[Several screenshots of Yugioh 5ds. In the first one, Mina, facing away from the POV is talking to Jack and Crow. In the background, Carly and Stephanie are holding hands and staring at each other.
In the second picture, Carly and Stephanie are standing very close together and smiling as Carly waves goodbye to Leo and Luna and Mina walks up the stairs behind them.
In the third picture, Carly and Stephanie run up the stairs together, smiling widely, while Leo and Luna look on and Mina continues up the stairs. End.]
We’ve been busy with E3 here at XSEED, but don’t think for one second that we’ve forgotten about the Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns patch and DLC. We’ve been working on it for several months now, and I’m happy to say that it’s close to completion.
First, let me give you some general information about the patch/DLC, and the effort necessary to localize all of it.
The Japanese patch contents, released in four updates over six months, contained about 210,000 Japanese characters. While this is around a tenth of the total game text, it was still no mean feat to localize, as we anticipated when discussing it in a blog several months ago. We were lucky to have one of the translators who worked on the game back, and I filled in on about a third of the text myself. Our editors were Danielle–by now a veteran of the series–and Nick, who was the project lead on the first Story of Seasons and is a master of puns. Given this, I assigned Nick most of the text for new marriage candidates Woofio and Stephanie, and he did a really bang-up job. He kept a running list of scribbled dog puns while working on Woofio’s text, and as the frowny face indicates, sometimes things got a little ruff.
Look for these in the DLC!
In Japanese, Woofio’s doggerel is mostly expressed with the sentence ending “-wan,” which is the sound that dogs make in Japanese. His Japanese name—Wantatan—even uses it. This is similar to how cats and catgirls use “-nyan.” Woofio’s Japanese dialogue does contain some animal puns and references, but the brunt of the work of characterizing him as doglike is done through the almost constant use of this “-wan” grammar. Because English doesn’t have a similar structure, we had to get a bit cleverer (and by that I mean dumber) for our text. That said, we were careful not to overdo it, as that wouldn’t have been true to the spirit of the text either. I don’t know about Nick and Danielle, but I had a lot of fun localizing the DLC.
Having fun with a rejected eShop icon.
The two new characters are additions worthy of being listed among the series’ strange lineup of secret marriage candidates, but there’s also a lot of content included for those with no interest in fursuing Woofio or Stephanie. There are several events for those who have already gotten married or built great relationships with the three towns, including a post-wedding visit from your family. From what I’ve seen online, players seem to either love or hate Daryl, but I think it’s fun to watch how he interacts with your spouse. And, of course, your spouse’s reactions are very cute too.
Daryl, your serious dad, meets your husband, the guy in the dog suit.
There is also an event where you host a little party for the bachelors (if you’re playing as a male MC) or bachelorettes (female MC). In this event, the variety of dialogue you’ve come to expect from this game is on display, as the characters make comments on whichever interior design you’ve chosen for your house. The DLC also features a lot of new dialogue for each marriage candidate, as well as some new costumes. As you might have heard, you can also now have a child with Inari, the secret marriage candidate. The patch/DLC will also be applied to your current save data, so you won’t have to start a new game for this to happen if you’re already married to Inari.
If you couldn’t guess, Stephanie’s favorite color is pink.
You’ll have to wait a bit longer for a breakdown of the exact details of the patch/DLC (including price and release date…sorry), but the free patch will include some bug fixes, typo fixes, and a new menu that will let you purchase the DLC from the eShop. One of the bug fixes is the Ludus Beverage Bash progress stopper. This was the first thing I confirmed when we received our first version of the patch data. We’ve also fixed the bug that won’t let players designate a furmiliar from the 7th spot or lower on their pet list. For typos, we’ve been able to fix the major issues—the seasonal suns being mislabeled in the cellar, the repeating dialogue in a few events—as well as some other issues that players have pointed out. A lot of these fixes are thanks to your feedback over the past few months.
As far as Woofio puns go, this one is pretty tame.
The free patch will also include text from the Japanese patches that we consider to be “fixes” rather than added content, such as tutorial text listing out the contents of each ingredient group used in recipes, and a warning from the part-time job recruiters to pick up delivery orders before the shop closes.
Reaction to Trio of Towns in North America has been really wonderful so far. I think that’s a testament to how much the game both refined the series’ mechanics and included a level of character detail that was previously unseen. I’m excited for the patch and the DLC to improve the experience for players even further. Stay tuned for more updates.
Welcome to what I think will be the final localization blog for STORY OF SEASONS: Trio of Towns. As you might have seen, we announced a release date (Nov. 9) and price ($7.99) for the Trio of Towns DLC. We are also, at long last, able to release the Trio of Towns 3DS theme on the North American eShop for $1.99. I apologize for the drought of information between our last blog post and now. Production proved to be challenging in unforeseen ways, and we didn’t want to give out new info before we were certain the content was ready to be released.
A scene from one of the DLC events.
I’d like to use this blog to lay out all the content that will be released next Thursday.
Patch
The Version 1.1 patch will either be automatically downloaded to your 3DS system, or you can find it on the eShop and download it from there.
In addition to the bug fixes and text corrections mentioned in our previous blog, this patch will add four outfits. These include Lest and Frey’s outfits from our 2013 release Rune Factory 4. We wanted to distribute these outfits to all players as thanks for their support of Trio of Towns, and their patience during the development of the game’s extra content. Once the update is installed, the new clothing items will be available for purchase at Ludus’ shop (the Rune Factory 4 outfits) and the wholesale store in Tsuyukusa (the Perfect Dress and Poodle outfits).
I’m including screenshots of the ingredients needed to make each, so those of you who want to cosplay Lest/Frey (or voice actress Ayana Taketatsu, who inspired the Perfect outfits) can start getting the materials together.
Princess’ Attire
Prince’s Attire
Perfect Top Hat
Perfect Dress
Poodle Hat
Poodle Costume
DLC
Once you’ve downloaded the 1.1 patch, the DLC, called the “New Neighbors Pack,” will be purchasable from a newly added “Downloadable Content” menu on the title screen.
Follow us for more thrilling screenshots of menus!
We decided to roll all of the content into one DLC package, which allowed us to reduce its cost from our original estimate to $7.99. This “New Neighbors Pack” is the only DLC for the game, and will contain almost* everything from the four post-launch Japanese patches:
Marriage candidates Woofio and Stephanie
The ability to have a child with Inari
Events such as cultural exchanges among the three towns and a visit from your father
Events immediately following the New Year’s Festival and Starlight Gala
About 50 new lines of dialogue per marriage candidate, including clothing/pet reactions
5 special winter outfits
A performer story
We’ve posted lots of screenshots from this content on the STORY OF SEASONS Facebook page over the past few months. For more information on Woofio and Stephanie, be sure to check back there next week.
If you were wondering, players with the retail game, the patch, and the DLC can all play online with one another without issue. The new outfits will just show up as the default outfit if you are playing on a version without the added data.
*As with Hamtaro, we were unable to secure the rights to use Chebrashka, so this little Russian character is missing from our release.
Theme
This theme features the bachelors and bachelorettes (sadly, it is missing Woofio and Stephanie), and plays one of the romance event songs. You can purchase it (and the STORY OF SEASONSandRune Factory 4) themes from the Theme Shop on your Nintendo 3DS.
It has been a long road to releasing this extra content, from our first blog post asking for feedback to release about 9 months later. The process of translating and editing was smooth, but we hit several roadblocks during production. Still, I think that Trio of Towns is a really special entry in this long-running series (though I’m obviously a little biased), and so even though we’ve made you wait, I hope that you will enjoy this opportunity to interact with Westown, Tsuyukusa, and Lulukoko in new ways.
Stephanie - IG @_ST3PHANIE.G - is the latest model to hit the runway as a model for the illustrious AMD Candi
In just a few short weeks, Stephanie has already appeared in photoshoots, multiple events and is even featured in Manhattan for All-Star Weekend. Before she ships out, I met with her for a coffee date and was able to get some of the real questions you want to know about her.
Why AMD Candi and what led you to this point?
I chose to join AMD Candi because I saw a lot of potential and can see myself growing with this company.
Tell us about your personality
I’m a very smart, fun and outgoing girl that likes to have a good time anywhere she goes. Very optimistic and determined to reach all my goals.
What message do you wish to spread to the world?
That you should never give up on your dreams, because it’s all until that one day. Hard work will pay off eventually, so if times get difficult keep trying!
Any other major ventures you're involved in?
I teach dance to younger girls ages 4-16 for pageants , shows etc. I also offer choreography for sweet 16s, weddings and many other events.
What are some of your smaller, casual hobbies and interests?
I love to read, dance, take pictures lol and spend time with my family.
Tell us about your style?
My style is very versatile I can go from a very sporty look to a grown sexy look. I like to switch it up and keep it unpredictable.
How long have you been interested in modeling?
I’ve been interested in modeling since I was a little girl and started when I did a big pageant and actually won.
What are your goals and where do you see yourself in 8 months?
My goals is to create a stable lifestyle for myself where I’m happy everyday and wake up with no complaints about what I do for work. I see myself working on major deals and one step further towards my goals in 8 months.
What is something about you that sets you apart from everybody else?
I would have to say the way I handle situations, no matter how hard life gets I keep going with a very optimistic view.
Favorite music?
I’m a music fanatic period. I listen to everything but I would have to say R & B.
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