Board 8 > Is there a Ys fanbase here on Board 8?

(+) Yeah! (+)

I was able to beat Ys 1 & 2 recently from the DS version and I've managed to secure a copy of Ark of Nephishtim.

I wish I got into this series sooner :D

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RPG's beaten in 2011: 13/15. Currenly Playing: Act Raiser
Would you like to see my bikini? Its tiny. -Dekar (Lufia DS)

SHINE

that's about it I think

I've thought about trying them but there are so many versions and crap that I just don't care to figure it out

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[NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]
If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest.

If you'd got into it sooner, then you might have played a good version of 1&2 instead of the silly DS one.

Chronicles on PSP or Eternal on PC (with fan translation) would be the way to go.

But yes, it's a fantastic series, and there are a few of us fans on B8.

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I've never heard a reason why the DS version is bad. Unless its dealing with hitting and stuff.

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RPG's beaten in 2011: 13/15. Currenly Playing: Act Raiser
Would you like to see my bikini? Its tiny. -Dekar (Lufia DS)

Ark of Neph is actually pretty dang good.

Hopefully you got it for PS2 and not PSP though.

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SHINE counts as a fanbase

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Yes I got it for PS2...I lack the cash for a PSP.

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RPG's beaten in 2011: 13/15. Currenly Playing: Act Raiser
Would you like to see my bikini? Its tiny. -Dekar (Lufia DS)

DS version is considered subpar because it wasn't rebalanced to take the altered combat mechanics into account. All the enemies still act as if you're going to try and run into them, rather than stand back and swing a sword.

It's not terrible, but it's not how the first two games were meant to be played. Later games in the series do use push-to-swing combat, but they were designed that way from the start.

Also, start saving for a PSP or PSV. Ys Seven is a PSP exclusive, there's a better version of 1&2, you can get Oath in Felghana (the definitive version of III) without having to worry about whether the psychotic Nightwolve has snuck a virus into the translation patch he thought was going to make him a millionaire, and there's an Ys IV remake coming to Vita. If you like Falcom, PSP is the way to go. And that's not even getting into Gurumin and Legend of Heroes.

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"I'm Commander Shepard, and you're standing in the biggest library in Citadel Space. Look me up."

icon is into it I am pretty sure

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~Tommeri Uranius Bombaldi the Fourth, esq.
(aka not Krakenprophet)