Friends of Mineral Town was developed and published by Marvelous Interactive and released in Japan on 18 April 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It is a remake of the PlayStation game Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. Yasuhiro Wada produced it, and Ai Yamashita composed the music.
Natsume brought the game to North America on 17 November 2003 and to Europe on 26 March 2004 under the Harvest Moon name. A version with a female protagonist followed in Japan on 12 December 2003 and reached North America as More Friends of Mineral Town on 26 July 2005.
The game was re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in June 2015. A full 3D remake, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, came out on Nintendo Switch in Japan on 17 October 2019.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town | Game Boy Advance | Nov 17, 2003 | Natsume | 2 |
| NA | Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral TownVersion with a female protagonist | Game Boy Advance | Jul 26, 2005 | Natsume | 2 |
| JP | 牧場物語 ミネラルタウンのなかまたちBokujō Monogatari: Mineral Town no Nakama Tachi | Game Boy Advance | Apr 18, 2003 | Marvelous Interactive | 1 |
| JP | 牧場物語 ミネラルタウンのなかまたち for ガールVersion with a female protagonist | Game Boy Advance | Dec 12, 2003 | Marvelous Interactive | 1 |
| EU | Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town | Game Boy Advance | Mar 26, 2004 | Natsume | 2 |
| WW | Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral TownVirtual Console; region not specified in the source | Wii U | June 2015 | Natsume | 2 |
Also known as: 牧場物語 ミネラルタウンのなかまたち JP1Bokujō Monogatari: Mineral Town no Nakama Tachi JP2Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town NA2
Box art by region
NA Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town 
EU Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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ContentMore Friends of Mineral Town / for Girl
The separate female version puts a girl in the lead, who can marry one of eight bachelors.2
Translations
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English Official
Natsume2003Game Boy Advance · Japanese versionReleased · complete
Natsume released the English version in North America (November 2003) and Europe (March 2004).2
Reception
Metacritic lists 82/100 and GameRankings 82% from 31 reviews, and many critics called it the best entry in the series. The female version, More Friends of Mineral Town, holds 81/100 on Metacritic.2
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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