Software:Xanadu Next
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| Developer(s) | Nihon Falcom ScriptArts (N-Gage) |
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| Director(s) | Takayuki Kusano |
| Producer(s) | Masayuki Kato |
| Writer(s) | Toshihiro Kondo |
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| Platform(s) | N-Gage, Windows |
| Release | N-Gage
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Xanadu Next[2] is a 2005 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom for Windows. The game is a spin-off of the 1985 action role-playing game Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. Xanadu Next was released worldwide in English by Xseed Games in 2016. An N-Gage version was developed by ScriptArts and published by Nokia a few months prior to original Japanese release.
Premise
The player character is a dishonored knight hired by a scholar named Charlotte L. Wells to investigate the ruins of Harlech Island on her behalf. Almost as soon as he begins, however, he is mortally wounded by a mysterious warrior named Dvorak and must undergo a life-saving process which binds him to Harlech. He will now die if he ever leaves – unless he can find the fabled Dragon Slayer sword, which is the only item capable of severing his ties with Harlech and giving him his life back.
In the N-Gage version, the player character is instead a hunter who has been hired by a small town named Marion Berck to find a missing girl named Momo who disappeared after King-Dragon attacked. Since King-Dragon's attack, the villagers have been plagued by mysterious deaths, dying crops, and monster attacks, which you must help with along your journey to find Momo.
Reception
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The N-Gage version got mixed reviews, but the Windows version got generally favourable reviews.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Adams, David (20 June 2005). "Xanadu Next Hits Stores". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/20/xanadu-next-hits-stores.
- ↑ ザナドゥ・ネクスト Zanadu Nekusuto
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Xanadu Next for N-Gage". https://www.gamerankings.com/ngage/920811-xanadu-next/index.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Xanadu Next for PC". https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/930337-xanadu-next/index.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Xanadu Next for PC Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/xanadu-next/critic-reviews/?platform=pc.
- ↑ "Xanadu Next Review" (in en-US). https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/xanadu-next-review/1900-6131458/.
- ↑ "RPGamer > Review > Xanadu Next". https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/other/multi/xanadu/reviews/xanadustrev1.html.
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