Longtime Japanese publisher/developer Nihon Falcom is known domestically and internationally for their long-running role-playing game Legend of Heroes series, which has gained considerable popularity among RPG fans in recent years. The Trails line of games are a part of the larger Legend of Heroes series, which has its origins back in 1984 with the company's Dragon Slayer series. It's quite a rabbit hole of games that have remained in Japan for many years.

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Back to Trails, according to a report by Noisypixel, during the announcement of Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria- (scheduled to be released in 2024, platforms not annoucned as of this writing), Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo was asked about the origins of the Trails series, the Trails of the Sky Trilogy, ending up on modern platforms by one of the participants during a Q&A session. The games are available on Japan's PlayStation Plus, but through streaming the older versions of the ports. Kondo's answer was in earnest, and asked fans to "wait a little longer".

The exchange went as such:

Q. This is an inquiry about about some of Falcom’s back-catalog – the Trails series’ original games, the Trails in the Sky trilogy, are currently unplayable on modern console platforms. While you can play them on a PlayStation 3, or a PlayStation Vita, are there any plans to develop a version of the titles for modern console hardware?

A. We’re always thinking about ways to make our earlier titles available to more players. As for “Trails in the Sky”, we’ve noticed strong demand for the title both domestically and abroad; as such, we too want to figure out a way to make it available once again for modern platforms. While the Trails series has grown quite long, we consider “Trails in the Sky” to be our own ideal entry point to the series. We want to re-release the game in some form, so we ask our fans to wait a little while longer while we consider our options.

The first arc in the series, Trails in the Sky was released in 2004, and remains the only Trails trilogy unavailable on console. Every other Trails trilogy can be accessed on the PlayStation 4, but as of this writing, Steam is the only outlet for Falcom fans to experience it.

SOURCE: NoisyPixel