''The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel'' ( zh, t=仙劍奇俠傳五前傳, s=仙剑奇侠传五前传, p=Xiānjiàn Qíxiá Zhuàn Wǚ Qián Zhuàn), also known as ''Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel'' () or ''Chinese Paladin 5 Prequel'', is a ''

xianxia ''Xianxia'' ( zh, s=, t=仙俠), directly translated to 'immortal heroes', is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Taoism and influenced by Chinese mythology, Chan Buddhism, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese ...

''-themed

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

adventure

role-playing video game A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as simply a role-playing game or RPG, as well as a computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (or several party members) immers ...

developed by

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

ese game company

Softstar Entertainment Softstar Entertainment Inc. (), abbreviated as Softstar (), is a Taiwanese video game developer and publisher based in Zhonghe District, New Taipei, with Mainland subsidiary branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen. Softstar is famous among t ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

subsidiary. It is the seventh installment in '' The Legend of Sword and Fairy'' video game series, and is the direct

prequel A prequel is a literary, dramatic or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative. A prequel is a work that forms part of a backstory to the preceding work. The term " ...

of ''

The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 ''The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5'' ( zh, t=仙劍奇俠傳五, s=仙剑奇侠传五, p=Xiānjiàn Qíxiá Zhuàn Wǚ), also known as ''Sword and Fairy 5'' () or ''Chinese Paladin 5'', is a ''shenmo''/''xianxia''-themed fantasy adventure role-pla ...

'', set about 25 years before the plot of the latter.

References

External links

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Official The Legend of Sword and Fairy website
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Official The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel website (Mainland)
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Softstar's website
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