Trails of Cold Steel III was originally supposed to be the last.

The latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation features an interview with Falcom president and CEO Toshihiro Kondo, who shares a few new tidbits of information regarding The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series.

Here are the quotes:

“We actually intended to end the series with The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, but we thought it would be tough to end with one title and made a difficult decision.”

“After that sort of ending, I want to release the next title as soon as possible next year.” (By the way, Falcom already announced that the latest entry will be out for PlayStation 4 by September 2018 in Japan.)

“(The next game) will truly be the last. We’re working for all the mysteries of the Empire Arc to reach the end of the line.”

Thanks, Ryokutya2089.