Zero / Ao no Kiseki Illustration Contest Entries Posted

Falcom has received 515 entries for the three categories for their illustration contest. You can find all of them at the link below. Be warned, there are spoilers for both Zero and Ao no Kiseki in the entries. The winners of the contest will be announced on 2/21/2012. [ Zero & Ao Illustration Contest Event [...]

The Legend of Heroes Zero no Kiseki Evolution for PS Vita Leaked in DPS

Per News Vault: Dengeki Playstation 512 has the revelation of Zero no Kiseki Evolution, the full-voice edition of Zero for the Playstation Vita. It will be released in the Summer, at 6090 yen. It will be using HD scale graphics. All of the main events will be fully voiced. There will be new support requests [...]

Ao no Kiseki iPhone4 Cases by DezaEgg

DezaEgg has announced a set of ‘DezaJacket’ iPhone 4/4S cases based on the S-Craft images for some of the characters from Ao no Kiseki. You might recognize them as the S-Craft images that came with the CD with preorders for Ao no Kiseki as well. Each of these cases is going for 3980 yen. As [...]

Falcom Music Now Available on iTunes in 50 Countries

This morning, the following two tweets showed up on Falcom’s twitter account: So with some searching, it seems that this is, indeed correct! Michael Cunningham, of RPGamer (@FinalMacstorm on Twitter), has been able to confirm that the following albums are available on the US iTunes. Ross Brierley of Ghostlight Games (@Ghostlight_Ross) has also been able [...]

New Year Special – Ys PSP Collection

EDIT: THIS SPECIAL APPEARS TO BE SOLD OUT. Looks like the New Year Special is up, and is very limited. It is a massive grab bag of Ys ‘stuff.’ Not only was this special decided because of Celceta, the Sea of Trees being released in 2012, but it is because 2012 is also the 25th [...]

Ao no Kiseki PC Version for China Announced

A hi-res PC version for Ao no Kiseki, much like the Zero no Kiseki port, has been announced. More details to come soon, but the website has been posted as well. [ Joyoland - Ao no Kiseki Official Site (Chinese) ]

Zero no Kiseki / Ao no Kiseki Illustration Contest

I apologize that this took so long to get out, but I never had the opportunity to finish writing this post. So here it is, Falcom’s Zero and Ao no Kiseki Illustration Contest information. Entry Dates: 12/6/2011 ~ 1/31/2012 Publish Date: 2/14/2012 Exhibition Period: Planned for through May 2012. Accepted Titles: Zero no Kiseki and [...]

Ao no Kiseki wins a Playstation User’s Choice Award!

Last night was the Sony Playstation Awards. They had given out Gold Awards, a Quadruple Platinum Award (4,000,000 copies sold! My goodness, Monster Hunter Portable 3!), the User’s Choice Awards, the World Award, and the PS Store Special Award. Nihon Falcom has once again walked away with one of the User’s Choice Awards. Last year, [...]

Falcom Absent From PSVita UMD Passport Program

Sony has announced the list of the 262 games for the UMD Passport program, of the 606 titles available on PSN. While this is a good number for launch, this is still under 50% of the current titles. While most sites have pointed out the noteable missing developers of Square-Enix, Capcom, Konami, and Namco-Bandai… what [...]

Zero no Kiseki / Ao no Kiseki Commemorative Award Video Released

To celebrate the awards that both Zero no Kiseki and Ao no Kiseki have received, Falcom has put together a new ‘demo video’ type ad for them.