Trails In The Sky Dev Apparently 'Surprised' By Recent Nintendo Direct Reveal

So I guess compared to Summer Game's Fest And the VGAs. Nintendo's picks are genuinely random based on internal interest

Well, at least it's more fair!

How did he not know, was it just some internal project he was discussing with them and he showed them a trailer and they decided to put it as part of the event without telling them?

Theres an old proverb: ‘If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.‘

It seems like there is quite a surprising amount of work to do on the game to meet a 2025 release date, if the voice actors haven't recorded anything yet. Unless that's one of the last processes in game production.

I'm really looking forward to this, fingers crossed for English voice acting too though I'm kind of doubting it'll happen.

@RygelXVIII Yes but generally with these things they have to get the company to sign something to permit their game to be revealed at specific events like a Direct which would include the date.

Strange, how can a dev not know their game was going to be included, especially as they must have got this trailer ready and sent it to Nintendo to be used. Although I do find it strange the way it was shown, I thought it would have got a dedicated trailer instead of being shoved in a quick reel of games coming soon.

@UltimateOtaku91 In the Japanese version of the Direct it got a full trailer, just the English language one that only had the brief glimpse.

I'm always surprised by how many games this series gets a year, so I'm not surprised the people in charge can't keep track of when they're being announced either.

I’m hoping this announcement leads to a new switch version of the original releases, a la trails from zero/ to azure. That would be nice

How do you not know though? Unless Falcom gave Nintendo permission without your consent or perhaps you gave Nintendo the trailer and they never tell you about when the reveal date is. I don't get this age of videogames, it's like no one knows anything anymore.

@UltimateOtaku91 It's a remake from a company that once hardly ever release games on Nintendo platforms. Why would Nintendo gave it a more in-depth showcase? Falcom still had a lot to prove to Nintendo before Nintendo could put them on the main or even mid-card section of their showcase. To be included on a reel was at least generous than no show at all.

A remake of an old game doesn't necessarily warrant such a showcase either unless it got an important history within Nintendo's platform as well and with Trails in the Sky the 1st this would be its first release on Nintendo. Had it got a familiar install base with Nintendo before, perhaps the trailer would had been taken more seriously.

So I guess that means the original plan was Indie World by itself on August 27th (which is very normal timing for Indie World) and then the Partner Showcase or a general Direct containing the Partner Showcase content would've been in September but plans changed suddenly with the Partner Showcase happening the same day.

Seems like more evidence for those Switch 2 September reveal rumours...

@Grumblevolcano a plausibility

Sounds like he thought they were going to reveal it at a later date...maybe as part of the reveal of something else from Nintendo...🤔

it’s bad when people say “the graphics are too good to be made by Nihon Falcom” that the company has to confirm that it’s 100% internal production.

Well, to be fair, it was more of a reveal to Asia but it's obviously coming to the West at some point. Unless it pulls a Concord.

@fpcreator2000 I love these games but the "graphics are too good" is ridiculous. If anything I wished they used a more modern looking engine.

@tseliot I have to agree on both points, but they might be going for faster release times. It’s just funny that people think a company like Nihon Falcom with just stand still in their game design and development quality.

I’ve both plenty of their games and enjoyed them as well…and so has my backlog😭

Im sure they submit their game footage and sign a NDA, Nintendon on their part, does not disclose the exact shown date so it doesn't leak. For a company as secretive as Nintendo, this should be common practice

A bit weird he said he didn't know maybe it was the producer of the game or someone else internal that gave the ok from Falcom. The footage had to be submitted from Falcom to Nintendo for approval.

all i know is i want it so i can add it to my trails/legend of heroes collection.

@FX29 You have to read between the lines. He didn't say he was surprised it was revealed, just that he was surprised it was revealed at this particular presentation (as opposed to a different presentation).

In other words, Expect there to be a Switch 2 version of this game.

@RygelXVIII Half Life 3 confirmed!

@fpcreator2000 Falcom has always been a bit behind the time on graphics, but yeah, it's not as if they're GameFreak or something.

Trails, wasn't that the sidekick from the Sornic games? Together with Knurckles?

@NintendoWife You mean Tails*

Ok, I just got the joke lol

@fpcreator2000 well tbh falcom isn't the best at graphics lol. Which is fine. The art style is good enough. Except for Ys 9. As much as I love that game, they really dropped the ball with environmental art

@Baker1000 This series gets only one game per year.

This was definitely my favourite reveal from the recent Direct, I haven't played this Trails arc yet, so very much looking forward to play the remake.

@BTB20 feels more. There's always one being announced or just releasing

@Baker1000 That's because they get released later outside of Japan. The west got a whole bunch of them in the last two years.

I have all the games of the francise available at switch, cannot wait to increase my collection with this one too 🙌