Fans of the classic turn-based RPG saga will be thrilled with the news that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is being remade and coming to Nintendo Switch in 2025, announced by Nihon Falcom. This remake marks the first time the game will appear on a Nintendo platform, offering players an updated version of their beloved adventure set in the Liberl Kingdom.
Key Points from the Remake
- A full 3D recreation of the game’s world will enhance immersion with seamless transitions between fields and towns.
- The combat system retains its command-based battles, featuring various attacks and magic spells known as Arts
Are you a fan of The Legend of Heroes series? What do you think about transitioning the series to 3D?
Trails FC was a fun game. I’m working my way through Second Chapter now. The PC release came out 2004 in Japan and 2014 in the US so idk how “retro” it is. Also the original PC release was already in 3D, so I’m not sure why the author is stressing that the remake is in 3D. Am I missing something?
As an aside, does this author always write random words in bold in all their articles ? 🤣
The characters were just 2D sprites from what I recall. And the isometric camera kind of gave it a 2D feel even if it wasn’t actually 2D.
Anyway, hopefully this isn’t a Switch exclusive as that would be lame.
Ah so maybe I’m just reading the article too closely, as it says full 3D for the game’s fields and towns, and doesn’t mention the character models.
There is a video
They were that style of sprite derived from prerendered 3D art that was popular in the late 90’s/early 2000’s.
It’s unfortunately looking like ports of this game are going to come later.