Today, Nintendo had a double feature event for us. There was an Indie World as well as a Partner Showcase. The presentation included more than 45 games, including new games, updates, and free and paid DLC. By far, the biggest surprise to me, an RPG nerd, was a small teaser snuck in there for The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st, which Nintendo hardly even mentioned in the presentation. Even after the event, they didn’t release a separate trailer on their Nintendo of America YouTube channel, but they did on their Nintendo Japan channel.

I have been hearing about Trails in the Sky for years now. It was released here in the US on the PSP in 2011. If you wanted a copy of the game today, they’re selling for over $100 on eBay! It is available on Steam if you’re okay with having it digitally. Trails in the Sky is supposed to be one of the best RPGs out there. I’ve been an RPG for many years, so I was always excited to play it eventually. I couldn’t be more excited that a full-blown remake will be coming out sometime next year.

As for other things from the presentation, all I really cared about was a couple of other RPG announcements, haha.

  • Tales of Graces f Remastered: The original game was released here in the states on PlayStation 3 in 2012. Since the Tales games are having a resurgence in popularity in recent years, it makes sense that we’re getting a remaster of yet another one. To be honest, there are plenty of other Tales games stuck on old, inaccessible hardware, so I’d love to see a collection released one day. Tales of Graces f Remastered releases on January 17th next year.
  • Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: This remaster was announced quite a while ago, but then the developers went silent. It’s been quite some time, so it’s great to get a release date announced. Hopefully, it’s a final date this time, and we can all play these on March 6th of next year. I loved the originals when they came out on PlayStation, and both are, unfortunately, pretty pricey these days, too.
  • Sea of Stars – Throes of the Watchmaker DLC: We also got a look at the new free DLC for Sea of Stars. It includes new fighting styles, new areas, new story content, and new characters. I loved how this game looked and all the care the development team put into making a nostalgic but modern RPG. It’s unfortunately still on my backlog, but perhaps with a DLC coming soon, it will encourage me to finally pick it up.

Were there any other announcements you were particularly excited about? Yakuza Kiwami was surprising, but I doubt it will run well on Switch. Let me know what your favorite trailers were!