Finally no more playing favorites. Need to water some plants? Want to bring your dog and cat with you? The geniuses at Japanese game studio Edelweiss have you covered. The update also addresses some minor bugs, tweaks the game balancea bit, and offers a few other niceties like allowing your dog to greet you when you come back from adventuring.

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Sakuna was one of last 2020’s best surprises. Despite initially being hidden away in Nintendo Japan’s summer Direct, it came to Switch, PS4, and PC in November and proved to be a deft mashup of Harvest Moon and 2D action RPGs like Odin Sphere. While the systems are great, it’s the little design flourishes that help make it pop. Do you really need to dual-wield pets? No. Does it make me want to ignore my real responsibilities to do chores in a video game? Absolutely.