I've played the original on the PCE and the Windows remakes... any info on Interchannel-Holon? Typically developers who use the Ys license (ie Taito) suck with it so I have little hope for this one...I guess we'll just have to wait and see...Interchannel-Holon plans to release a remake version of Ys I and Ys II for the Nintendo DS, according to Famitsu magazine. Ys I was originally released on the PC in 1987, followed by Ys II in 1988. The series has become a popular RPG title which spawned several more sequels and ports were also released on game consoles over the years.
The latest will be remade from the ground up as players will now see new character animations such as Adol swinging a sword (as opposed the original game where it only showed him bumping into enemies), and you will also encounter original enemies and maps in the DS version. The top screen will display the game field while the bottom screen will sport the player stats.
Other DS features include a boss fight mode and a multiplayer mode. Up to four players can compete over wireless, defeating as many enemies as possible and gathering the orbs they leave behind. Extras such as jukebox allows players to listen to their favorite tunes as well.
Unfortunately, Ys I and Ys II will not be bundled together but sold as two separate games (and each costs a whopping 5040yen, which is about $44!). Both are expected for a spring 2008 release in Japan.
I'll certainly keep an eye out for this one. Hopefully they don't ruin the soundtrack on DS...
Yet still 1000 percent more fun then all of wii or ds 's shovelware! :lolOriginally Posted by Munin
These games have not aged well. At all.
/Want!
Interchannel produces mostly DC/PS2 adv games and DS edutainment and board games. Their last really popular "traditional game" series was the Black Matrix SRPGs developed by Flight-Plan.Originally Posted by kittel
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I've played the original on the PCE and the Windows remakes... any info on Interchannel-Holon? Typically developers who use the Ys license (ie Taito) suck with it so I have little hope for this one...I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
As for Ys I&II DS... well, I'm cautiously optimistic. It'd be nicer if both were on the same card, but for ground up remakes I guess the split's okay. I doubt Interchannel's making them inhouse though, I'd guess it was outsourced to someone.
Taito didn't make the awful PS2 Ys III/IV/V remakes either iirc, they were developed by Scriptarts (who usually handles the mobile conversions of Falcom stuff and did the N-Gage version of Xanadu Next).
Ys I & II just came out on the VC in Japan.Originally Posted by Jiggy37
Surprising, considering that I thought they were mentioned as highly likely for Virtual Console...
Ys I and II (DS) remake
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ader498658.jpg
It better have full voice and a good rendition of the original redbook soundtrack.
Enjoy your Halo 3!Originally Posted by SomeDude
They honestly havn't held up.
I'd say they're pretty ripe for being picked up... far less marketable/known Falcom games (Legend of Heroes, Gurumin) have made it over on PSP anyway...Originally Posted by Ranger X
Not bundled together + no US version = meh
Hell, even trash like Ys Strategy made it to Europe. :lol
Good thing they're remakes then. :POriginally Posted by SomeDude
They honestly havn't held up.
We don't know yet that they won't come to the US. Despite the price and the non-bundling, I'd bite if these get a western localization, since the Eternal versions of the games were never released here (provided the remakes are good, natch).Originally Posted by Ranger X
Not bundled together + no US version = meh
WTF does that even mean? If the games were fun back in the day they should be just as fun today.Originally Posted by Munin
These games have not aged well. At all.
But these look 3D, unlike the Eternal games.Originally Posted by discoalucard
Those pics make it look just like the PC remakes of Ys Eternal, just zoomed in. They were made in the late 90s and came out for the PS2 somewhere around 2001 or so I think. They're really good, but these are hardly remakes in that case, just more ports.
What I want is some sort of Faxanadu remake.
Originally Posted by White Man
I'd buy em. Portable Ys competently done could be great, at best, and a nostalgia trip, at worst.
What I want is some sort of Faxanadu remake.
Ooh! Faxanadu would be hot. Actually I believe its Xanadu series I got some sequel for turbo duo some years back.
Ys 1 and 2 on DS, sold seperately for 5,000 yen each? UNSOLD!
You're thinking of the Legend of Xanadu games, which were (mostly) overhead ARPG spinoffs. Falcom made those inhouse and they adopted Ys style combat.Originally Posted by madara
Ooh! Faxanadu would be hot. Actually I believe its Xanadu series I got some sequel for turbo duo some years back.
Faxanadu is just the NES semi-port/remake of Xanadu, which is a side scrolling ARPG. Hudson made it.
Not sure if there's a direct connection between them though... sorting out the Dragon Slayer series and it's multiple spinoffs hurts my head. :(
Real the article, combat's been changed to modern Ys sword swinging.... which is for the better imo. :DOriginally Posted by xcomp
Yay for running into enemies fun! I'm actually expecting this remake to turn out bad BTW.
Check out this thread I made recently for more info on Xanadu/Dragonslayer seires. I tried compiling a list of Side Scrolling Slasher RPGs for those that like these sort of games. I'm amazed on how small this subgenre but did managed to find some forgotten gems.Originally Posted by madara
Ooh! Faxanadu would be hot. Actually I believe its Xanadu series I got some sequel for turbo duo some years back.
I would love to see a Faxanadu remake. I actually just played through it again about two weeks ago and it's still fun (in that hard as steel sort of way).
Oh really? I knew there was something confusing going on there with its connection to other series.Originally Posted by jarrod
You're thinking of the Legend of Xanadu games, which were (mostly) overhead ARPG spinoffs. Falcom made those inhouse and they adopted Ys style combat.
Faxanadu is just the NES semi-port/remake of Xanadu, which is a side scrolling ARPG. Hudson made it.
Not sure if there's a direct connection between them though... sorting out the Dragon Slayer series and it's multiple spinoffs hurts my head. :(
Still, that NES game was probably one of my top 10 favorite games for the system, and it kinda stings that I never got to play anything else like it.
Ys 3 was sort of similar, but I remember that having an awful localization, even back when it came out. I also remember it being kinda tough, but who knows if that memory is accurate.
assuming it comes to the US that is...
I loved Faxanadu too... and hated Ys III with a passion. Faxanadu is way better than the archaic Falcom original imo, though it did release like 4 years later iirc.Originally Posted by White Man
Oh really? I knew there was something confusing going on there with its connection to other series.
Still, that NES game was probably one of my top 10 favorite games for the system, and it kinda stings that I never got to play anything else like it.
Ys 3 was sort of similar, but I remember that having an awful localization, even back when it came out. I also remember it being kinda tough, but who knows if that memory is accurate.
Xanadu and the whole Dragon Slayer series (which contains games like Xanadu, Socerian, Legacy of the Wizard, Lord Monarch and others) is super confusing in general though. I haven't seen anyone reconcile it yet actually. :lol
Ys I & II has a very special place in my collection. True, the game has not aged well but the soundtrack sure has ;-)
No kiddin'. Putting them in ugly DS 3D so that they can justify splitting them up once again for full price doesn't exactly cause a tingle in my pants. I'd rather spend half the price on Ys 1 & 2 Complete for PC.Originally Posted by LegatoB
Ys 1 and 2 on DS? Sold!
Ys 1 and 2 on DS, sold seperately for 5,000 yen each? UNSOLD!
Eh. We haven't seen direct screens yet, but the games hardly looked ugly in the scans. Though I agree that splitting the games up is very lame.Originally Posted by jiji
No kiddin'. Putting them in ugly DS 3D so that they can justify splitting them up once again for full price doesn't exactly cause a tingle in my pants. I'd rather spend half the price on Ys 1 & 2 Complete for PC.
Even more surprising, then. :oOriginally Posted by the year 20XX
Ys I & II just came out on the VC in Japan.
But whatever sells, I suppose.
Looks good. I think.Originally Posted by GhostSeed
Ys I and II (DS) remake
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ader498658.jpg
That was already in Ys 2 Eternal.The latest will be remade from the ground up as players will now see new character animations such as Adol swinging a sword (as opposed the original game where it only showed him bumping into enemies),
Strongly disagree.Originally Posted by Munin
These games have not aged well. At all.
SEGA did great conversions too, just as good as Hudson imo.Originally Posted by Aeana
The only company to ever take Falcom's work and not make a piece of crap is Hudson.
Konami was passable I guess. :lol
Yeah... Ys Strategy was awful, but it was also a new game and not a remake. A more analogous comparison would be the remakes Taito released... which stink.Originally Posted by Mejilan
Holy shit, wtf. Didn't see this one coming. I'd be all over this, except there's no chance in hell it'll come out here. And Ys Strategy was pretty horrific. :(
I think they'd probably have a better chance of coming to North America if they were sold together. :\
Yeah yeah, I know there's no relation. Shit, I think Ys Strategy was Marvelous, anyway, and they've always been very hit or miss. I STILL don't expect this to come over...Originally Posted by Aeana
Yeah... Ys Strategy was awful, but it was also a new game and not a remake. A more analogous comparison would be the remakes Taito released... which stink.
I think they'd probably have a better chance of coming to North America if they were sold together. :\
Unless maybe Aksys steps in? They did bring over Hoshigami DS, and that made for an equally WTF DS game.
Let's hope these remakes aren't equally as craptacular as Hoshigami DSOriginally Posted by Mejilan
Yeah yeah, I know there's no relation. Shit, I think Ys Strategy was Marvelous, anyway, and they've always been very hit or miss. I STILL don't expect this to come over...
Unless maybe Aksys steps in? They did bring over Hoshigami DS, and that made for an equally WTF DS game.
Pretty sure that PS2 version did the trick, actually. The PSP port was just salt on an already mortal wound.Originally Posted by LegatoB
I'm pretty sure the war crime called the PSP port of Ys 6 pretty much killed the franchise in the US. Not that it was especially lively before that.
That said, I'm sure it only killed off Konami's interest in the series. I'm still hoping that Aksys will step up!