I ordered the Japanese video game, Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land/World (Later renamed to Story of Seasons), earlier this month off Amazon.com for $55. When I was in Japan a few years ago I bought a Japanese 3DS. I picked up Bravely Default before it was released outside of Japan. My 3DS has been collecting dust, but I am super excited to play this new Harvest Moon game! It should arrive in the mail, any day now....
The game was released Feb 27th, 2014 in Japan.
It is region locked to Japanese 3DS.
Here is a link to the Official Japanese Website :
http://www.maql.co.jp/special/game/bokumono/series/tsunagaru/
For a Translated Let's Play by Lin & Ko on Youtube, check out this link... I found the Let's Play interesting, but ultimately annoying because of the narators voices. I could only listen to so much... No offence! The best part of harvest moon is interacting with the game, and not watching someone else play, because it is such a customized experience.
The game is interesting because you can harvest and water crops in a very lazy manner. As well, there are a shit ton of animals.
