XSEED Games, the video game publishing brand of Marvelous USA have announced a partnership with Carpe Fulgur LLC (Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone) to localize and bring internationally The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC as a digital download to both the PC and Playstation Portable (w/ Vita support) in 2014. This serves as the second chapter or sequel to the company’s original 2011 release, that will be released on PC in a few months time.
In the announcement, they claimed that this collaboration and announcement was a result of a near endless deluge of fan requests to XSEED Games after the first chapter released exclusively on the Playstation Portable.This will mark the debut of the English version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky on PC, as well as the first release of the English version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC anywhere. The two chapters will release as two separate, back-to-back installments.
Ken Berry | Executive Vice President of XSEED Games
We are pleased to finally give the fans what they have been requesting so fervently for over two years. There’s been a constant demand ever since we released the original The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, and we are extremely grateful for our partnership with the passionate localizers at Carpe Fulgur to finally make it a reality.
Andrew Dice | Project Director for Carpe Fulgur
This is something we’ve had an interest in doing since practically the formation of the company. If you talk about or work with ‘PC gaming from Japan’, as we do, you can’t really ignore Falcom’s huge presence over the past three decades. Trails in the Sky is particularly special, and I’d wanted to work on it ever since the day we started business. I’m thrilled that we will finally be able to bring the game to English-speaking audiences, in partnership with XSEED.
Information on Both Games
Developed by RPG specialists Nihon Falcom, the multi-part story told in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky represents an entirely new stand-alone entry in The Legend of Heroes series. In The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, players venture through the diverse landscape of the Liberl Kingdom, experiencing its unique traditions and cultures along the way and shaping the world itself with their decisions. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky opens in the quaint and peaceful town of Rolent in the Liberl Kingdom. Home to a peacekeeping coalition free of government ties known as the Bracer Guild, the adventure follows two young aspiring bracers known as Estelle and Joshua on their trials to become full-fledged members of this elite organization. As they embark on their quest, their journey will take them across an entire country, unraveling a sinister government conspiracy along the way that’s poised to overtake the throne, threatening the very peace the bracers seek to uphold. Throughout their adventure, players can expect to learn the full depth of these characters’ origins and motivations through dialogue-driven cutscenes and lengthy side-quests.
Trails in the Sky SC, meanwhile, begins immediately after the events in the first game. Following the explosive revelations at the very end of Trails in the Sky, Estelle feels adrift and must find her resolve along with friends both old and new, and face down the true architects of the chaos engulfing Liberl – a force far more powerful and insidious than she could ever have imagined.