Falcom Working on Remaking an Old Game, Says President Kondo. Also working on multiple Y'S projects.

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Falcom Working On Remaking An Old Game, Says President Kondo - Noisy Pixel

The Chinese outlet Gouhou recently interviewed Toshihiro Kondo, the president of developer Nihon Falcom, who confirmed that a remake is in the works.

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The Chinese outlet Gouhou recently interviewed Toshihiro Kondo, the president of developer Nihon Falcom. They discussed various topics pertaining to the company’s recent releases, such as Ys X Nordics and the upcoming The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell O Zemuria-.

One substantial question and response delved into whether the developer has any plans for remakes in the future. Interestingly, Kondo said that they do indeed have a remake of an old title in the pipeline, though he didn’t state it by name.

Further, he elaborated that many employees joined Falcom because of their love for this particular game and that they hope to devote themselves to working on this remake as soon as The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell O Zemuria is completed.

You can view a translation of this question and response below. @Renka_schedule translated portions of the interview into Japanese, while our team’s Ryuji translated that into English. Falcom community member Hansuke also ensured accuracy.

Q. Trails and Ys have grown into very large series over the years. Do you have any plans to completely rework and/or remake past classics in the future?
Kondo: Generally speaking, it depends on popularity, development resources, and cost. If it is a title worthy of being made, we will try to make it happen, even if it costs a lot of manpower and development costs.
We do have plans to completely remake an old title, but we will let you know when it is appropriate to announce it. Currently, the development team is actively working on a remake of it, and we hope to complete Kai no Kiseki as soon as possible so that we can devote ourselves to this remake. There are many employees who love this title so much that they joined Falcom because of it.

Update...

Also working on multiple Y'S projects.

Falcom Working On Multiple Ys Projects, Not "New" - Noisy Pixel

Bonfire/Gouhou recently interviewed Toshihiro Kondo, the president of developer Nihon Falcom, revealing that multiple, not new, Ys projects are in the works.

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Falcom Working On Remaking An Old Game, Says President Kondo - Noisy Pixel

The Chinese outlet Gouhou recently interviewed Toshihiro Kondo, the president of developer Nihon Falcom, who confirmed that a remake is in the works.

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They should try new ip with better production values.

 

[Gamernyc78]

They should try new ip with better production values.

Yeah they need to evolve, I agree but keep some of the nostalgic ips as well.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Also multiple Y's games.

Falcom Working On Multiple Ys Projects, Not "New" - Noisy Pixel

Bonfire/Gouhou recently interviewed Toshihiro Kondo, the president of developer Nihon Falcom, revealing that multiple, not new, Ys projects are in the works.

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