
We won’t say anything else, as Trails to Azure is a story-driven affair, just like the other The Legend of Heroes titles. Two key elements are at the center of Trails to Azure’s plot: the mysterious little girl KeA, who was saved by the SSS in Trails from Zero, and the truth behind the murder of Lloyd’s brother. Naturally, this is short-lived, as there wouldn’t be a whole lot of reasons for this game to exist if nothing dramatic happened.


With the events of Trails from Zero roughly one month behind our heroes, Crossbell is enjoying a period of peace. Picking up where Trails from Zero left off, Trails to Azure sees us rejoin Lloyd Bannings and the Special Support Section, a subdivision of the police force of the city-state of Crossbell. Even so, is this a title newcomers can enjoy as well? Let’s catch up with our friends from Crossbell’s Special Support Section to find out. For fans of the series, this is an essential pickup, as this is the first time Trails to Azure is officially localized in English.

That gap is now being bridged by Trails to Azure, which closes off the so-called Crossbell story arc and sets things up to lead into Trails of Cold Steel. It was an excellent game, but the ending of that game didn’t quite tie things up neatly, and there was still a massive gap between Trails from Zero and the first Trails of Cold Steel game. Last year we took a look at Trails from Zero, the prequel to the Trails of Cold Steel games from Nihon Falcom’s beloved The Legend of Heroes franchise.
