New Ys game revealed to be Ys X

[somedude212]

https://imgur.com/cOqzdjD - page 5
https://imgur.com/53ZjcyF - page 6
https://imgur.com/goe9nn1 - page 7
https://imgur.com/1dlmL2l - page 8
https://imgur.com/CSiwwmO - page 9

The above links contain the excerpts from the interview with Toshihiro Kondo (the president of Falcom) for the 40th anniversary of Falcom. He discloses few details about the new titles.

There are two details about the next Ys game in particular:
1. The next Ys game is being developed in the new engine.
2. It will also be the new title (Ys X) because they want to give a refreshing experience to players, just like Kuro no Kiseki (the upcoming Trails game)

These details are mentioned in the page 7, right below the four characters from Kuro no Kiseki.

Gotta say, I am little disappointed that it isn't Ys V remake but oh well. I wonder if it will take place after Ys IX or between Ys VIII and Ys VI.

[Fluff Fact⚙ry]

Would be funny if X actually takes place before V lol.

[Boroken]

omg yessss. so much hype for Ys x in the new engine! I really can't wait to see that beauty. all the people who complained about 9's visuals will be glad to see that one. and i will be joyous to see the beauty of Ys in newer better graphics. i was super amazed seeing the new trails game so seeing Ys X will send me to the next universe of excitement.

[somedude212]

Originally posted by Melon Sc//ence:

Would be funny if X actually takes place before V lol.

Who knows? I remember the president's wanting to go back and show Adol as an inexperienced adventurer right before Ys IX release. They did cram two adventures in one year with Ys VI and Ys Seven so I suppose they can do it again.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Melon Sc//ence:

Would be funny if X actually takes place before V lol.

How about we get the remake of Ys V before going further into the series?

And why would we still get another pre-Napishtim chapter in Adol's journey? I'm pretty sure that Celceta wrapped the Eldeel story arc pretty well and that Lacrimosa continued what Seven started.

[Warrior of Right]

Yes let's get another Numbered prequel to further ♥♥♥♥ up the timeline of the numbered games....

Also protip Ys 5 Snes was translated.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by 2 Fast 2 Quick:

Yes let's get another Numbered prequel to further ♥♥♥♥ up the timeline of the numbered games....

I'm sorry but the remakes aren't numbered and Lacrimosa was made to fill the gap between the events of Kefin and Napishtim.

Originally posted by 2 Fast 2 Quick:

Also protip Ys 5 Snes was translated.

Yes, Aeon Genesis did a pretty good job for it.

[Warrior of Right]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Originally posted by 2 Fast 2 Quick:

Yes let's get another Numbered prequel to further ♥♥♥♥ up the timeline of the numbered games....

I'm sorry but the remakes aren't numbered and Lacrimosa was made to fill the gap between the events of Kefin and Napishtim.

Yes Memory of Celceta isn't numbered and the only reason i 100% it on one of my main accounts since i don't care to have numbered ones in my history until we can get them all...
(Memory of Celceta lets you explore 50% of the map before it locks you into story and gives you the choice of which Town/Dungeon to do first once they do lock you into progression)
but i wasn't talking about the remakes they actually did those right.


Apocalypse of Dana would be just fine and less confusing if they removed the 8...
(you know and do something like they already did right with Ys origins..)
Also our expectations wouldn't be as high if they are just spinoffs.

Or they could have made Extinction Level Event of Dana Ys Origins 2 and made Ys 9 Emo Nox Ys 8 since usually the 8th game in the franchises are the emo ones.

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Yes, Aeon Genesis did a pretty good job for it.

Yep and thanks to him i have played all of the mainline Ys games
(or at least 1 version of each of them).

[Fluff Fact⚙ry]

I believe the numbering was just a reminder of total canon games out there rather than indicating the actual timeline. Plus the number should only appears in Japanese release, but they went oh whatever for the global name I guess. And because they still use IX and X, meaning V is still not out of their consideration, yet probably they didn't find a good concept to remake it, as expanding a small linear V game into larger scale like VIII and IX is not that simple, plus they had to think of new characters to fit in the party system as well. Therefore I bet they decided to go with new game (X) to be free of ideas and also ultilize their new engine to the fullest, and will comeback to V later in the future.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by 2 Fast 2 Quick:

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Yes, Aeon Genesis did a pretty good job for it.

Yep and thanks to him i have played all of the mainline Ys games
(or at least 1 version of each of them).

Yep, aside from Monstrum Nox (and Wanderer, Dawn and Mask of Sun) I've pretty much done all main/canon games in the series.

Originally posted by Melon Sc//ence:

I believe the numbering was just a reminder of total canon games out there rather than indicating the actual timeline. Plus the number should only appears in Japanese release, but they went oh whatever for the global name I guess. And because they still use IX and X, meaning V is still not out of their consideration, yet probably they didn't find a good concept to remake it, as expanding a small linear V game into larger scale like VIII and IX is not that simple, plus they had to think of new characters to fit in the party system as well. Therefore I bet they decided to go with new game (X) to be free of ideas and also ultilize their new engine to the fullest, and will comeback to V later in the future.

I still think that Falcom should stop numbering their titles (because Ark of Napishtim wasn't being numbered back on the PS2 in the west).

Ys X isn't confirmed and having 3 entirely new games before the remake of Ys V would be a bit too much (as much as how rushed Celceta was).

[Fluff Fact⚙ry]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

I still think that Falcom should stop numbering their titles (because Ark of Napishtim wasn't being numbered back on the PS2 in the west).

Maybe it didn't include the number in PS2 because it was the first port under Konami, plus it also was the first English release since Ys III Wanderers from Ys (Wikipedia). And my guess is that by not having number they thought it would sell better since the buyers wouldn't have to worry about the previous games.

That being said the PS2 port was released in 2005, however the Japanese PC handled by Falcom themself was 2 years before. And if you tried to find the box of the PC discs, the number was still there.
https://imgur.com/a/hJW3F7X (This is not exactly the original box, but a re-release for PC)

And once they decided to let XSEED take care of porting their old games to Steam, they somewhat brought back the numbers.

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Ys X isn't confirmed and having 3 entirely new games before the remake of Ys V would be a bit too much (as much as how rushed Celceta was).

And we are going to have full Cold Steel arc in the next 4.4 hours without knowing the Crossbell Arc, which somewhat is important to CS3 and CS4.
That being said, there must be reason why they didn't touch V yet, and asking them to make it immediately now would only somewhat rush it further. But hey at least we are getting a new Ys game, if you were a Tokyo Xanadu fan it would be more painful waiting...

[somedude212]

Well, now that NISA finally managed to get Cold Steel IV out on Steam, we can hope to hear about the release date for Ys IX soon.

As for Ys V remake, perhaps they haven't thought of a good way to implement alchemy into the story and the proper game mechanic yet although you are technically using the power of alchemy in Ys IX with monstrum powers. It is possible that somebody at Falcom came up with an interesting idea for the new Ys game and they felt it would be more appropriate to implement it in the brand new game as opposed to the remake.

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Ys X isn't confirmed and having 3 entirely new games before the remake of Ys V would be a bit too much (as much as how rushed Celceta was).

Speaking of Celceta, Falcom actually described it as "not remake" and brand new title in multiple instances i.e. TGS 2011 (where the game was first announced) and Sony's page on the game itself (https://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/vljm30026.html). Granted that isn't technically wrong since Falcom never developed its own version of Ys IV until then.
Perhaps Toshihiro is trolling us as Ys V remake is being developed to be so different from both the original concept and SNES game (even more so than Celceta to other Ys IV games) that he sees it as a completely new title rather than the remake.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by somedude212:

Well, now that NISA finally managed to get Cold Steel IV out on Steam, we can hope to hear about the release date for Ys IX soon.

As for Ys V remake, perhaps they haven't thought of a good way to implement alchemy into the story and the proper game mechanic yet although you are technically using the power of alchemy in Ys IX with monstrum powers. It is possible that somebody at Falcom came up with an interesting idea for the new Ys game and they felt it would be more appropriate to implement it in the brand new game as opposed to the remake.

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Ys X isn't confirmed and having 3 entirely new games before the remake of Ys V would be a bit too much (as much as how rushed Celceta was).

Speaking of Celceta, Falcom actually described it as "not remake" and brand new title in multiple instances i.e. TGS 2011 (where the game was first announced) and Sony's page on the game itself (https://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/vljm30026.html). Granted that isn't technically wrong since Falcom never developed its own version of Ys IV until then.
Perhaps Toshihiro is trolling us as Ys V remake is being developed to be so different from both the original concept and SNES game (even more so than Celceta to other Ys IV games) that he sees it as a completely new title rather than the remake.

I think that Celceta was once planned as a full reboot of the series before they backtracked and decided to remake Mask of Sun (which was the only non-Falcom made game until the remake).

Celceta was pretty sub-par as a remake (especially when compared to Oath in Felghana) and as the replacement of Dawn of Ys.

I don't want to rush them but Ys V is in a dire need of being remade as it's one of the weakest entry that neither got localized nor remade with the Napishtim canon in mind.

[Overclocked]

Originally posted by Devil May Dump:

Originally posted by Ikagura:

I'm sorry but the remakes aren't numbered and Lacrimosa was made to fill the gap between the events of Kefin and Napishtim.

Yes Memory of Celceta isn't numbered and the only reason i 100% it on one of my main accounts since i don't care to have numbered ones in my history until we can get them all...
(Memory of Celceta lets you explore 50% of the map before it locks you into story and gives you the choice of which Town/Dungeon to do first once they do lock you into progression)
but i wasn't talking about the remakes they actually did those right.


Apocalypse of Dana would be just fine and less confusing if they removed the 8...
(you know and do something like they already did right with Ys origins..)
Also our expectations wouldn't be as high if they are just spinoffs.

Or they could have made Extinction Level Event of Dana Ys Origins 2 and made Ys 9 Emo Nox Ys 8 since usually the 8th game in the franchises are the emo ones.

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Yes, Aeon Genesis did a pretty good job for it.

Yep and thanks to him i have played all of the mainline Ys games
(or at least 1 version of each of them).

Sorry, wait. Apocalypse of Dana? Which console do I need to get an english version of this? lol. Loved her as a character.

Oh the port hahahaha...I made a program to put it on a single 'core' of my processor and had no issues after the fact.

It certainly was though...I tried telling NIS to do the same thing as a temporary fix, ovbiously to no avail.