the y's

Most of the time the original version of a game is better than any remakes, but on rare occasions like Final Fantasy 4 on the ds I like a hand full of remakes better than the original. I want to know if anyone has any opinions about the Y's. I've only played the original one for the sms. Does anyone know if the one for the ds is just as good, better, or not as good as the original? And I've never played the Y's 2 before. Is that one any good and how does it compare to the original version?

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  • i've played through a lot of the Y's games..the problem is the first two have been re-released on like 100 consoles...but for what its worth....



    Y's on the master system is actually part 1 of a 2 part game...I BELIEVE every re-make, re-release of this was both Y's 1 and 2 combined. Y's part 2 is very much like the first one..just a continuation of the story. They then went on to release one on the genny, and a few others that I dont even think made it to the US.



    A few groups online did fan translations of these and should be easy enough to find. The last one I played was Ark Of Napishtim for PS2, which was awesome, they also went and rereleased that for PSP I believe.



    There are quite a few Y's games out there, but I really think most of them were overseas...which is a shame, its a good series.
  • i've played them on the NES. didn't like either of them.
  • I've heard that the DS version is crap, but I do have the Windows version that the DS version is based on, and I must say that it, along with the TurboGrafx version, is one of the two Goddess-er-two definitive versions of the first two games.

    If you want a nice version of the first two Ys games, I'd go with either of those. The Turbo version was released in America during the system's "prime," the PC/Windows version can be bought through mail order (be ABSOLUTELY SURE that the version you buy is called "Ys I&II Complete," not "Ys Eternal") and translated by the patches found on this site:

    Ys Utopia.net

    Have fun! Ys is one of my favorite series in the hack and slash fantasy genre, and I hope that you'll have a similar experience!
  • The sms one is the only one I've played, but I intend to try the nes repros of the Y's 1, 2, and 3, and the ds remake of the Y's 1 and 2. But I'll make sure to buy it used so I can get all my money back just in case Arjak is right about it being crap. As far as the 16 bit version of the Y's 3, do you know if it's better on the snes or the genesis?
  • Go with the Genesis version. The SNES version has a GOD AWFUL version of the soundtrack, and Ys III has arguably the best soundtrack of the series; whomever created the butchered SNES soundtrack is evil.

    The Genesis version has a very accurate rendition of the original tracks, and it plays decently, so I'd definitely choose that as the winner between the two.
  • Y's 3 is the side scroller one, correct? I think it was the black sheep of the series..it was released in the US for gen and snes, but not sure which is better..
  • Y's 3 is a side scoller. I watched some youtube footage that gamereproductions.com has of their nes repro of the game and it looks very much like Zelda 2, which is my favorite game in the Zelda series. I haven't seen either of the 16 bit versions of it.
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