Across three decades, certain stories refuse to fade — they wait, carried by memory and reputation, until the conditions for their return arrive. Nihon Falcom and South Korean publisher Neowiz have now signed a licensing agreement to bring The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch, a 1994 PC-9801 RPG, to modern PC and consoles worldwide. The partnership answers a longing made visible in 2021, when players voted the game their most-wanted retro revival, and suggests that the quiet pilgrimage of two young protagonists through the world of Tirasweel may finally reach an audience it
Nihon Falcom revives 1994 RPG classic with Neowiz for PC and consoles
First place in a survey asking what retro games deserved modern life
Mark
So Falcom is letting someone else remake this game rather than doing it themselves. Why hand it off to Neowiz?
Mimi
Falcom is a smaller studio. They've been focused on the Trails series for years now. Neowiz has the publishing muscle and global distribution network to handle a remake properly.
Luke
We don't actually know the financial or strategic reasoning. The announcement just says they signed a licensing agreement. It could be resource constraints, could be Neowiz pitched something compelling, could be something else entirely.
Mark
A 1994 game topping a 2021 survey for retro revivals—that's a pretty specific endorsement. How many people voted?
Mimi
The survey was conducted by Dengeki Online, which is a major gaming media outlet in Japan. It's a legitimate poll, but the announcement doesn't say how many respondents there were or what the margin was.
Luke
Right. We know it won first place. We don't know the sample size, the methodology, or whether it was a ranked choice or multiple choice. It's real data, but incomplete data.
Mark
The game is already on Project EGG and Switch. What's the difference between that and what Neowiz is doing?
Mimi
Those are preservation plays—the original game running through emulation or on modern hardware. A remake would mean rebuilding it from the ground up, updating graphics, controls, potentially the interface and systems.
Luke
Though the announcement doesn't actually say it's a remake. It says "new release." That could mean a port, a remaster, or a full remake. We're inferring the scope based on the fact that Neowiz is handling development, but the actual scope isn't stated.
Mark
When will people actually play this?
Mimi
Development is expected to start soon, according to the announcement. That's vague, but it suggests they haven't begun yet.
Luke
"Expected to start soon" is the most non-committal timeline possible. It tells us nothing about when the game will actually release.
The Pulse
- A 32-year-old RPG that topped fan revival polls in 2021 is finally getting the modern remake its community has been asking for.
- Nihon Falcom and Neowiz have formalized a licensing agreement, with development expected to begin soon for PC and console platforms in Japan and globally.
- The title sits within the Gagharv trilogy — a beloved but underexposed arc of the Legend of Heroes franchise that predates the widely known Trails series.
- While the game has been accessible through retro service Project EGG and a Nintendo Switch EGG Console release in August 2026, this new effort signals a full modernization rather than simple preservation.
- Neowiz, proven on the global stage through its work publishing Lies of P, brings the distribution infrastructure needed to introduce this classic to players who never encountered it on original hardware.
Across three decades, certain stories refuse to fade — they wait, carried by memory and reputation, until the conditions for their return arrive. Nihon Falcom and South Korean publisher Neowiz have now signed a licensing agreement to bring The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch, a 1994 PC-9801 RPG, to modern PC and consoles worldwide. The partnership answers a longing made visible in 2021, when players voted the game their most-wanted retro revival, and suggests that the quiet pilgrimage of two young protagonists through the world of Tirasweel may finally reach an audience it never had the chance to meet.
On September 16, Nihon Falcom announced a licensing agreement with South Korean publisher Neowiz to revive The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch — known in Japan as The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo — for PC and consoles in both Japan and worldwide markets. Development is expected to begin soon.
The original game launched in 1994 for the PC-9801, following two protagonists, Jurio and Chris, on a pilgrimage through the world of Tirasweel. It is the third entry in Falcom's long-running franchise and part of the Gagharv trilogy, a three-game arc that preceded the more widely known Trails series. Despite its age, the game's reputation endured: in a 2021 Dengeki Online survey, players voted it the retro title they most wanted ported to modern hardware.
The game has not been entirely out of reach — Project EGG has offered it digitally, and an EGG Console edition arrived on Nintendo Switch in August 2026. But the Neowiz partnership represents something more ambitious: a full remake rather than an emulated preservation.
Neowiz is best known internationally for publishing Lies of P, and that experience gives the company both the infrastructure and market reach to position a decades-old RPG for a global audience. The agreement covers development, publishing, and distribution across all target markets, signaling that Falcom and Neowiz believe the story of Jurio and Chris has commercial potential well beyond those who first walked that pilgrimage thirty years ago.
On September 16, Nihon Falcom announced it had signed a licensing agreement with Neowiz, the South Korean publisher behind Lies of P, to revive The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch. The game, known in Japan as The Legend of Heroes III: Shiroki Majo, will receive new releases for PC and consoles in both Japan and worldwide markets. Development is expected to begin soon.
The original game launched in 1994 for the PC-9801, placing players in the world of Tirasweel alongside two protagonists—a boy named Jurio and a girl named Chris—on a pilgrimage that forms the narrative spine of the experience. It stands as the third entry in Falcom's long-running Legend of Heroes franchise, and belongs to what fans and historians call the Gagharv trilogy, a three-game arc that preceded the more recent and widely known Trails series. The other two games in that trilogy are The Legend of Heroes IV: Akai Shizuku and The Legend of Heroes V: Umi no Oriuta, released under different English titles in North America.
The decision to revive this particular title reflects genuine appetite from the gaming community. In 2021, Dengeki Online conducted a survey asking players which older games they most wanted to see ported to modern hardware. The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch took first place in that category, suggesting three decades had not dimmed its hold on players who experienced it or heard its reputation passed down through gaming circles.
The game is not entirely inaccessible to contemporary audiences. Project EGG, a retro game distribution service operated by D4 Enterprises, has made it available digitally. More recently, in August 2026, a renewed edition arrived on Nintendo Switch through EGG Console, the service's console initiative. The new partnership with Neowiz signals a more substantial modernization effort than these preservation-focused releases—a full remake rather than an emulated port.
Neowiz brings publishing experience with major titles to the project. The company is perhaps best known internationally for its role in bringing Lies of P, the Pinocchio-inspired action game, to global audiences. That track record suggests the publisher has both the infrastructure and the market reach to position a 32-year-old RPG for players who may never have encountered it on its original hardware. The agreement covers development, publishing, and distribution across both the Japanese market and the rest of the world, indicating Falcom and Neowiz see commercial potential in a global audience for this revival.
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Development of the game's revival with Neowiz is expected to start soon— Nihon Falcom announcement
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