#Nihon Falcom

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The Legend of Xanadu 2

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Trails in the Sky remake was just announced recently!!

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Commission for @aegisasu of her OC Amelia and Crow adorably in love 💕!!

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For those curious about Trails, here are four entries you can jump right into:

Trails in the Sky

Trails from Zero

Trails of Cold Steel

Trails through Daybreak

Starting with the first game (Trails in the Sky) is a good choice, but if that isn't appealing then try out whichever installment above looks the most interesting. See if you like it and worry about the other games later.

Until relatively recently, it was impossible to play through the series in release order officially in English. So many longtime fans, like myself, have experienced Trails in all sorts of wacky combinations. So don't worry too much about where to start and just follow your bliss.

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Trails in the Sky FC remake announced for Nintendo Switch!

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Ys guys with botw study backgrounds

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(MAY 10) Touching up old wips to get back into practice

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Popful Mail Sega CD 1994

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Risette Twinings

Marduk's finest

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Chibi Estelle - Trails of Pocky Sticks

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Brandish 4/ VT

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Getting into Kiseki has been one of the most rewarding experiences as a fan of JRPGs and also just long form story telling. It's also been one of the most painful experiences because these characters and world live in my head rent free now and I know like 3 other people total who have played them and all I wanna do is yap my Lil thoughts because wowie the entire Falcom staff absolutely be cooking with every game I play.

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Juna and Musse in special military uniforms, a commission for Chris! ✨

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Masayuki Kato, the former president and founder of Nihon Falcom, one of the longest running RPG developers in the industry, just passed away on December 15th at the age of 78. 

This is some really difficult news to process. Kato was seen as a polarizing figure among many Falcom fans. His conservative approach to business and outdated way of crediting creators led to many employees leaving the company in the 80s and beyond. But without him, many of these creators would have perhaps never gotten their start in the first place. He gave many developers their first job in the industry, people that would go on to change the landscape of video games as a whole. This includes:

Yoshio Kiya (creator of the Dragon Slayer series and pioneer of some of Japan’s first action RPGs).

Tadanobu Inoue (Early producer of the Atelier series at Gust).

Masaya Hashimoto (co-creator of Ys and co-founder of Quintet).  

Tomoyoshi Miyazaki (scenario writer for Ys I-III , Artraiser, Terranigma, and many others). 

Tetsuya Takahashi (creator of the Xeno franchise and co-founder of Monolith Soft). 

Minako Iwasaki (character designer for the Rune Factory series).

Yuzo Koshiro (composer of Streets of Rage, Etrian Odyssey, and many other legendary soundtracks). 

Ayano Koshiro (graphic artist on many titles ranging from Streets of Rage 2 to Lunar: The Silvar Star).

Tanaka Kunihiko (character designer for Xenogears).

Tenmon (composer for 5 Centimeters Per Second and many visual novels by Minori). 

Makoto Shinkai (director of Your Name, Suzume, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and many others).

All of these creators got their start at Nihon Falcom and there are still many amazing people that remain at the studio. So while Masayuki Kato’s management can certainly be criticized, his company was also responsible for a lot of good. And I think it is telling that even creators that left Falcom, such as Yuzo Koshiro, have been offering their gratitude to Kato after hearing the news of his passing.

Rest in peace.