A JRPG series that's been running for 21 years is going back to remakes because "the player base was shrinking," Trails producer says, and devs "needed a breather"

Screenshot from Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, showing a smiling female protagonist holding a sword in a lush green forest environment.

The JRPG developers behind the long-running Trails series are so focused on remakes right now because the player base has shrunk over the years.

The Trails series has been kicking for over two decades at this point. That's an achievement by any metric, but the fact that it's also part of the interconnected The Legend of Heroes series, which debuted in the 1980s, makes its longevity all the more impressive. Now, however, Trails developers are leaning hard into remakes to try to bring back players who fell off the bandwagon over the past 21 years.