{"id":136414,"date":"2026-03-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198578"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:00:00","slug":"the-next-harvest-moon-game-echoes-of-teradea-has-been-announced-for-switch-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/11\/the-next-harvest-moon-game-echoes-of-teradea-has-been-announced-for-switch-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Harvest Moon Game, &#8216;Echoes Of Teradea&#8217;, Has Been Announced For Switch 1 &amp; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/127a3deaf3687\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/127a3deaf3687\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"127a3deaf3687\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/127a3deaf3687\/harvest-moon-echoes-of-teradea.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/127a3deaf3687\/harvest-moon-echoes-of-teradea.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Natsume<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Surprise, farmers! Natsume has today planted the first seed for its upcoming all-new Harvest Moon game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/harvest-moon-echoes-of-teradea\">Echoes of Teradea<\/a>, confirming that it&#8217;ll sprout onto both Switch 1 <em>and<\/em> 2.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t have a release date just yet, though the dev has shared a fair amount of information about what we can expect from this one, teasing new love interests, exploration abilities and more.<\/p>\n<p>Echoes of Teradea boasts all of the usual farming, animal rearing and general life building that we&#8217;ve come to expect from the series, wrapped up in a story about a mysterious fog-filled forest and its giant guardian wolf ruler. <em>Awooo<\/em>, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a rundown of the game&#8217;s key features and a handful of screenshots from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natsume.com\/news\/news_pdffiles\/pid_379_HM_EOT_TitleAnnouncementF.pdf\">Natsume&#8217;s big reveal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Ten New Love Interests:<\/strong> Woo five all-new bachelors and five all-new bachelorettes! Marry whoever your heart desires!<strong><br \/>\u2022 New Exploration Abilities:<\/strong> Jump to hidden locations and climb ladders and vines to reach new heights and gather resources.<strong><br \/>\u2022 Animal Companion System:<\/strong> Bring your pets and animals on the road to adventure together! Each animal companion and mount has special abilities to help you explore uncharted territory.<strong><br \/>\u2022 Untamed Wilderness:<\/strong> Evade and escape wild animals like wolves, bears, and tigers! Keep your wits about you and don&#8217;t let yourself get caught, or you&#8217;ll lose items you&#8217;ve collected and end up back at your farm!<strong><br \/>\u2022 Island Life:<\/strong> Obtain nautical charts to locate remote islands to treasure hunt and befriend rare animals that you won\u2019t find on the mainland. <strong><br \/>\u2022 Make Everyone Happilia:<\/strong> Help villagers and contribute to the development of Teradea to gain Happilia!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Natsume<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Natsume president and CEO Hiro Maekawa teased that more details about Echoes of Teradea will be released &#8220;in the coming months&#8221;, including news about pre-order bonuses and special editions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be keeping our eyes peeled for all the newbies and will keep you updated with each release.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:150273 @ 1773311342 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of Echoes of Teradea so far? Let us know your initial thoughts in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Natsume Surprise, farmers! Natsume has today planted the first seed for its upcoming all-new Harvest Moon game, Echoes of Teradea, confirming that it&#8217;ll sprout onto both Switch 1 and 2. We don&#8217;t have a release date just yet, though the dev has shared a fair amount of information about what we can expect from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}