Da intervista a Kondo al momento tradotta su Twitter.
Kuro II info section:
Q: How many parts/games will there be in the story of "Kuro No Kiseki"? How much story of the Republic Arc has been told so far? After that, will it still be Van as the main character?
Kondo: According to the direction of the story, there is a good chance that this Arc will not be finished in two games.
Kondo: If there are only two games, there will be too much content to cut, and we still want to tell a complete story, rather than forcing it and finishing it quickly. In future games(Calvard), we will look at the Republic Arc (story) from Van’s point of view.
Q: What is the development progress of "Kuro No Kiseki II"? Is the Chinese version expected to be released simultaneously?
K: The direction of the story has been roughly finalized, but the script has not yet been written currently. The team is quite efficient, and the plan is to release in the Fall of 2022.
Kondo: I was still discussing this matter with Ms. Chen Yunyun (CLE) during lunchtime. We certainly want to able to release globally. Games that are released simultaneously in the industry are generally scripts that are easy to localized after being finalized early.
Everyone knows that the "Trails" series has a lot things in the scripts, but currently the scripts(Kuro II) have not yet been written, so it is uncertain when we will start localizing when the time comes.
Kondo: We also don't want players from different languages waiting too long, but to try to be in sync as possible, or try to narrow the time gap(localization).