In spite of some localization hiccups, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana brought the iconic series more prestige and notoriety than any other game in its history. Multiple releases across successful platforms and a bombastic marketing plan ensured that more gamers would get shipwrecked with Adol Christin than ever before. Ys, which has always felt like an outlier of gaming history, has always...
And we’re back with another chance for Ron to rant and rave about a JRPG series that he wants you to give a shot. Ys, pronounced “ees” has been around since the dawn of Japanese home gaming, and with the release of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana this month, it sits up there with Metal Gear, Mario, Final Fantasy, and The Legend of Zelda as one of the longest running franchises in gaming...
I’ve sat atop the mountain and shouted praises of the Ys series for far too long. If you’re not willing to try it out for free, then there really no convincing you, is there? Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana will be released later this year for the PlayStation 4, PS VIta, and PC in North America, but you can try it out right now absolutely free on the PlayStation 4. The series is beloved by...
Ys and The Legend of Heroes developer Nihon Falcom is a living, walking treasure of the video game world. At 36 years old, it’s one of the few holdovers from the Golden Age of Gaming back in the 1980s when Japanese companies rewrote the rulebook and gave games another three decades of life. Capcom, Square Enix, Nintendo, Bandai Namco, SEGA… with the apparent passing of Konami, it’s a...
Go on, what do you have to lose? You’re only missing out on a treasure of the video game world and one of the few franchises that has survived three turbulent decades of video gaming. Ys has been around longer than a majority of Twitch’s user base, and yet, even after all these years, Nihon Falcom’s excellent series can’t find the same love as its contemporaries. You might have heard of...
September is usually the time of year you’d expect to the slightly minor games on the AAA scale like Shadows of Mordor or a BioShock sequel. It’s hardly the time of year you’d expect to see the nichest of niche Japanese franchises come out, but NIS America is defying traditions by throwing Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana into direct competition with the early holiday hits. Ys VIII, the...
XSEED has a double announcement for its popular The Legend of Heroes series in regards to the long requested PC ports. Both The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II are officially bound for the PC this coming summer. Currently in North America, only the PS Vita and PlayStation 3 versions of the niche franchise are available in English...
I rant and rave about Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario existing for 30 years and being the pillars of both my personal gaming life and the foundation of video games in general. It is true that very few series have run as consistently and with such frequency for that same amount of time, but Nihon Falcom’s Ys is one of these few exceptions. The first game was released...
In a shocking twist, it is not XSEED after all who will be bringing the latest Ys game to North America, but rather, NipponIchi Software. NIS confirmed over the weekend that Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana would be localized and published under its name in 2017 for the PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and PC platforms. The announcement came with a laundry list of English descriptions and facts...
The third and final chapter of Nihon Falcom’s popular The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky series is now entirely translated. A full decade after its original PSP release, XSEED is one step closer to finally fulfilling the promise it made to fans to complete the trilogy. XSEED used its Twitter account to share a few translated screenshots and progress, showing that while...