Series The Legend of Heroes Mode(s) Single-player | Genre(s) Role-playing game Developer(s) Nihon Falcom | |
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Release Zero no Kiseki (PSP)
JP: September 30, 2010
Zero no Kiseki (PC)
JP: June 14, 2013
Zero no Kiseki: Evolution (Vita)
JP: October 18, 2012
Ao no Kiseki (PSP)
JP: September 29, 2011
Ao no Kiseki: Evolution (Vita)
JP: June 12, 2014 Platform(s) PlayStation Portable; PlayStation Vita; Windows Games Trails to Zero, Trails to Azure | ||
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Eiyū Densetsu VII (英雄伝説 VII, lit. "The Legend of Heroes VII") is a set of role-playing games created by Nihon Falcom Corporation. It is a duology, consisting of Zero no Kiseki (零の軌跡, "Trails to Zero") and Ao no Kiseki (碧の軌跡, "Trails to Azure"). Together, they are considered the seventh game in the The Legend of Heroes series, and take place three months after the end of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd and in a different country, Crossbell. The games star Lloyd Bannings, a rookie investigator within the Crossbell police force, joining three years after the death of his brother.
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- Characters
- Reception
- References
Zero no Kiseki was released in 2010 for PlayStation Portable. In 2011, the game was ported to PC for release in China and Japan. In 2012, it was later ported again for PlayStation Vita as Zero no Kiseki: Evolution, with improved visuals and full voice acting for the main story.
Ao no Kiseki was released in 2011 for PlayStation Portable, and also ported to PC for release in China. It was also ported again for PlayStation Vita as Ao no Kiseki: Evolution, again with improved visuals and full voice acting for the main story and released on June 12, 2014 in Japan.
Characters
Japanese voice: Tetsuya Kakihara
Age 18. Lloyd is a rookie investigator who joins the Crossbell State's police force in order to find out the cause behind the death of his brother, who was also a detective who served in Crossbell police. He is assigned as the team leader of the Special Support Section (SSS). Charismatic, strong and kind, he draws several comrades to his side. His weapon of choice is a pair of tonfa.
Japanese voice: Aya Endo
Age 18. Elie is the granddaughter of the mayor of Crossbell who has returned to Crossbell after studying politics and laws in various countries. She loves Crossbell greatly and joined the police force after returning and seeing the distorted state of Crossbell. The reason she joined the police force is because she cannot affect anything as a politician because they are restricted by various outside influences, and believes she might a different path from within the police. An exemplary person who excels at many things, she passed the tests to become an investigator with flying colors. She is skilled with firearms and utilizes an old fashioned orbal gun that can transform into an orbal rifle as her main weapon.
Japanese voice: Kaori Mizuhashi
Age 14. Tio is employed by the 'Epstein Foundation', the continent's leading power in orbal technology. She was sent to Crossbell to test out the prototype orbal staff developed by the foundation and was assigned to the SSS as one of Lloyd's teammates. While Tio may seem cool and distant, she is actually kind and considerate. She cannot express herself well because of certain events that happened in her past. Her weapon of choice is the prototype orbal staff that can transform into an orbal cannon.
Japanese voice: Shinichiro Miki
Age 21. Randy is the oldest member of the group. He was formerly a part of the Crossbell State Guardian Force (CSGF), but claims he was discharged due to an altercation with the commander-in-chief. He takes the role of the elder brother in the group and watches out for everyone.
Japanese voice: Masumi Asano
Age 18. Noel is a sergeant in the CSGF. She assists the SSS on multiple occasions, usually in the form of providing transport and mission briefings to the team when undertaking missions from the CSGF. Her weapons of choice are a pair of orbal machine pistols. While only a guest character in Zero no Kiseki and playable on two occasions, Noel becomes a fully playable character in the sequel Ao no Kiseki as a full-time member of the SSS and plays a greater role in the story.
Japanese voice: Junko Minagawa
Age 17. His name is pronounced as 'Wazy'. He is the owner of the Trinity bar in the old town area and is the head of the gang 'Testament'. He is first introduced when the SSS is sent to stop a disturbance in the old town caused by the Testaments and a rival gang. He is then encountered again later in the story and helps Lloyd and another player character (picked by the player) from the SSS to dress up for an undercover operation. He does not fight with any weapons but relies on martial arts for combat. Like Noel, Wazy is playable as a guest in Zero no Kiseki and becomes fully playable in the sequel as a member of the SSS.
Japanese voice: Katsuyuki Konishi
Lloyd's older brother who was murdered three years before the events of the Crossbell arc. Guy is Lloyd's main source of inspiration and motivation throughout the two games.
Japanese voice: Hidehiko Kaneko
An assistant professor and doctor at St. Ursula Medical University. Joachim is very eccentric and often slacks off from his job to fish in the surrounding and sometimes dangerous areas.
Japanese voice: Rie Tanaka
Elie's childhood friend and the successor of IBC (International Bank of Crossbell) after her father, Dieter Crois. She enjoys teasing Elie, much to the embarrassment of the latter.
Reception
Zero no Kiseki was well received in both Japan and China. It has won several notable awards, including the "PlayStation Award 2010 - User Choice Award" and the Japan Games Award 2011.