Starting a game in the middle of a story arc often means remembering details from predecessors. Some people remember every single major or minor plot point, while those like me may only remember a handful of the major plot points and almost no minor ones. NIS America is solving the possible memory issues regarding The Legend of Heroes: Trails through…
Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
Ys isn’t the oldest JRPG property out there, but it’s one of…
When The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak launched in the West…
Starting a game in the middle of a story arc often means remembering details from predecessors. Some people remember every single major or minor plot point, while those like me may only remember a handful of the major plot points and almost no minor ones. NIS America is solving the…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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Ys isn’t the oldest JRPG property out there, but it’s one of them, and it’s also one of the most prolific. If you ignore all the re-releases and just concentrate on the main series, there is just one period where there was a substantial hiatus (1996-2002). Otherwise, the longest fans…
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When The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak launched in the West earlier this year, DDNet’s Editor-in-Chief Matt described the JRPG as “a new starting point for a new, epic arc.” That arc has already continued in Japan with The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II when the people…
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The basic concept of Tokyo Xanadu is “Nihon Falcom make an action version of Persona. Oh, and it looks like the Trials of Cold Steel games.” None of this is a bad idea by any means, and Tokyo Xanadu has been around for quite some time now. We published our…
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The Legend of Heroes series turns 35 this year, and with 21 titles in it, it is inarguably the most ambitious and largest-scope JRPG property in existence. Unlike Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest, The Legend of Heroes is constant, with every game taking place in the same universe, sharing a…
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We’re going to take a little journey now, so please bear with me. Ys III: Wanderers From Ys is the third in the series of action RPGs; it first launched in 1989, with console ports following in 1991. In 2005, a remake was released – this is where we begin…
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Last September, when it was announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak would finally be coming West in “summer” 2024, I estimated that to mean Q3 2024. And it’s JUST eked it to Q3: it will be released in early July! Granted, that estimate isn’t much of a…
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The Trails series has a long, long history that dates back to the early ’90s; it currently sits at close to 20 titles. The next one coming West will be The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak. It first launched in Japan back in 2021; it’s been so long since…
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This one has been a long time coming, but NISA has finally given the world a release date for Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. It will land on May 9 in North America, May 12 in Europe, and will have all DLC baked into it. You have, of course, been able…
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