Cel-shaded character models would work especially well for the new Ys V since the original art's still great and would translate 100% to any visual style Falcom can budget for the game. I'm expecting something much less interesting, though, and closer to the art direction they've pursued with VIII or recent Sen no Kiseki games.
We could possibly get a reveal at TGS, but I figured their next game after Cold Steel 4 would be Tokyo Xanadu, since they hinted at a new one of those. For context, we typically get a new Ys every 3 years, and VIII released in 2016:
They have their current structure established, so it's unlikely it would take the 4 years Celceta->VIII did. They also revealed VIII at TGS 2014.
But yeah, hella hyped. Ys is a pleasure to play through. This time it'll be a title predominantly designed for PS4 instead of Vita (unless they pull some craziness and release on that too, but that's... Unlikely).
I don't fucking understand their productivity. I bring it up in every Falcom thread, but they're a company of 54 (plus their increasing outsourcing). The games are really good too :/
It all comes down to how much Falcom wants to expand or delegate to outsourced contractors. They still want design and quality control over their self-published products.
It'll be a while before Falcom tries to develop anything for Switch specifically, and they're unofficially done with ports as of Sen no Kiseki (II) Kai on PS4. Their outsourcing relationship with localizers works well so far, and why change that if it makes them enough money? Shareholder pressure to get onto Switch might increase, but the current company chairman (and founder) owns the most individual stock and would have to push the directors towards a risky platform shift. I hope Falcom doesn't stay with just Sony forever, but it's hard to deny how much technical and distribution support they've received over the years that Nintendo may or may not guarantee.
Was it just that screenshot from Tokyo Xanadu Ex+, or is there other stuff implying that's a thing? Would... Would it be a fighting game again? I never played the first one, but it was such a bizarre idea to me.
It's not a particularly good game, it's a cool idea but the combat is really clunky. The character selection (on the Ys side, Trails is fine) is also really stupid, you get Chester and Geis and then all playable characters from Seven instead of some more variety.
Not yet, but President Kondo talks about Ys V often enough in passing that we can't rule it out.
Aha, rhythm, SRPG (kind of my dream for a crossover title), management sim, whatever.
Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin are both legendary. But honestly, you can't really go wrong with any Ys game.
This. I fell down the Falcom rabbit hole recently and looked at a list of their releases and was amazed at how much they've released. I'm really curious as to how they approach making so many games so quickly with a relatively small team.
