Trails is a pretty niche JRPG series when compared to the likes of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, but it's still been going for well over two decades. Unlike those previously mentioned franchises, Trails differs in that every single game shares the same world and characters. That makes getting into the series rewarding, but also extremely daunting.
Just like any long-running JRPG series, the question that is asked by most people wanting to get into Trails is where should they start? It feels like almost every fan you speak to has a different answer, with some recommending modern titles like Daybreak or Cold Steel - as they're widely accessible and easy entry points - while the puritans out there would most likely urge you to go chronological and start with the Sky or Crossbell arcs.
It's such a tough question that even Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo admits that he doesn't quite know what to tell people that ask him. He said as much in a recent shareholders meeting first reported on by Suzuki Online, and then translated by GamesRadar. In the meeting, Kondo claims that the recently announced Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter is an effort to...
