Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (Famicom) Playthrough [English]

A playthrough of Victor Musical Industries' 1990 action-RPG for the Nintendo Famicom, Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (イースII).
This was recorded using an English fan translation patch. You can find the patch at www.romhacking...
As demonstrated by Ys Books I & II for the TurboGrafx ( • Ys Book I & II (TurboG... ), Ys I and Ys II are essentially two halves of the same game, but unless you had a TurboGrafx-CD setup, chances are that you never got a chance to play Ys II in its own time. Before 2009 when its 3D remake was released on the Nintendo DS, the TGCD version was the only official way to play it in English. Japan, however, did get a contemporary console release in the form of Victor's 1990 Famicom adaptation, which, like the FC version of the first game ( • Ys (Famicom) Playthrou... ), was created by Advance Communication.
Though its not a 1:1 copy, Ys II for the Famicom does a better overall job of recreating the PC88 original than the first port did. Some map layouts were simplified and minor bits of dialog were cut, but the game holds to the original's blueprint and doesn't invent any new puzzles or plot scenarios, and they even managed to include a cut-down version of the animated intro sequence.
The gameplay is closer, too, though some of the changes made to the bump combat mechanics make Ys II way too easy to blow through. Now, so long as Adol is strong enough, he can defeat any enemy without taking damage by simply walking in place against a wall tile. As a result, combat magic and armor upgrades are largely rendered superfluous.
If you want to experience the story of Ys II without the challenge, the Famicom version delivers a respectable way to do just that. If you enjoy being made to work for the ending, though, you're better off looking elsewhere.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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[@NintendoComplete]

Ys II's Famicom port fares better than the first game's, but I do wish that it had offered some modicum of difficulty.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Oh, had it gotten a Western release, they absolutely would have ramped up the difficulty to nigh unwinnable.

[@hectarius7261]

Loved how they tried to make a Tecmo-style opening cutscene but failed miserably.

[@NintendoComplete]

Haha right? The scene where Lilia turns around was pretty famous on the PC88, so they probably thought it was good enough once they had that in there 😅

[@JemZard]

Even tho Nihon Falcom really is the game changer of cinematic cutscenes in video games in the PC88 space, this NES port really didn't work out imo compared to the PC88 original of Ys II that predates Tecmo cutscenes and Ninja Gaiden.

[@Pai3000]

I had no idea that Ys II existed on famicom. However, being a huge fan of the PC engine series, it feels somewhat "touching" seeing so many elements of the game on the less powerful famicom. Quite nice indeed.

[@NintendoComplete]

I get you. Even if it's not perfect, it hits enough of the right notes to trigger that familiar warm fuzzy feeling.

[@lazoneludique]

like a lot the "bump system" ^^

[@edwinkirkland8856]

Famicom absolutely 💯

[@ThatRedHusky]

One of the most underappreciated RPGs. Ys VIII alone is SO good.

[@sharpester7277]

I agree that part 8 was quite good, aside from NISA's bad localizations.

[@TheBlueAngryBirds]

cool

[@góticoesoterico666]

A ver el vídeo 🤘🏼

[@juanmarquez1679]

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