{"id":688443,"date":"2026-04-07T17:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/harvestella-nintendo-treehouse-demonstration"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:15:13","slug":"nintendo-gives-us-a-nice-long-look-at-stardew-valley-meets-final-fantasy-game-harvestella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-gives-us-a-nice-long-look-at-stardew-valley-meets-final-fantasy-game-harvestella\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo gives us a nice long look at Stardew Valley meets Final Fantasy game Harvestella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nintendo-gives-us-a-nice-long-look-at-stardew-valley-meets-final-fantasy-game-harvestella.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Square Enix&#8217;s<\/strong> upcoming farming-sim X action game <strong>Harvestella<\/strong> was shown off in the latest Nintendo: Treehouse Live.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re part of the venn diagram of fans that sits in between <strong>Stardew Valley<\/strong> and <strong>Final Fantasy<\/strong>, Harvestella will likely be for you. And thanks to Nintendo, we&#8217;ve been given a nice long look at the game. Unsurprisingly, the game starts with the player character experiencing a bout of amnesia, as any good game does, throwing you into a world where the seasons are dictated by four huge crystals, which sounds like the usual kind of Final Fantasy affair.<\/p>\n<p>Except uh oh! The fifth season, Quietus, or the season of death, is starting to spread throughout the world, leaving crops withered and dead. As the Treehouse Live quite rapidly explains, another big crystal drops from the sky, which is accompanied by an armoured fellow that the cast aren&#8217;t quite sure what to do with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/harvestella-nintendo-treehouse-demonstration\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/harvestella-nintendo-treehouse-demonstration\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix&#8217;s upcoming farming-sim X action game Harvestella was shown off in the latest Nintendo: Treehouse Live. If you&#8217;re part of the venn diagram of fans that sits in between Stardew Valley and Final Fantasy, Harvestella will likely be for you. And thanks to Nintendo, we&#8217;ve been given a nice long look at the game. Unsurprisingly, the game starts with the player character experiencing a bout of amnesia, as any good game does, throwing you into a world where the seasons are dictated by four huge crystals, which sounds like the usual kind of Final Fantasy affair. Except uh oh! The fifth season, Quietus, or the season of death, is starting to spread throughout the world, leaving crops withered and dead. 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