Since the arrival of Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter last year, Nihon Falcom has released multiple updates for the game, enhancing the overall experience across all platforms.
The latest update Version 1.0.7 has now officially arrived, and it’s a “Legacy Patch”. Ahead of the 2nd Chapter’s release this September, this update “aligns key terminology with other entries in the Trails series”.
It also aims to ease the transition between the 1st chapter and the later Trails titles:
“To achieve this, we prioritized updates to English terminology and pronunciations of terms based on how much they impacted continuity across the series.
“We felt this was an important step in our goal to honor the expansive world-building of Trails and make Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter an accessible starting point for the series.”
Here’s the rundown of the Legacy patch, via the official game page:
On this page: Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter – Version 1.0.7
1.Localization Update Overview2.Adjusted English Terminology3.Updated Terminology3.1.Quartz3.2.Tetracyclic Towers3.3.Fish3.4.Additional Legacy Terms
4.Adjusted English Voice Pronunciations5.Other Adjusted English Terminology6.Adjusted French and German Terminology6.1.French6.2.German
7.Bug Fixes
Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter – Version 1.0.7
Localization Update Overview
Updated certain English voice and text to reflect legacy terminology
Updated certain English voice to reflect legacy pronunciations
Updated English UI and system text to reflect legacy terminology
Updated French and German text for increased accuracy and consistency
Updated certain voice and text lines to fix grammatical errors and improve dialogue flow
Adjusted English Terminology
Several major terms have been adjusted to align with terminology used in later titles in the series. Our overall goal with these updates was to align key in-game terminology and pronunciations with other titles in the Trails series. However, with the upcoming release of 2nd Chapter, we also felt it was important to preserve the experience of players who started the series with Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter as much as possible. With that goal in mind, terminology and character names exclusive to the Trails in the Sky games have been largely left unchanged.
A notable exception is the names of the Tetracyclic Towers, as these locations play a pivotal role in the story of 2nd Chapter, and thus have been adjusted to match the original games.
Updated Terminology
Quartz
Old
New
Arts Defense
Shield
Sweet Aroma
Scent
Heat Haze
Haze
Hidden Leaf
Cloak
Heavenly Insight
Revelation
Tetracyclic Towers
Old
New
Jade Tower
Esmelas Tower
Amber Tower
Amberl Tower
Crimson Tower
Carnelia Tower
Azure Tower
Sapphirl Tower
Fish
Old
New
Orosho
Tiger Rockfish
Rainbow
Rainbow Trout
Samona
Salmon
Silver Smelt
Kasagin
Additional Legacy Terms
Old
New
Orbal golem
Archaism
Hundred Day War
Hundred Days War
Lord of the lake
Guardian of the lake
Exposure quartz
Photo-quartz
Bitter Tomato
Acerbic Tomato
Grand Charine
Grand Chardonnay
Certain in-game graphic assets have also been updated to reflect the above changes.
Adjusted English Voice Pronunciations
The following pronunciations have been adjusted:
Liberl
Calvard
Zin
Loewe
Hamel
Auslese
Zemuria
The above changes will also be reflected in Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter.
Please note that while we have updated most of the affected voice lines, a small number could not be revised and will remain as they are. We appreciate your understanding.
Other Adjusted English Terminology
“Blade-Type” quartz names have been renamed to use the names of the status ailments they inflict, matching later entries in the series.
“Shield-Type” quartz names have been renamed to “Guard-Type” quartz to avoid confusion with the quartz Shield (formerly Arts Defense).
Adjusted French and German Terminology
Minor adjustments were made to French and German for consistency and accuracy. Updated terminology is as follows:
French
Old
New
golem orbal
archétype
la grand-route d’Elise
la grand-route d’Elize
German
Old
New
Elise-Hauptstraße
Elize-Hauptstraße
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue in which the game would sometimes crash due to insufficient memory.
Fixed issues in which the game would crash during certain operations.
Fixed miscellaneous text errors.
Fixed other miscellaneous bugs.
As we look ahead to the release of 2nd Chapter, we would again like to thank all our players: long-time fans, newcomers to the world of Trails, and everyone in between.
We are sincerely grateful for your support and passion for the series, and we can’t wait to welcome you back to Liberl in Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter.
Have you tried out this game yet? Will you be playing the 2nd Chapter? Let us know in the comments.
[source trailsfirstchapter.com, via rpgsite.net]
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