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Nihon Falcom was founded by Masayuki Kato in 1981. [2] They are credited with laying the foundations for the action role-playing and Japanese role-playing game genres. [3] [4] [5] The name Falcom came from the Millennium Falcon and the final "n" was changed to an "m" to fit naming trends of that time. The word Nihon, taken after one of the ...
Faxanadu - a game in the Xanadu series that was outsourced to Hudson Soft. [74]Ys IV 's original releases were outsourced to other companies, and not developed by Falcom. This includes Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, developed by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1993, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun by Tonkin House for the Super Famicom, and Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory by Taito for the PlayStation 2.
Ys X: Nordics [b] is a 2023 action role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom.A part of the Ys series, it was released in Japan for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch in September 2023 and was released worldwide by NIS America, including a Windows port, in October 2024.
The game was released for the NEC PC-8801 computer on December 20, 1991, [3] and for the PC-9801 in 1992. [4] It was later ported to the Sega CD by "Sega Falcom", a partnership of the original developer Nihon Falcom and Sega, in April 1994, and to the PC Engine CD by NEC Home Electronics and its subsidiary HuneX in August 1994.
[1] [2] [3] The series was conceived by Falcom to have the most ambitious story in video games, with company president and series producer Toshihiro Kondo considering it to be his life's work. [1] [4] [5] The games are made using proprietary game engines by Falcom, with the exception being Sony's PhyreEngine used for the Trails of Cold Steel games.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana [1] is a 2005 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom.A part of the Ys series, it is a remake of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (1990). The Oath in Felghana was first released for Windows in Japan in June 2005, with an English localization by Xseed Games in March 2012.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure [a] is a 2011 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom.The game is a part of the Trails series, itself a part of the larger The Legend of Heroes series.
Dragon Slayer is an early example of the action role-playing game genre, which it laid the foundations for. [2] Building on the prototypical action role-playing elements of Panorama Toh (1983), created by Yoshio Kiya and Nihon Falcom, [10] as well as Namco's The Tower of Druaga (1984), [11] Dragon Slayer is often considered the first Japanese action role-playing game.