The Trails series has been running for decades, and over the course of 13 meaty JRPGs newcomers are now looking at an investment of around 1,000 hours to see the full story. Toshihiro Kondo, Trails producer and president of developer Nihon Falcom, believes players can start pretty much wherever they want, which I guess is technically true if, say, you're also willing to start One Piece when the series is 1,155 episodes deep.
Where to start with Trails is "one of the top five questions I get asked when I go on overseas business trips," Kondo said in an official interview with publisher GungHo. "I think it's fine to just start with whichever title catches your interest," he said before immediately adding something more reasonable.
