Trails In The Sky - Potential Remake

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Noisy Pixel speculates about a potential remake of Trails In The Sky:

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What Should a Trails in the Sky Remake Even Do?

Perhaps the most prominent Falcom rumor circulating in recent months is the potential remake of Trails in the Sky. Several comments and merchandise have seemingly been teasing such an eventuality, but nothing has been confirmed.

At most, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo confirmed to us that a remake of some sort is planned to be announced this year.

Still, assuming the Sky remake is actually real, it naturally prompts the conversation of what this project would even be like. Many considerations must be made not only regarding the Sky trilogy itself but also the implications of what would arrive afterward.

The first facet that comes to mind regards the presentation. With this being a remake, the natural and likely assumption is that Falcom would depict Sky in the new engine seen in their modern games, namely those in the Calvard arc. This new engine has felt like a net positive, with greater character expression and seamlessness during exploration.

Of course, part of the contention here would be the loss of the chibi presentation, which instilled the original games with their own collective identity. But such an alteration seems bound to happen with a two-decade gap.

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