Nihon Falcom has reiterated its help for the Nintendo Change 2 at present, and it plans to self-publish extra main titles on the latest Nintendo console within the coming years.
That is in response to a report from GameBiz (translated by Automaton Media), the place the creator of the Ys and Trails collection has additionally teased that its at present engaged on a model new Nintendo Change 2 port of one in every of their present titles. What that’s, we do not know but, however we’ll doubtless discover out in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months.
Gross sales for the corporate elevated by 3.5% 12 months on 12 months, which works out to round $16.7 million USD, in 2025. Working revenue is up 8.1%, whereas web revenue has elevated by 6.0%. These successes embody the worldwide launches for titles equivalent to Trails by Dawn II, the worldwide launch of Trails within the Sky 1st Chapter, and the Japanese launch of Ys X: Proud Nordics.
One other large purpose for the corporate is to broaden the corporate’s attain, and whereas the Change 2 will definitely assist with that, it is also wanting to do this with extra multiplatform releases and multi-language help — for the latter, each Ys X: Proud Nordics’ worldwide launch and the upcoming Trails within the Sky 2nd Chapter will embody English, French, German, and Spanish subtitles.
Whereas Falcom has been fairly busy in recent times, a lot of its focus has been on ports, which it says “had a restricted affect on enterprise efficiency.”
Now the corporate goals to launch two new titles per 12 months over the subsequent three years, and it is at present engaged on six unannounced titles; two of those are new ports (together with the Change 2 one), and three are model new video games, which features a new Trails, a brand new Ys, and a brand new Tokyo Xanadu sport.
Sure, 2025 was a very large 12 months for the legendary Japanese developer, 2026 does not look to be any slower. The Legend of Heroes: Trails Past the Horizon launches simply subsequent week (and psst, it is fairly darn good on Change 2), and we have now Ys X: Proud Nordics’ worldwide launch on twentieth February.
Then, later within the 12 months, Ys Memoire: Revelations in Celceta launches in English, with Trails within the Sky 2nd Chapter launching within the Fall. Phew.
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