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RPGFan gave the PC remake Ys Eternal a full 100% score, with reviewer Travis Lallman concluding that "Ys is the best game ever made". [40] IGN reviewed the Wii's Virtual Console release of the TurboGrafx-16 game in 2008 and gave it a score of 8.5 out of 10. The reviewer Lucas M. Thomas described the "incredibly simplistic gameplay design choice ...
A PS2 remake of Ys V by Taito was released 2006 in Japan. After this, the series remained dormant for eight years (except for remakes such as Ys Eternal), during which time Falcom abandoned console development altogether, choosing instead to focus on the Windows platform.
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 Microsoft Windows-based remakes, Ys Eternal and Ys Complete, expand further on this and many other story elements, through both cutscenes and additional gameplay. The 1991 remake for the X68000 uses pre-rendered 3D graphics for the boss sprites, which was called "a bizarre contrast" with the game's mostly 2D graphics. [9]
Faxanadu - a game in the Xanadu series that was outsourced to Hudson Soft. [74]Ys IV 's original releases were outsourced to other companies, and not developed by Falcom. This includes Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, developed by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1993, Ys IV: Mask of the Sun by Tonkin House for the Super Famicom, and Ys IV: Mask of the Sun - A New Theory by Taito for the PlayStation 2.
Years later, a third remake was released for Microsoft Windows-based PCs as Ys II Eternal, and later as Ys II Complete. Versions of the game have also been developed for mobile phone platforms. Ys II was also remade in 2008 for the Nintendo DS.
The original Windows PC remakes were "Ys Eternal" and "Ys II Eternal." Later, there was a compiled rerelease, which bumped up Ys Eternal's visuals to Ys II Eternal's level (more color depth, primarily) and made the soundtrack sound more cohesive between the two. This was released as "Ys I & II Complete."
Ys (anime) Ys I & II; Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished; Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter; Ys III: Wanderers from Ys; Ys IV: Mask of the Sun; Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys; Ys IX: Monstrum Nox; Ys Origin; Ys Seven; Ys Strategy; Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand; Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim; Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana; Ys vs. Trails in the Sky ...