After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are recruited into an organization of peacekeeping rangers known as SEED, and their new life begins. In addition to their normal duties of helping villagers, investigating rune-related mysteries, and rounding up rowdy monsters, leisure activities bring an equal amount of excitement. Whether spending time growing crops on a dragon’s back, embarking on fishing expeditions, prospecting the mountains for ore, or participating in local festivals, there are countless ways for Earthmates to relax after a hard day of adventuring.

Relationships that players foster with townsfolk provide additional depth to combat with brand-new link attacks, or at home with the newly introduced co-op cooking feature. As players grow closer to one of the twelve eligible marriage candidates and learn more about them, they can propose to their true love and start a family of their own. Love knows no boundaries, and for the first time in the series Earthmates can choose any of the twelve eligible marriage candidates regardless of gender.

The stage is set, and the curtain rises on an exciting new adventure in Rune Factory 5!

XSEED Games unveiled the limited retail ‘Earthmate Edition’ for Rune Factory 5, which is now available for pre-order through the XSEED Games Store and participating retailers soon.

The Rune Factory 5 ‘Earthmate Edition’ has a suggested retail price of $79.99 and includes the following contents:

• Custom outer box featuring artwork from series illustrator Minako Iwasaki
• Rune Factory 5 Nintendo Switch game card in an exclusive SteelBook case
• Large 5.8” by 8.2” softcover artbook with over 70 pages of character illustrations, concept art, and more
• ‘Melodies of Norad’ soundtrack CD featuring 15 songs specially selected from across the entire Rune Factory series
• 13 exclusive in-game costumes based on the marriage candidates (+ Dolce’s ghostly companion Pico) from Rune Factory

The base game will be offered both at retail and digitally at a suggested retail price of $59.99, while a Digital Deluxe version including the same 13 in-game costumes from Rune Factory 4 as the ‘Earthmate Edition’ will be offered at $69.99 on Nintendo eShop.

Key Features:

• Tame monsters or team up with townsfolk to explore a massive world
• Defend the frontier and support your community as a peacekeeping ranger
• Unleash uniquely powerful combo attacks with your teammates
• Cultivate crops in the fields
• Find friendship, love, and family with a colorful cast of characters

Rune Factory 5 is coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 22, 2022.