New Trails in 2021?! - The JRPG Weekly Update!
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Headline:
• Mo Trails, No Problems
o Falcom published a financial report presentation which gives us a window into their plans for the new fiscal year.
o According to RPGFan.com’s translation of the slides we can expect to see
Multiple titles in 2021 to celebrate Falcom’s 40th anniversary
Continuing to push for multi-console releases including PS4, Switch Smartphones and PC
Planned release of a new Trails title in Japan by September 2021
o https://www.rpgsite.net/news/10482-fa...
New Game and Port Announcements
• Nioh 2 Complete Edition coming to PS5, PS4 and Steam on Feb 5th
o The PS5 version is planned to feature the following enhancements:
4k 120fps, improved graphics quality, faster loading, cross platform and save data transfer with PS4
Release Date Updates:
• NISA have announced a date for first-person dungeon crawlers
o Saviors of Sapphire Wings and Stranger of Sword City combo
launching March 16 2021, the 19th in Europe
Coming to Steam and Switch, a physical release is planned
Other News
• Level-5 of Japan have trademarked “WORLD TRICK” in Japanese as well as English
o Something that’s not Yokai Watch? Consider me excited!
o Speaking of Level 5 they were also recently in the news because their western branch was laying off lots of staff.
The fact that this trademark was registered in English as well would lend credence to the idea that they will continue to release games in the West, just not self-localized.
• Publisher Dark Horse Books have announced
o Kingdom Hearts: Ultimania: The Story Before Kingdom Hearts III
Launching June 15th 2021,
Hardcover book will cover the series history of the series up through Unchained X, stopping short of Kingdom Hearts III.
Features concept artwork and storyboards
The book will cost about $45 in comic book shops, Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
SuperDerek News
• Last week I released my review of Arc Rise Fantasia! The game is rough around the edges, but features a unique turn-based battle system worthy of praise
JRPG Weekly Forecast
• Thursday, November 19th
o Azurebreak Heroes
Roguelike coming to Switch and PC
o Star Renegades
Gorgeous sprite-based Turn-based RPG by Massive Damage Inc
• Coming to Switch and Xbox One, but coming to PS5 next week
• Friday November 20th
o Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
This is that cool looking Warriors style game set in the Breath of the Wild era coming from Nintendo and Koei
Coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch
Question of the Week:
• Here’s a follow-up to last week’s question where I asked you to name the first game that comes to mind when I say “JRPG”
o I went through all of the top-level comments you posted
o If you said multiple game names, I took only the first one you wrote down
o Nearly 400 responses from you guys, and here’s the results
o What do you think this means?
I don’t think it means a whole heck of a lot, aside from the fact that one company is absolutely dominant in the market.