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 […]
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 […]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak kicks off the fourth arc of Falcom’s long-running Trails series. After Reverie aimed to bring the previous arcs to a close, Daybreak at last begins the Calvard arc. Set in this major nation which has been mentioned a ton throughout the series, all in a new engine to […]
Continuing right where the previous game left off, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV aims to draw the ambitious, lengthy Trails of Cold Steel story to a close. While the Trails series found its niche in the JRPG landscape with its long and interconnected story arcs, Cold Steel is by far the biggest yet. […]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is the third of Nihon Falcom’s Trails of Cold Steel quartet of JRPGs. As a longtime fan of the Trails series, I fell in love with the world of Zemuria and its incredibly expansive cast of characters in its first two arcs (Trails in the Sky […]