Although Marvelous Inc is still devolving games in the Harvest Moon / Ranch Story series under the name Story of Seasons, Natsume still owns the right to the name Harvest Moon and has been developing games under that title since 2013.

Though the two game series have had the same name at various points in their series development and share some characteristics, fans of the original Harvest Moon / Ranch Story / Story of Seasons series have been cold on Natsume's current Harvest Moon series since so far the games have been of a lower quality than their namesake due to primarily being developed for mobile gaming but then ported directly to the Nintendo Switch.