Xanadu Next
Developer(s)Nihon Falcom
ScriptArts (N-Gage)
Publisher(s)
Nokia (N-Gage)
Director(s)Takayuki Kusano
Producer(s)Masayuki Kato
Writer(s)Toshihiro Kondo
Composer(s)
  • Hayato Sonoda
  • Wataru Ishibashi
  • Takahide Murayama
  • Takahiro Unisuga
Platform(s)N-Gage, Windows
ReleaseN-Gage
  • WW: 20 June 2005[1]
Windows
  • JP: 27 October 2005
  • WW: 3 November 2016
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Xanadu Next[2] is a 2005 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom for Windows. The game is a spin-off of the 1985 action role-playing 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.

Premise

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, which you must help with along your journey to find Momo.

Reception

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

References

    1. ↑ Adams, David (20 June 2005). "Xanadu Next Hits Stores". IGN. 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. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
    6. ↑ "Xanadu Next Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
    7. ↑ "RPGamer > Review > Xanadu Next". archive.rpgamer.com. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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