New screenshots of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town have surfaced online, showing more extensive character customization tools than what has been seen in past Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons games.
Older Story of Seasons titles, including ones under the original name Harvest Moon, typically only allowed players to play as a preset character or choose from a couple of preset options. In Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, for example, players can pick from either the blonde Claire or the brunette-haired Naomi as the only two female options. Now, however, it looks like Story of Seasons has heard and implemented fan requests of more personalized character creation.
Based on some surfaced screenshots, players will have many more options than ever seen before. In Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, players will be able to customize skin color, eye color (including heterochromia eyes), hair color with both natural and unnatural hues, hair cuts, and clothing.
Players will also be able to change their hair color later on in Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town by visiting a hair salon. Similarly, players can purchase a variety of clothing styles, such as winter clothing for the cold seasons.
It's currently unclear as to how this will affect the protagonist's children. In some past titles, children would look like the Story of Seasons spouse, and in others like the player character. But it's not yet known if the customized features will influence the child's appearance in Story of Seasons: PoOT.
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town releases March 23, 2021, for the Nintendo Switch.
Source: Famitsu