Ys Series

Console	Name	Release	Genre	Developer	Lucca's Notes
DS	Legacy of Ys: Books I & II	2009	Action	Dreams/Falcom	Combined enhanced remake of Ys I and II with 3D and potential multiplayer
Genesis	Ys III	1991	Action	Telenet/Falcom	Plays like the other releases, but with arguably better music and game balance
JP FC	Ys	1988	Action	Falcom	Adol bumps into the enemies to slay them
JP FC	Ys II	1990	Action	Falcom	Adds magic to Adol's repertoire
JP FC	Ys III: Wanderers From Ys	1991	Action	Falcom	Changes the battles to be side-scrolling rather than top-down and allows Adol to swing his sword/jump
JP PC Engine	Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys (CD)	1993	Action	Hudson Soft	Technically different from the Ys IV on SFC/other consoles
JP PSP	Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga	2010	Fighting	Falcom	A 3D arena fighting game- very Power Stone-like, where characters from Ys and Trails collide (and level while doing so)
JP SFC	Ys IV: Mask of the Sun	1993	Action	Tonkin House	Non-canonical to the Ys series after the release of Memories of Celceta
JP SFC	Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin	1995	Action	Falcom	Only game in the series to have never been localized (hopefully this will change?)
Master System	Ys: The Vanished Omens	1989	Action	Falcom/Sega	Some dungeon areas are horizontally flipped, but is otherwise generally similar to the original release
PS2	Ys: The Ark of Napishtim	2005	Action	Falcom	Technically Ys VI; Adol can jump now, so that's cool
PS4	Ys IX: Monstrum Nox	2021	Action	Falcom	Carries over a lot of gameplay elements from Ys VIII; Adol's most story/character-heavy tale yet; features new movement mechanics for world traversal
PS4	Ys Origin	2017	Action	Falcom	See Vita
PS4	Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana	2017	Action	Falcom	Has more dungeons and forms for Dana than the Vita version, at the expense of some costumes
PS4	Ys: Memories of Celceta	2020	Action	Falcom	Adds a Japanese voice option, otherwise see Vita
PS5	Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana	2022	Action	Falcom	See Vita, with some slightly enhanced visuals
PSP	Ys I & II Chronicles	2011	Action	Falcom	Mostly the same as previous versions, but with a new soundtrack option as well as newly done character portraits
PSP	Ys Seven	2010	Action	Falcom	Adds party members to the regular Ys formula, in addition to making weapon types (slashing, blunt) determine an enemy's susceptibility to them
PSP	Ys: The Ark of Napishtim	2006	Action	Falcom	Closer to the original PC Japanese version than the PS2 version was; also adds some extra quests; very long and frequent loading
PSP	Ys: The Oath in Felghana	2010	Action	Falcom	Remastered version of Ys III, taking gameplay elements from Ys VI and expanding the storyline with extra scenes
SNES	Ys III: Wanderers From Ys	1991	Action	Falcom/Advance Communication	Similar to the FC version, but with cleaner graphics and arguably worse hit detection
Switch	Ys IX: Monstrum Nox	2021	Action	Falcom	See PS4
Switch	Ys Origin	2020	Action	Falcom	See Vita
Switch	Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana	2018	Action	Falcom	See PS4
Turbografx-CD	Ys Book I & II	1990	Action	Falcom	Another way to experience the glory of Adol? Ys, please!
Turbografx-CD	Ys III: Wanderers From Ys	1991	Action	Falcom/Alfa System	It's sidescrolling Ys- that's all there is to it
Vita	Ys I & II Chronicles (DL only)	2012	Action	Falcom	See PSP
Vita	Ys Origin	2017	Action	Falcom	An Ys without Adol as the protagonist! Has 3 different protagonists and takes place as a strictly interior dungeon crawl, goes back to hack-and-slash spirtes
Vita	Ys Seven (DL only)	2012	Action	Falcom	See PSP
Vita	Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana	2017	Action	Falcom	Adol in ARPG action again, with a settlement-building mechanic and up to 3 party members in combat
Vita	Ys: Memories of Celceta	2013	Action	Falcom	Considered by Falcom to the the real Ys IV; still an ARPG, has party members with a variety of attack types, parrying can reduce damage taken and enable counterattacks
Vita	Ys: The Oath in Felghana (DL only)	2012	Action	Falcom	See PSP
Xbox One	Ys Origin (DL only)	2018	Action	Falcom	See Vita