Zitat von RPGFan
Falcom's series "Eiyuu Densetsu" (or, "The Legend of Heroes"), has a complicated history. Within the (currently) six-part series were a set that belonged to a trilogy all their own. They were called the Gagharv Trilogy, and they were released as follows: The White Witch (III), A Tear of Vermillion (IV), and A Cagesong of the Ocean (V). Supposedly, IV and V were built off of the success of III, which presented the world of Gagharv to gamers. You see, IV and V were actually prequels, much in the same way that C.S. Lewis wrote his Narnia series out of chronological order. If one were to re-order the games chronologically, it would be as follows: IV is first, V is second, and III is third.
The series originally resided on the PC; but in Japan, Bandai picked up the rights from Falcom to publish the Gagharv Trilogy on PSP, porting the remakes of III and IV and the newly-released V (all released around the year 2000). When Namco Bandai (at the time, just Bandai) made the announcement that they were bringing A Tear of Vermillion to the US, I was simultaneously shocked and overjoyed. Like many hardcore, underdog-RPG-loving gamers, my love for Falcom knew no boundaries.
I assumed that, since they were releasing A Tear of Vermillion first, US fans would be treated to the Gagharv Trilogy in its true chronological order, with V being next and III coming last. I was wrong, however; in a move that made the Legend of Heroes history that much more complicated, Namco Bandai announced "The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch" as the next title. So now IV was I, III was II, and V was III. Confused? You ought to be.
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