loving younger brother
- Angela – Hardworking owner of the general store
- Simon – Angela’s father, and one of the original pioneers who founded Olive Town
Jessie – Simon’s kindly wife and another of the original founders of Olive Town - Cindy – Angela’s precocious daughter and Jack’s sister
- Marcos – Emilio’s father, and the best fisher in town
- Manuela – Emilio’s good-natured mother
- Raul – Marcos’ apprentice, an earnest and kindhearted young man
- Dosetsu – Iori’s dutiful retainer
- Nguyen – The flower shop owner who founded Olive Town alongside Simon and Jessie
- Norman – Owner of the grocery store and Laura’s father
- Sydney – Norman’s wife. A defense attorney who visits Olive Town on her days off
- Lovett – Globetrotting bon vivant and food critic
- Karina – Owner of Salon Ailes D’ange
- Jeanne – The hip young stylist working at Salon Ailes D’ange
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