Natsume Company Ltd. (ナツメ株式会社, Natsume Kabushiki kaisha) is a video game developer and publisher in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan founded on October 20, 1987. Its American branch, Natsume Inc., is located in Burlingame, California. It is best known for publishing unique, family-oriented niche games, such as the Harvest Moon series and River King. Most Natsume games on Nintendo's DS and Wii consoles are distributed by Nintendo Australia. The only game no...
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Natsume Company Ltd. (ナツメ株式会社, Natsume Kabushiki kaisha) is a video game developer and publisher in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan founded on October 20, 1987. Its American branch, Natsume Inc., is located in Burlingame, California. It is best known for publishing unique, family-oriented niche games, such as the Harvest Moon series and River King. Most Natsume games on Nintendo's DS and Wii consoles are distributed by Nintendo Australia. The only game not to be distributed by Nintendo's Australian subsidiary is Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon which is distributed by AFA Interactive under license from Marvelous Entertainment's European division, Rising Star Games, which publishes the Harvest Moon games in PAL regions. All Natsume games distributed by Nintendo Australia use Rising Star Games' localizations but distribute in Australia and New Zealand for Natsume.
During the NES and SNES era, they published several action titles such as S.C.A.T., Wild Guns and Shadow of the Ninja. Natsume...
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