Xanadu Next
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Xanadu Next Steam artwork.jpg
| developer = Nihon Falcom
ScriptArts (N-Gage)
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Nihon Falcom|WW|Xseed Games}}Nokia (N-Gage)
| director = Takayuki Kusano
| producer = Masayuki Kato
| programmer =
| writer = Toshihiro Kondo
| composer = {{ubl|Hayato Sonoda|Wataru Ishibashi|Takahide Murayama|Takahiro Unisuga}}
| released = N-Gage{{vgrelease|NA|20 June 2005{{cite news | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/20/xanadu-next-hits-stores | title=Xanadu Next Hits Stores | date=20 June 2005 | publisher=IGN | first=David | last=Adams | access-date=23 December 2017}}}}Windows{{vgrelease|JP|27 October 2005|WW|3 November 2016}}
| genre = Action role-playing
| modes = Single-player
}}
{{nihongo foot|Xanadu Next|ザナドゥ・ネクスト|Zanadu Nekusuto}} 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, and the players must guide the hunter in the journey to find Momo.
Reception
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| GR_N-G = 65%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ngage/920811-xanadu-next/index.html |title=Xanadu Next for N-Gage |website=GameRankings |access-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209012929/https://www.gamerankings.com/ngage/920811-xanadu-next/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=dead}}
| GR_PC = 78%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/930337-xanadu-next/index.html |title=Xanadu Next for PC |website=GameRankings |access-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209013420/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/930337-xanadu-next/index.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=dead}}
| MC_PC = 78/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/xanadu-next/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Xanadu Next for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=13 February 2021}}
| GSpot_N-G = 6.6/10{{Cite web |title=Xanadu Next Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/xanadu-next-review/1900-6131458/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}
| GSpy_N-G = 3.5/5
}}
The N-Gage version got mixed reviews, but the Windows version got generally favourable reviews.
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://xanadunext.com/index.html}}
{{Dragon Slayer series}}
Category:Action role-playing video games
Category:Dragon Slayer (series)
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Role-playing video games