History Creator / Falcom

You can find most of their musical works on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew this YouTube channel]] . Starting in January 11th, 2012, they also began to put their soundtracks up on the western portions of [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/falcom-sound-team-jdk/id120174391 iTunes store]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/artist-redirect/B00DW6OKRS/ Amazon]]stores! As of this edit, they have put up albums for the majority of their games released overseas as well as all the recent Trails releases in Japan. As of 2018, a lot of the music is also available over Spotify, letting you enjoy the albums with some limitations if you're short on cash. Their music is also released under Falcom's [[https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.falcom.co.jp/music-use/rules Music Free Declaration Policy]], meaning that so long as you bought the game and rip the music yourself (which is really trivial to do)[[note]]The PC games in particular, leaves the music files in high quality uncompressed wave format unencrypted and easily found in the game folders.[[/note]] , or bought the music either on CD or online, you're good to use it for your own projects, with notable restrictions being to outright pirate the music or use it in fangames.

* ''Dinosaur''[[note]]A game that, helpfully, doesn't actually feature any dinosaurs[[/note]]

* ColonCancer: Averted in the Western releases when they spun off The Legend of Heroes neatly into it's own series after Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II, before things even got started. Still somewhat happens in the Japanese [=PS4=] rereleases of ''Cold Steel'' thanks to the version having a subtitle and thus two colons, but it could be worse - can you imagine the Title ''Dragon Slayer XVII: The Legend of Heroes XII: Trails of Cold Steel: - Thor's Military Academy 1204 -''?

** ''Dragon Slayer VII: Lord Monarch''

*** ''VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki''

*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV - The end of a Saga''
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins'' (''Hajimari no Kiseki'' in Japan)

You can find most of their musical works on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew this YouTube channel]] . Starting in January 11th, 2012, they also began to put their soundtracks up on the western portions of [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/falcom-sound-team-jdk/id120174391 iTunes store]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/artist-redirect/B00DW6OKRS/ Amazon]]stores! As of this edit, they have put up albums for the majority of their games released overseas as well as all the recent Trails releases in Japan. As of 2018, a lot of the music is also available over Spotify, letting you enjoy the albums with some limitations if you're short on cash. Their music is also released under Falcom's [[https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.falcom.co.jp/music_use/rule.html Music Free Declaration Policy]], meaning that so long as you bought the game and rip the music yourself (which is really trivial to do)[[note]]The PC games in particular, leaves the music files in high quality uncompressed wave format unencrypted and easily found in the game folders.[[/note]] , or bought the music either on CD or online, you're good to use it for your own projects, with notable restrictions being to outright pirate the music or use it in fangames.

You can find most of their musical works on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew this YouTube channel]] . Starting in January 11th, 2012, they also began to put their soundtracks up on the western portions of [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/falcom-sound-team-jdk/id120174391 iTunes store]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/artist-redirect/B00DW6OKRS/ Amazon]]stores! As of this edit, they have put up albums for the majority of their games released overseas as well as all the recent Trails releases in Japan. As of 2018, a lot of the music is also available over Spotify, letting you enjoy the albums with some limitations if you're short on cash. Their music is also released under Falcom's [[https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.falcom.co.jp/music_use/rule.html Music Free Declaration Policy]], meaning that so long as you bought the game and rip the music yourself (which is really trivial to do), or bought the music either on CD or online, you're good to use it for your own projects, with notable restrictions being to outright pirate the music or use it in fangames.

You can find most of their musical works on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew this YouTube channel]] . Starting in January 11th, 2012, they also began to put their soundtracks up on the western portions of [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/falcom-sound-team-jdk/id120174391 iTunes store]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/artist-redirect/B00DW6OKRS/ Amazon]]stores! As of this edit, they have put up albums for the majority of their games released overseas as well as all the recent Trails releases in Japan. As of 2018, a lot of the music is also available over Spotify, letting you enjoy the album with some limitations if you're short on cash. Their music is also released under Falcom's [[https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.falcom.co.jp/music_use/rule.html Music Free Declaration Policy]], meaning that so long as you bought the game and rip the music yourself, or bought the music either on CD or online, you're good to use it for your own projects, with notable restrictions being to outright pirate the music or use it in fangames.

Nihon Falcom Corporation 『日本ファルコム株式会社』 is one of Japan's oldest and most venerable video game development and publication houses, having begun business in 1981 selling UsefulNotes/AppleII hardware and software, and released their first game, ''Galactic Wars'', in 1982 on the UsefulNotes/{{PC88}}, with their first truly significant release being ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' two years later, that being perhaps the very first ActionRPG... [[BadExportForYou and you've probably only recently heard of them if you ever did at all]]. They are probably best known outside of Japan for creating the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' ActionRPG series and giving its games [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic catchy soundtracks]] courtesy of the company's internal sound production staff: the "Falcom Sound Team jdk"(not to be confused with jdk Band - a band made of freelance musicians who provide arrangements and performances of Sound Team jdk's music for both arranged albums/soundtracks and live on stage during concerts). In Japan they have a number of other famous franchises, most notably ''The Legend of Heroes'' franchise, and '''especially''' the ''[[VideoGame/KisekiSeries Trails/Kiseki]]'' series.

These days, Falcom's greatest focus is on their "Kiseki" or "Trails" franchise, the first game of which finally came to North America in March of 2011. To date, seven ''Trails'' games have been released in Japan. The company remains well-respected for generally solid gameplay, great writing in its ''Trails'' games, and incredible music in basically every game it releases; both original soundtracks and arranged music albums. While still not extremely well-known in western countries, recent releases like ''Ys: The Oath in Felghana'' have raised the company's profile significantly due to warm reception and ''Trails'' could cement their place in the relative mainstream.

*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSkySecondChapter''
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSkyTheThird''

*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins''

*** Remade as ''Videogame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta'' - Technically Falcom's own version of Ys IV, but it's so completely unlike any other version, that it's worth playing at least The Dawn of Ys as well and possibly Mask of the Sun.

*** ''[[VideoGame/TrailsSeries Trails/Kiseki series]]'':
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' (''The Legend of Heroes VI: Sora no Kiseki FC'' in Japan)
*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki SC''
*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki The 3rd''
*** ''The Legend of Heroes: VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki''

*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' (''The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki'' in Japan)
*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II''
*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki III''
*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki IV'' (due fall 2018 in Japan)
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins'' (due summer 2020 in Japan)

* ''Franchise/{{Ys}}''

Nihon Falcom Corporation 『日本ファルコム株式会社』 is one of Japan's oldest and most venerable video game development and publication houses, having begun business in 1981 selling UsefulNotes/AppleII hardware and software, and released their first game, ''Galactic Wars'', in 1982 on the UsefulNotes/{{PC88}}, with their first truly significant release being ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' two years later, that being perhaps the very first ActionRPG... [[BadExportForYou and you've probably only recently heard of them if you ever did at all]]. They are probably best known outside of Japan for creating the ''Franchise/{{Ys}}'' ActionRPG series and giving its games [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic catchy soundtracks]] courtesy of the company's internal sound production staff: the "Falcom Sound Team jdk"(not to be confused with jdk Band - a band made of freelance musicians who provide arrangements and performances of Sound Team jdk's music for both arranged albums/soundtracks and live on stage during concerts). In Japan they have a number of other famous franchises, most notably ''The Legend of Heroes'' franchise, and '''especially''' the ''[[VideoGame/KisekiSeries Trails/Kiseki]]'' series.

*** ''[[VideoGame/GagharvTrilogy Gagharv trilogy]]'' [[note]]The trilogy was released out of order internationally. Thus, the games will be listed in their Japanese release order here.[[/note]]

*** ''[[VideoGame/TrailsSeries Trails/Kiseki series]]''

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins'' (due summer 2020 in Japan)

*** ''[[VideoGame/KisekiSeries Trails/Kiseki series]]''

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[[caption-width-right:350:One of the oldest game publishers in the world... and this is probably the first you've seen of this logo!]]

Nihon Falcom Corporation 『日本ファルコム株式会社』 is one of Japan's oldest and most venerable video game development and publication houses, having begun business in 1981 selling UsefulNotes/AppleII hardware and software, and released their first game, ''Galactic Wars'', in 1982 on the UsefulNotes/{{PC88}}, with their first truly significant release being ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' two years later, that being perhaps the very first ActionRPG... [[BadExportForYou and you've probably only recently heard of them if you ever did at all]]. They are probably best known outside of Japan for creating the ''Franchise/{{Ys}}'' ActionRPG series and giving its games [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic catchy soundtracks]] courtesy of the company's internal sound production staff: the "Falcom Sound Team jdk"(not to be confused with jdk Band - a band made of freelance musicians who provides arrangements and performances of Sound Team jdk's music for both arranged albums/soundtracks and live on stage during concerts). In Japan they have a number of other famous franchises, most notably ''The Legend of Heroes'' franchise, and '''especially''' the ''[[VideoGame/KisekiSeries Trails/Kiseki]]'' series.

You can find most of their musical works on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew this YouTube channel]] . Starting in January 11th, 2012, they also began to put their soundtracks up on the western portions of [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/falcom-sound-team-jdk/id120174391 iTunes store]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/artist-redirect/B00DW6OKRS/ Amazon]]stores! As of this edit, they have put up albums for the majority of their games released overseas as well as all the recent Trails releases in Japan. As of 2018, a lot of the music are also available over Spotify, letting you enjoy the album with some limitations if you're short on cash. Their music are also released under the Falcom's [[https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.falcom.co.jp/music_use/rule.html Music Free Declaration Policy]], meaning that so long as you bought the game and rip the music yourself or bought the music either on CD or online, you're good to use it for your own projects, with notable restrictions being to outright pirate the music or use it in fangames.

* AllInARow: Earlier titles with party members played it straight, though newer games in the ''Ys'' and ''The Legend of Heroes'' series starting with ''Trails of Cold Steel'' [[PartyInMyPocket keep solo party members that can be swapped in and out]]. Sorcerian played it abserdly straight, to the point where the entire party move as one unit attacking vertically, despite how silly and illogical this looks.

*** ''The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari no Kiseki'' (due summer 2020 in Japan)

* CuteKitten: Mishi, the company's mascot who makes cameos in more recent titles either as an actual cat or a plushy.

* ColonCancer: Averted in the Western releases when they spun off The Legend of Heroes neatly into it's own series after Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II, before things even got started. Still somewhat happens in the Japanese version thanks to the version having a subtitle and thus two colons, but it could be worse - can you imagine the Title ''Dragon Slayer XVII: The Legend of Heroes XII: Trails of Cold Steel: - Thor's Military Academy 1204 -''?

You can find most of their musical works on [[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7eke4JGlbtc11_6mmA7ew this YouTube channel]] . Starting in January 11th, 2012, they also began to put their soundtracks up on the western portions of [[http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/falcom-sound-team-jdk/id120174391 iTunes store]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/artist-redirect/B00DW6OKRS/ Amazon]]stores! As of this edit, they have put up albums for the majority of their games released overseas as well as all the recent Trails releases in Japan.

* ColonCancer: Averted when they spun off The Legend of Heroes neatly into it's own series after Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II, before things even got started. But can you imagine the Title ''Dragon Slayer XVII: The Legend of Heroes XII: Trails of Cold Steel: - Thor's Military Academy 1204 -''?

* ColonCancer: Averted when they spun off The Legend of Heroes neatly into it's own series after Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II, before things even got started. But can you imagine the Title ''Dragon Slayer XVII: The Legend of Heroes XII: Trails of Cold Steel''?

Nihon Falcom Corporation 『日本ファルコム株式会社』 is one of Japan's oldest and most venerable video game development and publication houses, having begun business in 1981 selling UsefulNotes/AppleII hardware and software, and released their first game, ''Galactic Wars'', in 1982 on the UsefulNotes/{{PC88}}, with their first truly significant release being ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' two years later, that being perhaps the very first ActionRPG... [[BadExportForYou and you've probably only recently heard of them]] [[BadExportForYou if you ever did at all]]. They are probably best known outside of Japan for creating the ''Franchise/{{Ys}}'' ActionRPG series and giving its games [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic catchy soundtracks]] courtesy of the company's internal sound production staff: the "Falcom Sound Team jdk"(not to be confused with jdk Band - a band made of freelance musicians who provides arrangements and performances of Sound Team jdk's music for both arranged albums/soundtracks and live on stage during concerts). In Japan they have a number of other famous franchises, most notably ''The Legend of Heroes'' franchise, and '''especially''' the ''[[VideoGame/KisekiSeries Trails/Kiseki]]'' series.