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Exciting Trails Announcements and Potential Resident Evil News

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Dec 182019
 

Remember earlier this year when Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo said he was confident NIS America would localize the Crossbell arc if they were brought to newer consoles?

Well, buckle up, because Falcom has now revealed Zero no Kiseki Kai and Ao no Kiseki Kai, upgraded remasters of Zero and Ao for the PlayStation 4.

They will be out in Japan in spring 2020.

No localization news has been announced at this point, but this feels like our best chance to finally get official translations of these two unlocalized Trails games. NISA will be at PAX South on January 17 with new announcements, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet.

Falcom also announced Hajimari no Kiseki, or Trails of the Beginning for summer 2020 in Japan. Although I haven’t read too much about it since I’m avoiding spoilers for the series, it sounds like this will be a bridge to the next Trails arc.

(Maybe this is the spark I need to finally get back to Trails in the Sky SC!)

This is pretty exciting for Trails fans, but before I wrap up this blog post, I want to shift gears entirely and talk about Resident Evil for a minute. RE3make has been announced, Resistance is part of it as its multiplayer component, and… Capcom might have another Resident Evil game in development?

Resident Evil Ambassadors got a new email today, mainly detailing a new ranking feature coming to the program. However, the email also included an unexpected detail:

Also, as limited offers to Ambassadors, we have invitations to a play test session of our unannounced title*, and priority seats at our game show booth**.”

Either that’s poor wording and it’s meant to indicate that Ambassadors will be invited to play tests of unannounced titles in the future, or it’s quiet confirmation that they have an as-yet-unannounced game in development. The footnote only clarifies that you need to actually sign up for the play test to be eligible for selection.

Some people think it might not be a Resident Evil title at all, but this time my bet’s on Resident Evil 8.

So, when do you think we’ll hear more about Trails localizations? What do you think the Resident Evil email is referencing? Share your thoughts in the comments!

More Hints of the Crossbell Games Being Localized

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Jul 022019
 

Still hoping the Crossbell arc of the Trails series will be officially translated? Don’t give up hope yet!

We first talked about the Crossbell games, Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki, in 2017 when Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo spoke about how much he wanted them to be localized.

It came up again earlier this year, when the Trails of Cold Steel III localization announcement came accompanied by a report that NISA was discussing the Crossbell situation with Falcom.

If both the developer and potential publisher wanted to localize them, that seemed like a good sign.

Still, there was no definite evidence of localization, and many people felt it would come to nothing. However, now we have reason to be hopeful again! In an interview with Noisy Pixel, Kondo once again spoke about the Crossbell games and how he’d like more people to play them, this time saying Falcom hopes to bring them to newer consoles.

More significantly, he said, “And once we do, I’m confident that NISA will translate them for you and release them in the west.”

That’s a much more clear-cut statement.

It still isn’t confirmation of anything, but now the if is whether or not Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki will be brought to newer consoles or not. Then NISA would still have to make the decision to localize them, but if Kondo is confident they will, those discussions must have gone well.

What do you think? Is there hope for the Crossbell arc to come west?

Trails of Cold Steel III Localization Confirmed for Fall

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Jan 182019
 

The western release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III has been confirmed for fall 2019.

It’s being handled by NIS America, which fans didn’t react well to (partly because of all the issues with Ys VIII’s localization).

However, according to RPG Site, NIS America has brought in people who worked on the previous Trails localizations to handle this, which is good news.

There are also reports that NIS America is in discussions with Falcom about the Crossbell arc (the two games between Trails in the Sky and Trails of Cold Steel).

Now, I haven’t actually watched the Trails of Cold Steel III trailer yet because I’m not sure if it will spoil anything for the previous games. I understand discussions of Trails of Cold Steel IV are a spoiler minefield.

Here is the trailer, though, for those of you who want to watch.

New information should be coming soon as well. So far, Trails of Cold Steel III has only been announced for the PS4.

Speaking of Trails, we’re coming up on a year since I finished Trails in the Sky. Maybe it’s about time I started Trails in the Sky SC.

Are you looking forward to Trails of Cold Steel III? How do you feel about NIS America handling it?

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