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[Se7enSword]

As mentioned, it has been announced for Summer 2016 during Falcom's shareholder meeting which is ongoing right now. Also, it is for PS4/PSV

The subtitle is Lacrimosa of Dana. Apparently it is also Falcom's 35th Anniversary title.

http://www.falcom.com/ys8/

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Falcom also confirmed that they are developing Sen no Kiseki III

According to Kondo at the meeting, Sen III will see a considerable upgrade in its graphics.

I'll keep updating the OP as more info gets translated.

 

[Panda Rin]

Sweet, it's been awhile since we've last heard of its development.

 

[Aeana]

It's about time they started talking about this.

 

[TheSpoiler]

YESSSSSSSSS

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Excellent. I'm looking forward to this.

And a confirmation that the next Kiseki game is indeed Sen III, too.

Hopefully XSEED has a quick turn around on both of these for the west.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

I'm weeping right now. Great news!

 

[kagamin]

HELL YEA! About damn time too.

 

[Vazra]

 

[Seda]

woo

 

[chaosblade]

We will probably get Ys in 2017 then. Probably a year turnaround on that one, that's what Celceta had.

 

[Wolf Akela]

Hopefully not a pixelly mess on Vita.

 

[desmax]

Definitely a ys-y purchase from me

 

[Producer]

niceee. Hope we get some new footage soon.

 

[raven777]

hope they start showing Ys 8 footage soon

 

[LowParry]

 

[zxcv11223300xi]

YES!!!!

 

[nikos]

Day one for sure.

 

[Thoraxes]

Wooooo!

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Meanwhile the Taiwanese-developed MMO Akatsuki no Kiseki is going to begin service next year, and Falcom will likely hide lore/world-building in that game making it that much more aggravating for us.

Lacrimosa of Dana is a standout name.

 

[Se7enSword]

We will probably get Ys in 2017 then. Probably a year turnaround on that one, that's what Celceta had.

Yeah, that's my minimum expectation as well.

hope they start showing Ys 8 footage soon

Not just footage! I want details and some art on the new characters!

 

[twentytwo22]

2016 is gonna be a good year.

 

[DangerMouse]

Nice

 

[Dark_castle]

Awesome.

Ys 7 is so good.

Also on a side note, I love the gloosy, reflective surface of the Ys logo. Reminds me of Grandia's.

 

[joe2187]

For Vita yes!?

 

[Famassu]

+2 Falcom related purchases in the next ~2+ years, assuming Trails of Cold Steel I & II do well enough for XSeed to continue bringing the third one west.

 

[TraBuch]

Did they mention platform? I'd love a Ys game on a home console. What was the last one? Ark of Napishtim?

 

[Se7enSword]

Updated the OP with this: "According to Kondo at the meeting, Sen III will see a considerable upgrade in its graphics."

For Vita yes!?

Vita and PS4

Did they mention platform? I'd love a Ys game on a home console. What was the last one? Ark of Napishtim?

Mentioned it last year during TGS 2014.

 

[JJP12]

Awesome news. I hope it doesn't take too long for it to make it to the west. Memories of Celceta is still my favorite vita game.

 

[chaosblade]

Did they mention platform? I'd love a Ys game on a home console. What was the last one? Ark of Napishtim?

It's on PS4, but it will probably be limited by the Vita version in terms of visuals. I hope that means we get 60 FPS on PS4 though.

The last Falcom-developed console Ys was on the SNES. Napishtim was ported to PS2 by Konami though, and Taito (I think) ported some of the other games as well but they never left Japan. Also think apart from V those versions are not good (but V itself is apparently questionable regardless of version).

 

[Hubb]

I really hope Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2 do well for XSEED. I don't have much faith, but it's nice to hope.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Also on a side note, I love the gloosy, reflective surface of the Ys logo. Reminds me of Grandia's.

Thing is, that Grandia logo has a cool bevel, and this Ys VIII doesn't. That makes a world of difference, bruh.

Updated the OP with this: "According to Kondo at the meeting, Sen III will see a considerable upgrade in its graphics."

I hope this means they've cobbled a better engine together, not that they're going to fully ditch PS3 and/or Vita for Sen III.

 

[Einhander]

I had fun with Ys 7. About time they've shed light on Ys 8.

As for Trails of Cold Steel 3, that's cool and all, but we're so behind. ( ._.)

 

[Foffy]

Updated the OP with this: "According to Kondo at the meeting, Sen III will see a considerable upgrade in its graphics."

Vita and PS4


Mentioned it last year during TGS 2015.

Time traveler.

 

[Maniel]

Awesome. I love me some Trails

 

[Se7enSword]

Time traveler.

Haha, sorry. Corrected it now

 

[tearsofash]

Incentive to finish up Celceta, I suppose. I'd really like to play this on my PS4.

 

[Zapages]

This is awesome news. Hopefully they come to the USA. I need my Ys fix.

 

[Error]

Hoping Ys VIII is on PS4, too.

 

[Wildschwein]

I can't wait to see how this comes out on a heavier duty system. I liked a whole lot of things about Celceta, but the framerate sure wasn't one of them. It really puts a hitch in how the action feels when coming from the PC ports on Steam.

 

[zakujanai]

That Lionheart Edition double box is looking a bit redundant now (I hope).

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Cold Steel better do well here then. If so, will look forward to playing 3 in 2025.

Doubt we have to worry about Ys making it over.

 

[Aeana]

Hoping Ys VIII is on PS4, too.

It is. It was announced for it from the start.

 

[Producer]

also pls let the PS4 version be 60fps

 

[zxcv11223300xi]

Hoping Ys VIII is on PS4, too.

Ys VIII is for PS4/PSV

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Damn, summer 2016 is 6 months away, holy crap.

Exciting news!

 

[clem84]

Vita? PS4? Hopefully Xseed will localize this and we'll get a gorgeous collector's edition like last time.

edit: Ps4 confirmed? cool!

 

[Soriku]

Does Sen 2 set up Sen 3?

 

[Aeana]

Does Sen 2 set up Sen 3?

Yes. Although they could've moved on, there is absolutely material that paves the way for a third game.

 

[Se7enSword]

Does Sen 2 set up Sen 3?

Yes.

 

[chaosblade]

Vita? PS4? Hopefully Xseed will localize this and we'll get a gorgeous collector's edition like last time.

Ps4 confirmed? cool!

Doubt we will get anything like that AMAZING three disc music collection, but as long as we get another soundtrack disc I'll happily order the LE. Apparently Cold Steel's music was off limits so they couldn't include a disc for that.

XSEED only includes "musical selections" and not the complete soundtracks, but they fill the discs and with very few exceptions they cover all the tracks I want.