These locations are revisited in the second game. Estelle and Joshua travel to the five main cities of Liberl over the course of the first game: Rolent, Bose, Ruan, Zeiss and Grancel, with each having its own culture and character. While the Kingdom of Liberl is the primary setting for the first two titles and the prologue of the third, the entire content of Zemuria comes into play, particularly the western half. In the first game, Estelle and Joshua become bracers working for the Bracer’s Guild and complete odd jobs and requests for various citizens. The final game in the trilogy, Trails in the Sky the 3rd, is a marked departure in setting and structure from the first two games. The Trails in the Sky games form a trilogy that follows the exploits of Estelle and Joshua Bright, at least initially. Given the shared world of every “Kiseki” game in the series, it makes sense to focus on them moving forward. While the sixth entry, known in Japan as The Legend of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki, would have a number in its title, it would be the final one to place that number after “The Legend of Heroes.” All subsequent games from this point on also contain the word “Kiseki,” which roughly translates to “trails” or “tracks,” and fittingly the English title would be The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky.
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The North American naming convention was a little messy, and fortunately none of the first five entries in the series appears to have a definitive connection to the titles that would follow. In Japanese, the next four games would all be numbered sequels, from The Legend of Heroes II to V, with the third, fourth, and fifth entries only available on Sony’s PSP. The game didn’t see a console release until coming to the TurboGrafx-CD in 1991, and this version actually did come to North America a year later. In 1989, developer/publisher Nihon Falcom released Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes on the 8-bit home computer NEC PC-8801. And the best place to start on any trail is at the start. For that reason, I’ve created a brief primer to introduce new players to The Legend of Heroes. Unfortunately, half of those have either never been localized into English or remain trapped on a single console like the PlayStation Portable, and only one (Cold Steel 3) will be available on a Nintendo platform. Cold Steel 3 is a spin-off of the Legend of Heroes series, which now spans a total of 14 games. Such is the case with Trials of Cold Steel 3 coming to Switch in just a couple weeks. When a long-standing RPG series makes it way to the West for the first time, it’s always a cause for excitement, but it also brings potential confusion.
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