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Falcom Signs NEOWIZ License For The Legend Of Heroes III

The Gagharv Trilogy placed first in a game media survey asking which Falcom works readers want on current hardware, so the licensed party gets a title with documented demand before any remake footage exists.

Key Facts

  • Nihon Falcom announced on September 16, 2026 that it signed a licensing agreement with NEOWIZ for The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch.
  • The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch was released by Nihon Falcom in 1994 for the PC-9801.
  • The agreement covers development for PC and consoles and release in the global market.
  • The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch is the first part of the Gagharv Trilogy, with The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion and The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean.
  • The Gagharv Trilogy took first place in a game media survey marking Nihon Falcom's 40th anniversary, in the category of works readers want released on current hardware.

Reporting from 5 sources: 4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp, Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, and 1 more.

Falcom Signs NEOWIZ License For The Legend Of Heroes III

Nihon Falcom announced on September 16, 2026 that it has signed a licensing agreement with South Korea's NEOWIZ covering development of The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch for PC and consoles and a release in the global market. The game is the third entry in The Legend of Heroes series, an RPG Falcom released in 1994 for the PC-9801. It is the opening part of the three-part Gagharv Trilogy, alongside The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion and The Legend of Heroes V: A Cagesong of the Ocean, and it is regarded as the origin of the later Trails series that continues from The Legend of Heroes VI: Trails in the Sky. The sources describe the 1994 release as a singing RPG built on detailed worldbuilding and storytelling, following the pilgrimage of the boy Julio and the girl Chris across a world called Tirasweel. No release window, platform list, or budget was disclosed.

The license covers "development for PC and consoles and release in the global market," and NEOWIZ is known for Lies of P and DJMAX. The announcement points to the official White Witch page on Falcom's site as its source.

What the agreement produces is undecided. Game Spark and GameBusiness both note it is unclear whether the work will reproduce the original version or be remade as a completely new title. An existing port already exists: EGG Console The Legend of Heroes III: White Witch Renewal PC-9801 is distributed for Nintendo Switch.

ASCII.jp describes the 1994 game's concept as "the will to narrate," and says it was praised by many PC game users. The game's story runs on Julio and Chris's pilgrimage, the relationships among characters that change with the story's developments, and musical direction that stays in players' memories. Each work in the Gagharv Trilogy depicts different regions and characters.

The trilogy placed first in a game media survey held for Nihon Falcom's 40th anniversary, in the category of works and series readers want released on current hardware.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

The Legend of Heroes III: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch The Legend of Heroes: Trails Nihon Falcom NEOWIZ

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