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Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town's original concept art showed a darker approach
This story could have been very different
Development on Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town started all the way back in 2018, and the original vision for the game was much darker.
In a Nintendo Dream interview with Director Hikaru Nakano, Assistant Director Rika Hoshina, and Producer Dai Takemura, we learn that the team originally had a darker theme in mind for Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. You can see concept art for that vision above. Eventually, the team decided that that approach just wasn't right for the game, so moved over to the direction we see now.