Nihon Falcom News Articles
Tuesday19th Jul 2022
News New Trails From Zero Trailer Shows Tweaks To Series' Signature Combat
Combo up!
NIS America is finally bringing the Kiseki series' Crossbell games to the West later this year. The first of this duology — The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero — gets over the barrier on 27th September in North America (and 30th September in Europe), and in anticipation, the publisher has shared a closer look at the game's combat...
Wednesday22nd Jun 2022
News Falcom Shares Concept Art For Next Ys Game, Partially Inspired By Soulslikes
Prepare to sail
Nihon Falcom's longest-running series, Ys, celebrated its 35th anniversary yesterday, and fans of red-headed adventurer Adol are eagerly awaiting his next big journey — probably with a shipwreck or two in his wake. And in this week's issue of Famitsu, Falcom president Toshiro Kondo has shared some pretty gorgeous-looking key art...
Thursday19th May 2022
News Ys And Trails Developer Plans To Release More Retro Titles On Switch
Update: Other Trails ports are being looked at
Update [Thu 19th May, 2022 10:00 BST] RPG Site has fully translated the Switch port questions from the Famitsu interview from yesterday. Kondo's answers clearly highlight that the company not only want to bring retro titles to the system, but also future titles. The interview focused on the upcoming The...
Wednesday18th May 2022
News Meet The Special Support Section In 'The Legend Of Heroes: Trails From Zero' Trailer
Seize the truth with the SSS
NISA Europe has released a brand new trailer for the upcoming The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero which introduces us to the Special Support Section — the main cast in the fourth game in the Kiseki/Trails series. Originally released in Japan on the PlayStation Portable in 2010, this upcoming Switch port marks the...
Wednesday2nd Mar 2022
News The Legend Of Heroes: Trails From Zero Launches In The West This September
Over the barrier, finally
The Legend of Heroes series has had a big Crossbell-shaped gap in the West for ages. Last year, we finally got confirmation that we would be receiving both games in the fan-titled Crossbell duology, along with two other entries in this gargantuan series. Now, we know exactly when we'll be able to join the Special Support...
Saturday15th Jan 2022
Pre-orders for Europe start next week
Last year, as part of its 40th-anniversary celebrations, Nihon Falcom announced it would localise another four games from the Legend of Heroes RPG series for Nintendo Switch. One of these was The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero, which is due to arrive in Fall 2022. Ahead of its release, the NISA store has...
Friday12th Nov 2021
News Japanese RPG Heavyweight Nihon Falcom Is Bringing Switch Development In-House
Ys series will also celebrate its 35th anniversary next year
Japanese veteran Nihon Falcom Corporation – also known simply as 'Falcom' – has stated its intention to start developing Nintendo Switch software in-house, rather than farming it out to external companies. The news was part of Falcom's latest financial results briefing, which also...
Friday25th Jun 2021
News Nihon Falcom Announce Four More 'Trails' Games Coming To Switch In The West
Bit of a wait for them, though
As part of Nihon Falcom's 40th anniversary celebration stream (above), the company has confirmed that it's bringing four more games from the Legend of Heroes RPG series to Switch over the next couple of years. This venerable series began life as a Dragon Slayer spin-off way back in 1989, although the Trails subset...
Thursday22nd Apr 2021
News Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Gets A July Release On Nintendo Switch
Summer of Switch
The Summer is already looking relatively busy for Switch gamers, and now yet another meaty game is joining the fray; NIS America has confirmed that Ys IX: Monstrum Nox arrives on 6th July in North America, 9th July in Europe and 16th July in Oceania. This latest entry in the series see Adol start out as a fugitive, and this time...
Tuesday9th Mar 2021
News Nihon Falcom Is Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary With A Special Broadcast
Take a look back at its early efforts with Ys and The Legend of Heroes
Not every anniversary is always cause for celebration with companies. Nintendo was noticeably quiet during Legend of Zelda's 35th recently, but Nihon Falcom is doing things differently. A special 40th anniversary broa
Wednesday13th Jan 2021
News Trails Of Cold Steel IV Locks In Western Release Dates, Launches This April
Less than a month after the Japan release
At the end of last year, Falcom announced its latest entry in the Legend of Heroes JRPG series would be coming to the Switch in Japan on 18th March 2021. NIS America has now confirmed The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV will arrive in North America and Europe on 9th April. This will be followed by...
Wednesday16th Dec 2020
News Trails Of Cold Steel IV Japanese Switch Release Confirmed For March 2021
A hint at the western launch date?
The latest entry in Falcom's Legend of Heroes JRPG series has been confirmed for launch on Switch in Japan on 18th March 2021. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV previously had a more vague 'Spring 2021' date attached — which is still the case in the West — and the new concrete release date has...
Thursday29th Oct 2020
News More Legend Of Heroes: Trails Of Cold Steel Games Are Coming To Switch
But only in Japan for now
Fans of Falcom's excellent Legend of Heroes series, rejoice – we're getting more JRPG goodness on the Switch next year, thanks to the fact that The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2 are both being released on Nintendo's console. These two titles – originally released on Sony systems in 2013 and 2014...
Wednesday2nd Sep 2020
News Ys IX: Monstrum Nox Is Coming To Switch In 'Summer 2021', Following A PS4 Debut In February
Opportunity Nox
Nihon Falcom's action RPG Ys IX: Monstrum Nox was announced as coming to Switch in the West back in June as part of the New Game Plus Expo broadcast. At the time it came with a vague '2021' release window attached, but NIS America has now revealed that
Tuesday23rd Jun 2020
News NIS America Is Bringing Ys IX: Monstrum Nox To The West In 2021
Ys please
The latest entry in Nihon Falcom's action RPG series has been announced for the West with a "2021" release date attached. Ys IX: Monstrum Nox launched in Japan last year but gamers in the West have been waiting for more solid details on the English-language release. Fortunately, publisher NIS America kindly obliged with a trailer as part...
Wednesday4th Dec 2019
Experience the series for the first time
JRPG fans who own a Switch are in for an absolute treat next year – with NIS America announcing The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III by Nihon Falcom will be released on Nintendo's system in Spring 2020. This is the first title in The Legend of Heroes series to be made available on the hybrid...
Tuesday16th Jul 2019
News Nihon Falcom Lacks The Ability To Release More Games On Switch, Says President
"We don't have the knowhow to really develop for Switch"
Nihon Falcom has a tremendous history of quality RPGs such as the Ys and The Legend of Heroes series, but only one game - the excellent Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - has been released for Switch. The Legend of Heroes spin-off Trails of Cold Steel III and Ys IX are not currently planned for...
Thursday26th Jul 2018
Long-time misconceptions
During a recent interview with DenFamiNicoGamer, the president of Nihom Falcom - Toshihiro Kondo - revealed how the company has dealt with “online flaming” for many years due to the misconception the Japanese developer did not like Nintendo. Even prior to the release of Ys VIII on the Nintendo Switch, the president...
Monday10th Jul 2017
News Nihon Falcom President Would "Definitely" Like to Release Games on Nintendo Switch
"If the opportunity presents itself"
In a recent interview with Japanese video game makers Nihon Falcom, President of the company Toshihiro Kondo commented on his desire to bring games to Nintendo's newest console. The studio is known for creating JRPGs such as The Legend of Heroes and Xanadu series, and would surely make an ideal fit for the...
