1997, "The 16-Bit Gamer's Survival Guide", GamePro, March 1997, page 88:
Nintendo says it has a couple of third-party games coming sometime this spring, perhaps as early as April: a still-untitled farming sim by Natsume, and Timon and Puumba by T•HQ.
1999, "Arcade's Top 10 Game Boy games", Arcade, December 1999, page 119:
Down on the farm... Clear your land, till the soil, plant some seeds – there aren't many farming sims out there, but Harvest Moon proves that they should be more popular than Lara.
2010, Tristan Donovan, Replay: The History of Video Games, page 157:
Life simulations and dating games also influenced Yasuhiro Wada, the designer of the gentile farming sim series Harvest Moon, which first appeared in 1996 on the Super NES.
2010, "The Cheat Mistress, The Games of the Decade, unnumbered page:
While many millions of people are wasting away their life on social game Farmville,[sic] many of us have been there, done that with the master of the farming sim, Harvest Moon.
Either way, if Eric Barone clearly understood what made Harvest Moon tick while adding just enough to give his farming sim [Stardew Valley] a fresh spin, Wargroove lacks the deceptive simplicity and exquisite balance of Advance Wars.
2020, "Interactive: Spirittea", Wireframe, February 2020, page 25:
Created by Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone, Stardew Valley is an inspiration to indie developers everywhere. Not only did Barone create his much-loved farming sim entirely by himself, but the game's also gone on to become a storming success, with over ten million copies sold to date.