Japanese news siteDengeki Onlineannounced that the very first trailer for Nihon Falcom’sYs IX; Monstrum Noxon PS4 will be revealed at the Dengeki Game Festival 2019 on March 24. Precisely, it’ll be shown during a stage event at 17:00 JST, with Falcom’s president Toshihiro Kondo. At the same event, Kondo will also speak of what comes next for theKisekiseries.
Meanwhile, it’s possible we’ve already got an appetizer on what Kondo will say at Dengeki Game Festival. In an interview with Gamer.ne, Kondo was asked about what will Falcom do next with the Kiseki series, now thatThe Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV The End of Sagahas been released. In particular, he was asked about when the nextKisekiseries game could be releasing:
I’m not sure. Now that theTrails of Cold Steelseries ended, obviously we’re thinking about a sequel, but we both want the next series to be accessible for those who didn’t playTrails of Cold Steel, and for it to contain callback elements for those who did play it. Also, whileTrails of Cold Steelended with its 4th game, we still wanted to do some thing(s) with it a bit, so we’re thinking about what we could do on that front too.
In my opinion, some kind of “Gaiden” game forTrails of Cold Steelcould be coming. Or maybe “Kai” enhanced ports forTrails of Cold Steel IIIandIV.Kondo continued:
We don’t want to focus too much on one of these fronts and neglect the others, and we’re trying to work on all fronts at the same time. There’s also how 2019 is the 15th anniversary of theKisekiseries, so It’d be nice to release a new game of the series this year as part of the festivities.
The first game of theKisekiseries, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky,first released in 2004 on PC in Japan. This means we might be getting some kind of 15th-anniversary game for the series.
Note: I don’t recommend clicking on the interview’s source links unless you have finishedTrails of Cold SteelIV,as it’s an interview geared towards those who completed the game and is full of spoiler screenshots. You can find the original Gamer.ne interviewhereandhere.
In any case, be sure to stay tuned for Dengeki Gamer Festival 2019 in March where we’ll definitely hear more about all this. I’m really looking forward to seeingYs IXin action as well.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IIIwill becoming west exclusively on PS4 in Fall 2019.Hopefully,Trails of Cold Steel IVwill follow not too long after it.
Ys IX: Monstrum Noxwasannounced in Decemberfor PlayStation 4 and will be releasing in 2019. The game’s battles and environments have anemphasis on verticalityand will feature new gameplay elements to theYsseries like wall-running. You canalso read more detailson the game’s setting, like the prison city of Balduk and the “Monstrum” characters shown in one of the key visuals. Even more details, a new screenshot, and a new piece of artwork can be found in our latest article on the game, covering an interview where Kondo saidit’s fine for newcomers to start theYsseries withYs IX Monstrum Nox.
