This is moronic. No one has played 1 & 2 but has held off on 3 waiting for switch. Release 1 & 2 first or don't bother
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 3 coming to Nintendo Switch in Spring 2020 [US/Europe; later in Japan]
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The DLC is all just cosmetic stuff which I personally never used. Unless you plan to play it in handheld mode mostly I'd get it on PS4.
It's been less 2 months since the game launched. Relax.
There are a few replies in this thread that say otherwise lol.
I myself will actually wait for switch version CS4 because of this news since i prefer to play on a portable anyway.
Not the best gameplay segment to show off, Gamespot. The environment was really drab. The rest of the game isn't like that, right?
Game has performance issues (albeit infrequent but more prevalent towards the latter parts) on PS4 Pro. It's gonna have issues on Switch, but similar to Ys VIII it'll basically be how much are you able to tolerate. For Ys VIII it's more egregious since it's an action game, but I'm sure that tiny UI at the very least is gonna absolutely bother some people, considering it's even worse than like 3H.
Game felt/looked great to play on my PS4 Pro. Would go that route if you don't care about portability that much as the DLC is mostly cosmetic stuff and consumables. There are some slowdowns in one of the later chapters of the game that might make the Switch crawl a bit.
Also if you are in the US, Amazon has the launch edition of the game on sale for $40 right now if you wanted a deal.
I did. Played 1/2 on Vita and then bailed on the series. I only really use portables due to a long commute/young family.
Raises hand.
I knew this thread would've been filled with replies like this. I don't know why people think the gaming landscape is one ecosystem or nothing. It's not 1996 anymore!
I played the first two on Vita and would love playing this on Switch.
Other than Trails in the Sky the 3rd and Cold Steel 3, all of the official English releases are playable on the Vita. The Vita is dead and I daresay most of the Vita fans have migrated to the Switch. Releasing Cold Steel 3 on the Switch makes a ton of sense. Stop acting like this is a nuts announcement.
I only play RPGs on portables, so I played on Vita, and was gonna skip 3 until this.
Let's be fair, "People who played games XYZ on Vita and now went with Switch" is a *very* specific target audience and even in the niche where the Trails games roam in rather ... niche. ^^
Falcom/NISA/XSEED should get their heads out of their arses and find a way to ultimately release both, the first two Cold Steel games on Switch and the third one on PC. That would be the best case scenario.
I'm not going to claim that it's a large amount of people, but it's certainly not no one. I played 1&2 on Vita and was deeply disappointed by the lack of a portable version of 3 and have held of buying the game as a result of that (I also haven't bought Trails in the Sky the 3rd for the same reason). I'm very happy about this announcement, although you're certainly not wrong in that it would be wiser to have 1&2 available as well - though, considering Xseed handled the PS4 release of those games, they would likely have to handle a Switch release, not NISA.
XSEED has no reason to do the work to port the other games to any platform. If they do work with Falcom again, I'd sooner expect an announcement for Celceta on PS4 since like CS1/2, that version already exists in JP on PS4.
if Xseed has full publishing rights for anything on the previous games, expect to not see them anywhere again. The sales on a re-release would be far too low to justify helping a competitor with future releases
As far as the first two games go, Falcom owns the translations so XSEED likely wouldn't need to be involved in a hypothetical Switch port. Ys Origin was localized by XSEED on PC but they had nothing to do with the console ports, DotEmu used their translatiosn when they ported the game.
Yeah, that's why i said "find a way". I know that XSEED doesn't burn money, but there has to be a way that this best case scenario works out with every party involved being okay with.
If that's the bar you're putting up, the series will die. Expecting that every previous title be available on a console before a new one is released there is just not a reasonable request, putting aside that Zero and Azure have never got official English releases anyway. (TRANSLATE THEM FOR ME NISA!)
I will say the marketing of CS3 blows what Xseed does out of the water and probably help sells a number of copies of CS 1 and 2 Kai on PS4. With Switch being this popular with RPG fans, i thinks its a missed opportunity not to explore that option.
I'll be the first to admit I shouldn't be the audience dictating where RPGs should and shouldn't be released :D
This is clearly for Vita->Switch users, of which there are many.
4 of the 5 older games are available portably. It's not crazy to think that a good chunk of the Trails fanbase like playing the games on portable systems and if that's the case, they almost definitely own a Switch or plan to buy one.
And yes, it would be best if every game was available everywhere. PC is the biggest omission since every other game is available there.
The gatekeeping in this thread kii
I played the games on PC. Now I get to play 3 on a console I own. Bye. It's as simple as that. It's on XSEED to port the other games now.
I played the games on PC. Now I get to play 3 on a console I own. Bye. It's as simple as that. It's on XSEED to port the other games now.
I don't think there is any scenario that could possibly make it a good thing for xseed. Falcom would have to pay an exorbitant amount ti buy the publishing rights back and then also invest in the porting costs. I can't imagine xseed wanting anything more than a ridiculous amount either based on both the circumstances, and just helping a competitor in general.
Ter Stegen would be proud of this thread.
Past portable players owing a Switch in 2020 isn't as big of a reach as you think it is.
Lack of ressources and time to optimize for both setups....seems pretty straightforward.
Niche games targeting niche audience - shocking.
Past portable players owing a Switch in 2020 isn't as big of a reach as you think it is.
Quite certain I remember being mocked for saying Trails on Switch would happen before mainline Persona ever would, but it may have been on the old place instead of here. Not so crazy anymore, huh? Happening because of NISA's history of insisting on creating Switch ports of things rather than Falcom doing anything, but still happening all the same.
That's less due to spoilers as opposed to the fact that they have a habit of making last-minute changes during development, be they related to gameplay or writing.
That's a point, they probably own those localisations. I doubt they're thrilled about nisa taking over all the falcom work too.
The difference here being that CS1 and 2 Kai were already ports done by Falcom, so it was just XSEED basically dropping their localization into an already complete port. This would have to be XSEED actually doing the port work themselves, which is considerably more expensive and requires more manpower and might not be worth it for a niche RPG, and it's not like Kondo himself has done many favors to keep that bridge running with XSEED anyway.
Key thing here is the voices. If XSEED owns the rights to those, then suddenly it gets more messy, but someone might have more info than me on that.
If I could get some confirmation High Speed Mode will be in the Switch version, I think I would be fine with the lower FPS and resolution.
It's up there with the French localisation as the latest in the frankly baffling decisions NISA has made regarding this game.
I wonder if NIS misunderstood the product they licensed from Falcom. CS3 on its own is completely useless. It's not like the Ys series where every entry is independent.
