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Friday12th May 2023
News Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure Exceed Falcom's Sales Expectations in the West
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Falcom, the Japanese company behind the Trails and Ys games, has published its latest financial report — and it makes for positive reading if you're a Western fan. The report (as spotted by @AvengerMags and verified by Noisy Pixel) shows that the developer is in good health, and that its financial position has been bolste
Thursday16th Mar 2023
News Complete the Crossbell Arc in Trails to Azure and Get Some Closure on PS4
Sending out an SSS
Trails to Azure is out today, and we couldn't be more excited. The eagerly anticipated follow-up to epic JRPG Trails from Zero, Azure concludes the Crossbell arc of the larger Trails of Heroes story, an incredibly intricate tale of political machinations, JRPG battles and boarding school hijinks. For those of you already on the...
Tuesday14th Mar 2023
News Trails to Azure Pays Touching Tribute to Localisation Star Scott Tijerina
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It's taken a long, long time, but Trails to Azure is officially available outside of Japan. The excellent RPG was originally a PSP title, but its PS4 re-release is out today (in North America, at least — Europe has to wait until the 17th March). Anyway, you may not know this, but Trails to Azure was fully translated by...
Monday17th Oct 2022
News Trails to Azure Arrests March 2023 Release Date on PS4
The SSS returns
Trails to Azure, the direct sequel to Trails from Zero, will release in the West for the first time ever next year. The Japanese RPG, which many fans claim is one of the best entries in Falcom's long-standing series, launches on the 14th March in North America, and the 17th March in Europe. Again, Azure follows on from the events of...
Thursday22nd Sep 2022
News Falcom's Trails Series Tops 7 Million Sales
The legend grows
Falcom has announced that its Legend of Heroes: Trails franchise has now topped 7 million sales. The RPG series has been around for close to two decades, and it's always been somewhat popular in its homeland of Japan — but in recent years, the property has also started to catch on here in the West. 7 million is a respectable...
Tuesday14th Jun 2022
News The Legend of Heroes Overall Story Is 'About 60-70%' Finished, Says Falcom
That's a lotta games
If you didn't already know, Falcom's long running The Legend of Heroes franchise includes a lot of games — and all of them contribute to a huge overall story. The property's popularity has increased significantly over the last several years here in the West, with the Trails of Cold Steel series introducing loads of new players...
Friday10th Jun 2022
News Trails to Azure Confirmed for Early 2023, Character Trailer Kickstarts the Hype
Sequel could arrive just months after Zero
Okay, first things first, Trails to Azure is the sequel to Trails from Zero, which is actually yet to release here in the West (it's locked in for September 2022). But that hasn't stopped publisher NIS America from kickstarting Azure's marketing campaign. It's been given a character trailer — embedded...
Friday25th Jun 2021
News Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure Confirmed for Western PS4 Release in 2022, 2023
It's finally happening
It's official: the two Crossbell Trails titles are finally coming West on PlayStation 4. Both of these games started life on the PSP, before being remastered for Sony's home console in 2020. However, until now, they've remained exclusive to Japan. Officially titled Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure in English, the...
Thursday24th Jun 2021
News Four Trails Games are Being Localised, But PS4 Hasn't Been Confirmed
Yep, the Crossbell remasters
Well well well, what do we have here? Ahead of Falcom's big 40th anniversary event tomorrow (or tonight, depending on your time zone), it looks like the Epic Games Store has leaked some major Western announcements. The PC storefront confirms that four Trails titles will be localised. This includes the two Crossbell...
