Atlus eyes Ys for DS in North America

Ys-y for you to say, eh? Eh? Atlus will bring the recent DS remakes of Nihon Falcom's flagship Ys role-playing series to North America on February 10, 2009. Even better, instead of releasing the two titles individually as they were sold in Japan, the publisher plans to bundle the games together as Legacy of Ys: Books I & II. Samuel Mullen, project lead for Legacy of Ys, tells Joystiq that the team "worked closely with the developer to offer both games, Books I and II, on a single DS cartridge."

The package is a pint-sized version of Ys Eternal, which was released on the PC in Japan in 1997, and was itself a rehash of Turbo Duo classic, Ys Book I & II. The series has never garnered the same sort of cult status that it's enjoyed in Japan, but we nonetheless welcome the addition to our DS library, if only for the music (some of which can be heard in the video above) alone.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/23/atlus-eyes-ys-for-ds/

I really tried to enjoy the DS Ys games. They are really quite poor, especially when in comparison to Ys 1 and 2 for the PC EngineCD. It was probably the piss-poor 3D they used to make the games. The DS can do better 3D than this damn it!

Ys Book I&II is my favorite RPG, and always will be. I was excited to hear about a DS version last year, but when i saw pics I was sad they went the 3d route. Especially with the game being on the DS. The other sad thing is the fact that the 3d isn't even good for DS standards. Still the music is good, and it plays the same, but the graphics just kinda ruin it. 2d like the Ys Complete games on PC would've been a better choice.

Well, at least the music still rocks, and the actual 2D sprites are actually pretty good. Regardless of my criticism I will probably buy it anyway.