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You may be old school enough to have played the original Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy titles, but are you down with the vintage Falcom? If you are one of the proud geeks, you'll know about Ys, the action-RPG series that missed the mainstream in the U.S.

If you're a fan, or you want to learn about the series' roots, you'll be glad to hear that Gamestop has leaked that Atlus is bringing remakes of these titles to the DS. According to Siliconera, the originals come together in a two-game bundle called Legacy of Ys: Books 1 & 2, now sporting 3D graphics, multiplayer action, and a new translation. Those that know Falcom also know that their games are packed with fantastic music, and this new version is supposed to have a remixed score. Nice.

Gamestop has this listed as a Feburary 10, 2009 release. No confirmation from Atlus yet. We nabbed their screenshots to share with you in the gallery below. Above you'll find a trailer for the Japanese DS releases of Ys I and II, which were actually sold separately.

[Update: An email to the Atlus Faithful confirms the release. They also include a video trailer for the US release.]


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Tascar's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:06
Tascar
I must have this!
Budboy311's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:11
Budboy311
Excellent news. Played Ys 3 on the TG16 way back in the day. I'll definitely pick up the remakes for the DS. It's unfortunate that the series never really got the distribution it needed to become huge over here. This will definitely help.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:23
the GAMEGOBLIN
Ys 3 > All other Ys

I'm a huge Ys fan, so I'll definitely be getting this
Riegel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:31
Riegel88
w00t. I love Ys, really addictive.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:44
Syn
I remember Ys, that was good shit. Nice to see a comeback
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:46
Jonathan Holmes
If they fix the battle system, this could be amazing. If not, I'll just stick with the original on the VC.
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:50
Dale North
JH, the battle system is overhauled. You actually use your sword now.
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 17:44
Vitamin Awesome
while we're at it, I wouldn't mind some of the other Ys titles being localized, Books IV and V haven't been brought over to the states, have they?
technologic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 18:12
technologic
Y's is the lost action/rpg that everyone has played at one time or another.

Kudos to it coming back again
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 18:37
bluemeep
Son of a bitch... How many copies of Ys I am I going to wind up owning? It's like the fucking White Album of action RPGs.
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 20:44
grafkhun
I only played one Ys game, on the SNES and it was damn hard. keeping an eye on this one for sure.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 22:23
pedrovay2003
This is out in Japan already, and it unfortunately sucks. It's not even made by Falcom at all.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 22:28
pedrovay2003
And by "it sucks," I mean in the reviews. I'm not saying the game sucks BECAUSE it's not made by Falcom. But all the Falcom ports that are made by other companies do tend to be sub-par.
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 22:48
Demtor
That is great news! The originals are in definite need of an update, but they were good games for their time.

Hope they make a new anime series with it, but I doubt it.
Altered Beets's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2008 01:52
Altered Beets
Played Ys on the SNES. It was pretty, but otherwise unremarkable. I don't remember virtually anything about it, except that it reminded me of Willow, which was a crappier but much more memorable game.
Clockwork-Zombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 03:43
Clockwork-Zombie
Never played any of the Y's games but this looks interesting.
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