Hooray! I was always hoping this would hit.
Screenshots of the Kai versions from the teaser site:
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The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki "Kai" coming to PS4 in spring 2020 in Japan, two separate games, fully voiced, 60fps
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Hooray! I was always hoping this would hit.
Screenshots of the Kai versions from the teaser site:
This was hinted at earlier this year by Falcom's president. He also talked about wanting to get the games released for western markets......
The fan "translation" is largely unedited. The zero translation is nearing completion for editing.
Would be smart to try and license the fan translation (like XSeed did for Oath in Felghana (though with less drama hopefully)).
The team has already shot this down. It's just too complicated of a project with too many people involved, and the original project manager explicitly said he didn't want his work licensed. He's gone, but still tied to the project since Geofront's work is built on top of his team's.
That's rough then. Such an absurd hurdle to imagine tackling these two alongside CS4, Ys IX and the new title all in the immediate future.
Hopefully both games are using the original OST.
Anyway, it's almost obvious that Falcom is releasing this version at this point to localize them in the west. But i'm not sure how NISA it's going to be able to handle this many games without taking ages to localize them all.
Anyway, it's almost obvious that Falcom is releasing this version at this point to localize them in the west. But i'm not sure how NISA it's going to be able to handle this many games without taking ages to localize them all.
I wish I knew two weeks ago, when I started Cold Steel.
Though I'm not really sure i'm going to play these two, can't stand that type of game after 3 Trails in the Sky with isometric camera and slooooow gameplay (and on PS4 nonetheless). It's a good news for sure, Trails need more love and closure, just afraid we'll have to wait til 2021
Though I'm not really sure i'm going to play these two, can't stand that type of game after 3 Trails in the Sky with isometric camera and slooooow gameplay (and on PS4 nonetheless). It's a good news for sure, Trails need more love and closure, just afraid we'll have to wait til 2021
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It most likely will.
This will have skipping and a turbo mode, so you'll be able to speed it up quite a bit.
Yeah i know, but still it's quite a drag. If Hajimari No Kiseki has character even from Crossbell (which seems likely at this point), I think i'll feel more compelled to play these two, we'll see. Trails games are quite the commitment imho
Boy, selling two remasters of nearly decade old PSP games separately seems like a dick move. Didn't they sell CSI&II together over there? Anyway I hope this is a good excuse for someone to give us official translations.
Can't believe I picked up Cold Steel 3 in a sale, but still probably won't get around to playing it for like a year :p
Need to finish CS 2 then might hold out for the Geofront translation of Zero before playing that and Ao, but then if these versions get announced internationally maybe I'd rather wait for Ao Kai, which will hit English release probably around 2022 or something.
Need to finish CS 2 then might hold out for the Geofront translation of Zero before playing that and Ao, but then if these versions get announced internationally maybe I'd rather wait for Ao Kai, which will hit English release probably around 2022 or something.
I'm so glad they got this artist for Star Ocean: First Departure R. One of the best in the business, IMO.
Nope, they were sold separately. It's fair enough for these too imo, they're meaty games (and fully voicing them is crazy).
I don't think Falcom has every bundled Trails games before, at least not in a standard retail package. Both the Sky Kai and Cold Steel Kai games were all individual releases, and this just continues that trend. Not like they are small games, if a bundle was demanded there's no chance NISA would pick these up for localization.
PSP originals?
Am I remembering a different set of games?
Cause I remember those games sucked ass.
Someone help
Am I remembering a different set of games?
Cause I remember those games sucked ass.
Someone help
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You are probably thinking of the shitty Bandai Namco localization of the ancient Gagharv Legend of Heroes games.
Example. LOH 3-5 are the "Gagharv" trilogy, and come before Trails.
You're probably thinking of the Gagharv trilogy games which got English releases (though they're originally 90s PC games). Never played those, but iirc Kondo joined Nihon Falcom because he loved them so much.
You are probably thinking of the shitty Bandai Namco localization of the ancient Gagharv Legend of Heroes games.
Example. LOH 3-5 are the "Gagharv" trilogy, and come before Trails.
THANK YOU!!
God those sucked so hard.
I'm no longer confused bring these on.
Cool, looks like these are carrying over the VA from the Evolution versions but reverting everything else back to how it was in the original PSP releases. Exactly how I wanted it.
Now, hopefully we see localizations for both of them.
Now, hopefully we see localizations for both of them.
It's the best Kiseki arc, better than Sky/Sora, they should bring this to the west
I don't feel like voice acting would really add anything to the game for me so I don't really care about that, but it's great to see them embracing the turbo feature. All JRPGs need it, but Trails in particular benefit from it.
I'm not in a huge hurry with these since I recently played the games with the fan translations, but I also consider Zero and especially Ao to be considerably better than the Sky and CS games, so I'm definitely getting these day one if they ever get localized.
I'm not in a huge hurry with these since I recently played the games with the fan translations, but I also consider Zero and especially Ao to be considerably better than the Sky and CS games, so I'm definitely getting these day one if they ever get localized.
FUCK YES, hopefully means an official localization is only a matter of time, really want to play Cold Steel but don't want to play out of order.
I really hope these are localized! Most of the current series on one platform is cool (I'd buy TitS again if it got a ps4 release).
I reckon they might bring the PC versions over to PS4 in the west, since presumably that won't take much effort since they're already translated
A trilogy collection would be amazing
They could use the sales of that to determine if it's worth bringing the Crossbell games to the west
tbh you can play 1+2 now while waiting for Zero/Ao. It's one of the recommended orders to play the games in since Ao and Cold Steel 2 spoil each other.
If the Switch version of ToCSIII ends up selling well and Ys8 wasn't a fluke, then i don't see why NISA won't want to pick up these games for localization. Taking in mind Falcom's recent comments about the Switch in the West.
I don't know how any of the licensing works, but I'm curious to see if they'll reuse VA from the Evo versions.
Bear in mind Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki are still old games of niche series.
Their sales potential is already very limited in the first place.
On top of that, have you seen the "controversy" surrounding the pricing of Sora no Kiseki SC and 3rd at global release?
A lot of people found paying "mere" $30 for old games ridiculous even if they are new releases.
How much are they going to charge for Zero and Ao assuming these get localized?
I'd be fine with NISA holding off on CS4 and the new game and getting these out first, personally, but I'm not that deeply ingrained in the fandom to the degree I'm ever really exposed to spoilers.
The sheer amount of work to go into them is probably too much though, especially for games that don't have the mass appeal of the full 3D entries. Here's hoping, regardless!
The sheer amount of work to go into them is probably too much though, especially for games that don't have the mass appeal of the full 3D entries. Here's hoping, regardless!