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Anything new on Ys 9?

>>16585747

Maybe at NISA stream.

Please tell me Ys 9 dropped the flash guard and the dodge button.

>>16586310

>Dark skin

>>16586533

It's going to be back, anon. I'd prepare for it now.

>>16586533

the last gameplay ad trailer thing had the cat girl do a flash guard. I just hope it won't be extremely abusable

>>16586533

>I'm not a nigger.png

FC and Zero are the only good games in this entire franchise.

The overarching plot is basically non-existant.

Ouroboros is cringe and the writers are making it up as they go.

Calvard will be indistinguishable from Cold Steel.

>>16586556

FUCK

>>16586648

>Calvard will be indistinguishable from Cold Steel.

Not exactly a revelation here. It's become pretty obvious that you either liked Cold Steel or you didn't and that's your future with Trails, either you like it or you don't because it's not going to appeal to you at all.

I should stop hoping the next Ys is anything more than a 20 hour timesink for a week that will then be forgotten.

>>16586696

even Ys is becoming half cold steel mate.

FALCOM is becoming Cold Steel to be exact.

>EVEN IF NISA HAS THE RIGHTS TO CS3, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN SLEEP!

>KEEP FIGHTING! DON'T GIVE IN!

The fuck do you mean by "keep fighting"? Complain and avoid buying their games? Or is there anything going on that I can help with to get their hands off Falcom?

>>16588656

Last Ys game I've played was Origins, what happened to the art style?

>>16588656

Why the fuck does Adol have black hair?

Tifa's tits totally terminated. Thankfully Falcom doesn't have a problem including enormous milkers in their games.

>>16588666

It means keep your eyes open and report fuckary. Right now that's our only real play until something happens we can use.

>>16588732

Considering I was expecting them to be shrunk to As or Bs, the fact they're still Ds was honestly shocking to me, so i guess I didn't feel too bad about it. Obviously I would have preferred them bigger and without the black undershirt, but since I was expecting a way bigger nerf it didn't hit as hard.

>>16588706

To disguise himself.

If someone finds a channel normal people can use to bitch to Falcom, it should be posted and updated in the OP. Ever since they blocked their email address I've heard no more efforts concerning contacting them which is very bad.

>>16586967

Real women either dont like me, or are huge degenerates with partners in the triple digits.

There seems to be no in-between.

>>16589482

So that's why he's also kinda covering his face with the scarf? Makes sense I guess. Dogi looks fucking weird with the side shave though

>>16591471

>>16589482

Seems like it will only be for a short while anyway. Once he goes /monster/ he gets the red hair back.

Also, is RPG Site considered credible? They did a piece on the CS3 E3 demo, more or less saying they were concerned going into it because of Nisa's past fuckups, but thought everything seemed fine with the translation so far. I mean, based on what I heard from the leaks I can't find any problems either, but I wasn't sure on their reputation.

http://archive.is/O7mg7

>>16591494

In terms of reporting credibility I've not heard anything particularly bad about them.

Reviews are a bit dubious but then those always are aren't they?

In terms of CS3, never fucking trust NISA. They're fucking scumsucking swine who will take advantage of even the slightest naivete.

>>16592863

I'm still slightly pissed they purged some stuff from downloads due to server issues(I think space and change?) don't host avi videos of the cutscenes, wallpapers from the games or exclusive japanese artwork like other sites did back in the day(like Bluelaguna.net). Other than that, beyond their bias on RPG reviews(shocker, I know!) I've not heard of anything really bad or drama worthy from them.

Now, I get that Ys doesn't have a great big fanbase and it's always just 5 guys talking abou it but how come nobody has ever attempted to make an Ys combo mad video.Tales of Zestiria and Berseria are equally exploitive in their battle systems yet prople constantly try to make them.

More Ys IX footage, glad to see how the best franchise keeps evolving.

>>16591494

The have a lot of NISA shills usually all over the comment sections but they're ultimately alright. I dont trust the demo NISA gave them because they know they're under scrutiny. They'll give them a demo that has work done to it in order to send the journos out to preemptively damage control for them. The fanbase then believes the journos and get more obnoxious in their defense of NISA.

If it is all genuine and it isnt all fucked up then fine. I'll eat my hat, but I'll still buy the game used on principal for all the games they did fuck up and for the people who lost consoles because of them.

>>16593885

I want Ys 9's trailer music playing in my head 24/7

New to Ys series here, do any the games come with JP interfaces and voices? I can't stand having either of them in any other languages.

>>16594601

Isn't it a remix of To Make the End of Battle? Some riffs remind me very heavily of it after the 0:40 mark. It might just be the signature riff of Ys though, just like how the Dynasty Warriors games and many offshoots of them have a signature riff in their themes inserted in them by MASA.

>>16593885

Looks like Dana 2.0. Great music though.

>>16594601

>>16593885

It still hurts.

>>16594686

…Anyone?

I know the question sounds stupid since the games are initially released in Japan, but I can't import the Japanese releases yet. I'm willing to try the English releases first only if they have the options to switch to JP interface and voices.

Small gameplay trailer

>>16599401

Yohoho those with voice overs, otherwise you have no problem playing Ys I&II Chronicle, Ys Oath in Felghana and if I remember correctly. As far as I know, it's either Import or bust but the Ys games almost always have their interfaces in english anyways.

>>16600833 (checked)

It's a shame that NIS is dragged along with NISA though, at least the Nip branch made some fun games.

>>16601155

>Yohoho those with voice overs

Now I understand why NISA is hated in here. Thanks anon!

>>16601241

If you have any legitimate way that doesn't cost you 1000s on ebay and it's not importing either, I'd like to hear it.

>>16595718

The guitar is excellent. The synth can fuck off.

>>16605564

Ricotta's english dub genuinely hurt my ears.

>>16600168

I really hope these are attack sets and not skills.

Who am I kidding

>>16605564

Those are the "hardcore" PC gamers you are thinking of. The average PC gamer in japan has a potato capable of running most of their doujin games, like Hikae Mitsurugi Kamui, that Megaman game with Valkyries instead etc and the never-ending flow of Visual Novels. Though with less and less games appearing at the festivals and instead popping up on steam instead, I guess the PC player base will be dominated by VNs again. Falcom stopped trying after they released the updated Felghana patches for the PC with the PSP extras and never bothered with Ys7 on the PC until years later. Back in the day, they even held an interview with how the PSP was their ideal console since it was the closest thing to the kind of PCs they were working with for their games and fit their styles. Then the Vita happened and they moved to PS4.

>>16605581

Yeah, unfortunately that ain't gonna be the case. Apart from Cow knocking enemies back, we still have the problem with super weak looking skills that are only there to cut chunks of enemy HP while the enemies are semi-immortal sponges who don't show pain.

>>16605650

The way I see it, if they're going with the tiered weapons again, every tier of weapon should add an attack or an effect to the existing combo string, and skills should be a small amount, 6 at the very most, focused around buffs, debuffs and things that you wouldn't be able to do with your regular attack set that isnt "Deal burst damage". I liked the idea of Dana's dragon spirit buff a lot. It was undercooked and underused, but the idea was going somewhere.

Or they could go the Nayuta no kiseki route where skills are additional special extensions to your moveset while you get ranged spells as an additional attack, and a final special set of abilities unlocked by the story that allow movement abilities or additonal combat abilities. I think Nayuta pulled it off extremely well and I wonder why they never tried it for Ys post Seven.

>>16601270

>expecting a NISA driveby shill to stick around and reply

>>16605998

I disagree. Almost all of adol's skills I remember from Seven dealt nothing but burst damage or multiple damage ticks in a very short time, and the only two I used by endgame were Pentagram because it's arguably the best attack in the entire game, and aerial slash(the one where he spins upwards) to skip some of the later water temple areas because Seven as a game feels like it goes on for an eternity.

>>16606979

I took the time to actually level up Adol's moves by endgame, even using the corresponding swords to gain two SP each use and by the end it was pretty satisfying to use a lot of the moves. Video related has a guy with Adol's skills around level 6 or 7 and even then, they pack quite a punch and can push or launch enemies which, with a little creativity can go a long way, especially now that they have jumps and I assume kept the jump cancelling from YsVsSNK, where Adol could follow up from Aerial Thrust. I may be wired differently though since I saw other things on Ys7's battle system at the time and now.

Forgot to say that the tiered weapon idea is nice since it harkens back to Ark with the weapon upgrades making the special abilities better and faster each time.

>>16607018

This is more or less factoring in my limited patience, but nothing I hated more in Ys 7 then leveling up skills since you only got ~14 SP after the wind dragon upgrade per charged attack.

>>16607043

It's not like Falcom couldn't have done something to lessen the grind at the time but they did fix it with YsVsSNK since now skills only had three levels but level3 was Ys7's level10/Max and they could have it be like that to lessen the grind a lot more in future games and show a clear evolution of the move. They semi-did it with Nayuta's magic attacks but then they went back to how it was in Celceta.

>>16607188

Gotta get cash money.

>>16607188

You are forgetting that it's a PS4 game, plus pretty long and full of content. If it was any other company it would be 50 or 60 bucks. That's the right price, believe it or not.

>>16605575

>The synth can fuck off.

You fuck off, buddy.

>>16607188

When have you ever heard of a full JRPG on console (that isn't 10+ years old and rereleased) sell for less than 40 on release?

>>16607345

Is correct.

I generally hate the high prices of console releases period, but I don't expect them to sell it for less than they did the fucking Vita version (assuming its the physical release that costs that much).

>>16586967

>>16587010

No, I'm married to Ricotta already. Fuck Abe and fuck 3d.

>>16607489

I'm not a fan of it. I really hated in Celceta and I felt it ruined 90% of the soundtrack. Dana had better synth in my opinion, especially in the beach OST and Nox feels more akin to the Celceta type.

I'm not a fan of this guitar/synth duality. I liked the classic game's/origin guitar/violin duality instead, like what you can find with the intro music or the remix for Scarlet Tempest.

>>16608162

I understand im just a fan of really gay and cheesy AOR

BRANDISH 2 THE DARK REVENANT WHEN

>>16613333

Face it anon, their current market is not the same market that made Brandish successful. Brandish doesn't sell. Now go have fun with the 218746º Kiseki game.

tocs 3 to pc when?

>>16613832

Who fucking cares about Kiseki anymore? I want my super action-platformer collab between Falcom and IGA to bring out the best out of a Dragon Slayer game, preferably Sorcerian, to expand on Portrait of Ruins' two players at once concept with Sorcerian's four!

>>16614823

>Who the hell cares about one of Falcom's biggest franchises

Listen, anon. It's possible to like both. It's also possible to not be a fucking shitstain and bring an entire thread down with your bitching. You're giving Brandish a bad name when you do that.

>>16614847

But Estella, your saga is finished and it's beautiful, why would you be annoyed?

>>16614866

I can get the bitching, what does Brandish have to do with that though? My id still hasn't changed and if anything I'm sad a Brandish trilogy never came to be.

>>16588666

Does anyone have the mashup of witch and the hundred knight on the forums of everyone complaining about it? I need it to spread to the masses on how shit NISA is.

>>16607188

>I don't usually complain about this, I understand videogames cost money. But how the FUCK is Cold Steel €40?! AND ITS NOT EVEN A BUNDLE

They want to milk what they can before they go out of business from losing falcom and most of there talented staff.

>>16617729

Did they ever fix it?

>>16617916

Not until the PS4 version which still had the bug.

Happy 15th anniversary Trails.

>>16605650

It's kinda ironic seeing how the PC market really exploded and Falcom just chose to focus on PS4 instead of trying to go back into the PC market.

>>16627732

Just realised that…same day as Sonic's birthday as well. Dunno if that means the franchise is cursed or blessed but it does explain now its longevity and the clear distinction between the various Kiseki series and storylines. I guess that's why I like the Sora no Kisekis and Nayuta, they are the equivalent of the Classic Sonic and Sonic Adventure 1&2.

>>16634360

I don't remember the two interacting, but going for one of the twins is a sign of good taste.

>>16634360

Glad to see my boy getting some. Are there going to be doujins of Vivi tricking him?

>>16634436

Third image makes for a very good exploitable.

>>16614823

>Who fucking cares about Kiseki anymore?

Not me, tbh. I'll just replay TitS until Ys IX is out.

>Dengeki Online will host a two-hour “Trails Series 15th Anniversary Commemoration & New Title Start (?) Special Broadcast” on June 29 at 17:00 JST. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.

>The broadcast will look back on the Trails series with Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo based on a previously conducted reader survey. During the Trails of Cold Steel part of the retrospective, Towa voice actor Ai Nonaka will also participate.

>For the final segment of the broadcast, “Information on Falcom’s Latest Titles,” the schedule teases news on the latest entry in the Trails series. It reads: “President Kondo gives curious fans a peek at information on the latest entry in the Trails series right then and there?! Unexpected new information may suddenly appear.”

>Here is the full schedule:

17:00 – Opening

17:04 – Trails Series 15th Anniversary Retrospective

18:00 – Guest Talk Corner

18:20 – Trails Series 15th Anniversary Goods Announcements

18:25 – Questions and Answers with Falcom President Toshihiro Kondo

18:40 – Information on Falcom’s Latest Titles

ARE YOU READY FOR YET MORE COLD STEEL?

>>16635591

Until they fuck off from NIS/A, I'm ignoring anything new coming from their mouths, they aren't worth trusting or supporting in this current state.

>>16635893

>its in the OP

All that's stated there is speculation.

>>16635918

Granted, we didn't have exact details, but we knew the Trails team was split in two and one team was working on something Cold Steel related while the other worked on Calvard. And they showed those pictures in my above post at the event in March. Characters that weren't in CS3 or 4. Implying that the new content would be pretty substantial. We still knew this was coming.

So when is Ys 9 expected to release on pc

>>16635948

>NISA

Does it matter?

>>16635948

It has no localization announcement yet, even. Falcom games only get ported to other systems via 3rd parties, so…

>>16636678

Steam is just a treasure trove of dipshits.

>>16636678

Because a tomyboy's fatal flaw is always their desire to feminine, whilst they possess some masculine traits. That is also the most endearing thing about them, the dichotomy. A tomboy who doesn't secretly harbor a desire to be the girliest girl is just a tranny.

>>16637625

Forgot something

>ignoring the fact that most Japs couple work 50-hours a week, plus the unpaid overtime

to support one child while living in a cheap apartment. And yes, both husbands and wives work.

>>16637625

>Where did these rumours spread from? Abe has never made any "breeding propaganda" or anything to do with NEETs.

It's a meme.

>>16637068

It means she couldn't play the role of a seductress if her life depended on it. It doesn't mean she doesn't have assets and a body you could bounce quarters off of.

New tidbits :

https://twitter.com/nihonfalcom/status/1143503035701706752

https://gamestalk.net/post-126915/

Basically :

>Aaprilis(April?) (voiced by Haruka Michii)

>Parkes (voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi)

Also some attacks :

>Hawk: “Carnage Lancer” – A long thrust with laser beam-like reach.

>White Cat: “Wild Scratch” – A two-hit attack that starts with a dive at the enemy.

>Doll: “Gensou Ranbu” – A three-hit attack: a thrust, spinning slash, and finally an explosion.

>Renegade: “Dark Inferno” – Generates a sphere before you that sucks up and damages the enemy. You can also use other skills while it is active.

>Raging Bull: “Stampede” – A charge attack accompanied by a shockwave.

>>16638306

>image

<Tomboys are just gay men for straights

Truly a philosopher ahead of his time.

>>16638599

>Imblying that fags and gays have interests beyond dicks and themselves

sensiblechuckle.gif

>>16638719

I forgot autists can't sarcasm.

>>16637705

>It's a meme.

If that's true, it sounds like a forced meme, not an organic one.

How did it even exist? The (organic) memes 8ch produce were reflections of real-life events, like that Tarrant guy.

>>16637715

>you stick out like the sorest of thumbs

If by conforming means being an ignorant retard that can't separate reality from personal imaginations then I would gladly be called a newfag, all day, everyday.

>>16637625

>And it shows; he told people to have at least 3 children while also telling people that they don't work hard enough to raise them, ignoring the fact that most Japs couple work 50-hours a week, plus the unpaid overtime.

Sounds like a boomer

>>16636678

Steam has always just been reddit.

Can we get back to all this new Ys IX information and new Kiseki game?

>>16640445

>She

Yeah, I bet the game doesn't use female pronouns and he's just an okama joke character.

>>16640445

>>16640469

That's a mistranslation, the original Japanese text says "オネエ", not okama. Think of someone so, so gay, just him talking for a second make that fact clear. An accurate translation would probably give him a gay lisp.

>>16586710

I'm new to Nihon Falcom games, and I'm only partway through Cold Steel 1. It's not my favorite JRPG (the Tales of series is), but it's definitely scratching an itch for me, and I'm enjoying it. How is Cold Steel different from the rest of Trails?

I just started playing Nayuta and at the beginning of the game it says that it takes place in 1579 (N.S).

TitS: FC takes place in S.1202.

Are the years counted differently in Nayuta, or does it really take place 300 years in the future?

>>16643198

It could be in the future, yeah.

nayuta happens in the future, south of Calvard

>>16643728

That small crop of islands to the south is most likely where Nayuta takes place 300 years in the future. It's very obvious Falcom is going to be merging the two at the very least.

clearly they genetically engineered a real race of mishies after the success of the theme park

should've gone for catgirls xd

Dude what if the Calvard arc played like Nayuta? Now that would be sick, especially since they're all martial artists.

>>16643728

>That's not canon at all.

>"because I said so"

Anon, this isn't new. Nayuta has always been canon. Nayuta happens in a very far away set of islands and in the far future, which actually fits with all this new information and what was said in the game.

>>16644876

>Nayuta has always been canon

It hasn't though. Anon, people have been picking apart Nayuta for years. The best you can get out of it is "maybe." But there is no real proof it takes places in the Zemuria we know, much less in the future. In fact, given things learned in CS4 it could easily be some kind of alternate world or a different thing entirely. So no, Nayuta is not necessarily canon. This isn't a "because I said so" thing. This is a "there is no concrete evidence to confirm it" thing.

>>16644961

There is also no concrete evidence suggesting it isnt or wont be considering how Falcom does enjoy playing with ideas. It is entirely a wait and see thing. No absolutes can be made.

>>16644989

Indeed. That's all I've been saying.

>>16607188

If it matters, it'll have a soundtrack cd and a "collector's coin" and a steel covercase with a outer package design.

Here's a soundtrack preview for Ys 9.

>>16645837

>no terrible synth shitting up the music

I don't believe it.

Strategic Zone sounds pretty subdued for what seems like the raid mission music. Unless it's the setup.

Crossing A/A Sounds like a boss music and it's pretty fucking good too, especially considering the other boss tracks from the previous three.

Welcome To Choas looks like the boss theme for the pistol girl's own dungeon, and it's fucking great too, the boss tracks are excellent.

Tranquil Silence is nice, and so is Adol in a cloak.

Dreaming in the Grimwald is pretty good for what seems to be a stage theme.

The rest I didn't care much for. Invitation to the crimson night reminds me very much of a TitS track, but I can't put my finger on which one.

Welcome to Chaos is fucking shit, it's the usual Singa as fuck track.

Is it even worth to start the Trails series now?

>>16646015

You're fucking shit. I bet you liked Celceta's OST in which case I disagree with your opinions.

>>16617879

Dayum, Falcom loves their pears and I love them for loving it.

>>16646119

You can still read a plot synopsis for 3 and 4 or just learn jap.

>>16646158

And I bet you loved the Evolution OSTs

>>16646592

Nah they sucked.

Outside of this one, the clapping makes it.

Playing Trails in the Sky blind. Anything to expect?

>>16649532

The time on optional quests passes when you talk to someone in a story related quest.

So if the time for the quest is short and you talk to a main plot person, the time runs out for the optional quests.

But other times it doesn't run out immediately, so that's something to keep in mind.

The length of time is a bit iffy in the TitS games.

>>16649532

Buy new weapons/armor when you reach a new quest hub or you will die.

>>16649532

AoE spells are extremely op in FC.

>>16642787

>the receptionist in Ys IX will be a gaylord

>the receptionist in MoC's first town was a musclebound macho joke

Wait, was this always a Falcom thing?

>>16649532

Chaos Brand is very useful in FC if you're on higher difficulties.

>>16646940

Wow that's terrible.

>>16650934

A shit attempt at retconning was made

>>16651562

Well, the second anguis being an overly flirty woman was actually introduced in 3rd. So it's not entirely impossible they had always thought that was her even before they'd decided much about what she'd be. After all, she's not the only lore important character tucked away on the Lusitania. You can find Nielsson there too.

>>16650934

I mean I like the fact that they're thinking ahead so far but I've got to be honest that I don't even remember her from the 3rd, or the fact that the 3rd didn't start in phantasmagoria.

>>16653979

>mfw NISA takes out the boob jiggle and blames Sony.

>mfw because of that it ends up breaking the game in some way due to their complete incompetence.

>mfw I have no face.

>>16654975

Might be able to tell you next week depending on what footage is shown at anime expo.

>>16654975

Why not play the PSP game? Unless they're adding 60 fps and bugs I really don't see any reason to put up with NISA over a halfassed machine translation.

>>16655600

>It is speculated that the girl is a character from one of the in-game novels due to the large stuffed animal she is holding.

What novel?

>consoles change over time. Due to that, we want to leave an option to play them in some way

If only there was some sort of device that weren't bound by the shackles of console exclusivity, but such a machine is the stuff for fantasies.

>>16655600

So it is a 3rd type deal where despite having new-ish characters and a new story somewhat we'll also get more on the existing characters.

>>16655148

I'm not putting up with the NISA shit, anon. At no point did I imply or say I was. I said I'd laugh if they did that. It'd be funny to see the NISAfags defend them.

>>16617879

Somehow Renne is flatter than Tio.

Still too big. If it's there that's bad.

>>16657808

They're 16 and 17, anon. It's not really a surprise.

>>16657987

5-12*

Renne was the finest prostitute after all.

So I want to give the Crossbell arc a shot before moving on to Cold Steel 2(and hopefully by the time I'm done 3/final saga would be out). Have the translations for either game been completed?

>>16658691

The fact that equipment shows up on your character was so cool. I wonder why none of the other Trails games has that.

>>16659228

>>16657987

>>16657990

Begone from this thread, pedoera.

>>16645898

>Strategic Zone sounds pretty subdued for what seems like the raid mission music. Unless it's the setup.

Try to speed it up to 1.25x, it sounded better for me that way.

https://www.frontlinejp.net/2019/07/03/trails-series-15th-anniversary-falcoms-president-discusses-past-and-future-of-the-series/

>>16660768

>Finally, Kondou shows two screenshot printouts of things currently in development, one of Elise and Rean in Ymir, and one of Noel Seeker seen from behind.

>Someya asks if these are from the side story/epilogue-like game said to be apart from the next actual sequel, and Kondou acknowledges this, saying that for example, they want to show what certain characters who did not appear in Cold Steel 4 despite the game going to Crossbell were doing during that period.

I can't wait for Noel's wacky races.

Not Falcom related, but HOW THE FUCK DOES NISA KEEP GETTING WORK???

They've got Langrisser 1&2 remake now.

>>16662729

They work for cheap

>>16662729

>Langrisser 1&2

Who the fuck cares, that remake is fucking disgusting. They deserve each other.

Here's the prologue of CS3 in English.

>>16663446

If I'm not playing CS3 on PC before the end of this year I'll be fucking livid.

>>16663446

And I have some articles with Kondo, the first being related to that gematsu article I posted, while the latter is an interview..

https://www.frontlinejp.net/2019/07/03/trails-series-15th-anniversary-falcoms-president-discusses-past-and-future-of-the-series/

http://archive.fo/QYMlD

https://noisypixel.net/nihon-falcom-president-toshihiro-kondo-interview/

http://archive.fo/Xyk0N

>>16663583

Here's some questions from that interview:

>BC: While we’re talking about future plans, can we expect for any Falcom titles to release on next-gen platforms as early as 2020, or will you and your team continue to support current-gen platforms moving forward?

>TK: It’s a difficult question, but we have typically been focused on where our fans are. Historically, we are one of the last companies to release games on PC Engine [known as TurboGrafx-16 here in the west], and we did so because our core fans moved to that platform. However, now we are seeing a tendency where the fans in Japan will stick to older hardware longer, while the fans in the west will jump on new hardware as soon as it comes out. For us, it’s getting difficult to gauge where our fans are actually playing. Internally, we are constantly studying what is coming in the future so that we can be ready for when it releases.

>BC: That makes sense, especially since the Trails of Cold Steel series is now making the move over to the PlayStation 4, is that right?

>TK: Yes, that’s right. Particularly, at least from our perspective, JRPG fans typically play on PlayStation platforms. It’s important for us to do what we can as a developer to reach our fans. Within our head office and ourselves, we are always trying to boost up that fanbase on a platform so that we don’t have to focus too many internal resources on porting, and we can focus on making new games.

>BC: I can understand that. Looking back, the PSP and PS Vita housed some of the best Falcom RPGs and the mobility of the consoles played a huge roll in that. What are your thoughts about the Switch now that Falcom titles have been released on the Nintendo hardware, and would you ever think to release games exclusively to the console?

>TK: When it comes to the Switch, we recognize the system’s dual functionality, our games really match these mobile platforms especially for players who might not have access to their own personal televisions. Being able to play our games whenever a fan wants, is something appealing to us and to the fans. In terms of exclusivity, as nice as it would be, the truth of the matter is finding where the user base is. When it comes to Ys VIII, we released it on Switch. While western sales for the Switch version were right around where we thought they’d be, the game struggled in Japan, which reinforced to us that our user base is on PlayStation.

>BC: Did Falcom handle the Switch port for Ys VIII?

Alan Costa: Our head office in Japan made a deal with them and handled the port. NISA does not have an in-house development team, so that was all done in Japan.

>TK: In a practical sense, we have never actually developed a game on Switch, so that would take us a large number of resources and have us starting from zero, which would take time away from developing games. So, we leave the porting to our partners. There’s a misconception in Japan from fans, that there’s bad blood between Nintendo and Falcom, but that’s not the case at all. We’d love to have more of a working relationship with them, but we don’t have the means to develop on the platform.

>BC: This wouldn’t be a western Falcom interview unless we asked if there are plans to localize Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki in the west, at this point, I’m sure a PC port will suffice?

>TK: So, that’s something that I have heard for years now and the truth is that this time the only way to play those games is on outdated hardware. As creators, we want as many people as possible to play these games, and also to give Japanese players a chance to replay them. Although there isn’t anything to officially announce there, we are working internally to figure out how to get these games on newer consoles and once we do, I’m confident that NISA will translate them for you and release them in the west.

>BC: Would you consider this to be the best time for new players to jump into the Trails of Cold Steel series?

>TK: We’ve had this discussion internally recently, which brought up questions that gamers ask such as, “I’ve been hearing about this series for so long, but can I start here?” Well, because this series is story-focused, we had to think carefully about how to do that. So, to alleviate that, we have included a detailed story summary within the game. This doesn’t only tell the story of Trails of Cold Steel either, we are talking about characters from all over The Legend of Heroes series. Even players who are familiar with the series could enjoy this because it catches them up on characters that they might have forgotten about.

>>16663585

>I’m confident that NISA will translate them for you and release them in the west.

well, it's over then, all games from falcom will be published by NISA from now on.

>>16663583

>>16663585

Cheers anon. Are there any big post CS2 spoilers in either of the articles? Besides the obvious stuff I assume everyone already knows, like Crow being alive.

>I’m confident that NISA will translate them for you and release them in the west.

I feel ill.

>we have included a detailed story summary within the game.

That's hardly sufficient. Of course it would be good to have a short summary for players to remember what's been going on but you can't start Trails from the third Cold Steel and it wouldn't be suitable to start from the first CS either. Fuck.

>>16663645

A violent insurrection? Since diplomacy had clearly failed, I'd like to take this moment to incite all burgers to do their part in ending NISA.

>>16663647

>>16663652

Fuck you niggers!

>>16663659

>niggers

>niggers

>s

Blackpill faggot is one guy.

>>16663585

A few things we didn't know in this article, though mostly everything else was obvious or known already.

>>16663585

What a fucking thing to wake up to. Spoil freedom day with this shit. Fuck everything.

>>16663582

Even if NISA gets the PC port out this year (which I highly doubt) it will take them several more months to make it actually playable.

>>16663585

>Falcom intends to stick with Soyny

>Falcom intends to stick with NISA

I don't want to sound like niggerpill but it looks like we can write off this company then. Actually glad i put off starting Trails as i'm tired of loosing things i like. Ys is gonna hurt though.

>>16668807

>it will take them several more months to make it actually playable.

Ys8 never got to playable status, i don't see why CS3 will.

>>16670519

Sticking with Sony means sticking to where their Japanese fnbase is, idiot. It's called selling your games where your fans will buy them.

>>16670861

None of it, because if you knew Japanese you wouldn't be playing with English subs in the first place.

I remember hearing from anons several threads ago that the ao/Zero fanslations were fine if not solid/great and if anything that anons should play through them as they are before the editing process puts in some "quality localization". Why is the OP so dubious of their quality? Were any issues found?

>>16671156

From what I remember, Zero has slightly worse translation and some missing icons for items, but Ao is pretty decent.

There is the occasional "somehow, we are the ones to stop this" kind of lines that just sound wrong, but it's not duwang tier.

>>16670861

Wait, trails in the sky has Japanese voicing? This must be only in the final of the trilogy, because I'm playing two right now.

>>16671293

The evolution versions of the games Sky 1-3 and Crossbell 1 and 2 added Japanese voice acting. The voice patches can be found in the OP.

>>16670963

Also how come Tita and Agate are in Cold Steel, those screenshots are Cold Steel, right? I thought CS was centuries ahead timeline-wise.

>>16671300

It's cold steel 3. CS takes place during Crossbell.

>>16671308

Look, I didn't plan on buying CS the past year because its expensive unlike the TiTS'.

>>16671305

Okay thanks! Also thanks for pointing me to the voicing dubs. Going to try it.

>>16671416

Zero released before Ao right?

Why is its translation worse?

>>16671431

Because it was a leak of the 2015 build that was really only partially done. Everything is translated but it's translated very roughly in some places. Geofront picked it up and was trying, more or less, to bring it close to something XSeed would have done, but someone leaked the 2015 build two years ago (Geofront still isn't done even now) so it's the best people have. Ao was done by entirely different people.

>>16671434

You can tell that guy started with Seven/Celceta/Lacrimosa

>>16671300

>CS was centuries ahead timeline-wise

Where the hell did you get this idea? CS1 is 2 years after Sky, and one of Sky's main playable characters is a huge plot mover throughout CS.

>>16671924

I got zero idea. I never looked into the story, I only saw some screenshots from threads / store page. I never saw any recurring characters ever. There are so many characters in CS screenshots that I figured the original set of characters are long gone.

>>16671434

I too fellow anonymous friend wish Flash guarding can go fuck off and hopefully the dodge button with it too.

I'm very curious since any option that wasn't flash guarding took too long, do the bosses in Lacrimosa have any interesting attack patterns that require both your sprint and jump to dodge or are they all dodged by staying a fair distance away?

>>16671444 (nice integers)

You can just tell all of these fags bar the owner of the channel started with these. None of these morons even thinks to jump to avoid these attacks which has been a staple in Ys since…dear god, the SNES days if I'm not misremembering.

>>16670818

8chan is PC gaming. Falcom is weebshit. The two don't mix. The relationship will always be awkward. Falcom won't even commit to the Switch let alone Steam.

>>16676105

You're retarded if you believe any of what you typed. 8chan is full of people with pc gaming rigs as well as consoles and handhelds. Saying weebshit and PC doesnt mix well is exceedingly ignorant as well. You sound like a kid or a really childish adult.

>>16672853

Wow, thank you! My motivation to finish TiTS 2 and start 3 (lesser 3 because it has no towns) has soared. I am happy to see they continue this story, because I am loving it thus far.

>>16676527

Just finish the games already faggot, these threads are walking spoilersagamines and the longer you hang around and wait without finishing a t, the greater the risk you incur

>>16676597

Finishing a saga*

>>16676597

Don't worry, I don't read things that give spoilers. I have unfortunately already watched the ending of TiTS 2, or was it 3, of the dragon floating in the air saving Joshua and Estella. I watched it after watching TiTS 1 ending on youtube because I couldn't beat the 3rd stage final boss of game #1 and felt bad.

>>16677064

>It's not unpatched Ys 8 bad, but the wording is definitely more literal and clunky than what XSeed used to do.

It's NISA just wait when it comes out it will be filled with meme's and will be censored.

>>16677109

>It's NISA just wait when it comes out it will be filled with meme's and will be censored.

I honestly doubt it. Ys 8 had no memes, it was just clunky as fuck and then later patched to be sort of clunky. And there's nothing really for them to censor. They more or less already said this. No, I think it will just sound worse in general. Based on what I've seen, probably not enough to trigger any kind of outrage sadly, though there's always the chance it'll be tucked away in places we haven't seen, but based on what I saw when I played Ys 8 I doubt it.

>>16677109

Memes and censorship?

I JUST WANT THE GAME TO FUNCTION

>>16677195

>I JUST WANT THE GAME TO FUNCTION

Ys 8 had no problems…on PS4 that is. So I doubt the PS4 release of CS3 will have them. Every other port had at least one thing if not multiple things wrong with it, of course. The best you can hope for is that NISA, in attempting to more or less shamelessly copy what XSeed has done (like they did by adding turbo mode into CS3, where it wasn't before), will just give the PC port straight to Durante, if they do one that is.

>>16671396

I guess MAYBE the text (in japanese) isn't the same as the voice, although japanese game's actually like to say 「じろじろ」out loud as a "staring sound effect".

>>16670818

>Sticking with Sony means sticking to where their Japanese fnbase is, idiot.

I'd say the real idiots are the Nips who put up with Soynys cancer.

>>16677449

>What would it take for the Japanese to transition back into a PC centered game market?

A total cultural shift, the Japanese are notoriously PC retarded. Soyny is probably gonna force them to start, but they'll likely make a last stand for consoles on the Switch first.

>And if NISA has all this money why can't they have a competent PC porting department?

They don't need to. Like you mentioned if you have X amount of money to spend on a product, it is better spent on advertising than on making sure the product is good.

Also don't count on NIS dying and taking out NISA. Soyny has mentioned wanting to buy studios, i guess to force people to stay on their platform, and i fully expect they would buy NIS and through them NISA to keep this cancer alive until Soyny kicks the bucket as well.

>>16677498

Sure, but NISA seem to have a lot of exclusives on the PS4 that they could port to PC and thereby be making more money from.

>>16677590

>making more money from

Not necessarily. If the ports are bad they won't be bought and then the porting costs might exceed the sales revenue

>>16677815

Please no. I need to have some hope.

>>16677815

Pretty much what happened with Ys8. Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even bother porting Ys9.

>>16677883

Hope for what? Until Soyny/NIS die, Falcom might as well not even release games in the west.

>>16677895

Fairly sure they said the game ended up selling ok on steam enough. NIS dropped steam support though, so ys 9 and cs3+ ps4 exclusive forever.

Eiyuu Densetsu Sen no Kiseki III Official Collection Art Book

https://exhentai.org/g/1444028/57ffe7cee4/

>>16677590

NISA doesn't have a porting team. Nippon Icchi are the ones porting everything.

>>16676138

He probably only plays slav shit that hardly works for 5 minutes a day and roleplays as a guy who has played all the classics.

>>16681467

Get fucked Ichikyo57, you fucking children molester.

>>16680911

I want to enforce her swiftness, if you catch my drift.

>>16681114

They only ported Ys 8 to Switch. NISA usually outsources to no name companies who barely have any work under their belt.

>>16681694

>NISA

Who? NISA outsources nothing. Nippon Icchi has their others companies work on the PC ports. They're all made in Japan by Japanese companies.

I'm not really sure why you go NISA this, NISA that as NISA is pretty much worthless apart from doing the PR on the Steam forums.

>>16681705

The Killer7 PC port was outsourced for example. They dont advertise that they use other companies but they do.

>>16682046

Sure, but in most cases, it's Japanese companies working under Nippon Icchi. In most cases they hired Laurel Code and/or Entertainment Support to de the PC ports. It's a well known fact ES Inc. is a subdivision of Nippon Icchi themselves. Laurel Code seems unrelated, but yet again they're a Japanese company.

The quality looks like shit because it was ripped straight from a Dengeki stream.

>>16684869

Dear god why is Dogi a 70 year old man now.

>>16681484

what makes you think a random twitterfag would post here

also he's a sony fanboy

Is there even a point on not buying Falcom games from NISA now? I'm conflicted anons, Kondo doesn't seem willing to let go of NISA now, Xseed went to shit and other localization companies are probably not that interested. I don't want to give money to Soyny by importing the PS4 version, but I still want to support Falcom so they can continue to make games. The fuck should I do now?

>>16686433

If you're that conflicted then buy it used or pirate it if by some miracle it comes to PC. It's not hard.

>>16686433

>Is there even a point on not buying Falcom games from NISA now?

People just saying "fuck it" and giving them money anyways is why they are still alive to ruin Falcom in the west in the first place. So at the very least don't give them the money to ruin more stuff.

>The fuck should I do now?

Pirate or buy used. Every time this shit happens the only way companies learn is by hitting their bottom line.

Here's the new Ys 9 trailer without the shitty lag from the stream.

>>16686447

>>16686433

Better choice on PC would be wait for a humble bundle and use the % to put everything into Falcom.

>>16686447

>>16686433

>if by some miracle it comes to PC

It's coming to PC, you retards. It's like you don't know how Falcom rolls.

>>16686888

I wouldn't be surprised if XSEED ported the game to PC since NIS gave up on PC completely.

>>16686888

I don't trust anything anymore. I'd like to believe it, but with NISA I wouldn't say anything is guaranteed.

>>16687647

>NISA

NIS are the ones porting the game and it's well known they've given up on Steam. So you got your answer.

Its funny to see a youtube video about someone talking about trails and which order to play, and there's so many views. I'm in a bubble separate from all these communities, its weird to see things organically grow with you not knowing anything about it, having so many "fans" coming to a game like this. How did it happen? When did this game get popular in the West? People played persona and then those communities find and latch on to other jrpg's? I like too many things that I don't really jump into communities I guess, its too much to "be a part of something" when I played dozens of games at a time. Not that I ever browse leddit, or other forums, it just hit me that someone can make a video about an obscure game like this and you have people coming out of nowhere giving praise.

So after playing Oath in Felghana, Ark of Naphistim and Ys: Origin, those became some of my favorite games of all time.

Ys Chronicles was a unique experience. 7/10, a bit unpolished, but it was a quick fun experience.

Then now I just played Celceta. It was complete dogshit and it made me fall out of love with the series. What was once a fast paced streamlined arpg is now a slow clunky grindfest. They completely removed the verticality and instead added a clunky party system. There's an arbitrary sidequest for the best artifact in the game that requires you to literally wallhug the entire map. Getting gear and upgrading it is a huge grind now, but 99% of upgrades are irrelevant since the game is a breeze on nightmare with just a few life leech upgrades. Then the game adds stupid grindable permanent stat increase items that completely throw off the balance of the game. Not to mention you can walk into any fight with 99 of every consumable and cheese it.

If the bosses weren't boring cakewalks to begin with, anyone can just grind their way out of it instead of learning the mechanics, which to me defeats the entire purpose of Ys games.

Do any of the other new games get any better, or are they all as dogshit as celceta?

I may be the only one in this thread who happens to like flash guarding/dodging. I've loved parrying shit or dodging at the last second in most games that have them as mechanics.

>>16699945

The idea of flash shit is not bad at all. The problem is the execution, and the games rely on it way too much. At times, it feels like the main gameplay elements is flash mechanics then everything else is secondary.

>>16700359

I don't know which of those screencaps I like the least. Holy shit.

>>16697395

Pretty much. Lacrimosa makes up for it with a compelling story/characters and shittons of content(I mean it's neat you have all this shit but the side quests are still mmo fetch quests, even if you get to know more about the characters through them, and the raid/interception missions get old real quick) but the gameplay itself still feels wonky.

Whats funny is that in Lacrimosa you can find a very fun optional dungeon that shows what this style of Ys game could have been. You play as one character switching between weapons and forms, every weapon shares the same four skills but different variations of it, you have different defense/health/movespeed stats, a seperate attack string for each form as well as a special interaction with the world for certain puzzles. I really loved it and I hope Ys9 has an equivalent dungeon to it, preferably larger since the dungeon is pretty linear, and fairly short.

Celceta is arguably the worst of the three but if you hated the fundamentals I doubt Seven/Lacrimosa is going to do much for you.

>>16700408

Just to expand a little example wise

Seven

>The "hardest" of the three, but still not on par with Origins/Felghana

>No flash move, but flash guard is a very primitive version that needs to be spammed multiple times for multiple frames of an attack(and you'll be mashing it for a solid minute if it's a tornado type attack too).

>Bosses are dangerous and move around a lot, designed around an arena like the older Ys games. The downside is because they're testing out the party system and the consumables a lot of bosses will outright one shot a character or stick the other two party members on 1 hp 5 seconds into the fight.

>First time they also experimented with lots of alternate weapons and materials, there's shittons of them but it's a chore actually bothering with them, especially for the ultimate weapons which require an ass-shatteringly long time to grind because the material required for it is a somewhat uncommon drop from both monsters and resource nodes.

>SP generation is fucked, you get like 12(after an upgrade) or 6 SP per charged attack and you have to hold down the attack button instead of it being charged automatically for you.

>no jump button, but aerial slash breaks later dungeon progression since it can be used as a jump button.

>a big fuck you with the final boss since it requires use of all seven characters, but there's no guarantee you went into it having leveled, geared up or even used all seven characters(I personally hated mustafa).

>skills are ten levels, mostly damage increases but certain levels give you different effects(in other words it adds more visual shit to the attack but otherwise not impressive)

Celceta

You've played this, you know

Lacrimosa

>Jump button,, too bad it isn't used much in fights or in movement. My use for it was going fast because sprinting+jump makes you go slightly faster

>The party member rock-paper scissors mechanic gets expanded on by having damage types inflict "break" on an enemy

>broken enemies take lots more damage and lose an attribute like flight or no stunlock, basically it's to kill the larger fucks quicker because once they're broken they die quickly

>no retarded fast travel restriction system

>bosses are basically like Lacrimosa, they're a big ass monster in a circular arena that swipes at you every now and then and you can flash guard/move through the entire moveset with no problem. There's a gimmick boss that involves a somewhat wonky catapult and underwater physics but otherwise, meh.

>Weapon system streamlined into tiers. The attribute system is still a thing

>no currency, you trade materials for everything. It's less annoying than Seven's.

>adds in interception/raid missions, basically quick combat encounters where you are defending a gate or attacking enemy spawn points. Interception missions are long and when they get difficult they get so by virtue of damage spongy enemies. Raid missions buff your attack to absurd levels when you're near torches so they end in under 3 minutes flat

>skills follow the same deal as Celceta, three levels, the way skills are acquired makes it feel much more reliable than celceta but otherwise it still feels very much like you get a skill to supercede another skill and the final ability you get from a certain sidequest line pretty much renders everything else obsolete, especially for Adol. You get certain exceptions here and there like ricotta's spinning ability that fills the break bar incredibly quickly but otherwise it's static

>party members play a bit more differently, with Hummel's rifle and Ricotta being a bouncy rocket every fight, but Adol and Dana are pretty much different skins of each other and Laxia is basically Karna with more thrust attacks than throw attacks.

I'd say try Lacrimosa it's playable on PC with a smooth 60 outside of three areas, eroded valley(drops to like a 35) and the later Dana dungeon stages when it comes to using Luminous for a couple of hours and if you can't stand it then drop it. Honestly I like Kiseki no Nayuta more as a potential followup to Ys.

>>16700408

>the side quests are still mmo fetch quests

this is literally why ff12 was the first FF i dropped

>>16700432

I don't actually mind the rock paper scissors system, but the big problem for me was how they turned a finely tuned, skill based, low grind experience into a slogfest like every other rpg. Sad to see Falcom didn't realize they had lightning in a bottle. Is there any chance its worth going back to play the old pre-remake versions of the games?

>>16700795

Well, the jump from Celceta to Lacrimosa was pretty large so I hope at some point(hopefully Monstrum) would put a party game on par with the Felghana style games.

Or they'll get the memo and make more games like Nayuta/Brandish/

>>16701465

Or they realized their version is broken to hell, and they have somewhat realized they can't afford another YS8.

>>16701589

That's wishful thinking anon, and you know it.Unfortunately.

>>16700432

>skills are ten levels, mostly damage increases but certain levels give you different effects(in other words it adds more visual shit to the attack but otherwise not impressive)

Not quite true. Adol is the one with the most impressive changes as his skills at later levels almost slow down time to show Adol's inhuman speed, like how Pentagam level 1 has Adol move fast but everything moves fairly normal but by level 10, Adol moves fast, time stands still, the damage explodes and the area of effect has been expanded a bit due to the upgraded visuals. It's mostly the other characters that get a bit of a shaft with their skills being non impressive at later stages. My guess is because Adol has to juggle between three sword types, getting the magic sword of ultimate penis enlargement aka "Fuck your rock-paper-scissors shit" Sword and because he has to solo the final boss.

While not in complete agreement about its follow-up, Nayuta still has tremendous potential and is probably the best starting point for Capcom or anyone for that matter to see how a proper 3D Megaman is done, specificcaly of the X / Zero / ZX timeline.