Ys Complete - Opening

Ys (イース, Īsu?, IPA: ) (English IPA: /ˈiːs/) is a Japanese-origin computer role-playing game series, and Nihon Falcom corporation's flagship franchise. It started on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987. Ys titles appear on the MSX2, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Famicom, Super NES, PC, PlayStation 2, TurbGrafx/PC-Engine CD-ROM, and cellular phone. The common misspelling "Y's" arises from a typographical error in the packaging of the English-language versions of the Sega Master System. <br /><br />The Ys series chronicles the adventures of Adol Christin, a red-haired young man from a Germanic country with a zest for adventure and an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time. Gameplay always revolves around Adol, though his comrade, Dogi, is a frequent companion in his travels around Esteria. Adol is the only truly playable character in the series. Feena was a non-controllable companion in Ys Eternal, and Tarf was set up in Ys II ETERNAL. Several characters follow Adol in Ys IV. <br /><br />The standard gameplay mechanisms involve the control motion pad to fight, i.e. pushing the enemy until dead. Those gameplay mechanisms were done away with by the game's fifth installment, Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin or Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand. Ys VI: Napishtim No Hako or The Ark of Napishtim graphically departed from its predecessors, using three-dimensional graphics and hack-and-slash gameplay. The Turbo-Grafx games (particularly Books I and II) are considered the best of the series by the older fans of the original series.