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duckroll · Dec 18, 2014

Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

dkoy · Dec 18, 2014

Teaser art looks really cool. Xanadu Next gameplay looks decent for its age. Xanadu Next's art really impresses me as well. If the art is just like Next's then I'd be down for this, even though I've never played a Xanadu game before. Maybe in 2016... If it's on the right platforms.

Aeana · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

duckroll

please

ULTROS! · Dec 18, 2014

I wonder what the gameplay will be like...

duckroll · Dec 18, 2014

ULTROS! said:
I wonder what the gameplay will be like...

Action based dungeon crawler. Unless Falcom has lost their touch (looool) it should be really fun.

Yasumi · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

I swear to god if you've jinxed this.

Space Medafighter X · Dec 18, 2014

I. Am. EXCITED.

Producer · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

pls no

Aeana · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Action based dungeon crawler. Unless Falcom has lost their touch (looool) it should be really fun.

Well now it's going to be an Infinity Blade style game with stamina.

You did this.

Instro · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

Sadistroll LOL.

threelights · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

Come on... duckroll....

Come on.

Amir0x · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

..............................................................................

....

whatever mobile games can be good too, I just don't personally own an IOS/Android platform

duckroll · Dec 18, 2014

Aeana said:
Well now it's going to be an Infinity Blade style game with stamina.

You did this.

It's not my fault. Falcom wouldn't do that!

AniHawk · Dec 18, 2014

Aeana said:
Falcom ceased PC development when their relationship with their publisher went sour and they ended up having much better sales on PSP than they'd had on PC in a long time, so they're no longer a PC developer.

ah, gotcha. thanks!

SliceSabre · Dec 18, 2014

Falcom wouldn't sell out to the mobile gods. I believe in them.

Instro · Dec 18, 2014

All my friends are mobile.

jiggle · Dec 18, 2014

Plz have gacha

dddooozzz9 · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

Don't scare me.

Kade · Dec 18, 2014

This could be their take on Terra Battle and Monster Strike.

Zee-Row · Dec 18, 2014

This is the same series as Faxanadu right?

TI82 · Dec 18, 2014

I'm guessing ps4 exclusive?

duckroll · Dec 18, 2014

Kade said:
This could be their take on Terra Battle and Monster Strike.

Unlikely considering they actually describe it as an Urban Mythology Action RPG.

Kade · Dec 18, 2014

Zee-Row said:
This is the same series as Faxanadu right?

Technically.

NormalFish · Dec 18, 2014

Damn... Duckroll: Killer of Hype.

thetrin · Dec 18, 2014

I had a blast with Xanadu Next, so I'm so in for this. The poster looks awesome.

Hopefully the sequel is Osaka Xanadu lol

RyougaSaotome · Dec 18, 2014

Down. To. Clown.

Danny Dudekisser · Dec 18, 2014

Holy shit...

I can't throw money at this hard enough.

RyoonZ · Dec 18, 2014

真・女神転生XANADU

entremet · Dec 18, 2014

I'm not familiar with these game but are they related to Faxanadu? I played that decades ago and had fun with it.

KoopaTheCasual · Dec 18, 2014

TI82 said:
I'm guessing ps4 exclusive?

and Vita. Just a guess tho.

Nirolak · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Action based dungeon crawler. Unless Falcom has lost their touch (looool) it should be really fun.

Well this is one of the highest grossing games on iOS currently in Japan:

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2VsEGL9Hs

Einhander · Dec 18, 2014

I haven't played a Xanadu game before. Is Xanadu Next available on Steam?

JB2448 · Dec 18, 2014

entrement said:
I'm not familiar with these game but are they related to Faxanadu? I played that decades ago and had fun with it.

Here's a handy chart that helps explain how all of these games are related (from NeoGAF's Dragon Slayer 30th anniversary thread):

Lumpy Onion · Dec 18, 2014

Zee-Row said:
This is the same series as Faxanadu right?

I thought it was kinda neat to find out years later that Faxanadu is a portmanteau of "Famicom Xanadu".

Parakeetman · Dec 18, 2014

i approve of this news greatly.

...unless duckroll jinxed it Σ(ノд<)

Pyrrhus · Dec 18, 2014

I'm interested in the game itself but I'm a little surprised everyone's so excited for the setting. I mean, high school students in modern/post apocalyptic urban Japan (usually Tokyo) is a pretty well worn trope over the last decade or so.

Zee-Row · Dec 18, 2014

Nirolak said:
Well this is one of the highest grossing games on iOS currently in Japan:

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2VsEGL9Hs

One thing I hate other than Japanese developers supporting mobile in the first place is that the games they do make have that aspect ratio!

Sparrowhawk · Dec 18, 2014

Pyrrhus said:
I'm interested in the game itself but I'm a little surprised everyone's so excited for the setting. I mean, high school students in modern/post apocalyptic urban Japan (usually Tokyo) is a pretty well worn trope over the last decade or so.

Not as well-worn as generic fantasy, though.

Takao · Dec 18, 2014

I do find it weird that this is their first 2015 game yet we saw Ys 8 beforehand. It's not like Ys is some huge series that needs to headline. That said, I don't think Kondo and co would be so cruel to tease a mobile game like this.

ChickenHunter · Dec 18, 2014

Wasn't the last game on the N-Gage? Anything is possible.

Just take it with you. · Dec 18, 2014

I remember seeing Xanadu Next a while back; an official release for that would be welcome.

Pyrrhus said:
I'm interested in the game itself but I'm a little surprised everyone's so excited for the setting. I mean, high school students in modern/post apocalyptic urban Japan (usually Tokyo) is a pretty well worn trope over the last decade or so.

You're not wrong, but elves and dragons and castles fantasy is even more well worn, so I suppose we have to take what we can get.

Voliko · Dec 18, 2014

Pyrrhus said:
I'm interested in the game itself but I'm a little surprised everyone's so excited for the setting. I mean, high school students in modern/post apocalyptic urban Japan (usually Tokyo) is a pretty well worn trope over the last decade or so.

True but when has Falcom ever tackled such a setting? Most of their games have had a traditional medieval fantasy sort of setting with sometimes a bit of technology sprinkled in.

threelights · Dec 18, 2014

JB2448 said:
Here's a handy chart that helps explain how all of these games are related (from NeoGAF's Dragon Slayer 30th anniversary thread):

Thanks a lot, this really helps.

I guess I should start playing this series now.

NormalFish · Dec 18, 2014

Will be interesting to see the art style. I strongly doubt it looks anything like Xanadu Next on the surface.

Omnipunctual Godot · Dec 18, 2014

Hmm...I'm unfamiliar with the series. Was actually expecting something like this.

Parakeetman · Dec 18, 2014

Pyrrhus said:
I'm interested in the game itself but I'm a little surprised everyone's so excited for the setting. I mean, high school students in modern/post apocalyptic urban Japan (usually Tokyo) is a pretty well worn trope over the last decade or so.

you know whats more worn out? people saying trope this trope that like some sort of shitty movie critic including the snotty adjusting of the glasses as they sneer in disapproval.

orochi91 · Dec 18, 2014

Pyrrhus said:
I'm interested in the game itself but I'm a little surprised everyone's so excited for the setting. I mean, high school students in modern/post apocalyptic urban Japan (usually Tokyo) is a pretty well worn trope over the last decade or so.

So long as the narrative is done properly, it should be a solid game.

The Last of Us and Jame's Cameron's Avatar are pretty uninspired with regards to their premise, but they are exceptional due to execution.

crinale · Dec 18, 2014

duckroll said:
Hmmm. The press release says it'll be the first title Falcom releases in 2015. I don't see any CERO placeholders on the site or the press release either. Could it be Falcom's first major mobile title developed internally via their Innovation Unit?

I just read someone posting they are actually halting the mobile development? (Further mobile development will be done in Chine or something). I'll look for details later.

Edit. Okay from official IR they did mention about more focus and actually cooperative development for Chinese mobile gaming market with Chinese devs.
This really doesn't necessary lead to shrinking domestic mobile development, but now I have a lager hope of Tokyo Xanadu being console or handheld game.

Slime · Dec 18, 2014

Whoaa

This is nutty.

TI82 · Dec 18, 2014

KoopaTheCasual said:
and Vita. Just a guess tho.

Any reason for the guess? Other than them being primarily a portable developer.

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