Popular Games by Nihon Falcom
Brandish: The Dark Revenant PSP
- 19th Mar 2009 (JPN)
- 13th Jan 2015 (NA)
- 16th Apr 2015 (UK/EU)
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter PS5
GungHo Online Entertainment / Nihon Falcom
- 19th Sep 2025 (UK/EU)
- 19th Sep 2025 (NA)
- 26th Sep 2024 (JPN)
- 15th Jan 2026 (UK/EU)
- 15th Jan 2026 (NA)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel PS4
- 8th Mar 2018 (JPN)
- 26th Mar 2019 (NA)
- 29th Mar 2019 (UK/EU)
- 22nd Jul 2022 (JPN)
- 5th Jul 2024 (UK/EU)
- 5th Jul 2024 (NA)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II PS Vita
- 6th Sep 2016 (NA)
- 11th Nov 2016 (UK/EU)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III PS4
- 28th Sep 2017 (JPN)
- 22nd Oct 2019 (UK/EU)
- 22nd Oct 2019 (NA)
Reviews of Nihon Falcom Games
Review Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (PS5) - This Is How You Remake a Classic RPG
Bracer yourself
The Trails franchise presents one of the biggest time commitments in modern gaming. Spread across a total of 13 (thirteen!) interconnected games at the time of writing this review, the series' density is both its greatest strength and its most talked-about curse. And so it makes a lot of sense for developer Falcom to revisit the...
Bear the nightmare
Taking place mere months after the events of Trails through Daybreak, its sequel — simply titled Trails through Daybreak 2 here in the west — often feels like a character-driven epilogue rather than a full-blown follow-up. The first Daybreak told a complete tale; the kind of storyline that Falcom usually splits across two...
Review Trails through Daybreak (PS5) - A Strong Step Forward for Falcom's Fantastic RPG Series
The Van with a plan
Kicking off a whole new saga in Falcom's storied Trails series, Trails through Daybreak represents a step forward for the franchise in so many ways. Boasting an updated game engine, fairly significant gameplay additions, and a completely new setting, this is probably the freshest that Trails has felt since the original Trails of...
Lost and bound
The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails is an action RPG with platforming elements that started life on the PSP all the way back in 2012. And as is the case with so many of Falcom's lesser-known titles, it was never released outside of Japan. This new PS4 version, then, is a remaster of what some would consider to be a bit of a...
Review Trails to Azure (PS4) - Amazing Sequel Has Some of Trails' Best Storytelling
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The second and final game in the 'Crossbell' saga, Trails to Azure executes on everything that Trails from Zero meticulously built up. It immediately goes without saying that you simply must play Zero before jumping into this direct sequel — but don't let the daunting prospect of playing two 60-hour RPGs put you off. When viewed as two...
Review Trails from Zero (PS4) - Classic JRPG Finally Comes West, and the Wait Has Been Worth It
From Zero to hero
For the longest time, we thought that this review would never happen. Originally a 2010 title for the PSP, Trails from Zero never left Japan, despite plenty of campaigning by Western fans. Demand for Zero only grew following the Trails boom a few years back, when sequel series Trails of Cold Steel was localised on PS3, Vita, and...
Latest Nihon Falcom News
Monday1st Sep 2014
News A Brand New Entry in the Beloved Ys Series is Coming to PS4 and Vita in 2015
Oh Ysssssss!
Ys is a funny old series. The most recent one to come out in the west was Memories of Celceta on Vita, to which we gave a very positive review, but there have been plenty of entries which missed Europe entirely. And while it remains a hopelessly niche property over here in the west, in Japan it's a major franchise. Running since 1987,...
