There are few stories in video games as expansive, or ambitious, as the Trails series. Since 2004 Nihon Falcom’s biggest RPG franchise has told one continuous story in the same world, spread across more than 12 different games and four generations of consoles. But everything has to end someday, and it looks like the Trails series’ finale is finally in sight. But how do you end something that’s become so popular and so defining to the developer as a whole? Well, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo isn’t entirely sure either.
Last June, Kondo said that the Trails series is 80 percent complete, and fans shouldn’t expect to see a 30th anniversary. That gives us an idea of where things are at, but a new interview with Push Square gives us a wealth of new details about how the rest of the franchise might pan out. The most recent release in the West, Trails Through Daybreak, introduces the “Calvard Arc,” with a brand new set of characters.
