The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria launches September 26 in Japan for PS5, PS4 ( www.gematsu.com )

Ashtear , 1 month ago

Yay, we'll be one game behind for almost three whole months! 🙄

How long Daybreak 2 and Kai will take for us in the West is fully up to NISA at this point. They've seemed to be more interested in their own greater release schedule than catching up on the series. I figure we'll probably get Daybreak 2 in late 2025.

The Switch ports of Reverie and Daybreak 1 took at least a year, so I'm guessing this is going to end up on the next-gen Nintendo console (especially considering the Switch ports haven't been great).

tamlyn OP Mod , 1 month ago

One game behind is probably the best state we ever had? I thought it get better with Ys IX, which only was a few months after the jp release. But Ys X doesn't has a release date so far. We probably get one Trails game per year at current pace

Ashtear , 1 month ago

I think it's the closest it's been, yeah. Better than being five behind in the early XSEED days, I guess.

There was a three-year gap between CS2 and CS3 when they did the tech upgrade, so maybe the next game after Kai will be enough time to catch up.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks , 1 month ago

I'm over trails at this point, but exclusivity seems like shooting one's proverbial foot these days.

Ashtear , 1 month ago

It's less exclusivity and more of a weird publishing arrangement. Falcom licenses out both their PC and Switch ports to two publishers depending on locale (NIS America is even doing their Japan PC ports now), and for whatever reason, they don't work with their licensing partners early on in development. Xbox isn't a factor in Japan.