Nihon Falcom is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded in 1981. Their works include the Ys, Dragon Slayer, The Legend of Heroes, and Trails series. While Falcom has actively developed video games since their inception, their games were not consistently localized and published until the 2010s. The company originally focused on developing games for Japanese personal computers. In the 2000s, the company moved into developing games for Sony's PlayStation brand, particularly the PlayStation Portable, while continuing development on PCs on Windows, to reach a broader demographic. The move was internally seen as a success, and broadened their fanbase in Western territories, leading the company to put greater emphasis into English translations and releases of their games in the 2010s. Since the 2010s, the company generally releases one game per year. In November 2021, the company announced it started developing games for the Nintendo Switch in-house, following a period of Switch ports and remasters of their games handled by other companies.
Video games + Year Title System(s) 1982 Galactic Wars PC-8801 1983 Super Mahjong Sharp X1 Computer the Golf PC-8801 Horror House PC-8801 Private Stripper PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7 Panorama Toh PC-8801 Horror House Part-II PC-8801 1984 Monster House Sharp MZ Demon's Ring PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801 Asteka PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801 Escape from Twilight Zone FM-7 Dragon Slayer PC-8801, FM-7, Sharp X1, MSX 1985 Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu Sharp X1, PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801, MSX, MSX 2 1986 Xanadu Scenario II PC-8801, FM-7, PC-9801 Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia Sharp X1, PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX, MSX 2 Tombs & Treasure Sharp X1, PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, MSX 2 1987 Ys I PC-8801, Sharp X1, PC-9801, FM-7, MSX2, Master System, Famicom Dragon Slayer IV - Drasle Family MSX, MSX2, Famicom Sorcerian PC-8801, PC-9801, Sharp X1, MSX2, MS-DOS, PC Engine CD, Sega Genesis 1988 Ys II PC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, Sharp X1, MSX2, Famicom 1989 Legacy of the Wizard Nintendo Entertainment System Star Trader PC-8801, PC-9801 Ys III: Wanderers from Ys PC-8801, PC-9801, MSX2, Famicom, Sega Genesis, Super NES, X68000, TurboGrafx-CD Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes PC-8801, PC-9801, FM Towns, MSX2 Sega Genesis, Super NES, TurboGrafx-CD, Windows 1990 Dinosaur PC-8801, PC-9801, FM Towns 1991 Lord Monarch PC-9801, FM Towns Brandish PC-9801, FM Towns, Super NES, PC Engine CD Popful Mail PC-8801, PC-9801, Super NES, Sega CD, PC Engine CD 1992 Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II PC-8801, PC-9801, Sega Genesis, Super NES, PC Engine CD 1993 Brandish 2: The Planet Buster PC-9801, Super NES 1994 The Legend of Xanadu PC Engine CD, Windows The Legend of Heroes III: The White Witch PC-9801, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Windows, PlayStation Portable Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan PC-9801 Revival Xanadu PC-9801 1995 The Legend of Xanadu II PC Engine CD, Windows Revival Xanadu II Remix PC-9801 Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand Super NES 1996 The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermilion PC-9801, PlayStation, Windows, PlayStation Portable Lord Monarch Original Windows Brandish VT PC-9801 1997 Lord Monarch First Windows Lord Monarch Pro Windows Sorcerian Forever Windows Vantage Master Windows 1998 Ys I Eternal Windows Vantage Master V2 Windows Monarch Monarch Windows 1999 Brandish 4 Windows The Legend of Heroes V: Cagesong of the Ocean Windows, PlayStation Portable 2000 Ys II Eternal Windows Sorcerian Original Windows 2001 Ys I & II Complete Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, iOS, Android Zwei: The Arges Adventure Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 2002 VM Japan Windows Dinosaur Resurrection Windows 2003 Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android 2004 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 Gurumin Windows, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo 3DS 2005 Rinne Windows Ys: The Oath in Felghana Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch Xanadu Next Windows, N-Gage 2006 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 Ys Origin Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One 2007 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 2008 Vantage Master Portable PlayStation Portable Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection Windows 2009 Brandish: The Dark Revenant PlayStation Portable Ys I & II Chronicles PlayStation Portable, Windows, iOS, Android Ys Seven PlayStation Portable, Windows 2010 Ys vs. Trails in the Sky PlayStation Portable, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero PlayStation Portable, Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 2011 The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure PlayStation Portable, Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 2012 The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch Ys: Memories of Celceta PlayStation Vita, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2013 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2014 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2015 Tokyo Xanadu PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch 2016 Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 2017 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5 2018 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5 2019 Ys IX: Monstrum Nox PlayStation 4, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 2020 The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5 2021 The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch 2022 The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch 2023 Ys X: Nordics PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Windows 2024 The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Ys X: Proud Nordics Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows 2026 Kyoto Xanadu Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows
See also Faxanadu - a game in the Xanadu series that was outsourced to Hudson Soft. Ys IV original releases were outsourced to other companies, and not developed by Falcom. This includes Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, developed by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1993, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun by Tonkin House for the Super Famicom, and Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory by Taito for the PlayStation 2. The only version of Ys IV to be developed by Falcom was Ys: Memories of Celceta. Ys Strategy - a 2006 entry into Falcom's Ys series outsourced to another development team for release on the Nintendo DS.
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