Nihon Falcom is handing The Legend of Heroes III: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch to NEOWIZ. The deal covers development and a worldwide release on PC and consoles. That is the whole announcement. No trailer. No date. No word on remake versus remaster.
Falcom posted the license on its IR board today:
Falcom news release (Sept. 16, 2026)
What the 1994 game actually is
In Japan the title is Eiyū Densetsu III: Shiroki Majo — “White Witch.” It shipped on PC-9801 in March 1994. Later ports hit Saturn, PlayStation, Windows, and PSP. The only English release most people know is the 2006 PSP version, which Bandai Namco sold as The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch. The “II” was a localization quirk because Tear of Vermillion had already used a different number in the West.
The plot is a pilgrimage. Jurio and Christina leave their village in Tirasweel as part of a coming-of-age rite and walk into a much larger story. Falcom still describes it as a “poetic RPG” built around talking to people, watching relationships shift, and those soundtrack moments the series is known for.
Why Trails fans care
Moonlight Witch, A Tear of Vermillion, and Song of the Ocean are the Gagharv Trilogy. Different leads, different regions, one setting. That trilogy is the older spine that the modern Trails games grew out of. In Falcom’s 40th-anniversary fan polls, Gagharv was the series people most wanted on current hardware. Until now, the easy way to play it in English was still that PSP disc.
NEOWIZ is the Lies of P and Shape of Dreams company. They already sit near this IP through the mobile Legend of Heroes: Gagharv Trilogy project. This new contract is separate: consoles and PC, global.
What nobody has said yet
- Remake, remaster, or a new game that only uses the name
- Whether IV and V are next
- Platform list beyond “PC and consoles”
- A year
Treat it as a license, not a launch window. Falcom keeps the IP. NEOWIZ has to turn a 1994 pilgrimage RPG into something they can sell in 2026’s market. That is the story until someone shows a screenshot.