Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo has taken part in an extensive interview with Japanese gaming publication Ascii Japan. One of the topics Kondo discussed was the influx of new players…
Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo has taken part in an extensive interview with Japanese gaming publication Ascii Japan. One of the topics Kondo discussed was the influx of new players to Nihon Falcom games from both Steam and the Nintendo Switch consoles. Kondo also admitted that in order for them to be successful going forward they have to try and pursue multiplatform worldwide releases for their titles like it did for Trails In The Sky. Here’s what was said via machine translation:
Moving away from the topic of games, with recent hardware price increases and other changes in the gaming industry, your company has recently adopted PC (Steam). Could you tell us about your expectations for the future, or any prospects for the direction you plan to take?
“Basically, the remake of “The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky” was the first to put that idea into practice. Up until then, the Trails series had been mainly developed for PS5, but with “The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky,” we challenged ourselves to develop the series worldwide under our own leadership, including Switch and PC (Steam).
With new games, the scenario and other aspects often end up being finalized right up until the master version is ready, leaving no time to work on the overseas version. With “The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky,” we already have the assets, which made things easier. And when we actually tried it, we got a very positive response.
Therefore, I believe that going forward, the basic approach will be to eventually expand globally across a certain number of platforms.
And right now, in terms of the number of new users, Switch and PC (Steam) account for the majority. If we want to continue for a long time, we need to add those platforms as well, release titles properly, and do our best to expand our brand awareness.
Conversely, we’ve learned that even with long-running series like the Trails series, if we create a good game for a new platform, customers will stick around. We’ll focus on doing that properly to maintain an environment where we can continue creating games.”
YouTube channel Nintenduo have gotten their hands on the revised Nintendo Switch 2 console which is being sold in the European markets with replaceable console and Joy-Con batteries. The console…
YouTube channel Nintenduo have gotten their hands on the revised Nintendo Switch 2 console which is being sold in the European markets with replaceable console and Joy-Con batteries. The console is currently available in several countries and has been since the end of August other countries like the United Kingdom are starting to get stock in. A way to tell them apart at retailers is that the serial number of the revised model will start with HLE. Here’s a summary of the changes via Reddit member King_Glock as well as the video showcasing the changes:
There are now visible screws in the joycon rails instead of them being hid under anti-tampering stickers
The heat shield no longer covers the battery so you no longer need to clean/reapply thermal paste to access the battery
The battery is 48mah smaller and visually looks different. It looks as if it has been wrapped in a thicker insulating material to compensate for the lack of heat shield coverage.
