Publisher Merge Games and developer Maple Powered Games have announced a delay for their upcoming monster collecting and farming RPG Monster Harvest for Switch.

Originally planned for release in May, Monster Harvest has been pushed back to launch on July 8th 2021. According to the developers, this is to give them time to add even more content to the game, including a larger farm and town, a female character model, and more.

You can read the full explanation from the team below, along with some of the planned new additions:

We have an update for you: The release date for Monster Harvest was moved to July 8th!

In an effort to add additional juicy content to the game, the developers decided to reschedule the launch such that they could focus on incorporating important content.

Here’s a message from Merge Games and Maple Powered Games:

“So, whilst we’re very sorry to delay your trip to Planimal Point, we’re very excited to bring you a game with some fantastic additions on release!
There’s a bunch of new things to look forward to including;

• Dungeon Minimap
• Variant dungeon rooms with some rare and unique encounters
• Unlockable Planimal attacks
• More crop variations
• New additions to the town and an overhaul of NPC’s and relationships
• Farm size expanded
• More structured goals and rewards for completing certain milestones in-game
• New female character model

We’re very excited to deliver an even bigger game and welcome you to join us on July 8th!”

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