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Falcom revealed its lineup of currently in development titles in its “Matters Concerning Business Plans and Growth Potential” investor presentation published via Nikkei today.

The Trails developer said it plans to expand the number of titles it releases, as well create new intellectual property content and games. It currently releases two to three new titles per year, but as a mid to long-term goal, it hopes to increase that number to four to five titles per year within three years by strengthening its development capabilities.

The announced lineup of upcoming titles includes:

• Title A: The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria (TBD) – 2024
• Unannounced Title B: Trails Series (TBD) – In Development
• Unannounced Title C: Action RPG (TBD) – In Development
• Unannounced Title D (TBD) – In Development
• Ported Titles (TBD) – Suspended Development of Three Titles
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak (Switch) – February 15, 2024
• Unannounced Switch Title E (Switch) – In Development
• Unannounced Ported Title F (PS5, PS4) – In Development

If you missed it last week, read more about The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria here.

Falcom reveals upcoming titles lineup, including unannounced Trails game, action RPG, and more

Falcom revealed its lineup of currently in development titles in its “Matters Concerning Business Plans and Growth Potential” investor presentation published via Nikkei today.

www.gematsu.com

 

[Hudo]

...how big are Falcom nowadays?

 

[StereoVsn]

Add 2-3 years to any game for Western release. It’s crazy to see that shit in 2023 but that’s where we are.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I really liked Trials of the Blood Dragon but I don't think thats the same developer.

 

[consoul]

Instead of 'increasing output to 4-5 games a year', I'd prefer they put the effort into increasing the quality of a single game a year.

Business gotta business I guess.

 

[mayham2199]

Nice great company hope to see more from them.

 

[Fbh]

All I want is YS: Black Flag.

When do we think that one will get a western release?

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

We need more devs like this in the age of GaaS (ugh) and AAA projects that cost too much and can skip entire generations because they take too long to make.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

One of my favorite developers.

 

[RoboFu]

Just port nordics as fast as you can please.

 

[Alexios]

Which one is Vantage Master (don't say the suspended).

 

[Meicyn]

Going full Marvel, I see. Good luck with that I guess.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Falcom reveals upcoming titles lineup, including unannounced Trails game, action RPG, and more

Falcom revealed its lineup of currently in development titles in its “Matters Concerning Business Plans and Growth Potential” investor presentation published via Nikkei today.

www.gematsu.com

Good to hear

I hope they do try to make new IPs though. Other than Trails, Ys and Tokyo Xanadu, they don't have any other noticeable Franchises

 

[March Climber]

...how big are Falcom nowadays?

I put them on the level of NIS.

 

[cash_longfellow]

The last one is obviously Ys X

 

[cash_longfellow]

All I want is YS: Black Flag.

When do we think that one will get a western release?

Based on the last couple of entries, I would guess summer 2024 or so.

Edit - scratch that…it would be around the beginning of 2025 probably based on VIII and IX.

 

[cireza]

Wow, they are really milking their series. 2 to 3 games like these per year makes it impossible to keep up already.

 

[Paltheos]

Pretty ambitious for a company that squeezes out one release a year. Also uncharacteristically risky. Falcom's known for their conservative management. Are they actually increasing their output by over 100% or this is a short-term forecast just masking rereleases of Trails in the Sky or something?

Also, how about hiring another composer, you cowards.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

I feel like they’d be better off focusing on fewer, larger, higher-quality titles and then selling more copies of those.

 

[Mister Wolf]

They treat us English fans like second class citizens. I'm still a fan of theirs though.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

They treat us English fans like second class citizens. I'm still a fan of theirs though.

I don’t actually mind this. Rather than having them half-heartedly pump out a translation, we get a better localization like I saw with Trails of Cold Steel and Ys VIII. I can wait a year for each game.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I don’t actually mind this. Rather than having them half-heartedly pump out a translation, we get a better localization like I saw with Trails of Cold Steel and Ys VIII. I can wait a year for each game.

We been waiting a minute for Kuro 1. Honestly NIS America needs to give us Kuro 1 & 2 in 2024.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

We still haven't got Tokyo Xanadu 2 and they said the first one did well and they were strongly considering a sequel but that was years ago.