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"Harvest Moon could introduce same-sex marriage in a future instalment, publisher Natsume has confirmed. The feature will not be included in the forthcoming Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, but vice president of operations Graham Markay assured fans that it is under consideration in the long run.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s obviously something that we&amp;#039;re going to look into as we continue the Harvest Moon series. We&amp;#039;re going to look into all aspects of it,&amp;quot; he told Joystiq. CEO Hiro Maekawa added: &amp;quot;We always listen very carefully to fans&amp;#039; voices. Fan voices, media voices. We know what the fans are looking for. We are always carefully listening to fans&amp;#039; voices.&amp;quot; Nintendo 3DS title Tomodachi Life was hit by a backlash over its failure to include the option of same-sex relationships, forcing the gaming giant to issue a public apology. Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley will be released for 3DS in the autumn. Watch a trailer for Tomodachi Life below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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