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At long last, Aeon Genesis has released Ys 5's translation, which means that now every Ys game is available in English. Finally. It's been a very, very long time coming.

Ys 5 is fair bit different from the rest of the series in just about every way, and gameplay-wise, it probably has more in common with the Soul Blazer trilogy than Ys, but it's still a pretty fun game.





The patch is available at Aeon Genesis's Ys 5 page.

Getting an Enix vibe from those graphics.

Can't wait to try it out.

Best Thanksgiving ever.

I've been waiting for this day for a long, long time.

This may not be the best Ys game, but I can't wait to play it.

Does it cover both 5 and expert?

holy crap, this is awesome.

I came in for Ys goodness, and I'm staying for the Soul Blazer vibes. I'm feeling so confused.

Isn't this game made by somebody else and not Falcom?

How is the gameplay different? What's it like?

Originally Posted by Zee-Row

Isn't this game made by somebody else and not Falcom?

No, it's made directly by Falcom for the SNES.

Originally Posted by GrumpyAlien

No, it's made directly by Falcom for the SNES.

I must be thinking of another SNES Ys game.

Originally Posted by Zee-Row

I must be thinking of another SNES Ys game.

Ys IV SNES was made by Tonkin House so you are probably thinking of that.

Originally Posted by Zee-Row

I must be thinking of another SNES Ys game.

You might be thinking of Ys IV.

Hudson did the PC Engine game and Tonkin House did the SNES game.

And beaten.

So now every Ys game is in English in some way?

Nice. Thanks for the heads up.

Glad to know I can play every mainline in English, one of these days I'll finally play the Ys series :X

Originally Posted by t26

So now every Ys game is in English in some way?

Yes, this game was the last one and it was a bitch to translate, which is why it took so long.

Originally Posted by theusedversion

How is the gameplay different? What's it like?

From the page linked in the OP :

At the end of December, 1995, Falcom released Ys V for the Super Famicom, choosing to take a gamble and radically alter the gameplay formula of the series to mixed reviews. The game is now much more in the vein of Zelda, though it's not nearly so involved as those games. New to the series is the ability to jump and manually swing your sword/hold up your shield, as well as a rather interesting magic system, based around the notion of alchemy. Different spells are created by combining three elements of varying types, for a decent amount of variety. The game received a bit of a lashing in the press for how easy it was, and an update, Ys V Expert, was released only three months later. This update primarily raised the difficulty and added a time attack mode.

I'm definitely playing this thing. Thanks for the translation Gideon Zhi :)

this is great news.

Definitely gonna look into this when I get home from visiting family.

Damn I remember anticipating this back in high school

Originally Posted by L~A

From the page linked in the OP :



I'm definitely playing this thing. Thanks for the translation Gideon Zhi :)

My bad. I thought it was just a page for the patch so I didn't click on it.

Nice. I guess I have to look for a copy of the game sometime soon. Is it easy to find?
I really don't know anything about this game.

Never played a ys game, how does this one compare to the others? How's the story?

Awesome, thanks for the update. Been waiting for this one for quite awhile. :)

Originally Posted by Murder, She Wrote

Never played a ys game, how does this one compare to the others? How's the story?

Play this series. If you like Secret of Mana, you'll love this series.

I think the PSP games are still for sale on PSN and they're up on Steam as well.

another one for the backlog!

Oh wow finally. Super excited to try this one.

Been fascinated with this one because it had been forgotten by fans due to being markedly different than previous offerings, but the language barrier prevented me from playing it.

The font even looks like Illusion of Gaia's. Can't wait to try it.

I thought the reason this took so long was because it was a legit crazy game to hack.

Great news, I would love to try this out one day.

Nice that it's finally out. I'll have to give the game a try after I play Ys Celceta.

I never even played any Ys games until they started releasing them on Steam last year. Now I cannot wait to try this to help me over the long time Xseed takes releasing the remaining PC ports. Ys rocks!

Ys V: Kefin, Lost City of Sand |OT| Not the Ys-iest Game to Hack


Sprite work, coupled with that font, gives the game a classic Enix-Quintet feel to it.

Ok, can't seem to get it working.
It hangs after the falcom logo.

Originally Posted by linkboy

Play this series. If you like Secret of Mana, you'll love this series.

I think the PSP games are still for sale on PSN and they're up on Steam as well.

The Steam games were on sale too last time I checked.

You say the gameplay is different, but is the music still amazing?

what a thanksgiving day miracle!

I wonder if a remake of Ys V will be Falcom's next Ys release on Vita...seems pretty logical. Will check this out regardless.

Originally Posted by Chemo

I wonder if a remake of Ys V will be Falcom's next Ys release on Vita...seems pretty logical. Will check this out regardless.

I expect Ys 8 first.

Originally Posted by Sgt.Pepper

You say the gameplay is different, but is the music still amazing?

The music is very different for Ys. Very orchestral styled. It's good though,

Originally Posted by Chemo

I wonder if a remake of Ys V will be Falcom's next Ys release on Vita...seems pretty logical. Will check this out regardless.

Falcom seems to only do one remake between main installments, Ys I & II as a partial exception and only partial because they're effectively one game anyway. So yeah, I think Aeana's right in that they'd probably do a proper mainline installment first then go back to V.

As a note, this does *not* work on Ys V Expert. Only the standard version. The games are mechanically similar under the hood, but the data's been moved around enough that making it work with Expert would require applying each hack individually to Expert, starting from the ground up. This wouldn't be difficult, but it wouldn't be trivial either, and I'm frankly sick of starting at the game. Do you know that I was nervous about going to bed last night, fearing that someone was going to find some nasty game-breaking glitch in the patch despite how thoroughly we tested and that I wouldn't be able to fix it until the morning? This game crashes if you so much as look at it wrong.

If the game crashes after patching, you're either 1) patching Expert, don't do that, or 2) your ROM has a header, which can be removed using http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/608/ this.

Edit: Oh! Fun fact: the font, by the way, is actually from the SNES release of Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys.

Originally Posted by Aeana

I expect Ys 8 first.

Ahh, good point!

That's pretty awesome news, thanks for sharing!

Wow, this is great news! I've heard that it has a pretty interesting story.

Originally Posted by Gideon Zhi

As a note, this does *not* work on Ys V Expert. Only the standard version. The games are mechanically similar under the hood, but the data's been moved around enough that making it work with Expert would require applying each hack individually to Expert, starting from the ground up. This wouldn't be difficult, but it wouldn't be trivial either, and I'm frankly sick of starting at the game. Do you know that I was nervous about going to bed last night, fearing that someone was going to find some nasty game-breaking glitch in the patch despite how thoroughly we tested and that I wouldn't be able to fix it until the morning? This game crashes if you so much as look at it wrong.

If the game crashes after patching, you're either 1) patching Expert, don't do that, or 2) your ROM has a header, which can be removed using http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/608/ this.

Edit: Oh! Fun fact: the font, by the way, is actually from the SNES release of Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys.

Thanks you sir !
Kept crashing but it's because I tried with Ys Expert.
Been waiting litteraly almost 10 years to play this :)

Gonna dig through storage to find which version I own.

It's really awesome to see people like AG still translating this older stuff.

Originally Posted by Aeana

Finally. It's been a very, very long time coming.

In 2040, we might even say that of the Trails series.

Originally Posted by Gideon Zhi

As a note, this does *not* work on Ys V Expert. Only the standard version. The games are mechanically similar under the hood, but the data's been moved around enough that making it work with Expert would require applying each hack individually to Expert, starting from the ground up. This wouldn't be difficult, but it wouldn't be trivial either, and I'm frankly sick of starting at the game. Do you know that I was nervous about going to bed last night, fearing that someone was going to find some nasty game-breaking glitch in the patch despite how thoroughly we tested and that I wouldn't be able to fix it until the morning? This game crashes if you so much as look at it wrong.

If the game crashes after patching, you're either 1) patching Expert, don't do that, or 2) your ROM has a header, which can be removed using http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/608/ this.

Edit: Oh! Fun fact: the font, by the way, is actually from the SNES release of Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys.

I just want to say thank you for taking on the daunting task of translating this game. It's one of those games I've been looking forward to playing for a long, long time.