AFAIK the publisher in the west is just cashing in on having the rights to the name while the original devs of the series are forced to use a different name for their western releases(Story of Seasons).
they are like milking a pair of moldy saggy wrinkly breast that belong to an old ancient ugly flabby elder and the end product is pretty much any spoiled milk you commonly know and they brand it "new".
for everyone who still don't understand what happened with harvest moon lemme explain a bit, CMIIW harvest moon originally named bokujou monogatari in japan, released by marvelous. the release to the west/international market was done by natsume who changed the name into harvest moon. long story short marvelous made XSEED that handle international releases of their games and the studio that made a harvest moon spin off called rune factory went bankrupt, so in the end marvelous doesn't need natsume anymore. marvelous released story of seasons for the international release of bokujou monogatari under XSEED and now you see what happen with harvest moon name under natsume without it's original developer
its now called story of seasons. marvelous developed the original bokujou monogatari but now natsume cut their partnership while not giving up the "harvest moon" name and this is the result of natsume's decision
harvest moon originally named bokujou monogatari in japan, released by marvelous. the release to the west/international market was done by natsume who changed the name into harvest moon.
long story short marvelous made XSEED that handle international releases of their games and the studio that made a harvest moon spin off called rune factory went bankrupt, so in the end marvelous doesn't need natsume anymore.
marvelous released story of seasons for the international release of bokujou monogatari under XSEED and now you see what happen with harvest moon name under natsume without it's original developer
ofc Including me :D
marvelous developed the original bokujou monogatari but now natsume cut their partnership while not giving up the "harvest moon" name and this is the result of natsume's decision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK3IdaoNuNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL08VAzkH5o&ab_channel=iconoclast575
but SOS originally made for nintendo handheld (3Ds and switch)