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developed by

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for

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. 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

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in 2016. An N-Gage version was developed by ScriptArts and published by

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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.

References

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* {{Dragon Slayer series Role-playing video games Action role-playing video games Dragon Slayer (series) N-Gage games Video games developed in Japan Windows games 2005 video games Nihon Falcom games Xseed Games games Multiplayer and single-player video games