Ys is a Japanese role-playing video game series and one of Nihon Falcom's flagship franchises.[1] The series started on the PC-8801 in 1987. The games take place in a fictional world with substantial geographical resemblance to Earth, and chronicle the adventures of Adol Christin, a red-haired swordsman, and his companions. Two separate OVA anime series of Ys have also been released, as well as many soundtracks featuring the game's music.
{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/ys/release-info|title=Mobygames Ys 1 Release Information|publisher=Mobygames|accessdate=2009年01月06日}}</ref><ref name=AtlusAboutYS>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlus.com/ys/about.html|title=Legacy of Ys: Books I and II Official Website|publisher=Atlus|accessdate=2009年01月07日}}</ref>\n| release2=1988 <small>(Master System)</small>\n| release3=1988 <small>(Master System)</small>\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[PC-8801]], later ported to [[X1 (computer)|X1]] (1987), [[PC-9801]] (1987), [[FM-7]] (1987), [[MSX2]] (1987), [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] (1988), [[Master System]] (1988), [[MS-DOS]] (1989), [[X68000]] (1991)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter]]\n| release1=June 24, 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys2/ys2.html?816|title=Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3={{n/a|none}}\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[PC-8801]] and [[PC-9801]], later ported to [[FM-7]] (1988), [[X1 (computer)|X1]] (1988), [[MSX2]] (1988), [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] (1990)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys III: Wanderers from Ys]]\n| release1=July 28, 1989<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys3/ys3.html|title=Ys III: Wanderers from Ys|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月07日}}</ref>\n| release2=1991 <small>(TurboGrafx-CD)</small>\n| release3={{n/a|none}}\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[PC-8801]] and [[PC-9801]], later ported to [[MSX2]] (1989), [[X68000]] (1990), [[TurboGrafx-CD]] (1991), [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] (1991), [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] (1991), [[Sega Genesis]] (1991), [[PlayStation 2]] (2005)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys IV: Mask of the Sun]]\n| release1=November 19, 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys4/ys4.html|title=Ys IV: Mask of the Sun|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月06日}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/921273.html|title=Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory Release Information|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=2009年02月06日}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3={{n/a|none}}\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]], later ported to [[PlayStation 2]] (2005), [[Mobile game|Mobile]] (2006)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand]]\n| release1=December 29, 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys5/ys5.html|title=Ys V: Sand City Kefin|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/921272.html|title=Ys V Release Information|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3={{n/a|none}}\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[Super Famicom]], later ported to [[PlayStation 2]] (2006)\n* Re-released same year as an \"Expert\" edition\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim]]\n| release1=September 27, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys6/ys6.html|title=Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2=February 22, 2005 <small>(PlayStation 2)</small>\n| release3=September 16, 2005 <small>(PlayStation 2)</small>\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[Windows]], later ported to [[PlayStation 2]] (2005), [[Mobile game|Mobile]] (2005), [[PlayStation Portable]] (2006)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys Origin]]\n| release1=December 21, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/935850.html|title=Ys Origin Release Information|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2=May 31, 2012\n| release3=May 31, 2012\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[Windows]], later ported to [[PlayStation 4]] (2017), [[PlayStation Vita]] (2017), [[Xbox One]] (2018), [[Nintendo Switch]] (2020)\n* It was only released digitally in North America and Europe.\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys Seven]]\n| release1=September 16, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n4g.com/psp/News-324135.aspx|title=News For Gamers|publisher=N4G|accessdate=2009年07月21日}}</ref>\n| release2=August 17, 2010\n| release3=December 29, 2010\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[PlayStation Portable]], later ported to [[Windows]] (2012)\n* It was only released digitally in Europe\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana]]\n| release1=July 21, 2016\n| release2=September 12, 2017\n| release3=September 15, 2017 \n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[PlayStation Vita]], later ported to [[PlayStation 4]] (2017), [[Windows]] (2018), [[Nintendo Switch]] (2018), [[Google Stadia]] (2021), [[PlayStation 5]] (2022)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys IX: Monstrum Nox]]\n| release1=September 26, 2019\n| release2=February 2, 2021\n| release3=February 5, 2021\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[PlayStation 4]], later ported to [[Google Stadia]] (2021), [[Windows]] (2021), [[Nintendo Switch]] (2021), [[PlayStation 5]] (2023)\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys X: Nordics]]\n| release1=September 28, 2023\n| release2=October 25, 2024\n| release3=October 25, 2024\n| notes=\n* Originally released on [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Windows]], later ported to [[Nintendo Switch 2]] (2025)\n}}"}},"i":0}}]}'>
{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys4doy/ys4doy.html|title=Ys IV: Dawn of Ys|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月06日}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3={{n/a|none}}\n| notes=\n* Released on [[PC Engine CD-ROM2]]\n* Developed by [[Hudson Soft]]\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys Strategy]]\n| release1=March 23, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/data/930251.html|title=Ys Strategy Release Information|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3=December 7, 2006\n| notes=\n* Released on [[Nintendo DS]]\n* Developed by Future Creates\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=Ys Online: The Call of Solum\n| release1=December 25, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ysonline.com|title=Ys Online's Official Website|publisher=CJ Internet|accessdate=2009年07月08日}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3=2009\n| notes=\n* Released on [[Windows]]\n* Online MMORPG developed by Falcom and released by CJ Internet in 2007 in Korea and was in open-beta in Japan; takes place a couple centuries after ''[[Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim]]''.\n* An English version was available in Europe in January 2009 for beta-testing, before being shut down in November the same year. The servers were shut down in China and Korea in 2010, in Japan in October 2011, and in Taiwan in October 2012.\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys vs. Trails in the Sky]]\n| release1=July 29, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://falcom.com/ys_vs_sora/index.html|title=falcom.com}}</ref>\n| release2={{n/a|none}}\n| release3={{n/a|none}}\n| notes=\n* Released as ''Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga'' only in Japan for the [[PlayStation Portable]]\n* Later ported to [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Windows]] (2025)\n* [[Fighting game]] crossover featuring characters from Falcom's ''Ys'' and ''[[Trails (series)|Trails]]'' series\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=Ys Online: The Ark of Napishtim\n| release1=July 20, 2021<ref>{{cite web |author1=Mr. Qoo |title=[Qoo News] Ys VI Online: The Ark of Napishtim Online RPG Launches Today |url=https://news.qoo-app.com/en/post/70869/qoo-news-ys-vi-online-ark-napishtim-launch-date-confirmed-july-20 |website=news.qoo-app.com |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref>\n| release2=August 30, 2022\n| release3=August 30, 2022\n| notes=\n* Released on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]]\n* [[Free-to-play]] [[MMORPG]] based on ''Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim''\n}}"}},"i":0}}]}'>
Online MMORPG developed by Falcom and released by CJ Internet in 2007 in Korea and was in open-beta in Japan; takes place a couple centuries after Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim.
An English version was available in Europe in January 2009 for beta-testing, before being shut down in November the same year. The servers were shut down in China and Korea in 2010, in Japan in October 2011, and in Taiwan in October 2012.
{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/turbocd/data/918280.html|title=Ys Book I & II Release Information for Turbo CD|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2=1990\n| release3=February 23, 2011 <small>(PlayStation Portable)</small>\n| notes=\n* Released on [[TurboGrafx-16#TurboGrafx-CD/CD-ROM2|TurboGrafx-CD]]\n* Developed by [[Alfa System]]\n* Also available on [[TurboDuo]] (1992), [[Windows]] (1997),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys12c/ys12c.html|title=Ys I & II Complete|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月05日|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210132747/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys12c/ys12c.html|archive-date=2009年02月10日|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[PlayStation 2]] (2003),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys12es/ys12es.html|title=Ys I & II: Eternal Story|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月05日|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210132758/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys12es/ys12es.html|archive-date=2009年02月10日|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Nintendo DS]] (2008),<ref name=IGNpreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170871|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522185359/http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170871|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2011|title=Legacy of Ys: Books I & II Coming to the U.S.|last=Sines|first=Shawn|publisher=IGN|accessdate=2009年01月06日}}</ref> [[PlayStation Portable]] (2009),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/data/958945.html|title = Ys I & II Chronicles for PSP - GameFAQs}}</ref> [[Android (operating system)|Android]] (2015), [[iOS]] (2015), [[X68000]] (2021)\n* PC remakes known as ''Ys Eternal'' and later ''Ys I Complete''. Japan-only Nintendo DS remake known as ''Ys: The Vanished Omen''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ysds/ysds.html|title=Ys: The Vanished Omen|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月06日}}</ref>\n* Pack-in game for TTi's [[TurboDuo]] console was a re-pressing of the TurboGrafx-CD version, but with new silk-screening on the CD-ROM (i.e. the TG-CD logo was replaced by the new \"TurboDuo\" logo, among other changes).\n* The PC Complete version was re-released as \"Cheap Edition\" in 2005.\n* A PlayStation 2 \"Limited Edition\" was also released.\n* The Nintendo DS version was a North American exclusive compilation, as it was released as separate games in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ysds/ysds.html|title=Ys: The Vanished Omen|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月06日}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ys/ys2ds/ys2ds.html|title=Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished DS|publisher=RPGamer|accessdate=2009年02月06日}}</ref>\n* The PlayStation Portable version is based on the first remake for the 2001 Windows version<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psxextreme.com/psp-news/1553.html |title=Falcom Reveals Ys Chronicles, Ys Seven - PSP News |access-date=2009年10月22日 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616204917/http://www.psxextreme.com/psp-news/1553.html |archive-date=2011年06月16日 |url-status=dead}}</ref>\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys: The Oath in Felghana]]\n| release1=July 4, 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/926944.html|title=Ys: The Oath In Felghana Release Information|publisher=GameFAQs|accessdate=2009年02月05日}}</ref>\n| release2=November 2, 2010 <small>(PlayStation Portable)</small>\n| release3=January 27, 2011 <small>(PlayStation Portable)</small>\n| notes=\n* Released on [[Windows]]\n* Developed by [[Nihon Falcom]]\n* Also available on [[Mobile game|Mobile]] (2005), [[PlayStation Portable]] (2010), [[Nintendo Switch]] (2023), [[PlayStation 4]] (2024), [[PlayStation 5]] (2024)\n* ''Ys: The Oath in Felghana'' is a \"re-imagined\" remake of ''Ys III: Wanderers from Ys'', intended largely to make the game's events fit in better with the overarching plot threads introduced in later games.\n}}\n{{Video game table item\n| title=[[Ys: Memories of Celceta]]\n| release1=September 27, 2012<ref name=\"jpdate\">{{Cite web|url=http://andriasang.com/con1j3/vita_ys_date/|title=PlayStation Vita Ys Dated|accessdate=July 3, 2012|publisher=Andriasang|year=2012|author=Gantayat, Anoop}}</ref>\n| release2=November 26, 2013\n| release3=February 21, 2014\n| notes=\n* Released on [[PlayStation Vita]]\n* Developed by [[Nihon Falcom]]\n* Also available on [[Windows]] (2015), [[PlayStation 4]] (2020), [[Nintendo Switch]] (2025)\n* ''Ys: Memories of Celceta'', released in Japan as ''Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta'', is a \"re-imagined\" remake of ''Ys IV'', intended largely to make the game's events fit in better with the overarching plot threads introduced in later games.\n}}"}},"i":0}}]}'>
PC remakes known as Ys Eternal and later Ys I Complete. Japan-only Nintendo DS remake known as Ys: The Vanished Omen.[23]
Pack-in game for TTi's TurboDuo console was a re-pressing of the TurboGrafx-CD version, but with new silk-screening on the CD-ROM (i.e. the TG-CD logo was replaced by the new "TurboDuo" logo, among other changes).
The PC Complete version was re-released as "Cheap Edition" in 2005.
A PlayStation 2 "Limited Edition" was also released.
The Nintendo DS version was a North American exclusive compilation, as it was released as separate games in Japan.[24][25]
The PlayStation Portable version is based on the first remake for the 2001 Windows version[26]
Ys: The Oath in Felghana is a "re-imagined" remake of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys, intended largely to make the game's events fit in better with the overarching plot threads introduced in later games.
Ys: Memories of Celceta, released in Japan as Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta, is a "re-imagined" remake of Ys IV, intended largely to make the game's events fit in better with the overarching plot threads introduced in later games.
