Xanadu Next

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Xanadu Next
Xanadu Next Steam artwork.jpg
Developers Nihon Falcom
ScriptArts (N-Gage)
Publishers
Nokia (N-Gage)
Director Takayuki Kusano
Producer Masayuki Kato
Writer Toshihiro Kondo
Composers
  • Hayato Sonoda
  • Wataru Ishibashi
  • Takahide Murayama
  • Takahiro Unisuga
Platforms N-Gage, Windows
ReleaseN-Gage
Windows
  • JP: 27 October 2005
  • WW: 3 November 2016
Genre Action role-playing
Mode Single-player

Xanadu Next [2] is a 2005 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom for Microsoft Windows. The game is a spin-off of the 1985 game Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu . Xanadu Next was released worldwide in English by Xseed Games in 2016. An N-Gage version was developed by ScriptArts and published by Nokia a few months prior to original Japanese release.

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Plot

The player character is a dishonored knight hired by a scholar named Charlotte L. Wells to investigate the ruins of Harlech Island on her behalf. Almost as soon as he begins, however, he is mortally wounded by a mysterious warrior named Dvorak and must undergo a life-saving process which binds him to Harlech. He will now die if he ever leaves – unless he can find the fabled Dragon Slayer sword, which is the only item capable of severing his ties with Harlech and giving him his life back.

In the N-Gage version, the player character is instead a hunter who has been hired by a small town named Marion Berck to find a missing girl named Momo who disappeared after King-Dragon attacked. Since King-Dragon's attack, the villagers have been plagued by mysterious deaths, dying crops, and monster attacks, and the players must guide the hunter in the journey to find Momo.

Reception

The N-Gage version received mixed reviews, but the Windows version received generally favourable reviews. [3] [4] [5]

References

    1. ↑ Adams, David (20 June 2005). "Xanadu Next Hits Stores". IGN. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
    2. ↑ ザナドゥ・ネクスト, Zanadu Nekusuto
    3. 1 2 "Xanadu Next for N-Gage". GameRankings . Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
    4. 1 2 "Xanadu Next for PC". GameRankings . Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
    5. 1 2 "Xanadu Next for PC Reviews". Metacritic . Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
    6. ↑ "Xanadu Next Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
    7. ↑ "RPGamer > Review > Xanadu Next". archive.rpgamer.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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