Xanadu Next
Xanadu Next is an exploration-centric action RPG from Nihon Falcom, the acclaimed creators of the Ys and The Legend of Heroes RPG franchises. A late entry in their immensely popular Dragon Slayer series and a…
Xanadu Next is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Nihon Falcom, released 24 June 2005 on N-Gage and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Xanadu Next is
Xanadu Next is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2005. It was published by Nokia. It is available on N-Gage and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Whenever mist hangs over the waters of Lake Orwell on Harlech Island, sailors catch sight of a phantom castle just out of reach. As they draw near, it fades into the fog like a mirage, leaving only questions for all who have borne witness to this "Castle Strangerock." An up-and-coming scholar named Charlotte L. Wells has had her interest piqued by this local legend and desperately wishes to study it in person—but of course, Harlech Island is no place for an unescorted young lady. To aid her in her investigation, therefore, she enlists the help of an old childhood friend and fallen knight who agrees to accompany her on this adventure. Arriving in Harlech and catching sight of Castle…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Xanadu series
Xanadu Next is the ninth of 10 entries we hold in the Xanadu series. It arrived 10 years after Revival Xanadu 2: Remix. The next entry was Dragon Slayer Chronicle in 2012.
How it was received
Xanadu Next holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 16 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium III 866 MHz, 1 GB RAM and 32 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Xanadu Next launched on 24 June 2005, within three weeks of Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari and Ys: The Oath in Felghana. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 2, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, We Love Katamari, Ys: The Oath in Felghana.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Xanadu Next yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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