News: Xanadu Next & Falcom at AM Show

August 26, 2005, 02:44 AM

by chazumaru, via Falcom's Newsletter -
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Today's Falcom Newsletter has a bunch of interesting information. First, it gives a link to a more exhaustive version of the Xanadu Next webpage, providing vital information such as what mindboggling goodies will be featured in the traditional "first press". This time, faithful buyers will be rewarded with an enclyclopedia of the Xanadu universe, an arranged soundtrack of various episodes in the series, and a port of the acclaimed PC Engine version of Densetsu no Xanadu I&II. Also available are new screenshots and information on the game's system (unsurprisingly it looks pretty close to your everyday hack'n'slash, yet with a distinct Xanadu touch).

A more surprising announcement is the presence of two Falcom IPs at the upcoming 43rd Amusement Machine Show, held next September 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The games presented will be arcade versions of dungeon crawler Sorcerian Legend and tactical marvel VM Japan (which had a port on PS2 earlier this year that turned out to be very disappointing, Iggy tells me).

Recap's Note: Falcom's arcade titles VM Japan ~Maboroshi Furan Senki~ and Sorcerian Legend are being produced and developed by Aruze, as they announced the past year after both companies' agreement.