Ys Developer Wants To Release Two More "Refined" Games On Switch

I predict they would also release "Refined" versions of Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, and Ys SEVEN.
Ys: Memories of Celceta got a PS4 remaster while Ys Origin was released on Switch and PS4.

That said, I would love Switch remasters of every Ys game. And it would be amazing if Ys V (the lost one) gets a canon remake as well.

So many jrpgs. Is this a new golden age?

Haven't seen this many RPGs on a Nintendo console since the Snes, and I love it

Falcom is FULLY on-board the Switch train now, thanks in large part to NIS. Love it.

BTW, The Oath in Felghana might be an older game, but it's a stone cold classic. It's Falcom's Symphony of the Night, Super Metroid, etc. One of those perfectly paced older games with a deeply satisfying campaign that can be replayed endlessly.

I'd love to see another remaster of Ys I & II. The PSP collection was great, but those classics deserve another go on modern platforms.

Memories of Celceta would be nice as well.

Ys 8 on the Switch was a fun game. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a ‘refined’ game, but it certainly had a charm and amused me for a month.

Nice to see Falcom more open to Nintendo these days

@Hydra_Spectre I know Ys V was only on the SNES and PS2.

Though I remember now that it is shocking that the PS2 version of Ys III doesn't even have scrolling (flick-screen scrolling), something that even the 1980s computers that the game originally appeared on could do. Like, WTF Taito (and whichever developer they contracted)?

@Hydra_Spectre
Judging by the Interview it more feels like they want to bring Ys I & II to switch then any other, since Memories did get a PS4 re-release it would have been that back then.

Ofc i wish that Ys V and VI would be those 2 they mention, because these NEED the Refinement the most.

Please please bring Trails in the Sky! I just want to start the trails series from the beginning 😩

@Iamcardboard I feel the same. I would really rather start the Trails series from the very beginning.

@Ralizah Seemed like Ys 1 and 2 had a thousand ports already.
I guess the most recent was the TurboGrafx Mini (where it seems it was one of only a couple games to get both the Japanese and English versions included, a game I don't think many people were necessarily asking for both languages variants for ).

I would love a remaster of Ys 1 & 2 Chronicles and Ys 7, my dream is to have all Ys games on one console and that could be a reality.

Memories of Celceta as well as 1 & 2 Chronicles feel like no-brainers as ports needed on Switch.

@Iamcardboard so much this.

Always being stuck at least 3 years behind Japan on the Kiseki games sucks more and more the older I get.

I'm hoping for an Ark of Naphistim and Seven remasters!

I do think they need to do a better job of making the older Ys games available, either as archives, remakes, or remasters. After all, there are 9 mainline games in the series, and I think Ive only had the chance to play 1/3rd of them. Maybe not to the extent of final fantasy's shameless money grabs, but still.... maybe make the SNES Ys III available on Switch Online?

Get the whole series on Switch, yes please

Refined is what we call cash grab these days? Good to know.

Another vote for a Ys I & II release on Switch. Though I'd also be so happy with a port of the TGCD version too.

Keep em coming and I’ll keep buying.

It’s also been announced for Steam, excellent.

Remake them all Falcom and give us all the Dragon Slayer/Legend of Heroes games too. A collection would be nice but a slow steady pace of quality remakes, ports, or re-releases are easily acceptable to me too.

I'm going to be guessing Ys 7 and Celceta will be the ones to make the jump to Switch afterwards. That's the order of release after Felghana, so it seems like the logical step-by-step approach to me.

Why not the remake of the original 2?

Great news. Really happy to see more and more Ys games coming to Switch.

@Ralizah Honestly, instead of another version, I'd rather they just do a collection of the prior versions of the games. A few of those versions have some decently unique aspects, like the Turbograpfx 16 version having Ys 1 and 2 being fused into a single game, the NES version of 1 getting an entire new set of maps, several versions getting unique soundtracks compared to the more "typical" versions, multiple graphical overhauls, the DS version having a unique dungeon, and more. Ys II also got a unique Korean exclusive version that went even further with its redesigns than the NES version of 1, adding substantial, unique content that never appeared in any other version of the game. Knowing how remakes work nowadays, most of that unique content almost definitely wouldn't be included in a new remake, so I'd rather just see a collection, if only so that we could have a way to experience all of it.

i wish they would remake ys 3&4 for the switch..

Does Trails in the Sky Trilogy count as one game? Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim would be the obvious choice since it's in the same style as Felghana and Origin, coming to and already out on Switch, respectively.

@Ralizah Nailed it. Oath in Felghana is a game I replay about once a year... just like SotN and Super Metroid!

This series is half the reason I have a Steam account. I'm definitely looking forward to more Switch games. In the meantime, I think more existing ports are in order. I'm particularly confused why the other Napishtim engine titles aren't available yet despite Ys Origin's release. Same with Seven and Memories of Celceta. Those don't require as much horsepower as VIII and IX, both of which are already in the Switch.

I wouldn't mind a modern remake of Kefin: Lost Kingdom of Sand either since that's Japan only outside of ROMs and translation patches. Not to mention it supposedly...isn't very good.

The games are fantastic. Only wish they'd use a newer game engine. Feels like you're playing a souped up PS3.

@Jhena Not so much a new Golden Age as that we've finally recovered from a dark age.

Playing the original Wanderers from Ys as a child, I didn’t realize how incredibly awful it was. Oath in Felghana is just fantastic though. I’ll definitely pick up the Switch version if it’s released in the west.

@Kestrel
Well I respect your opinion, but I am quite happy with the games.
Surely it will get even better and I hope you will be happy too.

@Hydra_Spectre I have been looking literally weekly since the Switch was released for the release of Ys 1. That is one of my favorite RPGS of all time. I would love to hear it Ys Book 1.

@johnedwin I want Ys 1 to come to Switch so bad I look for any info on a release pretty much weekly...

@Jhena Er... not sure what makes you think I'm unhappy with anything. Quite the opposite. Between the the damage to the industry caused by smartphones, earthquakes and HD development costs, the 2010s were a pretty bad era for JRPGs — there's a reason why so many classic series suddenly died in the PS3 era.

The Japanese development scene has only really recovered from that in the past few years, but high development costs are still gonna keep the genre from even approaching those old heights simply due to how much longer it takes to build a game, and how fewer studios still have the budget to do so. It's cool that we're seeing so many remasters and remakes, and that helps shore things up a bit, but I wouldn't really factor those in whether or not it's a "golden age."

It's not about being happy or unhappy (and seriously, dude, do NOT go around making assumptions about other people's mental states, that's really annoying — among other things) and more that the SNES-->PS2 (or NDS) era is so strong for the genre that it's hard to consider any other era as coming even remotely close to it.

You could definitely call what we're seeing now a resurgence, or Renaissance. Everything post-Persona 5 has been quite pleasant to see.

@Kestrel
Well you said you do not consider it a new golden age of jrpgs and all I said is, I hope that the games will be good enough for you to consider it a new golden age. This is the part about you being happy too. It has nothing to do with your mental state and does not mean that you are an unhappy person. My post was not meant to be offensive, quite the opposite.

Falcom's Ps Vita game Tokyo Xanadu should get a Switch port!

I wish for Ys I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VI coming to Nintendo Switch. It's the best Action RPG, IMO. That'd be amazing.