Ys Seven Comes to PSP in August

You can use either the D-pad OR the analog nub, though I personally find the nub a better choice due to its 360-degree directional support.

If you don’t like the nub, though, there’s certainly nothing stopping you from playing the game without it.

As for PC-Engine support, there’s not much I can really say. We’re certainly open to the possibility, but it might be tricky getting publishing rights for some of those old games. Falcom’s PC-Engine releases seem like logical options to go after, for example, but remember, Falcom didn’t actually PUBLISH their games on PC-Engine — back then, they tended to develop for computers, and third-party companies would license their properties for publication on the PC-Engine. As such, we’d need to negotiate with the license-holders in order to release those games in English.

Let us know what titles you’re interested in, though, and we’ll certainly look into them. We look into pretty much every game fans beg us to release. Whether or not it pans out is a whole other story… but we do look, always!

VERY.

Ark of Napishtim on PSP was a third-party port of a really good game. As a port, though, it didn’t really measure up to the original (the PS2 version was much better in that regard).

Ys SEVEN, on the other hand, is an original Ys title developed SPECIFICALLY for the PSP, in-house, by Falcom themselves. It has virtually no load times, the gameplay is fast and furious, the game is long and involved, and just in general, it’s a wholly different experience from Ark of Napishtim in almost every way. It’s similar ENOUGH that you can tell it’s related… but gameplay-wise, it’s a whole different ball game.

Give the videos on the website a look. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Not only does it tell you where to go, it even marks it on your overworld map with a big red flag!

No Chester, but yes, Dogi is playable, as is Geis from Ys: The Ark of Napishtim. The others, however, are all new! And yeah, aside from the PC-exclusive “Ys Origin” (which took place 700 years before Adol was born!), no other Ys game has featured playable characters other than Adol, much less a WHOLE PLAYABLE PARTY. It’s awesome stuff!

I certainly think so! I had a blast playing it, myself, for over 80 hours!

Play Ys Seven, and you might think differently!

In a way, Ys Seven is more like an action/adventure game with heavy RPG elements. And to say you won’t be putting thought into your combat is quite fallacious — in fact, Ys Seven’s combat requires MORE strategy than most turn-based games. Button mashing will just get you killed: you really need to learn your enemies’ patterns, figure out what weapon types and skills work best against them, and do it all in a SPLIT SECOND. It’s intense, man!

The story of Ys Seven isn’t bad, either, by any means. It’s just not the focus of the game. It’s an action game first and foremost, and an RPG second. And since the point of games is to have fun, isn’t that ultimately for the best?

Don’t worry, the series is very episodic. Each tale is its own self-contained entry. Think of it like a TV show: in every episode, Adol washes ashore in some new land, finds out he’s the chosen hero, saves the day, has women flocking to his side, but decides all he really wants is more adventure, so he sails off once more — to be continued next episode!

Until and unless we establish a deal for a title, we can’t really discuss it in much detail. But we are well aware of the fans’ desires. Trust me, if we CAN make all your dreams come true on this, we certainly will — we’d be foolish not to! But that’s a big if, for a variety of reasons, so please, don’t get your hopes up too high. Just know that we’re well aware how much fans want to see these games released — your pleas HAVE been heard.

That’s up to Game Arts, the developers of Lunar. If they release a Lunar 2 remake, you can bet we’ll be chomping at the bit to get our hands on it — they’re a great company, and we’d love to work with them again.

I could, but I don’t think I’d have any more clout than anyone else — that’s Konami’s decision entirely. If you really want to see the game on PSN, you should let them know personally!

I can’t really comment on any of that. Honestly, I’ve probably already said way more than I should. I’m afraid I’ve gotten everyone’s hopes up, which I didn’t mean to do. There are a lot of reasons why we would WANT to release the games, but just as many reasons why we might not be ABLE to; and unfortunately, the latter may ultimately outweigh the former. All I can say is that we’ll do what we can. And unfortunately, specific information on our relationships with other companies is something we can’t really discuss.

I hate to give such an “official”-sounding answer, but subjects like these are tricky to address without people reading all kinds of subtext into them. And I honestly didn’t mean any subtext whatsoever here: I literally just meant that we know how much fans want to see Tales games released stateside, we’d love to release them, and we’ll look into that possibility, but we can’t guarantee anything at all.