Tokyo Xanadu

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Tokyo Xanadu
File:Tokyo Xanadu cover.jpg
Developer(s) Nihon Falcom[1]
Publisher(s)
    Platforms PlayStation Vita
    Release date(s)
      Genre(s) Action role-playing
      Mode(s) Single-player

      Tokyo Xanadu (東亰ザナドゥ Tokyo Zanadu?) is a Japanese role-playing video game for the PlayStation Vita. It was developed and published by Nihon Falcom and released on September 30, 2015 in Japan. While no releases in any other regions have been officially announced, Falcom has stated that it is working towards finding a third party company to release a Western version in English.

      Gameplay

      The game plays as an action role-playing video game with many elements from the Persona series of games.[2][3] It has a party-based realtime battle system with dungeon exploration.[4]

      Story

      Characters

      Kou Tokisaka (時坂 洸?)
      Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma
      Asuka Hiiragi (柊 明日香?)
      Voiced by: Yu Shimamura
      Sora Ikushima (郁島 空?)
      Voiced by: Ai Kakuma
      Yuuki Shinomiya (四宮 祐騎?)
      Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita
      Mitsuki Hokuto (北都 美月?)
      Voiced by: Haruka Yamazaki
      Shio Takahata (高幡 志緒?)
      Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi
      Rion Kugayama (玖我山 璃音?)
      Voiced by: Manami Numakura
      Shiori Kurashiki (倉敷 栞?)
      Voiced by: Ai Kayano

      Setting

      The north exit of Tachikawa Station, which closely resembles the in-game Morimiya Station Plaza

      With Tokyo Xanadu, Falcom set out to create a game with a different feel than their other flagship video game series, the Ys and The Legend of Heroes/Trails in the Sky series.[5] While the other series have a fantasy setting,[6] the events of Tokyo Xanadu occur against the background of a fictional suburb of modern-day Tokyo called Morimiya City,[7] and contain modern elements like smartphones and social media.[3] Morimiya was based on actual locations in Tachikawa City where Nihon Falcom has its head office: for example, the Morimiya Station Plaza, with its red arch monument and the "Yumine" Department Store, closely resembles the north exit of Tachikawa Station, which has a similar-looking blue arch monument and a branch of the ja (Lumine Department Store).[8] Falcom held promotional activities at various real-world locations in Tachikawa City which resembled in-game locations, including a Tokyo Xanadu-themed menu at the cafe in ja (Books Orion), an actual Japanese bookstore chain also based in Tachikawa City which appears in-game with permission under its own name.[9]

      Development

      Falcom first announced the game's title on December 17, 2014.[10] The company referred to the game as a "urban myth action rpg".[10] They also emphasized that they wanted to create a game with a different feel than their other flagship video game series, the Ys and The Legend of Heroes/Trails in the Sky series.[11] The game is the latest iteration of the Xanadu games, including the 1985 video game Xanadu and the 2005 video game Xanadu Next, though the game is modelled to be rather different than its predecessors.[12]

      The game was released in Japan on September 30, 2015.[13][14] It has not been announced in any English speaking regions, though journalists have listed it as a likely candidate for game localization due to Xseed Games having a close relationship with translating Falcom titles,[7][15] and the similarity to the XSeed Xanadu related trademark leaked in January 2015.[16][17] USGamer described the game's chances of being localized as "extremely strong".[15] In February 2016, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo, when asked if third party companies were interested in releasing the title in the English in the West, responded that it was "something that we definitely want to make a reality and are currently working towards. Please wait just a bit longer."[2]

      Reception

      Famitsu gave the game a review score of 32/40.[18] The game sold a total of 88,879 physical retail copies within its first week of release in Japan, topping the software sales charts for that particular week,[13] and 112,041 copies had been sold as of October 2015.[19]

      References

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