In what seems like an eternity for this fan favorite series, Trails of Cold Steel 3 finally makes the jump to Nintendo's hybrid system. For the uninitiated, the third entry can be likened to Fire Emblem: Three Houses in that you play as a teacher tasked with rearing a new set of classmates and exploring on free days. Battles are also somewhat similar with free movement and basic attacks, but the execution is a bit simpler since everything you need is mapped to the face buttons a la Persona 5. The story is engrossing, and the characters each feel unique and relatable if not a bit tropey on the surface level; their backstories are fleshed out in time.
Now, seeing as this is the third entry, should you track down the others and play them or wait for the inevitable Switch port? I would recommend waiting if you don't have access to them (PS3, Vita, PS4, PC), but ToCS3 should have a dedicated menu to summarize the past games' events if you just want to start fresh. Erebonia is the shared world in which civil war threatens to break out as the newly formed Class VII embark on operations to uncover the culprits.
The flames of war will ignite early spring 2020! ...or so it goes