Edia Partners with Falcom to Revive PC-Engine Classics for Modern Systems
With the Falcom team being especially busy in 2025 and even into 2026 with new projects, some fresh news just dropped about porting some classics in collaboration with Edia. Let’s find out more!
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Edia is a Japanese development team and publisher from Tokyo founded in 1991. A studio that’s especially active when it comes to compilations and porting retro games. Like the collections of the PC-Engine series of Valis, Cosmic Fantasy, and other series from the now-defunct Telenet Japan.
Nihon Falcom is the famous Japanese development studio founded in 1981. Known for the RPG series Legend of Heroes, Dragon Slayer, and especially in recent years with YS and Trails. With the upcoming launch of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter as a remake of the first Trails chapter. Buy Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter at the best price and join Estelle and Joshua on an adventure through the Kingdom of Liberl!
The Partnership Between Edia and Falcom: The Revival of PC-Engine Classics
The Falcom team remains especially busy in 2025 and with some projects already lined up for 2026. But with some surprise news on September 3, 2025, we have the announcement of a Partnership between Edia and Falcom. A partnership that will see the Edia team porting the great PC-Engine classics by Falcom to modern platforms, specifically:
- Ys I & II , Ys III and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes I & II
- The Legend of Xanadu I & II
Making use of the porting knowledge acquired with the Telenet Japan titles by the Edia team themselves. Confirming a port of these Falcom classics with a launch window between 2026 and 2027. These will therefore be in addition to Falcom’s new projects for 2026.
Information on Edia’s official Japanese website
Edia: What’s New with Ports and Games in 2025
The Edia team has had a particularly busy year in 2025. We saw some ports of Shinyuden titles, with the launch of Final Zone in January. And the launch of the Cho Aniki Collection in the West as well. Not to mention the Telenet Japan titles with the debut on August 28 of the Telenet Shooting Collection II on Nintendo Switch in Japan.
To which is also added the arrival of the RPG Collection on November 27, again only for the Japanese market. Meanwhile, among the global news, the team also co-developed the visual novel otome Him, the Smile & bloom, which debuted on February 27, 2025. Published and localized by PQube.
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In Conclusion
Some fantastic news for big fans of Falcom classics. With modern ports of Dragonslayer, Xanadu, and YS on PC-Engine by 2027. Although it remains to be seen if Falcom will confirm a port in the West as well, considering that the Edia team is mainly active in Japan. So what do you guys think? Let us know in the comments!
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