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Over recent years, Falcom's long-running Trails series has gained a lot of traction here in the West. We're still a few games behind at the time of writing this article, but publisher NIS America has hit a steady stride in releasing title after title. And thankfully, we're now at a point where there are enough Trails games on modern...

• Mon 15th May 2023
• NIS America
• PS4
• Trails
• Polls
• Features

News Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure Exceed Falcom's Sales Expectations in the West

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Falcom, the Japanese company behind the Trails and Ys games, has published its latest financial report — and it makes for positive reading if you're a Western fan. The report (as spotted by @AvengerMags and verified by Noisy Pixel) shows that the developer is in good health, and that its financial position has been bolste

• Fri 12th May 2023
• Falcom
• PS4
• Trails
• Sales

News Trails to Azure Pays Touching Tribute to Localisation Star Scott Tijerina

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It's taken a long, long time, but Trails to Azure is officially available outside of Japan. The excellent RPG was originally a PSP title, but its PS4 re-release is out today (in North America, at least — Europe has to wait until the 17th March). Anyway, you may not know this, but Trails to Azure was fully translated by...

• Tue 14th Mar 2023
• NIS America
• PS4
• Trails

News Trails from Zero on PS4 Misses Out on New Improvements Coming to PC, Switch

PS4 players ditched again

At this point it feels like PS4 players are being well and truly screwed over, doesn't it? You may remember that when Trails from Zero finally arrived here in the West last year, PC and Nintendo Switch users were treated to an enhanced version of the release. Meanwhile, PS4 players got a no-frills localisation of the...

• Sat 14th Jan 2023
• NIS America
• PS4
• Trails
• Updates

Game of the Year #4 - Trails from Zero

Crossbell's calling

Originally a PSP game from 2010, Trails from Zero was finally localised outside of Japan earlier this year. Thanks to the increasing popularity of the Trails of Cold Steel games, publisher NIS America felt like the time was right to introduce Western fans to one of the most beloved instalments in Falcom's long-running franchise...

• Thu 29th Dec 2022
• Game of the Year
• PS4
• Features
• Polls

News Trails from Zero PS4 Update Teased

Coming "soon"

Trails from Zero hasn't had an update on PS4 since its release back in September — and that's because it hasn't really needed one. The game runs perfectly fine on Sony's last-gen system, but as noted in our Trails from Zero PS4 review, it's a shame that additional improvements — upgrades available on PC and Nintendo Switch,...

• Wed 28th Dec 2022
• NIS America
• PS4
• Trails
• Updates

News Falcom's Trails Series Tops 7 Million Sales

The legend grows

Falcom has announced that its Legend of Heroes: Trails franchise has now topped 7 million sales. The RPG series has been around for close to two decades, and it's always been somewhat popular in its homeland of Japan — but in recent years, the property has also started to catch on here in the West. 7 million is a respectable...

• Thu 22nd Sep 2022
• Falcom
• PS5
• PS4
• Trails
• Sales

News Trails from Zero on PS4 Is Graphically Inferior to Nintendo Switch, PC Ports

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

If you were looking forward to playing The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero on PS4, you may want to keep your expectations in check, as it looks like PlayStation players will be saddled with a graphically inferior version of the game compared to the one releasing on PC and Nintendo Switch. There are a few...

• Wed 7th Sep 2022
• NIS America
• PS4
• Trails

News Trails from Zero Gameplay Trailer Shows Off Its Team-Based Combat System

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Anticipated JRPG Trails from Zero has a new gameplay trailer, mostly showcasing its turn based — and team-based — combat system. If you're already familiar with the Trails from Cold Steel games then you'll feel right at home here, although given that Zero originally released for the PSP back in 2010, it's fair to say that the system as...

• Tue 19th Jul 2022
• NIS America
• PS4
• Trails

Interview Falcom on The Legend of Heroes' Future, Bringing New Trails Games West, and More

Holding out for Heroes

With Japanese RPG series The Legend of Heroes more popular than ever before here in the West, we wanted to get in touch with developer Falcom to find out more about the franchise and its future. Luckily, we landed an interview with Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo himself, and he was happy to answer some of our most prominent...

• Wed 15th Jun 2022
• Falcom
• NIS America
• PS4
• Interviews
• Features