Ys I and II being remade for DS

by Justin McElroy { Oct 25th 2007 at 10:01AM }

Originally released in the late 80s for PC, Ys I and Ys II were the foundation of what would become a fairly popular RPG series spanning across several systems. Now, gramps and grandma are getting a fresh coat of paint for the bajillion or so DS owners in Japan.

This new version will offer new animations, a multiplayer mode and boss fights. The kicker is that the games will be sold separately from each other for the equivalent of $44 ... a piece. Hey, we just finally figured out how to pronounce Ys properly: "ball-sy."

Tags: nintendods, remakes, ys

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Martin @ Oct 25th 2007 10:06AM

The letter Y should never be followed by anything but a vowel. So put that in your Yggdrasil and smoke it.

On topic, I've never played either game, so I might get my Ys cherry busted. But not for $44. I'm not a whore.

glutto @ Oct 25th 2007 7:12PM

What about Happypants?

Surely you don't object?

JodyAnthony @ Oct 25th 2007 10:24AM

when i heard it was pronounced like "ease" my head blew up.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 25th 2007 10:28AM

The same thing happened to me when I heard the price.

Terry @ Oct 25th 2007 10:38AM

$44?!?!!

A PIECE?!?!?!

I hate myself for loving you.

Jerk Face @ Oct 25th 2007 10:43AM

I am not NEARLY enough of a fan of this series to shell out that much money. Holy hell..

Princess Skittles @ Oct 25th 2007 10:51AM

Um, almost EVERY DS game is priced like that (or more) in Japan. This isn't some kind of radical exception.

Ethan Rom @ Oct 25th 2007 10:56AM

A retro game from the 80's costing $44?
I'd call that a radical exception

Psaakyrn @ Oct 25th 2007 10:51AM

I'm just going to wait for it to come out on VC. There's a good chance it'll be far cheaper. :x

Slaziman @ Oct 25th 2007 11:18AM

Kinda like FF1 and FF2 anniversary edition... except it was Final Fantasy.

Rob Accomando @ Oct 25th 2007 11:45AM

I have Y's for the Turbografx CD, master system, Cell phone, Y's III for the SNES and Y's for PS2. Will I get the DS remake? HELLS YEAH!

Batzarro @ Oct 25th 2007 11:50AM

I thought it was "Guay-ES"

Alex @ Oct 25th 2007 12:00PM

$44 per book?? That kinda bites. I seem to recall Book I being more of an extended intro, with the meat of the game being Book II.

They'd better add a whole slew of goodies to make it worth that price of admission, particularly if the Turbo CD version will be coming out on VC for only $8.

Heebert @ Oct 25th 2007 12:18PM

I don't know about anyone else, but I am extremely excited about these games coming to the DS. I know they were released in Japan on the VC and I hope that they come stateside sometime soon. I am craving it.

I played Y's growing up on the master system and I have had an itch ever since. Those who haven't played are seriously missing out on a great rpg.

n_revolution9 @ Oct 25th 2007 1:27PM

And I was THIS close to getting on the Virtual Console.

ZippyDSMlee @ Oct 25th 2007 6:21PM

uhg...and this is why I refute gamings pricing schemes every chance I get this sir is madness,put them together for 59.99 thats more reasonable but this is pure BS.

bm @ Oct 25th 2007 7:19PM

lol because we all know exactly what kind of remake this is going to be, right guys?

Jesus, for all you know it's gonna be a complete RE1 Gamecube style makeover completely worth the full price. But of course everybody's an insider and has already decided that it will be a simple polish-up!

Gah.