Ys IV is perhaps the most complicated game in the Ys series to talk about and one of the strangest releases in Nihon Falcom’s overall history. Released at the tail end of 1993, Ys IV was a return to the gameplay set up in Ys I and II, using a top-down perspective and simple “bump” […]
Released back in 2023 (or 2024 for those in the west), Ys X: Nordics was the tenth numbered game in Nihon Falcom’s golden oldie Action RPG series. Having played it for myself back then, I really liked the game and it became a personal favorite despite some quirks that needed ironing out. Not long after […]
The latest of Nihon Falcom’s Trails series to be localized is finally here! The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon (Eiyuu Densetsu: Kai no Kiseki) is the third Trails title of the Calvard arc of the games. This title seeks to build towards a bigger, grander chapter that’s been coming together over the previous […]
After the not-quite conclusion of the Trails of Cold Steel arc, Nihon Falcom put forth one final game in the Erebonia saga to tie up some loose ends before finally moving forward with the next arc of their long-running Trails JRPG series. The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie serves as a sort of sequel-slash-bridge […]
Reef Entertainment kindly invited NookGaming and some other outlets to check out some upcoming NIS America games down in London. Along with that, they brought a special guest: Sohei Niikawa, the former CEO of Nippon Ichi Software, key figure behind the creation of Disgaea, and producer and writer of the upcoming Etrange Overlord. We had […]
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is quite the peculiarity within Nihon Falcom’s catalog. I’m not one for reductive comparisons, but the easiest elevator pitch I can give this game is that can loosely be described as Nihon Falcom’s version of Square Enix’s Dissidia Final Fantasy as a sort of PSP crossover RPG/fighting […]
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is designed to be a remake of the first game in the Trails series built to be closer to the modern games of the series. There’s a lot you can do in this game, and while it’s been made more approachable, I thought I’d write up a series of […]
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter requires 350 Bracer Points (BP) to reach the maximum rank of Rank 1 Bracer, with a maximum obtainable total BP close to 400. Throughout the game, you’ll have many decisions to make in both the main story quests and side quests that can grant you bonus BP. Most of […]
More than two decades after the initial release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki), developer Nihon Falcom is taking us back to where the Trails JRPG series began. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is a remake of the very first title of the series, one of […]
It’s time to return to Edith and bear the nightmare once more! The second game of the Calvard arc of Nihon Falcom’s long-running, ever-expanding Trails series is now here in English with The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II. Following shortly after the events of Trails Through Daybreak, Arkride Solutions once again must take […]