Ys I and II for Nintendo DS

[Platypus]

Seems like Ys I and II will get another remake, this time for NDS! There's a short notice at rpgfan about it as well.

http://www.icholon.co.jp/ds/ys/
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2007/1363.html

[rocket]

Looking forward to the new extras that have been added should be fun. wonder if the old tricks from the pc version will still work.

[RodaMan]

I know this topic is quite old but somewhat relevant as the game just came out recently. Owing a DS myself, I picked up the game and played it. Overall, I have to say I enjoyed it although it was really similar to the YS I and II remakes for the PC. The biggest change and the main reason I was so skeptical about this game is the fact you can now "swing" your sword. This didn't sound good at first but I felt it was implemented fairly well and was something new and exciting in a game I've played 9 or 10 times in various iterations.

Has anyone else had a chance to play this yet and if so, what did you think?

[TDOMMX]

I've essentially been giving NightWolve a play-by-play of the game via email.  I don't really feel like repeating the bulk of my impressions here since I really should be studying for tomorrow's midterm, but I'll give a few bullet-points summarizing my thoughts:

- The 3D graphics are terrible.  The DS is capable of much better than this.  The hand-drawn graphics take a hit in both color depth and resolution, unfortunately.
- I have some complaints about Atlus' romanizations, but I'll cut them some slack since the bulk of them are taken directly from Falcom.
- The script in Ys I is decent, if little else, whereas the script in second game really fleshes out the NPCs.  I made a point of speaking to every character three times after I triggered each new plot flag.
- Many of the easter eggs from Ys Eternal were removed, even in places where it made little sense to remove them.
- The new play style takes some getting used to, but it's not bad.  It makes bosses really tough since you have to time your attacks, but it's not too difficult.
- The new stage unfortunately ruins the difficulty curve of the first game.
- The music quality is so-so: not bad, but could be better.  I question why some of the songs were removed (ie: "Dreaming" is no longer used in the mirror maze) or why the extra stage didn't use one of the unused songs available in the sound test.

All in all, the game is decent, but the next time I decide to replay the games, it'll be the PC version and not this.

[macroidtoe]

The 3D graphics are terrible.  The DS is capable of much better than this.  The hand-drawn graphics take a hit in both color depth and resolution, unfortunately.

This is the biggest thing that's kept me from picking it up.  They did the same thing to the LoH games on PSP, and I just don't understand why they go and replace the attractive 2D with ugly subpar 3D.

The conclusion that I've ultimately reached is that overhead view + 3D just doesn't work well, since everything ends up being depicted from an awkward foreshortened angle.  The 3D works okay in the newer Ys games on the other hand, but I think that's because the camera is usually kept at a lower angle (sometimes nearly at a side-view).