Japanese video game localizer XSEED will be coming to E3 2017 next week with a host of new games from Japan. The company missed out on localizing Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, but it has a few other Japanese action titles to add to its resume, including a new Senran Kagura game. Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki will also be in accompaniment at the show, making his first appearance...
XSEED has a double announcement for its popular The Legend of Heroes series in regards to the long requested PC ports. Both The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II are officially bound for the PC this coming summer. Currently in North America, only the PS Vita and PlayStation 3 versions of the niche franchise are available in English...
The third and final chapter of Nihon Falcom’s popular The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky series is now entirely translated. A full decade after its original PSP release, XSEED is one step closer to finally fulfilling the promise it made to fans to complete the trilogy. XSEED used its Twitter account to share a few translated screenshots and progress, showing that while...
The last time I wrote about this series, I expressed how utterly confusing and convoluted its canon and release order can be. At least this is something I can wrap my brain around! The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is a widely loved cult-classic JRPG for the PSP and PC, and this is its direct sequel. I know this because the “SC” in the title stands for “Second Chapter.” Clean and...
I know a lot about JRPG developer Nihon Falcom thanks to the Ys and Xanadu franchises, but its most successful series, the lazily monikered Legend of Heroes, is still unknown to me. I don’t know the order of their releases, which ones make up smaller sub-stories in the overarching plot, and the lack of numbers in their titles only confuses me more. My knowledge is a straight-up mess...
There is little question the Nintendo 3DS is the absolute best platform in the world for original JRPGs these days. Games of all different origins and makers have been pouring in, leaving localizers very pleased with the demand for excellent titles. XSEED has been doing very well for itself localizing its parent company's, Marvelous AQL, RPGs like Rune Factory 4 and Story of Seasons....
It's time for another shipwrecked adventure with the crimson Adol Christin and a few cliched blue haired anime girls! XSEED is putting the fan service games aside for a minute to do what it does best, translate excellent JRPGs. XSEED had teased this release during the New Year, but it has at long last confirmed that Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim will be given a long overdue PC debut in...
XSEED’s not entirely creepy Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed now has a release date for American shores. Ready your wallets, because this oddball game will be available for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita on August 12th, just before the fall rush. If you’d like to wait though, the PlayStation 4 version will also be making its way stateside during the holiday season. What exactly is ...
The Senran Kagura series has stirred up a whole lot of controversy ever since XSEED decided to localize its games for western audiences. The thing about their localizations? By and large, they’re uncensored. Why is this a problem? Well, it’s a problem for some and not for others. For me? I don’t care. Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit! is a rhythm game for the PS Vita where girls in skimpy...
I love XSEED, and I think it's doing a wonderful job establishing itself as one of the best localizers of niche Japanese video games in America. At some point though, it seems that the company is torn between genuinely wanting to set itself apart as an RPG powerhouse and clinging to some of the creepier games from Japan under the guise of "niche gameplay." This year's E3 line-up is a...