Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (known simply as Rune Factory 2 in Japan and Europe) is a Nintendo DS game released in 2008 by Marvelous Entertainment and Natsume. It is the second title of the Rune Factory series and a sequel to Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon. It retains the farming and battling aspects from the first game and has a very similar objective as well. The game was originally intended to be released without the Harvest Moon subtitle in order for Rune Factory to grow into an independent series, however Natsume applied the subtitle A Fantasy Harvest Moon for its North American release.