XSEED bringing Falcom games to the US

[MCD]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21278313&postcount=1

Strategic Deal Reflects Bringing the Popular Ys and The Legend of Heroes series to North America

XSEED Games today announced a wide-ranging partnership with developer and publisher Nihon Falcom, one of Japan’s most well-respected development studios, to bring the three latest installments in the long-running Ys franchise: Ys SEVEN, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, and Ys I & II Chronicles, to the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system in North America. In addition, the deal will allow XSEED Games to release the next three chapters in Falcom’s popular The Legend of Heroes series, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky trilogy (known as the Sora no Kiseki trilogy in Japan), to the North American market on the PSP system. All six titles were developed by one of Japan’s most well-admired and longest-running independent-minded studios, Falcom, which has been a pioneer of the RPG genre since their first release in 1983.

“We are ecstatic to partner with XSEED Games on multiple new releases,” said Toshihiro Kondo, President of Falcom. “Their passion and reputation for working on outstanding RPGs is in line with our own development philosophy and assures me that our fans in North America will be getting the best English versions of our games possible.”

Under the terms of the partnership, XSEED Games retains exclusive North American publishing and distribution rights to multiple upcoming iterations of the Ys and The Legend of Heroes series, starting with Ys SEVEN, exclusively for the PSP system.

“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce a partnership with a development studio as renown by gamers for consistently putting out quality titles as Falcom,” said Jun Iwasaki, President of XSEED Games. “Their titles have always been some of the most requested titles so it is going to be our pleasure to oblige the North American fans by delivering an amazing line up of in-depth and gripping RPGs.”

Ys SEVEN is the latest installment in the long-running Ys series which first debuted on PC in 1987. This is the first iteration to be built specifically for the PSP system, taking full advantage of the widescreen format and hardware for beautiful graphics and virtually no loadtimes. The battle system consists of a three-member battle party with enemies engaged on the field map in real-time for fast-paced combat. Old fans of the series and new players alike will be immersed into the rich vibrant world containing over 30 hours of gameplay.

Currently in production, Ys SEVEN will be the first Falcom project from the announced line up released in North America by XSEED Games for the PSP system in late summer 2010. XSEED Games will release more product information and plans on each title in the coming months.

PSP was always good.

[Ichirou]

The Sora no Kiseki trilogy is supposed to be the best of all the stuff in that series.  I was always upset we got the shitty games (with supposedly awful translations) on PSP and not the "good" ones.

[tiesto]

This is fucking amazing... PSP totally redeemed! PSP handheld of the forever!!!

[Eric P]

i bought that last Ys for PSP and it was fuck awful.  not the game, but everything around it.

[tiesto]

i bought that last Ys for PSP and it was fuck awful.  not the game, but everything around it.

Yeah, the PSP port of Ys 6 was terrible. Konami really fucked up with the port - terrible blurry graphics and ridiculous load times. The Ys games above have all been programmed by Falcom (7 was made for the ground up for PSP) and supposedly take advantage of the system much much better.

[Enl]

OMG, portable Ys: Oath in Felghana! One of my top games of the last decade. 

[MCD]

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all over my tits.

[demi]

sweet, i bet they would look nice on my PSP memory stick

[cool breeze]

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Releasing on the 18th

[tiesto]

Gonna be SICK, picking this up to play when I'm rotting away in middle of nowhere Maryland.

[Bebpo]

I think I'll pick up the US version since I didn't import Ys Seven and supporting Ys in the US is good stuff.

Only Ys I've played from start to finish was Oath in Felghana, which was sooooooo good.  Been meaning to get around to Ys Origin, Ys Seven, Ys VI.

[MoxManiac]

Can't decide whether to get these on PSN or UMD.

[cool breeze]

I'm getting it on UMD after hearing about efforts made to eliminate load times in Seven and the PSP version of The Oath in Felghana.

Plus I'm considering the collectors edition because it comes with a cloth map.

[Himu]

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Releasing on the 18th

holy shit

as someone who has played some of I (meh) and III () this looks badass.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

What version of Ys I did you play Himu? I just played the TG-CD versions of Ys I and II on the VC like a year ago and I thought it still held up.

[Enl]

as someone who has played some of I (meh) and III () this looks badass.

As someone who finished Ys I, II, III, IV(snes),VI and Felghana this looks pretty decent. I don't think it will take the crown away from Felghana but it looks like a fun time. Also you should at least play Ys II. Despite it usually being paired with 1 it's quite a different game. Magic plays a big role and the boss battles have a good mixture of Zelda and SHMUP style combat. Also if you choose to play it try to get your hands on more recent PC versions (which I think is also coming to PSP).

[Himu]

I played the pc version.

My problem with Ys 1 was the primitive combat. Simply running into enemies is boring. I know that's what separates Ys from the rest but it wasn't my thing, well at least in the beginning.

I may get Ys 1+2 off vc. I can play that with wiimote?

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Yes Ys I+II is playable via sideways Wiimote

[Himu]

Will buy now.

[demi]

Ys 1 &2 graphics are too old for me. I would opt to play the DS version instead.

[Himu]

I heard ds version sucks

[cool breeze]

just wait for the PSP version

there is even a trailer for it posted in this thread:

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all over my tits.

seems like every two months xseed is releasing a YS on PSP in America.  Seven is next week, Oath In Felghana in November, 1&2 in January.

[Himu]

Since I like to compare the evolution of series', I think I'll still get the originals.

[demi]

Ys is as evolved as Dragon Quest

[tiesto]

as someone who has played some of I (meh) and III () this looks badass.

As someone who finished Ys I, II, III, IV(snes),VI and Felghana this looks pretty decent. I don't think it will take the crown away from Felghana but it looks like a fun time. Also you should at least play Ys II. Despite it usually being paired with 1 it's quite a different game. Magic plays a big role and the boss battles have a good mixture of Zelda and SHMUP style combat. Also if you choose to play it try to get your hands on more recent PC versions (which I think is also coming to PSP).

Enl, definitely give IV PCE-CD (The Dawn Of Ys) a try. It's a much better game than the SNES version (and yes, a good deal different), I'd say it's the best of the "classic" Ys games, like an even more fleshed-out Ys II.

[Enl]

as someone who has played some of I (meh) and III () this looks badass.

As someone who finished Ys I, II, III, IV(snes),VI and Felghana this looks pretty decent. I don't think it will take the crown away from Felghana but it looks like a fun time. Also you should at least play Ys II. Despite it usually being paired with 1 it's quite a different game. Magic plays a big role and the boss battles have a good mixture of Zelda and SHMUP style combat. Also if you choose to play it try to get your hands on more recent PC versions (which I think is also coming to PSP).

Enl, definitely give IV PCE-CD (The Dawn Of Ys) a try. It's a much better game than the SNES version (and yes, a good deal different), I'd say it's the best of the "classic" Ys games, like an even more fleshed-out Ys II.

Yeah I've heard. I intended to play it after my Ys IV SNES run but could never get it to work. I may attempt to try it again someday. I really would like to play Ys V as it kind of has that Secret of Mana/Illusion of Gaia vibe, but there's no translation patch available. Origins seems fun, but again the translation patch has not been released yet.