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Details have emerged for the upcoming 1.03 patch for The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II. Alongside bugfixes, the patch adds an accessory that transforms a character into one of five people: Rixia Mao, Lloyd Bannings, Vita Clotilde, Altina Orion, or Crow Armbrust. Voices and certain variables are changed in the transformation. The patch will also allow players to review movie scenes and other events after clearing the game.

A release date for the patch has not been announced.

Source: Gematsu

Falcom continues their steady drip-feed of information about The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II, this time detailing two of the new characters and a couple of the minigames. Continue reading ‘Falcom Reveals Characters, Minigames for Sen no Kiseki II’ »

Falcom has revealed that The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II will feature import bonuses for cleared save data from the first Sen no Kiseki. Apart from throwing in item sets and accessories based on your level and Student Rank, this feature will also change some conversations and events; specifically for certain characters, depending on whether players were particularly close to that character in the first game.

Sen no Kiseki II is set for a PS3/PS Vita release in Japan on September 25.

Source: Gematsu

Falcom has released a demo version of The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki. The demo, available now on the Japanese PlayStation store, covers the game’s prologue, and will allow players to transfer their save data to the full version.

Source: Gematsu

Via Dengeki Playstation, the Japanese release date for The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki 2 has been announced as September 25 for both PS3 and PS Vita.

Source: Gematsu

Falcom has confirmed that the previously mentioned follow-up to The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki is indeed a sequel. The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki 2 will be released on both PS3 and the PS Vita in 2014.

Source: Gematsu

The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution – a Vita redux of an earlier PSP release – will launch for Japan in June, according to Dengeki Playstation. An exact date was not given at this time.

Source: Gematsu

Following the release of The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki last month, developer Falcom has announced that a new entry in the series is in development. Currently untitled, the next game is planned to coincide with the series’ 10th anniversary in June 2014.

Source: Gematsu

XSEED has announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter is coming to both PSP and PC via Steam. Aiding them with the translation is Carpe Fulgur, best known for Recettear and Chantelise.

Second Chapter comes out in 2014. For PC fans, the first Trails in the Sky will also be released on Steam this winter.

Source: Gematsu

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Falcom has unveiled more information about The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki for the PS3/PSV, particularly around the game’s school-based activities. Players will have to attend lectures on such topics as Elebonian history, military affairs, and cooking; higher grades are given for correct answers when called upon.

Outside the classroom, you’re occasionally given optional sidequests by the student council president, and you may also partake in graded mock battles between students. These and other activities grant you Academic Points, which increase your rank and award you various medals to equip as accessories.

Source: Gematsu

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Via Dengeki PlayStation, we have confirmation that The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki will see the light of day in Japan starting September 26.

Source: Gematsu

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky will complete its high-def journey to the PS3 this year, with Falcom revealing Trails in the Sky the 3rd HD. The third in the series to make the jump from PSP, 3rd HD will launch in Japan on June 26 for 3990 yen.

Source: Gematsu

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