Doraemon Story of Seasons Review - Unusual and cute farm simulator

Doraemon is a well-known anime character that you have certainly seen if you have visited an Asian night market or explored many multicultural centers, but if you go to Japan, Doraemon is a bit of an icon. The blue robot cat is confused with multiple interpretations such as a bear, a raccoon or a dog and confusions are perfectly treated in the original Nintendo Switch title now.

The game starts with a beautiful kinematics that would have felt at home as part of one of the episodes of the Anime Doraemon, while Doraemon and Noby join their friends to plant and feed a strange seed they discover, this Who creates an old tree that creates a storm that takes the group in time and space. These cinematics are brilliantly scattered throughout the game, over the days and scenario. This trip has for group the group in a foreign country with people who do not speak their language, but fortunately, Doraemon has traveled time and space with translation gums, among other useful tools. Although the game has a lot of configuration, which equates about the first hour when you press the A button, it is profitable because it takes place slowly when the days of the calendar fall one by one and that the seasons change as they the do for us.

The main game of Doraemon Story of Season is a simulation of agriculture that will be very comfortable for anyone playing a Harvest Moon game and who may be too easy for the fans of Stardew Valley. For all those who did not play a game of agricultural simulation, you have a dilapidated farm that you must clean before planting it. Slowly, you tear branches, rocks, rocks and trees to plant crops. You can sell materials collected during these tasks or exchange them against structures and Big G, one of your travel friends who act as an apprentice carpenter. This option is your first big decision because more money will give you better tools or livestock, such as a chicken or cow, or you can really grow your operation before populating it. Personally, I sold the original material to buy a chicken, but I first committed the mistake of breaking objects in my field without looting before falling asleep and all the materials have disappeared. Damn, Big G!

One of the main mechanisms that animate agriculture in Doraemon Story of Seasons is an endurance counter. Eating and sleeping fill the endurance counter that drains each tool movement, whenever you are watering crops and whenever you move chickens. Fortunately, a nap button allows you to find endurance, making it indispensable at first. After making enough coins, you can make a kitchen and cook your harvests in enduring food or you can even buy meals in a restaurant in town. Another decision is needed when you have to decide to cook or sell harvests because more the quality is good, better is the value. Fertilizers are used to improve the quality of crops and the cost of fertilizer is quickly amortized. Livestock requires regular attention and each animal can get sick, which requires you to buy drugs at the clinic to treat them. It's a good idea, but it does not work very well, because I had a chicken that remained sick, whatever the medicine I administered to him. The best way to prevent them from staying sick is to keep them inside during the night and in bad weather, but it feels that the first is destined to get sick despite everything.

While cinematic scenes take place as episodes of a Doraemon anime in Doraemon Story of Seasons, the conversation segments are more like manga pages. The portraits of the characters of each personality are animated so as to reflect their emotions and the frame even trembles slowly when they speak, sometimes all the screen reacts to a collective emotion shared by the group. The characters are slightly voice played in Japanese. Next to the fun reactions of Doraemon, such as Whoa! And huh!, Only small words such as Konnichiwa and Arigato are expressed. These short vocal clips add to the charm of the game. This will be particularly useful for young generations that may not know these essential words. The aesthetics of the game is cute, but everything is slightly filtered, as if everything was played on a faded parchment in the corners. This further compliments the game as the seasons change (one of the main themes) and that the environment reflects this reality. It's almost as if you read a talesbook on the impact of the seasons on the nature and the importance of keeping our world and our health animals. Similar to Animal Crossing, there is a billboard in the city and the calendar that includes seasonal events and there is always something to do. With the long wait until March, animal fans Crossing should consider Doraemon Story of Seasons to fill the void in the meantime. All visual elements are gathered to create an exceptional set for cartoon fans, they know Doraemon or play only in Ghibli Studio movies. It's great that you play at the game or play at the game. It's really nice, because I play more often from the home than at home. If you bought a Switch Lite, it's a title that will not give you the impression of sacrificing the graphical fidelity simply because you have opted for the portable device.

Although there is a lot of things to do in Doraemon Story of Season, I think it's missing the challenge of some other agricultural simulator games, but this is reflected in ESRB of E for everyone rather than E 10+. The game is perfect for its target population, but for someone who has already played Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, I wanted a challenge after a few months. I liked to fish, but it was much easier than fishing at Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon, because if I did not supple immediately on the reel button, I was still not punished if I reacted in some seconds. I like the game to provide many decisions from the start, but dialogue decisions are summarized by an answer by yes or no, which slows the narration, which is great also. The story is improving especially when children and Doraemon discover how they ended up in the city of Shizen, a story told by an alleged goddess. All fans of manga and anime Doraemon should almost certainly buy this agricultural simulator for Nintendo Switch, if only for history. I liked agricultural mechanics, but I was frustrated by my eternally ill chicken, especially since the clinic was not always open to businesses (like other places in the city). Although it's not Harvest Moon or Animal Crossing, it's a good empty fill up to New Horizons.