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Here's Why You Should Make Action-RPG <i>Ys X: Nordics</i> Your First <i>Ys</i> Game

Here's Why You Should Make Action-RPG Ys X: Nordics Your First Ys Game

Falcom’s latest action-RPG might be your perfect fit, even if this series has never grabbed you before

Timothy Monbleau

PublishedOctober 29, 2024

Breakthrough Gaming: How To Get Started With Action-RPG Series <i>Ys</i>

Breakthrough Gaming: How To Get Started With Action-RPG Series Ys

Let an Ys expert explain the best way to get into four-decades of classic games

Timothy Monbleau

PublishedAugust 29, 2024

How To Beat Boss Mukadejoro In <i>Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess</i>

How To Beat Boss Mukadejoro In Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess

Don’t let this oversized bug bully you--here’s how to exterminate it and achieve the bonus objective

Samuel Moreno

PublishedAugust 13, 2024

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<i>Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess</i>: The <i>Kotaku </i>Review

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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess: The Kotaku Review

Capcom's daring action strategy experiment pays off

Ethan Gach

PublishedJuly 19, 2024

<i>Resident Evil 4</i> Remake’s First Fight Can Be Skipped In Cool Way

Resident Evil 4 Remake’s First Fight Can Be Skipped In Cool Way

Should your aim be true, Leon S. Kennedy’s ammo and health will be saved by the bell

Isaiah Colbert

PublishedMarch 27, 2023

Culture

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for going through all the cool indie game demos available in the Steam Game Festival. I would suggest…

PublishedFebruary 5, 2021

<em>Ys IX: Monstrum Nox</em>’s Lush Metal Is Hitting Me Right In The Cloaca

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox’s Lush Metal Is Hitting Me Right In The Cloaca

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make.…

PublishedFebruary 5, 2021

Help, I’m Stuck Between Two Very Good New JRPGs

Two new games from two of my favorite Japanese role-playing game series have dropped at the same time, and I am…

PublishedFebruary 3, 2021

<em>Ys VIII's </em>Compelling Story Makes You Care About Every NPC

Ys VIII's Compelling Story Makes You Care About Every NPC

I always approach classics with a certain sense of trepidation, especially if I’m playing them outside of their…

Peter Tieryas

PublishedDecember 26, 2020

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Thirty-Four Years Later, <i>Ys 1</i> and <i>II</i> Are Getting PC Floppy Disk Ports

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Thirty-Four Years Later, Ys 1 and II Are Getting PC Floppy Disk Ports

Japanese game developer Nihon Falcom has announced that decades after their original releases, both Ys1 and Ys II…

Brian Ashcraft

PublishedNovember 30, 2020

<i>Ys VIII</i>’s Music Gets The Adventuring Party Started Right

Ys VIII’s Music Gets The Adventuring Party Started Right

Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s new, daily hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they…

PublishedSeptember 15, 2020

The Excellent <i>Ys: Memories of Celceta</i> Just Jumped From Vita To PS4

The Excellent Ys: Memories of Celceta Just Jumped From Vita To PS4

If you want to know why I love Nihon Falcom’s long-running Ys series of fantasy action role-playing games so much,…

PublishedJune 10, 2020

2/1/18

<i>Ys VIII</i> Is Much Better Now<em></em>

Ys VIII Is Much Better Now

An excellent game marred by rough localization, Ys VIII: Lacriomosa of Dana is now fully re-translated and largely…

PublishedFebruary 1, 2018

1/19/18

Remember last week when we reported Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana would be out on PC January 30? About that ... turns out NIS America underestimated the work it would take to make the game play smoothly on PC, and have once more pushed the release to an undetermined later date. Welp.

PublishedJanuary 19, 2018

1/10/18

The excellent Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana finally arrives on PC January 30. The release date coincides with a promised localization update for the action RPG, bringing re-recorded audio and re-translated text to PC, PlayStation 4 and Vita. Thank goodness.