NeoKakarot is a fanatic of JRPGs, anime, and DOTA with an especially soft spot for games by Nihon Falcom. You can follow Neo’s work via YouTube or Patreon.
Writes Neo:
It’s finally time to play Nihon Falcom’s newest game; Kyoto Xanadu!
This is falcom’s first game in over 10 years that isn’t an Ys or Trails release!
The machine translation is allegedly by the Xanadu Translation Project. This attribution could not be confirmed as of this writing because their Discord server appears to have been deleted.
Here is a mod showcase stream courtesy of Xynosaur.
For those who don’t know, Taito partenered with Falcom to “remake” Ys III, Mask of the sun and V on the PS2 (only released in Japan of course)
We got the Ys V translation in the beginning of 2026 and Ys III’s fan translation just got released a couple of days ago…
I really hope this one is better than the remake they did for Ys V lol (you can watch the stream I did on Ys V if you wanna see the trainwreck that it is lol)
An additional announcement was made by Kaisaan:
Wanderers Boss Rush Contest
This is a big one. To celebrate the release of Wanderers PS2 English, we are having a contest! This version of Wanderers has a Boss Rush mode (unlocked after beating the game once on any difficulty) included that records your final time, so let’s see who can get the best time! Rules:
Record a full, unedited run and upload it to #wanderers [channel on The Dandelion Discord]
Don’t cheat, we reserve the right to disqualify any entries that we suspect to be cheated
You can submit as many runs before the deadline but only the best time will be counted There will be prizes for the Top 5 fastest times with 1st place getting 1 year of Discord Nitro Basic! 2nd-5th place will receive 1 Month of Discord Nitro Basic (Thank you so much to Etokapa for funding the prizes!) You will have until to submit runs!
So, what do you think? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.
As noted by RPGFan.com in a social media post here:
Falcom has taken down the fan-run ‘Falcom Music Channel’ (a YouTube page they’d even link to themselves!).
Despite once lax rules for use, Josep (who ran the page) would also try crediting individual composers who are otherwise more simply credited as ‘Falcom Sound Team JDK’.
Image credit: RPGFan.com
Says the channel owner on social media:
I don't really know what to say, and honestly, I'm not even sure how to process this. I never made a single cent from this channel; it was always driven purely by passion.
All I can say is thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who ever listened.
Falcom's music policy assumes the use of legitimately obtained music. If that channel was uploading tracks extracted from the game, especially Kyoto Xanadu music before the official OST was released, it's understandable why Falcom would view that as particularly serious.
It is noted that Falcom does not even appear to have an official music channel on YouTube. Instead, there is only an auto topic of auto-imported tracks here.
Ironically, Falcom has long had what it hails as a world-first declaration of free music. The following is an English machine translation of their policy in Japanese here:
What is Falcom’s Music Free Declaration?
This is a declaration made with the aim of allowing you to freely use all of Nihon Falcom Corporation’s (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) musical works.
For over 40 years, our company has produced and sold a vast amount of game music, gaining support from many users across generations due to the diversity of our sound and the high quality of our productions. We have released over 5,000 songs, and that number continues to grow.
With the desire to share these songs with even more people than before, beyond just game music fans, we are launching the “Falcom Music Free Declaration,” a world-first initiative.
You can use music in situations like these.
I want to play Falcom music at a piano recital.
I want to play in a band’s live performance.
I want to use it as background music for my wedding.
I want to use it in a play for the school festival.
I want to use it as background music for a radio program.
I want to use it as a song for a TV commercial.
I want to use it as background music for events and presentations .
On social media as noted above, and on YouTube, there is speculation that the channel was taken down specifically because the Kyoto Xanadu OST was ripped and uploaded before the OST release:
Other coverage on YouTube:
Rumors regarding a replacement channel to be started by another fan:
Speaking exclusively with FFV Central, JRPG streamer and Falcom content creator NeoKakarot offers the following insight:
Falcom could have very easily communicated with Josep telling him that BGM rips before the official OST is a no no now.
I think they used the Kyoto Xanadu uploads as an excuse to just be rid of the channel.
Falcom with their expanded western reach realized they were missing out on ad revenue of all these westerners not listening to their official YT channel or spotify.
So, what do you think? Is Falcom finally backpedaling from their policy? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.
Xynosaur is a fan of retrogaming who is also a creator in demo/chip music. You can follow Xyno’s work via YouTube, Bandcamp, or Soundcloud.
The romhack is courtesy of Ascended Mermaid, whose work you can follow on YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, or Github.
Writes Xyno:
I know, I know…the game was made by Hudson Soft but it says Falcom on the title screen ! :O
Forget about Ys or Trails tonight…we gonna go back in time, when the only Falcom games that was released here was Ys on the Sega Master System and Dragon Slayer IV (named Legacy of the Wizard in US) !!
Playing on the Rest[o]ration romhack patch in which you get the original Japanese sprites, better translation, recovered the name system that was removed from the US version and NO MORE PASSWORDS !!! (Thank GOD !)
The hack publication can be found on RHDN here, or check out the Faxanadu Randomizer and Romhacking Discord here.
Part two of the Let’s Play follows.
Respinner TBA
Check back here for an announcement of clymax’s respinner based on the successor Retranslation hack of Faxanadu Restoration.
