The Legend of Podcast: Trails through Trails

By Lex & MattLeisure Video Games Games

The Legend of Podcast: Trails through Trails episodes

October 31BONUS - Liberl Zagat (with Autumn Wright!)
Food! It's important, and sometimes tasty. But which is the MOST importantly tasty?
Well, this week that's what we're here to figure out. With returning guest, the delightful Autumn Wright (they/them), we're gonna categorically grade and rank every dang restaurant in the entire country of Liberl. Welcome to the officially unofficial Zagat guide to Liberl!

And if you'd like to see more from Autumn, check out their website!
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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
Trails from Zero begins! We're playing through day one of the prologue, stopping the next morning when you can save the game.

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(02:37) - Introducing the MAC scoring system
(03:57) - Disclosure: We are not Tim and Nina Zagat
(05:57) - Let the scoring begin!
(06:04) - Rolent - Abend Bar
(14:15) - Rolent - Gurune Gate Mess Hall
(20:26) - Bose - Anterose Restaurant
(27:48) - Bose - Kirsche Bar
(33:06) - Bose - Katrina's Confectionary
(38:18) - Bose - The Moonlight Path
(47:06) - Bose - The Kingfisher Inn
(51:05) - Bose - Haken Gate Bar
(56:45) - Ruan - The White Magnolia
(01:00:58) - Ruan - Jenis Royal Academy Cafeteria
(01:06:26) - Ruan - Lavantar Casino & Bar
(01:12:06) - Ruan - Aqua Rossa
(01:16:02) - Ruan - Air-Letten Mess Hall
(01:20:05) - Zeiss - Forgel Bar
(01:24:03) - Zeiss - Maple Leaf inn
(01:27:51) - Zeiss - Jack & Squat's Pub
(01:32:32) - Zeiss - Sanktheim Gate Mess Hall
(01:36:37) - Grancel - Sunnybell Inn
(01:40:17) - Grancel - Baral Coffe House
(01:43:27) - Grancel - Sorbet's Ice Cream Stand
(01:49:13) - The best and worst!
(01:52:35) - The top 5 spots to eat in Liberl
(01:54:25) - And that's the Liberl Zagat!
(01:55:06) - Next season???
(01:57:21) - Outro
2 hr
October 09BONUS - Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Impressions (with Stephen Hilger!)
Technically this episode is about the early hours of the new Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake, but you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d woven something else in.
For this extra special bonus episode we’re joined by Into the Aether and Memory Card Manuscript’s own Stephen Hilger! We all hung out to chat about 2C, Fortune’s Weave, the voice cast of 2C, Fortune’s Weave, Zelda, fishing redemption, Fortune’s Weave and 2C. It’s hard to stay focused, there’s lots of good games out right now!!

「 LINKS 」
There's a Right and Wrong Way to Remake A Classic Video Game—And The Iliad Explains How at AV Club

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(04:00) - A quick (light) spoiler warning
(06:20) - How Trails-pilled is Stephen Hilger?
(09:00) - Remakes and Remasters
(20:40) - Let's talk first impressions!
(32:15) - The Weave enters the chat
(37:10) - Matt's Bad Take
(42:38) - Back to the story!
(48:32) - The Bugbear Corral
(01:08:27) - Trails through Fishing: Redemption..???
(01:12:07) - The opposite of bugbears! Featuretwinks??
(01:15:32) - Stephen's Question Quorner!
(01:34:12) - Final 1st Impression Thoughts on 2nd Chapter?
(01:44:18) - We did it!! What's "it"? idk
(01:46:15) - Stephen's Prompt Precipice
(01:48:55) - A final emblem. I mean a fortune's prompt. Fire Emblem Fire Emblem. dangit
(01:53:43) - Returning to the... Zelda.. Ziggurat. Look I'm not MADE of alliterations
(01:59:59) - Outro
2 hr 6 min
August 22BONUS - It's OVA! (with Mischa Stanton!)
Never forget - it's not over 'til it's OVA!
For a bit of fun between seasons, we sat down to watch Trails in the Sky: The Animation, the 2011-2012 Original Video Animation made to celebrate Falcom's 30th anniversary. But that's not all! We also invited Mischa Stanton, co-host of the Simple & Clean podcast and audio editrix extraordinaire with the Multitude podcast collective, to watch it with us as their very first exposure to the Trails series.
Does this movie make any sense? Does it tell the story of (some of) Trails in the Sky accurately?? And what are YOU willing to do for foley, when the chips are down?
We ask all this and more, as we see just how far Mischa's media literacy can get them when dropped into the middle of this goof-ass story.

「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
Trails in the Sky: The Animation!

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(02:15) - Why are we here today?
(04:18) - Tell us about Trails, Mischa!
(11:39) - Shhh, the movie's starting!
(01:33:21) - It's over! How do we feel?
(01:36:27) - The big question!
(01:38:15) - Outro
1 hr 44 min
August 01Sky 3rd Finale Pt 2 - Three Cheers for Laserbird
🎵 As we go on, we remember
All the doors we did together 🎶
It's ovah! Sky 3rd! The Sky Trilogy! It's ovah!!
One final push to the Lord of Phantasma, then it's time to go home to Liberl. Are we forgetting anybody?

「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
The end of the Finale of Trails in the Sky the 3rd!

「 LINKS 」
Marvelous USA's Trails localisation blogs
"The Post-Persona Void" on Flow State, by Lex and (Other) Matt!

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening! We'll see you next season for Trails from Zero, as we begin the Crossbell Duology xoxo

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(12:10) - Trails to Door Ranking
(21:28) - Final preparations
(26:02) - Boarding the Arseille
(44:07) - Entering Phantasmagoria
(52:55) - The Golden Giant
(58:48) - The Black Guardian
(59:31) - The Crimson Lizard
(01:02:27) - The World's Will
(01:12:59) - Final boss times!
(01:31:23) - Farewells
(01:52:42) - The End OR IS IT
(01:54:07) - A post-credits scene!
(01:57:15) - Sky Trilogy: Complete!
(02:03:35) - Up next on Trails through Trails!
(02:06:47) - TWG Community Chest
(02:08:08) - Outro
2 hr 11 min
July 18Sky 3rd Finale Pt 1 - The Nigel No-Friends Bench
It's almost time to sail off to the big big bad of the game! Now's your last chance to level up, kit out the party, dive into the literal depths of Hell, and explore magical memory doors that dive into some seriously hardcore business.

CW: this week's Star Door 15 is pretty heavy stuff, listener beware!
This door will discuss/reference childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking and self-harm. Please take care of yourself, and feel free to skip this chapter of the episode if that's the right choice for you xoxo we love you all

「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
Finale Chapter - until you reach the point of no return, boading a ship
Star Doors 13, 15 and 14

「 LINKS 」
Matt's Rhythm Paradise Groove review at Stevivor
Matt's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review at Stevivor

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
We're finishing the game baybee

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(13:20) - Where we left off
(24:02) - Star Door 13
(36:05) - The Abyss
(43:19) - A content warning about Star Door 15!
(44:03) - Star Door 15
(01:10:41) - The Hermit's Garden
(01:21:42) - Star Door 14
(01:42:00) - What we're playing next
(01:43:15) - TWG Community Chest
(01:44:27) - Outro
1 hr 47 min
July 11Sky 3rd Sun Doors - The Sunnary
We've been enjoying all the delicious goodness that Sky the 3rd has to offer for the last few months, and now? It's time to eat our vegetables.
It's the Sum Door Sunnary! I mean, the Sun Door Summary. Yeah, that one.

「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
All five Sun Doors!

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
Finale Chapter - until you reach the point of no return, boading a ship
Star Doors 13, 15 and 14

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(01:55) - Sun Door 1
(13:45) - Sun Door 2
(28:39) - Sun Door 3
(49:56) - Sun Door 4
(01:03:10) - Sun Door 5
(01:23:40) - The Sum Door Sunnary
(01:25:55) - Outro
1 hr 30 min
July 04Sky 3rd Chapter 7 - Post-Traumatic Stigma Dominion
It's time to look to the past, where everything was fine and nobody has a traumatic backstory that informs their personality or personal motivations.
It's fine!! Welcome to Literal Hell.

「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
Chapter 7! Just the whole dang thing.

「 LINKS 」
big_thumb.mp3 - Into the Aether's Nintendo Direct episode

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
Next week - all the Sun Doors!
The week after - Finale Chapter, until you reach the point of no return boading a ship
Star Doors 13, 15 and 14

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(17:49) - where we left off
(29:10) - Content warning! Details here/in the show notes
(39:36) - Deep in the chapel
(01:03:01) - Gehenna
(01:33:11) - What we're playing next time
(01:34:57) - TWG Community Chest
(01:36:35) - Outro
1 hr 39 min
June 20Sky 3rd Chapter 6 Pt 2 - The Boxman Prophecies
This week, Lex and Matt put everything on the line to answer the age-old question: how long can you talk about the Trails series on-mic for, before you kinda just absolutely lose your mind?

(Turns out it's about three hours and forty-four minutes.)
「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
The end of Chapter 6!
Star Doors 10, 11 and 12. Make sure to do them before finishing the chapter!!

「 LINKS 」
Heaven's Vault, by Inkle
Why Does Tupac Shakur’s Inclusion in Stranger Than Heaven Feel So Much Worse Than Other Posthumous Representations in Games? from JetsonPlaysGame
Feels Bad, Man from Aftermath
Matt's guest episode about JRPGs on Simple and Clean: A Kingdom Hearts Podcast!

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
Chapter 7! The whole thing.

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(15:48) - Where we left off
(16:38) - Star Door 10
(30:24) - Over the Garden Walk
(38:50) - Star Door 11
(49:52) - The Carnelia Monument
(01:20:36) - Hermit's Gardening
(01:25:17) - Star Door 12
(01:44:19) - The Novahl Monument
(02:14:33) - A quick visit to the Garden
(02:17:31) - The Farewell Arena
(02:31:35) - any% speedrunning the Garden
(02:34:06) - Erbe Scenic Route
(02:35:13) - What we're playing next time
(02:36:13) - TWG Community Chest
(02:38:00) - Outroh-no
2 hr 42 min
June 06Sky 3rd Chapter 6 Pt 1 - Give Me Fifty Thousand Dollars
It's busy busy busy this week in Sky the 3rd! We've got multiple dungeons, of varyingly clear rule sets! We've got party control in a Trails game at a previously unknown level!! AND we've got a bunch of new magical memory doors, who won't let us through without their bizarre demands being met.
Totally unrelated, but how's your bank balance looking these days?
「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
Chapter 6, until we reach a boss fight past a red door, on the roof!
Star Doors 8 and 9
Moon Door 5

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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
The rest of Chapter 6!
Star Doors 10, 11 and 12. Make sure to do them before finishing the chapter!

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Intro
(06:53) - Where we left off
(20:06) - Hermit's Garden Tour
(25:11) - Star Door 8
(58:32) - The Sixth Plane
(01:03:07) - The Sapphirl Monument
(01:20:24) - A brief stop in the Garden
(01:23:04) - Star Door 9
(01:35:19) - The Amberl Monument
(01:50:46) - Moon Door 5
(02:14:02) - What we're playing next time
(02:14:42) - TWG Community Chest
(02:15:54) - Outro
2 hr 18 min
May 23Sky 3rd Chapter 5 - My Bracer, My Bracer and Me
Things are heating up in the Hermit's Garden! The star of the show is finally here and aren't we glad to have her. But wait, there's more to come - both those and this week's Memory Doors are some real curveballs, let me tell you.

I was wearing a shirt and slacks!

「 COVERED THIS WEEK 」
All of Chapter 5!
Moon Door 4
Star Doors 6 and 7
「 LINKS 」
Matt's Yoshi and the Mysterious Book review at Stevivor
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Season 3 show art by the incredible Alyossan: https://alyossan.art/

Intro and Outro music from https://FreePD.com
Intro: “Stunted Adventure” by Bryan Teoh
Outro: “Swing Maching” by Kevin MacLeod

Thanks for listening!

「 COVERED NEXT WEEK 」
Chapter 6, until we reach a boss fight... on a roof... past a red door. Very mysterious!
Star Doors 8 and 9
Moon Door 5

「 TIMESTAMPS 」
(00:00) - Before the intro??
(01:29) - Intro
(11:38) - Where we left off
(27:31) - Star Door 6
(49:32) - Back to the Hermit's Garden
(55:02) - Entering the Fifth Plane
(01:02:02) - Hatching a surprise, honestly
(01:08:00) - Hermit's Garden Hangs
(01:43:06) - The Luminous Labyrinth
(01:45:50) - Hatching a tiny grim reaper
(01:55:34) - Garden Tour
(01:58:59) - Star Door 7
(02:06:31) - Completing the Labyrinth
(02:13:02) - Hatching... something?
(02:15:37) - What we're playing next
(02:16:26) - TWG Community Chest
(02:18:49) - Outro
2 hr 22 min

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