Previous: >>550557940>Falcom Gameshttps://pastebin.com/DsiJppXk>Pastebin (aka music)https://pastebin.com/G2mswYCt>Extra Stuff (guides, downloads, undub patches)https://pastebin.com/n2G4xL5s>Games, mods, saves, pre-patched translationshttps://nyaa.si/user/Ganbahttps://nyaa.si/view/1749605https://nyaa.si/view/1749617>Translation patches for Hajimari, Oath in Felghana, Kuro 1 and Kuro 2https://pastebin.com/g7PfH0bL>Kai MTL patchhttps://files.catbox.moe/ygv0l2.7zUPDATED: 12/18>Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is confirmed 2026.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4225980/Trails_in_the_Sky_2nd_Chapter/>Trails Beyond The Horizon Demo: 19th December>Ys X Proud releasing on February 20th for Switch 2, PC, and also PS5https://noisypixel.net/ys-x-proud-nordics-western-release-date/>New Trailerhttps://youtu.be/tB9S4XAj8pM?si=s5l3guOaM1WWkFEK>Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is availablehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1794880/Ys_vs_Trails_in_the_Sky_Alternative_Saga/>Trails in The Sky 1st Chapter is availablehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3375780/Trails_in_the_Sky_1st_Chapter/>Edia to port PC-Engine Ys, Dragon Slayer and The Legend of Xanadu games to modern platformshttps://www.gematsu.com/2025/09/edia-to-port-pc-engine-ys-dragon-slayer-the-legend-of-heroes-and-the-legend-of-xanadu-games-to-modern-platforms>Automaton interview with Kondo regarding Sky remake and the future for the serieshttps://automaton-media.com/articles/interviewsjp/kiseki-20250901-355966/>New Interviews with Kondohttps://www.a9vg.com/article/235712https://dengekionline.com/article/202508/50197>The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon New Trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQELYrJXO-A>Trails beyond the Horizon is coming to Switch 2 and delayed to January 2026https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-beyond-the-horizon-adds-switch-2-version-delayed-to-january-2026-in-the-west
STOP FIGHTING
Maybe this semen-slurping general is not for me anymore
cold steel was way too long, but it never killed me like seeing a fucking orbal vape like daybreak did
Should I buy alternative saga when it goes on sale?
>>550634751Sounds too zoomy for me. I must have memory holes that
Her arc was stolen from her...
GO WOKEGO BROKEsuck it nerds, the Blackrock arc flopped
>>550634954chapter 3 the way the drug got into peoples systems. There was a drunk chick who dropped it infront of you.
ALSOVAN ISN'T EVEN THAT OLD HE'S 24 WHY'S HE ACTING LIKE HE'S 40??
Estelle hijacked the series.....the woke arc....lost...to a woman.....she cant be *COUGH* stopped.....*dies*
>>550634989Um wtf is this!?
it's a wokey woke world out there
>>550635390no...
>>550635539Let...me....go.....
Shartstelle killed all remaining creativity and passion Falcom had in 2004 and now she'll deal the killing blow to the company in 2026Enjoy your trans icon destroying what you loved lmao
Hey guys I'm new here when's Kai 2 releasing?
>>550635685She saved us from woke hell. >>550635748Erm....well....haha....
>>550635685>estelle>transhuh?
>>550635539She looks chinese
>>550635830transcendent
>>550635685> trans iconWhat's Quatre got to do with this
Me when I think about Trails arcs:>Sky :|>Crossbell:)>Cold Steel :D>Calvard :/
Calvard requires extremely high IQ and constant mental peak performance to create unlike skyslop that requires no thought.
>>550636005>not her in spatshmmmm idk manif I was joshua we would have failed because I would have not have been able to walk behind her in them thangs
>>550635830Estelle has made many men realise that they're women and that's a GOOD thing bub! Let's crack that egg!
No wonder the writers got burned outImagine being told to write 84 different quests about a white guy with a moustache being mean to immigrants.
I still don’t understand Vans weapon
>>550634465Trails of Subhumans
>>550636175I actually like the overall vibe of calvard but it's too real? I'm still not sure who the white supremacists are but immigration isn't a race issue... it's a culture issue
>>550636314how does that even work?>>550636397he said it had a blade but where?
Reanspics and Vankidfag are not taking the news that Cold Shit is killing kiseki very well...I guess when your arc is so dogshit 90K day 1 Jap players leave it all you can do is cope or go schizo.
>>550635390Unironically, I think they'll put Estelle and Joshua in Kai 2
>>550636725I mean out of all MCs in this series, as Bracers they have the perfect excuse to show up in literally every place where a new party is.
>>550634465Not sure if hot take but I am really not a fan of Renne crushing on Van because it removes the chance of Renne getting a LI of her own. Now, even though I don't think she'll ever lose importance, she's always gonna be seen as part of Van's haremette
>>550636397Its some gay baton.
>>550636619That's your headcanon though, since you still failed to provide source to the 90k mystery niggas who suddenly vanishedThen again you can't even explain why CS is actually bad either lmao
imagine your talking point being something that happened 8 years ago rofl talk about being stuck with his obsession
>>550608394
>>550636885Yea. I assume she'll get over it post arc like Kloe and Josette.
At this point, posting here on cooldown moaning about Cold Steel gives him more pleasure than actually playing the Calvard arc LOL Rean always and I mean ALWAYS wins
>>550637048
>>550637048sex with pre-CS4 Renne
>>550637048>>550637273dangerous...
>>550637205Do you really see modern Falcom doing that.True, Sky girls are allowed to move on but they're actually allowed to. Girls after that must always be open in my experience
>>550637605Thats only because the MCs post Sky dont get into relationships. With Kuro it's looking likely he will get with Agnes or Elaine. So it'll be like Sky again in that aspect and she can move on.
why did renne do it...
What’s added on to Proud Nordics and is it worth buying?I haven’t played the base version yet
>>550637945New area, characters and story.
>>550636967>>550636953>Reanspics can't understand graphslmao! Can't make this shit up
>>550637791>With Kuro it's looking likely he will get with Agnes or ElaineNot trusting Falcom to have Van choose one of them either.
>>550637820Not only Agnes has bigger breasts but she's also younger wich makes it less embarassing for Renne to bully her
For me, it's Towa.
Kusoeaters talking about CS sales like pointing out that one mountain's peak is lower than another mountain's peak while they sit in rock bottom
>>550638132I dont think it'll be a choice. Just happens in the story.
>>550637820I can't believe they retconned Tita to become just another claudel clone...
>>550638367This Reanspic is assblasted lol
>>550637820If they dont apply the remake look to Kai 2 its the final sign that they couldn't give two shits about Calvard.
>>550636552Female protagonists make men troon out. Humans are natural self inserters.
>>550637205It doesn't feel like Kloe or Josette moved on. They will probably remain single for the rest of their lives.
>>550638704One of them says they've moved on in CS4. And Josette teases Estelle about not going far with Joshua. But yea even they'll probably remain single so its already over for Renne.
>>550638123>the sourceless graph that's been debunked multiple timesSkykeks are not sending their best...
Since I keep seeing weird translations of it, here's my version it:Question: Regarding the sales strategy for the Trails (Kiseki) series. Personally, I was disappointed that Kai no Kiseki did not conclude the story. Wouldn't it have been better to release a remake after the series was fully complete? Was the decision to insert a remake at this juncture the result of weighing the benefits of gaining new users against the risk of existing users leaving?Kondo: I know we are keeping you waiting regarding the conclusion of Kai no Kiseki, and I apologize for causing any concern.The primary objective of inserting the Trails in the Sky remake now is to acquire new users. While Kai no Kiseki is a PlayStation exclusive, it has become clear that the user base [on that platform] is dwindling. Partly because we had limited the platforms [for recent entries], we made the decision to interject with the Trails in the Sky remake before Kai no Kiseki heads toward its conclusion. We did this to increase the likelihood of bringing back players who had "graduated" from the series, as well as onboarding those who are interested but have shied away because jumping in midway is too difficult.Furthermore, Kai no Kiseki involves massive development costs due to its sheer volume. The Trails series has been running for 20 years, and the development team is exhausted—much like they would be from operating a live-service online game. There is an internal reason for this decision as well: we wanted to give the team a break—or rather, to help them boost their motivation for the conclusion of Kai no Kiseki—by returning to our roots and taking a fresh look at Trails in the Sky.
>>550638990Yea that's what I mean. They "moved on" in the sense that they won't make a move on Joshua anymore, but they won't make a move on anyone because they are still thinking of Joshua.
>>550639102>help them boost their motivation for the conclusion of Kai no KisekiSounds like they really dont want to make more of those. Developers are in the trenches lol.
>>550634465They won.
>>550639317But one of them says they dont think about it anymore after they got teased about it.
>>550639013It is embarrassing how badly you are coping with Rean almost killing Kiseki, Reanspic. Pretty sad shit, haha...
>>550634989van is gay
>>550634465Is there any way we can add glasses to Renne in the remake? I know she's not playable yet on SC, but I want to put glasses in her most adorable form...
>>550639326in another interview he was saying that they kept the sky remake a secret from some of the devs who were working on the calvard games and when they found out they all wanted to jump over to it
>>550640121Wow. Sinking ship....
Blackrock forced woke writing on the devs and burned them out. Understandable, really.
>>550581610Don't forget...>Persona 6 and its inevitable "definitive edition" will release
>>550639102kys kondo
Why'd they cut Kevin and Tita from the pic.
Five (5) (V) (Go) (五) (ご) cute facts about Towaassiest!:1. She is canonically atowable!2. She has a great ass!3. I love her!!!4. Towaassiest!!!!
>Be me>Just now found out that there will be no Kai 2 for the foreseeable future>mfwI don't feel so good bros...
>>550641134K*vin: His game is getting skippedTita: Not plot relevant enough to be in the cover
>>5506412275. She's got immigration NGO girl booty!
>>5506412275. She has a great butt!!!!!
>>550641227I need her to sit on my face and lecture me about something
>>550641227Oops I fixed her finger.
>>550641395Skipping 3rd would be hilarious and stupid
>>550642113YOU'VE got immigration NGO girl booty!No, I don't wish!
Reanacake wishes she had 1/3 of Towa's booty, haha...
Shizuna got so bored waiting for Kai 2 she moved on to a different game.
>>550643306That's Elaina
>>550642621Everyone is eager to overcome BARRIERS in 3D, cant be helped.
>>550643306>>550643490Lel
>>550643490Haha...I do want Sky 3rd tho! They made Richard too cool to not do it.
Kiseki BELONGS to the burgerbros.
>>550642968I'd still spank it 'till she orgasms
Kai 2 will be Their Game and there's nothing you can do about it.
sex
Kai 2 will be Nobody's Game and there's nothing you can do about it.
>>550637048>>550641227>>550642571Oh hey you're still around. Working on anything more substantial?
>>550644891>Working on anything more substantial?Nothing Kiseki-wise, but I will likely do more Towa gens in the future because Towacutest.By the way, I'm not "AI anon," the guy who used to dump massive batches of gens on Catbox and came up with the awesome automated system that made LoRAs out of the 3D models ripped from the games.I just do a few gens here and there from time to time and prefer releasing small amounts of heavily-refined gens to releasing large amounts of batch-genned gens with no refinement.
sky WON
>>550644446whore
>>550645365I'm aware, was just curious.
>>550645515Ah, thought you might think I was him based on the "you're still around" comment.I thought the automated LoRA making system he came up with was absolutely brilliant and I got good use out of his LoRAs back when Pony was the local meta.He made some good smugs, too.
>>550645850I could do with some more smug, bratty Towa
>>550644446Lapis NO! You're dangerously close to angering South Korea!
>>550647002It's okay I checked. Legally she is a cumdoll so it's allowed.
>>550639102source?
>>550647530i'm talking about this
>>550648379>smug Towa SPHHm. That's an idea.
>>550648175https://x.com/michsuzu/status/2001560439508046122
>>550648450>SPHwhich kisekis would do it best?
>>550649778ScheraBestelleShirleySharon
>>550645365What about the immigration NGO girl do you like?
>>55065056520 reasons why I love Towacutest!:1. She is cute!2. She is adorable!3. She is canonically atowable!4. Her smol, petite frame is very delicate and feminine!5. She is very kind!6. She is cheerful and always stays positive!7. She is serious and hard-working!8. She is very friendly and personable!9. She is very modest and humble!10. She is incredibly capable at anything she puts her mind to!11. She would make an excellent mother!12. She is very intelligent and talented!13. She is a born leader!14. It's cute how sensitive she is about her height and chest!15. Her low alcohol tolerance is cute!16. Her clumsiness is cute!17. She has cute little hands and feet!18. She looks very cute in glasses!19. Her butt looks great in tight jeans!20. She is not an immigration NGO girl!21. Towacutest!
As a connesuir of visual novels, I have never had a hype deflation as fast as when I realized how DB2's time travel workedWhen I saw the map the first time, I was hype beyond belief but then they proceeded to execute that mechanic in quite possibly the worst way possible. There were so many ways to make that more interesting
>>550651626I get that a lot of Kiseki games are accused of not having stakes because nobody dies and certainly none of the heroesBut DB2 pretty much is an in-game I win button. In the other games at least you can pretend there's stakes. in DB2, the game explicitly tells you that the party is in fact invincible.
>he consumes visual novelsYour opinion is unneeded
>>550639102>While Kai no Kiseki is a PlayStation exclusive, it has become clear that the user base [on that platform] is dwindling. Partly because we had limited the platforms [for recent entriesI just remembered Falcom was one of the few companies who outright said they didn't believe in the Switch and would stick with PS back in the day. True hubris.>>550639326>Sounds like they really dont want to make more of those. Developers are in the trenches lol.I really think a problem we've taken for granted is that the games are yearly or semi-yearly which means they always need to be thinking about them all the time and that will add up. This sort of reminds me of how the concept of the super long-running anime for an ongoing manga is all but dead these days. Even One Piece will become a seasonal show. Because that kind of output can't really be done anymore
>>550652057>Even One Piece will become a seasonal show. Because that kind of output can't really be done anymoreAt least with One Piece they don't have to worry about it being ugly because they rushed it because it's supposed to be ugly haha.
>>550651981Pretending that JRPGs and visual novels don't have a semi-symbiotic relationship is foolhardy. And I'm not even talking about having lots of text. Why do you think they started putting in text backlogs, voice replays and skip texts in modern titles to the point it feels weird if they aren't there?
>>550651798They wanted the Re:Zero audienceI'm only half joking
nadia rizz
>>550652057>yearly or semi-yearlySelf inflicted. The quality of the games makes a long wait absolutely not worth it. And they refuse to actually fix anything.
>>550634465The Renne shilling makes it incredibly obvious that she'll be the last MC for the series
>>550652932yeah i don't mind the releases getting less frequent if it means the games become higher quality but we already know that won't happen
>>550651626>>550651798People don't kid when they say /fg/ don't play the games. Kuro 2 clearly tells there's consequences for the time leaps as each one powers up the red genesis wich allows whoever uses to rewrite reality in cosmical scale. It's basically weaponizes the chaos theory.
>>550653105Sex with Calvard renne
>>550653289k
>>550653289I didn't say anything about the plot though (however it wasn't great either), I said the actual execution of the mechanic. It was executed horribly. There were so many better ways to do that that weren't braindead.I was actually scoffing during that scene where Nadia screams out "Find the true route" because it's like 'bitch what true route' like we've been navigating a real route mechanic. That makes it sound like it is something that would need to be discovered instead of 'pick this'
>>550641227>>550642208Haha...
My wife has arrived
>>550654676>that mag
>>550654318>I was actually scoffing during that scene where Nadia screams out "Find the true route" because it's like 'bitch what true route' Oh yeah that one was silly I have to agree.
>>550565417>Calvard relied heavily on mocap tech and tried to appeal to gacha players to help recoup costs. That failed. Sky 1st didn't need nearly as much and had usable choreography ideas already.>tried to appeal to gacha players
>>550654676I kneel....
>>550621002>>550621167>>550621367Been a while since I last saw one of these haha
>>550642968>>550643976nuh-uh.
>>550657608Haha...hello, Reanasis.
>>550653105Sex with SC Remake Renne
>>550644494kek this got him seething
>>550657769Hello
>>550658179What's your take on Kondo walking back the two games a year thing and only getting Sky 2nd next year? I would have welcomed the news had the bit about AI not come out...at best I cope with thinking they use like Larian says they use their AI tools.
>>550654676one step closer in never building your own family...good job
>>550653105sex with baby renne
>>550658474>What's your take on Kondo walking back the two games a year thingNot that guy but did people believe in that?
>>550658474It's a bit of a shame that we won't get much but I'm glad we're getting Sky 2nd pretty quickly at the very least. I do feel bad and a little concerned about both the lack of Kai 2 and the implication of AI being used going forward. Won't exactly be happy if it ends up meaning Kai 2 has AI-generated sidequests, but I won't start doomposting about it.I do feel like we do need some more small spinoff games, like a Kiseki Kart or something similar. But if we aren't getting more than one game a year, well... guess that's gonna be a distant dream, haha...
>Van is so shit he's jobbing to the Coldsteel gachaRean and Lavi won
>>550653289So the realtiy warping red genesis backed up with tens of time leaps could just get punched to deathlmao
>>550659161I mean, we saw that this year with 2 Kiseki games and also in Japan. To be fair to Kondo, he did say this was the "pilot" year to test if they could even do that.>>550659231I don't want to start another arc war but I thought Kuro and most of Kai with some exceptions had better writing than all of Cold Steel. Kuro 2 was a shameless cash grab Kondo should regret greenlighting. It is insulting he thought people would be okay with it. That being said, I just can't believe they are resorting to AI. Kondo says he wants Falcom to have over 100 employees but...how is he gonna pay them? The company isn't doing too hot financially, I thought. Unless buying their own shares is how they will leverage justifying spending more for new people. Falcom just seems so fucking mismanaged.
>>550660164> I thought Kuro and most of Kai with some exceptions had better writing than all of Cold Steel.lol, lmao. Even fucking nobles vs commoners is 100 times more well written then Calvard's 382 white guy with a moustache quests
>>550659946Cute and canon
>>550660349Nah.
>>550660164I can't really say I've liked it more, personally. I can say do I genuinely like Calvard so far, and honestly I probably liked more of Kai than a number of people here did. That said there's much more in Calvard that left me with some... less conventional opinions, haha, and ones that just got reinforced because of Kai. I do WANT Kai 2 to be good, whenever it comes out, but I am more cautious about it given what we've heard.
>>550660164it's less of an arc war and more of falcom's writing being retarded with their trend chasing and rehashed cliches starting from azure. Cold Steel is even even worse with Character Bloat.Reverie/Daybreak1 screams Damage Control.DB2 is Filler/Cashgrab. Kai is Shamelessly begging for their lost players to come back while doing the same thing that made them leave in the first place.
>>550661812I didnt think cs1-cs3 had character bloat. I think the whole field trip splitting groups thing in cs1 helped with the big cast. Cs4 is where you get most complaints about cast bloat and reverie doesnt get much criticism because it was a route system game that was designed to have almost every arc character in it calvard cast is pretty developed too. People hate kuro 2 but that game did have character dev for quatre, feri, risette
>>550661812>while doing the same thing that made them leave in the first place.What made them leave in the first place though? Thought it was older MC with no obvious harem bait from the get go.
>he's still goinghow many more sleepless nights dedicated to a saga you hate?
>>550662078>I didnt think cs1-cs3 had character bloat.I'm not just talking about PCs. add the rest of Thors,Osborne, Ironbloods, Noble faction, ILF, Witches, Gnomes, Ouroboros. Sky, Crossbell and Calvard isn't this frontloaded with much plot. Another reason why Cold Steel is hated these plotpoints get shoved under for Rean, muh demons & muh curse. Van is also kinda hated for muh demons.quatre, feri, risette could've been dlc for kai.
>>550663336nta but saying "muh" makes your arguments seem juvenile and makes it seem like you conceptually dont like something rather than trying to understand the point of it. I assure that some have criticized crossbell for lloyd being the one who solves everyones issues and gives the friendship speeches too.
>>550662230van is just a poor man's rean. they need to go back to a female protag
>>550663336cold steel had 5 games to cover all this though. CS1-CS2 was about nobles vs reformists and CS3-Reverie was about annexation, twilight, great war, and aftermath(reverie). I feel like it handled it ok. I think liking the cold steel arc is whether you like the antagonists or not. The curse and osborne is hit or miss you either like it or hate it
>>550663629he has a very obvious inferiority complex to rean and some sort of mental condition that makes him unable to just move on from things he dislikesif he had any capacity for logic and reasoning he'd understand his weird aggressive arrogant spiels will never achieve anything
>>550663629"muh" is justified because Rean Blanco, his teenager nakama and the curse trivialized the plot had been build up by the previous 5 games(Star Door 8 etc.).what could've been falcom's most dark game(s) surpassing sky 3rd.
>>550664432I dont know how you played azure and thought the series was going to be "darker". The entire fanbase knows that sky 3 was a huge outlier. Even falcom themselves removed stuff from it in some versions
>>550659946>>550660431Lavicute WON
>>550658179How about those fanfics huh sis?
>>550663650Ive been saying that for years.
>>550662230>What made them leave in the first place though?They've been hemorrhaging fans since CS1. The shift to schoolslop made a lot of OG Skyfags drop the series, though they ended up with the CSonlys/Reanfags to make up for the difference. But that's a double edged sword since the CSonlys immediately dropped Kiseki once the arc ended, and CS3/4/Reverie were so controversial with many of the remaining OG Skyfags that they lost faith in Falcom. Then we come to Calvard, an extremely underbaked arc that tried way too hard to appeal to everyone but ended up pleasing nobody. The double whammy of dogshit with Kuro 2 and Kai followed by an indefinite delay of the final game of the arc completely killed it in Japan to the point where it's not even worth catering to the Japs anymore.
>>550663941>>550664567I do not hate rean, i like rean from a character standpoint, if he'd been a Kiseki standalone spinoff game MC like Nayuta. That would've great. it just sucks that he's Erebonia's MC. i just hate falcom and hope they flop more.that's more likely guaranteed.
>>550663650I'm not sure about that. How a character is written isn't all that big a factor in a purchasingf decision. The Calvard arc's lack of appeal likely comes from something more superficial, whether it's the designs or setting that didn't captivate or just not being on their preferred console. In a mobile dominated JP market, launching on a single non handheld console is a great way to cripple the audeince of the entire arc.
>>550665440I would say its enamis artwork on the covers but crossbell had his art and those sold well. Then again handheld was a thing during crossbell times
>>550665368>i just hate falcom and hope they flop more.Imagine having the shamelessness to type this line out despite willingly choosing to spend your days on the Falcom generalThat kind of insane petty behaviour shows you're not mentally stable
>>550665440Calvards issues aren't because of platform since Sky 1st also flopped despite being being on Switch and PS5 day one.
>>550665730Imagine fellating a company that made Falcom's inhouse composers' life miserable. if you've learned about how they treat Ishibashi and other's, you will have some degree of dislike towards them. If they're still making good games(which are not). you can slightly forgive them. If You like all Falcom Games since 2012. get your taste checked.
>>550666641And yet you willingly choose to spend your time on a general dedicated to themPetty little schizo, Falcom will outlive you
doomers on 4chan are the weirdest people because they willingly go on a place to talk more about a series they hate outside of playing the game
>>550661106I see. I think the CS cast is weaker and that there are too many. That being said, the Calvard cast should be way more developed and leagues better, and I like them more but they are just somewhat more likeable and better written and they have no excuse as the Calvard cast is smaller. I think that Calvard is generally worse than Cold Steel with how much it likes time wasting shit like 4SPGs and Gartens, but I think the relevant shit is more impressive than CS. And I think CS gets a pass from a lot of people in how main story stuff is sometimes irrelevant or just a time waster.But I digress.At least we both agree how damning it sounds to admit they are using AI to write scenarios.
>>550665742Sky 1st flopping in Japan despite being on Switch day one really should be the sign that the JP market in general is fucking dead unless you are either DQ, MH, 1st party Nintenslop, or gachashit
>>550666641
>>550666715Why do you think /fg/ was born. It was mocking and hating falcom for their retarded decisions while cooming to their girls. coping that they will be good again like in the 2d days
>>550667452nah you just got the wrong impression and now think you are amongst friends when you are the schizo everyone wishes would just leave
>>550667337If its not fun, or isn't coomer tier they wont care.
/fg/ hates cs because its full of potential school shooters and edgelords
>>550668318this, cs just brings back dark memories for the bullied kids
>>550668318>>550668357So basically /fg/ is full of Americans.... They say the same thing about Persona and SoL anime. Why are they like this? Is high school really that traumatic over their?
>>550667651youre the schizo for thinking everyone like Cold Steel and thinking i love Calvard (which i not), i just recognize Ys/Trails problems, unlike kusoenix, falcom has no fallback. If there games fail even further. Things could get worse for falcom. (Backing out on 2 games a year. Kai and TX2 delayed) im just amazed of how a company can fucked themselves even further.
>>550668894That's what happens when the people who run it are completely inept.
>>550668318It is more believable people that loved CS were/are friendless losers that finally feel like they had a normal HS through a video game.
>>550667337japanese gamers only play shit like valorant and genshin now. even mobileslop is dying there.
>>550668894Nah you are the one choosing to spend your limited time on the Earth browsing the Falcom general while hating and wanting to see Falcom dead You are a mentally ill schizophrenic retard that has an ego obsession with a company that doesn't even know you exist and that will outlive you despite you wasting your entire life being a bitter massive loser on the Internet repeating your lines every single dayYou lost, Falcom owns youIn your deathbed you will die in complete bitterness and agony as Falcom is still around dropping gamesFailure
>>550669002But hs media is extremely common. Even outside Japan.
>>550669002This is the only place that'll unironically say that otakuslop like CS, Persona, and the latest FOTM harem anime aren't meant for forever alone incels.
>>550669002if someone had a traumatic time in high school they wouldn't want to play games set in high school lol that's illogical to make it easily relatable to you, I'm sure you wouldn't want to play a game whose MC is a prostitute blowing fat males as it would remind you of growing up seeing your mother get on a different car every night
>>550669253True. But HS media where you have a harem of beautiful girls that love you after some mundane conversations isn't appealing to people with good or even just decent HS experiences. CSfags just like indulging their delusions that lack context, like>People hate CS because it has high school stuff and a harem!without taking into account any of the nuance associated with that.
>>550668987I wonder how Kondo will get out of trouble if Sky 2nd flops even further. Even porting all their games to other platfoms will not save them. Word of mouth is against them. Him fooling the shareholders the west will save them.
Are you all really indulging someone who is pretending that only video games with a HS setting are a form of escapism?
>>550669578>isn't appealing to people with good or even just decent HS experiences. Thats can't be true. Japs eat it up despite high school being great for many of them. Same for other countries too.
>>550664842That Rena fic's latest chapter was nice. I still quite like the change of Emma actually spilling the beans a bit early and that becoming a point of trust and character development between her and Rena, each of them stumbling earnestly into trying to keep the other from wallowing in self-loathing.Caught up on that Junior Bracer Juna one too, still feel like I like it a bit more than that Isekai Jessica one because of it showing a lot more of characters believably reacting to the weirdness of someone with vague JRPG trope-awareness. Not that I specifically dislike that Jessica fic or anything, but allowing different POVs and exploring more of how it has rippling effects is interesting. Plus it really emphasizes Lloyd's perceptiveness and smarts in a way I like, it makes him still feel like the one moving the Crossbell arc forward.The Elise fic updated again too but I haven't finished reading the new chapter yet lol. I do like what I have read though, another one that's giving some interesting character focus on Emma, but in a completely different direction, emphasizing the whole contrast between her duties as a Witch and her genuinely caring for Class VII as her friends, and how much it's eating her up inside. Most of the Popful Mail references in the last couple chapters have gone over my head but I can say I like how it's portrayed these character expies. Might have more to say when I'm done reading it, though it also might have yet another chapter out by then given the rate it's been updating lol.>>550666919I'm still not gonna start doomposting about it or whatever, just end up disappointed if Kai 2 ends up that way whenever it comes out.
>>550669816Japniggers eat up high school shit because adult life is pure hell over there.
>>550669624wouldn't be surprised if kai 2 gets scrapped and they just jump into the final arc with fancy remake anime graphics
>>550669219Whatever helps you cope for thinking Cold Steel is good with its trash Light Novel tropes and getting mocked for it.
>>550669990That doesn't explain why it's eaten up outside Japan too. People just like that stuff. Even Americans. They just take out the anime stuff (High School Musical, etc)
>>550668987>>550669624>ineptlol letting your emotions deny reality is a terrible look, Kondo might be many things but he runs Falcom very efficiently
>>550665440You guys are overthinking this when the answer is a lot of the story was concluded or answered in CS4/Reverie and there wasn't enough of a hook to get thsoe players to come back. It's basically the same problem the MCU had after Endgame
>>550669420t. Friendless loser incel.
>>550670129It's not working dude, I'm not falling for your arcwar divertion my emotional stability isn't that frailI am making fun of YOU spending YOUR time on the Falcom general while YOU hate Falcom and want to see them closing downI am mocking that fact that YOU will never see it happen no matter how many years of your life you waste shitposting here, all YOU are is a undesirable schizo everyone despise here, on 4chan, you are a pathetic loser in the eyes of 4chan Incredible achievement lol
>>550669624Wasn't the thing with Sky that it did good outside Japan though?
>>550670197Adult life is also hell in the U.S.I mean, sure, we work a bit less here, but we're also exposed to way more #000000s so that alone evens out.
>>550670060>they pull an Azure>CS1 and jump straight into the final arc taking place concurrently with Kai>4 more games until that arc ends>bridge game that's just Kai 2 with more bloat and a tease at the next Legend of Heroes sublineHow does Kondo get away with it?
>>550670243This.
>>550670298Hit a nerve huh?
>>550670371Shockingly so. It likely actually outsold Japan given >>550670198
>>550670198the Kuso dip... yikes
Did Sky meet its objective on getting more new Trails fans?
>>550670773I mean it had to have gotten at least two new players to play it as their first Kiseki game, right? So yes, most likely.
>>550670773apparently only 15% or so of people who bought sky were new fans
>>550670060Kai 2 is already fucked with PisS timed-exclusivity. Cancelling could get them to legal trouble. >>550670371>>550670571Only China/CLE. West/Gungho is padded with Russia/3rd World numbers we don't know the true numbers but Kondo's reaction to the west question tells it's dissapointing.
>>550670498I think I did that if that was your response to thinking you were a loser in high school.>>550669406It's so dementedly funny, isn't it?>NO!!!>I play games where I am a high schooler with the ability to do anything and have 10 gfs at once BECAUSE I liked my real life high school experience!!kek
Calvardkeks have lost against:>SkyGODS>CrossCHADS>ColdBROS>gachalets>YsLEGENDS>other CalvardkeksAt this point I'm sure if they picked up a fight with the Zweisexuals Kondo would announce Zwei 3 before Kai 2 LOL
>>550669981I actually didn't expect you to respond haha... well good that you're enjoying yourself I guess.
>>550671048Platform isn't the problem here. The game is fucked because we know more time won't save it. Kai had it and it was a disaster.
>>550671082True, true, but not as funny as >NO!!!>I spend my time throwing tantrums over a saga that finished over 5 years ago BECAUSE I live a fulfilling and happy life!!rofl
>>550669981Actual good slop where Reana isn't literally long haired Rean with all his masculine facial features. Show us your feet.
>>550669406Yeah CStards are coping hard on that one.
>>550670243That sounds like something Sky the 1st should've been immune to. If a critically acclaimed entry point of a series that looks plenty anime is underperforming in their main market, there's more to it that has nothing to do with keeping fans from graduating the series. Is the genre just cooked in nipland?
>>550671365its been cooked for years the era of literal who jrpgs selling 200k week 1 in japan is over and has been for years but this thread is permanently stuck in 2012
>>550671048>Only China/CLE. West/Gungho is padded with Russia/3rd World numbers we don't know the true numbers but Kondo's reaction to the west question tells it's dissapointing.What? It's the opposite. In fact, Kondo didn't even say West generally. He specifically noted "China and U.S."
>>550669981>Popful Mail referencesI'm sorry what?
>>550671365>That sounds like something Sky the 1st should've been immune toThe question was about Calvard specifically though.
>>550671567>Getting fooled by kondo' raughsI thought you're better than this anon.
>>550671312You talking about yourself there seething about Calvard? Be kinder to yourself anon. High school was shit, you are an incel without friends living at home but...there's still hope right?
why dont japs buy their own games anymore? unless its a nintendo ip they wont buy it
>>550672179They buy light novels nowadays.
>>550672179Thats probably not true. Falcom just hasn't given people enough reason to continue buying post Reverie. Like the other anon said it's similar to the post Avengers Endgame era of Marvel.
>>550671707Which I think is missing the big picture. It's not that Calvard didn't have a good enough hook, or that CS4/Reverie was too conclusive. It's a part of a larger problem where these games just don't sell like they used to. Kids play Nintendo, adults don't have enough free time to keep up with console gaming when they're already spending it all on gachashit and consuming other merch. Kondo answering a shareholder question about giving the western market more attention is an important acknowledgement. If you take a look at another small dev like NIS, it definitely hasn't been the JP market doing the heavy lifting keeping them afloat in recent years.
>>550672179If they can't play it on their work commute they won't play it. That's the secret sauce of Nintendo's success in Japan, nostalgia notwithstanding.
>>550671785So you're suggesting Calvard finished 5 years ago? LOL don't be so harsh on yourself I'm sure Kondo will eventually give you Kai 2Also nice projection lmao but no there's no hope left if that's a description of your situation
>>550672512falcom are far from the only dev seeing this trend
>>550672812They better start thinking on solutions hard then.
>>550669002but then if thats the cast then why did you play cold steel games then?
>>550672654Stupid on top of being a friendless incel, huh anon. Well maybe in the next life.
I dont know why people are bringing up highschool. Cs1 and cs3 you still had to go on field studies and special ops and cs2 and cs4 dont even take place in school except for epilogue in cs2. Do cold steel haters not play the games or something then complain about something that didnt happen?
>>550673586csfags really do love being disingenous
>>550673586Bro.. I love cs but what you're describing is field trips and hanging out with classmates. Literally hs student life, though arguably relatable to college life too.
vankid origin story
weird how in recent news sky 2 remake gets announced, kai 2 doesnt get made so far yet we are talking about cold steel. Jesus christ cold steel arc actually broke the loud minority western fanbase
because you retards never shut up about it
it takes 2 to argue, if you have mental issues that prevent you from not engaging with cold steel despite hating it that's a you problem
yea but vankids cant shut up about how cold steel existing made people not buy the calvard games. They also complain that cs fans are boning their mothers constantly
You're right. We should all learn to ignore CSbaby melties.
>>550671145Haha. Better than worrying all the time.>>550671328lol>>550671604The fic introduced an Erebonian Junior Bracer (with pointed ears like some of those not-elves from Akatsuki) named "Maille" and a boy from Eryn she's traveling with named "Tate" in the Legram field study, the former being an acquaintance of Laura's while Emma knew the latter and was shocked and concerned to see him there (she even gets teased a bit by Millium over if they're especially close or not). Author said they were based on Popful Mail characters, but wouldn't be specifically imports of them, just individuals taking inspiration from them. Emma and the boy also talk about a person named "Material" and there's a connection made between him and some stuff happening in Crossbell with Rosenberg Studios.
>>550673848What is there to talk about? It's just gonna be a 1:1 remake. I said everything I had to say about Sky years ago. I don't feel the need to have the same conversation about it 47821 times a day like you cold shitters do.
this is what...Melty number 12 from Vankidfag since last night?
>>550674323yet here you are, having the same conversation about how much you hate cold steel for the 47822nd timelearn some self awareness dickhead
>>550674585No? I've barely even posted in this thread. But there's no use arguing with a total headcase moron like yourself.
When is horizon demo coming? I wanna hear the english dub and decide if I want to use it for my horizon playthru
>>5506749434 hours
>>550674263feets doko
>>550674323not necessarily 1:1 I do think they will make the 4 grancel bracers more relevant. In the end of the trailer for 2nd remake it showed the 4 bracers with estelle and co. Plus we got those extra quests in sky 1 remake to get to know them a little
>>550675094I suppose that might be cool though honestly I only fight Kurt and Anelace interesting.
>>550674624dishonest prick what do you genuinely get out of lying on an anonymous image board for video games
>>550675064lol
>>550675164I think the whole fanbase thinks only kurt and anelace are interesting. Carna I like because of eye candy and hopefully grant can surprise me and they do something special with him in the happy stone door.
>>550675242I would like it if they added some superbosses or really anything to do at endgame. Not a garten though lol.
ElysiumGPT, generate me a plot for the second game of a new arc. Make sure it involves Temu Joshua and Estelle as much as possible, to the detriment of the new cast
>>550675218As a poster of /fg/ - no. As a kiseki LOVER, I need to see your ashi.TN: "ashi" means feet
>>550675574your probably the only westoid that doesnt like nadia and swin. >>550675487dont give them ideas. Even a superboss would lead falcom to a train of thought at adding a garten.
if given the chance I would willingly watch all of you agonizing and stare into your eyes as life leaves youfucking pieces of shit on a decade long shitposting campaign to make cold shit look tolerable when everyone who gets tricked by your jewish agenda immediately regrets it and realizes the arc is putrid garbagenever go to a fucking public event even hinting at the fact you like cold steel because the world is very smart and we might just cross paths
>>550675698lol
>>550675715Swin and Nadia are shit. I am a westerner.
>>550675715no human being actually likes Swin
>>550675715im a westoid and nadia and swin are gutter trash
>>550675939FeetFootsFeets
Why do Nadia and Swin exist when Juna and Kurt are still undeveloped?
Swin>Van
>>550676123haha
>>550676260Shut up, Nadia. You're a whore. Post a photo of Lapis
Swin is genuinely the most boring character Falcom has ever made, it's crazy that this boring plank of wood gets any billing when he's just Joshua but executed worse, even down to the fighting style.
I like Swin he was my core member for TRC and both Gartens
>>550676482He's complete ass gameplay wise, why would you even do that
>>550676264
>we'll get Coldsteel remakes before Kai 2
>>550676621He oozes style and his moveset is cool with neat animations, love his weapon tooTrails is not a challenging game I don't need to abuse meta lol I just play the characters that feel cool
Would you be okay with Gungho localizing Kai 2 for a simulaneous worldwide release in Sept 2027?
>>550676858No, part of the fun is laughing at NISA fucking up
>>550676858acttil are the localizers. Gungho are the publishers. NISA is a publisher that has their own localization team.
>>550676621I remember him being good. Most physical attackers are with CP regeneration.Swin in particular has a craft that does damage and gives him speed boost.
>>550676965Hatsuu and the Andrew guy are both free lancers. they don't work at NISA.
>>550677143I'd work Hatsuu's fat fucking cowtits, if you know what I mean..
>>550677143hatsuu I know. But isnt andrew a part of NISA effective after daybreak 1? Hatsuu said that daybreak 2 is handled by "NISA internal staff". Andrew is head editor and voice direction support for daybreak 2
What's up with Hatsuu not being involved in Daybreak 2 anyway. Scheduling conflict?
>>550677314shes a voice actor/vtuber. But you never know she could always come back to localizing I dont know if her not doing it is permanent or not. In my opinion I think she went to far in reverie and daybreak editing. Theres even more liberties than before
>>550677314Yeah I was too busy fucking her
>>550677024He's kneecaped by his marking mechanic which is supposed to make him crit more but his crafts are weaker to compensate. In Reverie, it's also completely retarded because stealth gives you 100% crit with none of the setup marking needs.In DB2 and Kai, he's better but stacking crit rate is even easier which makes his gimmick completely useless (and they nerfed the marking duration anyways) and he gets mogged in terms of craft damage, hit counts or utility by characters like Aaron or Shizuna. You're better off just ignoring his gimmick and just giving him a generic build because he has time slots but in general he just gets easily outclassed and put on the bench
>>550641395>KevinReally fucking plot relevant especially at the end, I think Falcom just hates him because he represented everything against Kiseki's wholesomeness/sanitization>TitaNo fucking idea, you're stuck using her for a good 70% of SC, and she has important development with Agate. Falcom LOVES her unlike Kevin so her omission is really weird.
>>550677024>One of his crafts is single target and the other has a tiny aoe making him shit in any fight with more than one opponent>S stat boosts on his self buff meaning he needs to cast it 3 times to get any use out of it, isn't 0 delay like Kurt or Lloyd's>only 20cp regen on his self buff, you'd be better off just casting impassion and some other cheap buff arts with those 3 turns instead>S-craft is in a similar tier to that of support characters>crit gimmick is trash and only works every 2nd attack and only for him, is completely redundant once you get crit quartz, crit brave orders and characters with stealth>no redeeming party buff crafts to compensateHe's easily the weakest character in the game
swinsissies...
French women good
>>550679386I thought she has a Russian accent.
Swin is such a discount Joshua that even his gimmick is something Joshy can do by simply using his stealth craft.Embarrassing.
>>550679486would've been based if nadia actually killed him in the books
I dont know why calvard sold less the cold steel. It has more voice acting in kai no kiseki, more mocap scenes, and van is a more hilarious and more personality kind of protag. Plus the waifus are better in calvard than cold steel thats the consensus here. Van even gets more development in 1 game than rean in 5 games. Kuro 1 is one of the best games in the franchise it should have sold more than cs4 and reverie over there. kuro 1 sold great in the west more than reverie and cs4.
>>550679591>expecting people to die in KisekiHaha...
>>550679445kansai ben: becky and pablo have scottish, kevin has bostonian, mirabel has southern and leno doesnt have accent. kyoto ben: lucrezia has french accent
>>550679638>Plus the waifus are better in calvard than cold steeljust admit you're gay
>>550679638maybe enamis artstyle in the cover of the games dont bring players in?
>>550679853Alisa by herself brings down the quality by about 100000000%
>>550679761Oh, it's a kyoto accent? It is very pretty.
>>550680154yea both her and judiths mom have the same jp voice actor. Im not sure if judiths mom speaks in kyoto ben though.
nisa are late for their demo kek
>If this ain't a bruh moment then a dinnae ken whit's>Mon, she's havin' a tot melty!>Ye dae nae hae th' proper authorization tae execute hug.exe >Yikes. Aye, ne'er mynd.>Aye, that's stoatin 'n' a', bit a'm mair interested in gettin' tae th' bahookie o' thaim tig ol' bitties>Okay, momerbonia 'n' dadvard. Howfur aboot ye let yer wee KeAbell hae her autonomy?>Ah dinnae lik' smirr. Tis drookit 'n' cauld 'n' uggin... 'n' it gets aw weys.>Haha! whit an absolute madman!>Tbh, ah dinnae think a'm woke enough tae vote oan independence, anyway. A'm kind o' relieved. >If fishing at a hospital is wrong, ah dinnae wantae be richt.>Ah wull literally quit th' vipers richt noo if she'd let me orbal motorboat thaim titties wance. >Whit's wi' th' wit ye hink, pal?>Fowk die if they're murdurred, ye bucket o' bolts! >Whit kin ah say? ah bide fur th' bahookie 'n' titties. >Th' hierarchy haes made itself painfully clear. Th' wee brother character reigns supreme!>Wha pissed in yer cereal, bud? >90, huh? ye'r ne'er aff tae chaynge yer plooks, urr ye? mibbie ah will chaynge something... Lik' yer coupon. Wi' mah warkers.>Ah will remind ye that ah hae a gey lairge stick >Calvard... Soonds kenspeckle. Is that some famous hain or something?>Let's see ye deliver anither line lik' that thro' goosed wallies!>Surrender noo 'n' ah promise nae tae break yer legs! >Bit usin` it officially is sae boring 'n' simple. How come nae something gallus lik' mirk thingy o' impending doom? >Th' neist time ah see that scruffy, lying jerk o' a tomboy a'm aff tae thwack-bam-kapow her! >Hauld yer horses a minute, ye? urr ye yin o' they men wha likes... ither wee jimmies?>Ah... Put in th' nonce, stage left. >Juist hauld yer horses 'til ah git mah hauns oan ye, ye conniving merchant!>Weel aye! Cuteness is justice! Tis th' law!
These games really need the ability to save Quartz presets
>>550681856It sucks how basically all she was after 2 was seething at Hugo.
>>550681882>it's another have to equip three parties for a single boss fight episode
>>550681912It sucks how basically all Rean was after the first minute of CS1 was haha.
>>550681856this cunt's dialogue was so cancer i just skipped it all
>>550682384Uh, he also likes holding back thoever!
vankids flocking around because their favorite protag got 6th place in kai poll and isnt popular enough to get his sequel game
Vankidfag being a retarded faggot pedophile because Rean's games almost killed this series
>>550674263I see. Surprised anyone cares enough about that game to make any deep references.
Sex with Becky and hearing her scream "YAAAASSS!" as she orgasms
Ok, but I want Kai 2 though.
>>550683318Prove it
>>550683338I got ma proof right here.
>>550683731Jesus...How does Van control himself around her?
>>550684143Muh deemons
Where the FUARK is the demo? I need to play as MY HERO Rean Schwarzer, the ASHEN CHEVALIER, the DIVINE BLADE of the Empire.
>>550685884It might not be on steam, if that's where you are looking. not sure though.
2 more years of vankid seething huh
>>550684793Based as fuck.
Hear me out I have a cracked theory of how Falcom, against all odds, will become King of the industry within the next decade The skyrocketing prices and the tech shortages are going to cause a massive wave of people that literally cannot run the fancy triple A JRPGs from Square and the likesBut Falcom games are so barebones that even a toaster could run them, plus a massive catalogue at this pointMark my WORDS
