My relationship to a certain beloved RPG franchise is well…very specific to two people I know. I’ve talked about them a lot recently on the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast, and because of the “nudges” they gave me, I played the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Remake that came out earlier this year. Scott, my cohost on NEP (and one of the two people who got me into the game), reviewed it and called it one of the best games of the year. While I wasn’t “as high” on the title, it was still an incredible RPG.
And that brings me to Falcom CEO, Toshihiro Kondo, who was asked about the response to the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Remake in an interview with Dengeki Online, and he admitted multiple things:
He went on to note that it’s done well not just in Japan, but other regions, too, including being the best-selling game in the whole franchise in China!
Kondo also admitted that the Falcom team worked together with both veteran team members and newer staff who hadn’t played the original title to try and bring the best of both worlds together to make the remake as...
