Trails in the Sky (series)
| Trails in the Sky | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Role-playing video game |
| Developers | Falcom |
| Publishers | Falcom (Japan) Xseed Games (North America) |
| Platforms | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
| First release |
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (Windows)
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| Latest release |
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter (Windows, PSP)
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The Trails in the Sky series is a metaseries within the The Legend of Heroes series of Japanese role-playing video games. Collectively the sixth entry in the Legend of Heroes series, the series consists of three games, the First Chapter, Second Chapter, and The 3rd. The three titles were released between 2004 and 2007 in Japan, while the game's massive scope and quantity of text to translate has caused a considerable delay in their English releases. First Chapter was released in 2011, Second Chapter in 2015, and The 3rd is set to be released in 2017.
The first entry of the game was first released in Japan in 2004 for the PC by Falcom. It was shortly afterwards ported over to the PlayStation Portable in 2006. Due to its massive size of text, the game was not localized into English until 2011, when translated by Xseed Games. Aeria Games, in late 2011, announced they had the rights from Falcom to release the game on mobile phones in English regions, but as of 2015, no further information on this has arisen. The game was also given an high definition port as part of Sony's PSP Remaster line of ports to the PlayStation 3 platform in late 2012, and an updated rerelease on the PlayStation Vita in 2015.
The second entry in the series, Second Chapter, was initially released in 2006 for the PC and 2007 for the PlayStation Portable in Japan. In 2013, Xseed Games announced that they would be working together with Carpe Fulgur in localizing the Second Chapter, due to all the fan requests after the release of First Chapter. Initially announced for a mid-2014 release, it was later pushed back to late 2014. In December 2014, Carpe Fulgur head Andrew Dice announced that progress in translating the game was slowed by his struggle with depression and suicide. Dice handed over his work for Xseed employees to finish up, which, combined with unexpected difficulties during the QA testing of the game, resulted in the game's release being delayed into 2015. Like First Chapter, Second Chapter was also announced for a mobile phone port by Aeria Games that was apparently abandoned, and had a 2013 PlayStation 3 HD port and a 2015 PlayStation Vita updated rerelease.
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