The Ys (pronounced "Yee-s") series of RPGs is not as famous as say Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest, but it is a long-running series in its own right. Developed by Japanese game company Nihon Falcom, the first game in the series, Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished, was originally released in 1987 for the NEC PC-8801, a computer primarily sold in Japan. The Ys series tells the tale of a young man named Adol and his adventures in the games' titular land. Over the years, Ys I would get many sequels that would be released on various computers and video game consoles. My first exposure to the series was the eighth mainline game: Lacrimosa of Dana.
Ys Memoire: The Oath of Felghana is actually not a brand new game. It's a remake of the third Ys game, originally released in 1989: Wanderers from Ys. Oath of Felghana was originally released for Windows in 2005 in Japan, 2012 in the rest of the world. It would get ported to the PlayStation Portable and released for that handheld in 2010 in Japan and North America, and the rest of the world in 2011. This release for the Nintendo Switch (alongside PlayStations 4 and 5) is a remaster of that. Yeah, a remaster of a remake. Let's look at the trailer!
Is that a glove? I thought that was a glove. I had this great joke about the Infinity Gauntlet being fed up with Thanos's obsession with it. Now I don't get to use it. Darn.
You know, you don't need to do that with the spears, pal. You could just say that you can't welcome guests right now. This hotel sucks for that. I mean, the spears are pretty metal, but...yeah. Not for a hotel.
Adol was thinking "They really need to make repairs to this freaky palace."
C-C-C-COMBO!
A robot centaur with machine guns. Now that is a security system! 😀
"You are a very bad doggy!"
Adol is a warrior, not a gardener!
For heaven's sake, Adol! Give those fairy...harpy...things their money! They just want their money!
The things Adol has to do just to visit a neighbor.
What would a palace need all those gears for? Does the owner have a thing for clocks?
Adol used Fire Punch! It's super effective!
That robot dragon looks like it came out of a Mega Man/Mega Man X game.
"Dude, I'm just here to find a bathroom!"
"That's nice. Where's the bathroom?"
Eh, the view really ain't worth coming all this way for after all. 1 out of 10, do not recommend.
Well, this looks like fun. I enjoyed Lacrimosa of Dana, so I think I'll give this one a shot sometime. Hope it has a demo. Thanks for reading this blog entry! If you liked it, show it off! Take care of yourselves and each other! See you next time!
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