Title: Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Platform: Vita
Genre: Action RPG
Release: September 27, 2012 (Japan)
Website: http://falcom.com/ysc_psvita/index.html
The 25th Anniversary Pack includes a drama CD, Ys Music Collection CD (select songs from the series, including new FM and orchestra arrangements), Ys world map cloth cleaner, and Ys Heroine Calendar.
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Platform: Vita
Genre: Action RPG
Release: September 27, 2012 (Japan)
Website: http://falcom.com/ysc_psvita/index.html
The 25th Anniversary Pack includes a drama CD, Ys Music Collection CD (select songs from the series, including new FM and orchestra arrangements), Ys world map cloth cleaner, and Ys Heroine Calendar.
Kasnan, a town on the Romun frontier caught in the grip of a gold rush. Amid the miners and laborers, a red-haired young man walks in a daze, buffeted by the men streaming around him.
Where is this?
Who am I?
As he mutters to himself, a voice calls out to him.
Hey, Adol, it's you isn't it?!
A giant of a man with silver hair approaches the redhead but the youth does not recognize him. The overly familiar man addressing him calls himself Duren and claims to be an information broker.
Duren tells a tale. If it is to be believed, the redhead's name is Adol Christin. Several weeks ago Duren saw him off from this very town as he set out for Celceta's great forest, an area few locals ever set foot in. Until today nobody in town had any idea what happened to Adol and believed him lost in the Sea of Trees.
Demon territory. The forbidden land. The Sea of Trees is called both of these things. What happened to Adol in the forest only the bravest dare enter? What caused him to lose all his memories? In order to learn the truth, Adol and Duren are determined to dive once more into the depths of the Sea of Trees...
(Credit to Guruda for the translation)
Where is this?
Who am I?
As he mutters to himself, a voice calls out to him.
Hey, Adol, it's you isn't it?!
A giant of a man with silver hair approaches the redhead but the youth does not recognize him. The overly familiar man addressing him calls himself Duren and claims to be an information broker.
Duren tells a tale. If it is to be believed, the redhead's name is Adol Christin. Several weeks ago Duren saw him off from this very town as he set out for Celceta's great forest, an area few locals ever set foot in. Until today nobody in town had any idea what happened to Adol and believed him lost in the Sea of Trees.
Demon territory. The forbidden land. The Sea of Trees is called both of these things. What happened to Adol in the forest only the bravest dare enter? What caused him to lose all his memories? In order to learn the truth, Adol and Duren are determined to dive once more into the depths of the Sea of Trees...
(Credit to Guruda for the translation)
Back in 1993, two versions of Ys 4 came out: Mask of the Sun for Super Famicom and Dawn of Ys for PC Engine CD. This was both exciting and confusing for Ys fans at the time - which should we get? Which is the "real" Ys 4? It turned out that Falcom made neither version of the game, but instead licensed its story outline and music to Tonkinhouse for the SFC version and Hudson for the PCE CD version. Rumor had it that Falcom was working on its own version of the game with Sega for the Sega CD, but it never saw the light of day. This left fans always wondering what Falcom's true vision of the game was, and if the day would ever come when we would see it. That day is finally upon us!
Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta is an action RPG by Falcom. The general mechanics of the game have a lot in common with Ys 7. As in Ys 7, Adol is not going on his adventure alone; he'll be joined by several party members, and they can be switched between with ease on-the-fly. The skill system also returns, allowing you to learn new skills from equipment and set them to shortcuts for quick use. The flash guard system is expanded to include flash dodging as well, and they've added aerial combos as well.
Trailer (English subtitled)
Opening movie
TGS gameplay demonstration
