Ys origin is the first chronological ys game and is the only entry in series where the main character is not adol christin. Aug 15, 2017 ys ii actually takes over just after adol defeated the evil dark fact, found all six books, and was transported to the floating continent of ys, where civilization still lives and prospers. Ys origins hugo fact, epona i wanted to stop playing the game after this part. Dark fact was not an immortal sorcerer but the last in a line of descent from hugo and had absolutely nothing to do with the creation of darm.
It consists of enhanced remakes of the first two ys games developed and published by nihon falcom for the pc8801 home computer in japan. Upon arrival, he learns that a dark priest known as dark fact has been tearing the island apart in search of six mystical tomes of power, the books of ys. Ys are two different anime series, released as original video animation series. Apr, 2018 the prequel to the eight games that comprise the ys series, ys origin place a massive 700 years before ys 1. Along with feena and reah, adol makes the journey to the floating island and picks up another companion, lilia. Ys games have also appeared on the sharp x1, msx2, fm7, nec pc9801, sharp x68000, master system, sega genesis, sega saturn, famicom, nes, nintendo ds, microsoft windows, playstation 2. The book of messa in the tower of darm, dark fact realizes.
He is responsible for unleashing the devils in the land of esteria and breaking the seal of darm, the main villain of the second game. Shooting the villagers in the second game with the fire spell results in downright hilarious quotes. Ys typically pronounced as easenote this pronunciation is the one used by the series most. The ps4 version was released in north america and europe on february 21, 2017, and the ps vita version was released a few months later on may 30, 2017. Feenas first book of facts 1 wonderland 1st class cj fallon. Wonderland is the new modern colourful english literacy scheme from cj fallon. Also present is dalles, attempting to resurrect the demon god darm once again. Includes pinups, character designs, rare concept art, and more. She had been locked up in the shrines prison by the local goons. Ys origin was released as a pc exclusive in japan on december 21, 2006 and was released on steam worldwide by xseed on may 31, 2012. Ys origin is the first game in the ys series in which adol christin is not the protagonist. Ys origin remained as a pc exclusive until it was ported to the playstation 4 and playstation vita by dotemu. The amalgam of the fallen priest cain fact and the black pearl, he is responsible for every calamity that befell ys.
Aug 24, 2020 ys origin is an rpg that takes place 700 years before the events of the first two games. The nature of the fact family and the origins of darm in dawn of ys are completely contradicted by the later canonical explanation that we see in ys origin and in material released alongside chronicles. Feena adol met feena while searching for the first book of ys in esterias shrine. A descendant of the six priests of ys, dark fact seeks the six books of ys, which he wants to reach the floating island of ys.
If the player edits a variable in the ini file, they can get all roo text automatically translated, which leads to some amusing bits such as a roo threatening to defecate on yunicas skirt, or claiming that her descendant will predict her own death. Along with feena and reah, adol makes the journey to the floating island. The books of ys contain the complete history of the rise and fall of ys and will be instrumental in saving esteria. The music for book 1 can be found on the perfect collection ys and perfect collection ys ii albums.
Of the 107295 characters on anime characters database, 11 are from the ova the ancient book of ys. Ys i and ys ii video games are often called book one and book two respectively. Last weekend i played through ys origin on my xbox series x. Extremely wellversed in esterias history and culture, herbs, and even fortunetelling. Ys origin was released on steam by xseed on may 31, 2012 which used a modified version of figli di grauccis translation in the official release. From ys origin comes a 18th scale figure of the goddess who governed over the mythic. In fact, most of the story amounts to fan service for fans of the original games. Origin holds up as a fun, satisfying, action rpg, even 15.
Jul, 2020 ys origin multilanguage nintendo switch asia. Adol then fights dark to the death for the last book. Strictly limited games announces ys origin collectors. During each boss fight, you will be wearing equipment and be at an average level of what you would have been when you fought the boss during the story. Jan 08, 20 celebrating over 25 years of ys, the flagship series of japanese rpg publisher nihon falcom. Nihon falcoms classic actionrpg, ys origin, is set to make its way later this year to the nintendo switch. Xseed went on to purchase three more fantranslated scripts for ys i, ys ii, and ys origin.
With dark fact s apparent defeat, adol sets out to solve the mystery of the mysterious books of ys by going to the source. Dec 21, 2006 ys origin was originally translated into english by a group of italian hackers called figli di gaucci production who released an english patch for the game on september 27, 2011. Thats why feena and reah insist on sacrificing their wings to seal it rather than letting toal destroy the pearl and take the demonic essence with it once and for all reah being willing to sacrifice herself for toal and being. Sep 25, 2020 dark fact reveals that adols action brought fact s plan full circle and killing adol will sear dark fact s name into history. The priests fearing for their lives and the land each wrote in a book the history of ys in six books known as the books of ys. In toal fact s story in origin, its flat out stated that destroying the black pearl will kill the person doing it. There are a total of three different playable characters, each with different skills, although only two are available at the beginning. Time attack, also known as the boss rush in other ys games, is a mode in which you must face all seven bosses of ys i in a row. Instead, players are given a choice of protagonist between yunica tovah and hugo fact.
Adol is convinced the remaining books are there, but goban tries. The music for book 1 can be found on the perfect collection ys and perfect c. Its an intimate portrait, something to which you can relate and drawn close excellent. Furthermore, the climax of ys ix featuring the souls of feena, reah, dark fact, eldeel, tia and dana from adols memories would likely sail over the heads of new players, particularly if theyve never touched prior installments. Feena turns out to be a key character in both ys i and ys ii, and plays an. For example, dogi, an extremely minor character in the original ys he busts. As a demon serving darm, since zava is killed in all the three routes of ys origin. Each player character has a distinctive story, combat style and skillset. With dark facts apparent defeat, adol sets out to solve the mystery of the. Adol is on a new adventure in celceta but feena and reahs duties to watch over esteria have not finished. With dark facts apparent defeat, adol sets out to solve the mystery of the mysterious books of ys by going to the source. Finally in a last desperate act they lifted the land of ys into. Set in the distant past, ys origin is the first and, at the time of writing, only mainline ys entry to not star adol.
Origin holds up as a fun, satisfying, action rpg, even. There, loda recounts the history of esteria and the metal claria. Ys origin physical version coming to asia with multilanguage. In ys origin, shes revealed to be a highranking member of the clan of darkness and has a more direct role as antagonist. Dark fact challenges adol to retrieve it from an abandoned temple in the nearby forest. Back in 1989, nec took the first two titles in the ys series, released by developer falcom for the japanese pc. Longrunning rpg saga ys makes its xbox one debut with ys. Along with feena and reah, the adol makes the journey to the floating. After killing fact, adol gets the book of fact from his cape and finds out that the books contain the power to warp him to the flying land of ys with a light. Not to be confused with the naming conventions of the games they.
The game also differs in some respect as being a straightforward dungeon crawl, taking place entirely within the massive darm tower. In origins, dalles invades the fertile lands of ys in pursuit of the artifactofdoom black pearl, leading his forces on a crusade of death and destruction throughout the entire kingdom before the twin goddesses feena and reah lift the black pearl and the kingdom up out of dalless reach. The art for feena and reah sleeping itself doesnt make sense, since it also shows them with their wings something that should be missing to show its being used to seal the black pearl. Ancient ys vanished, was released on the nec pc8801 in 1987. The fact that the screen shakes while she says this and the reaction of feena and the others make this scene funnier. Longrunning rpg saga ys makes its xbox one debut with ys origin. Of the 108510 characters on anime characters database, 11 are from the ova the ancient book of ys. This is a 2018 xbox one port of a japanese 2006 pc game t. Ys heavens sanctuary original sound track electric orchestra. Boss darm boss of ys book ii and the root of all evil, disguised as the black pearl he tricked the people of ys into worshipping him, and in return brought death and destruction to the land of ys. He is responsible for unleashing the devils in the land of esteria and breaking the seal of. Dialogue between boss darm and dalles ending of book i 58s 29.
The goddess loved throughout time is now a 18th scale figure. The art book collects the fantastic artwork of more than a dozen titles in the ys franchise, from the original game all the way up to the brandnew ys. Of course, they might also get kinda pissed about it the things the monsters says when you are in roo form in ys book ii can range from pointless to helpful. Feena appeared in her capacity as a goddess of ys in this game. Ys origin physical version coming to asia with multi. The second series referred to as book ii picks up immediately after the end of the first and follows the second game, ys ii. But sometimes they just make bad jokes, specially at adols mother. Feena ys reah ys tarf ys regg ys keith fact ys original roo character ys spoilers. The book of messa in the tower of darm, dark fact realizes that the. Eventually he does in fact recover the books and is sent to ys to restore the land to its long missing glory and prosperity. She once again plays damselindistress by being captured, this time by. She also plays a prominent role in the prequel ys origin. Feenas first book of factsprimary booksfirst classenglish school books onlinehigh street books.
He was once one of the most promising holy knights of ys, before betraying his nation by accepting demonic powers, and serving the sorcerer dalles to fulfill his own goals. Cains involvement could have been deliberately omitted to prevent public distrust of the priests and the fact family. Ancient ys vanished the final chapter and the prequel ys origin. Ys origin concept art ys origin concept art is digital, print, drawn, or model artwork created by the official artists for the developers and publishers of the title. Adol takes feena to be looked after by jeba, before returning to the shrine, where he discovers the first book of ys. After the fall of the eldeen civilization, she and her twin sister feena came to esteria with the black pearl with the help of the six families who were wellversed in magic, they built the kingdom of ys.
Ancient ys vanished, and its the first game where stalwart protagonist adol christin. Furthermore, the climax of ys ix featuring the souls of feena, reah, dark fact, eldeel, tia and dana from adols memories would likely sail over the heads of new players, particularly if. Elsewhere, jevah discovers that feena is one of the goddesses. It is perfectly possible that whoever wrote those books wasnt privy to all the details of ys fall or rise, in this case the priest fact who wrote the sixth book was present when ys fell.
Adol begins his journey through the ancient land, uncovering more of the mysteries of the six priests, and discovering and eventually defeating the evil. He is likely to be the descendant of hugo fact from ys origin, one of the fact brothers who remained on esteria after the events in darm tower, 700 years before ys 1. Feenas first book of factsprimary booksfirst class. The world of ys was on the brink of destruction because of evil demon forces. Search over 100,000 characters using visible traits like hair color, eye color, hair length, age, and gender on anime characters database. Feena expresses interest in playing music for the first time.
In fact, his campaign sets the stage for the first two ys games more than any other and is the canon version of the events of the game, showing the origin of beings like darm and ending with the six books of ys being sent down to the surface. The claw is ys origin s final playable main character, unlocked after finishing the games story mode as either yunica or hugo. The two goddesses of ys, feena and reah, have mysteriously. Sep, 2017 ys origin runs off the same engine as ys vi and the oath in felghana, so it looks and plays almost identically. Feena ys origin anime angel, 07 ghost, list of characters, double picture. Just like feena, she later reveals herself to be one of the twin goddesses who governed over the mythic kingdom of ys. As it turns out, feena is actually one of the two goddesses of ys. Not to mention his silver sword is the same one adol would use centuries later. He is the older brother of hugo and son of the strongest priest of ys, cain fact. Twin goddesses reah and feena, who ruled the land, decided to move their subjects into the safety of the clouds. At the very least, they didnt have their wings when they went to sleep in ys origin. Achievements, guides, leaderboards, and discussion forums for ys. Fact wielding the silver sword, feena and reah sacrifice their eldeen wings. This also arguably applies with adol and feena in ys ii.
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