Natsume have released the first screens for the next chapter in the Harvest Moon series, The Winds of Anthos, which is set to release around the middle of the year.

In this latest game players will discover a lot of changes and not just the visual style. One such addition is that you can cook multiple dishes at once, not ground breaking I know, but it is a welcome change. There are also 5 unique towns to discover, each with their own seasons, terrain and villagers, with players coming across them as they explore the world of Anthos.

The land players will explore is known as Anthos, and is home to the Harvest Sprites, spirits that protect people and nature, as well as the goddess of nature known as the Harvest Goddess. However, about 10 years ago, an unprecedented eruption in Anthos's volcanic region forced the Harvest Goddess and her Harvest Sprites to use all their powers to protect the people. The people were saved, but the eruption left the villages cut off from each other...

Believing that the separated villages and people would one day be reconnected, the Harvest Goddess sent a bottle into the ocean with a letter and a magic key, then fell into a deep sleep...

The only thing we don’t have for now are consoles, the series has a connection to Nintendo of course, but it has also had a number of appearances on PlayStation as well. So I would expect both of those to get the game, we just need to wait and see.