Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand (イースV 失われた砂の都ケフィン, Īsu Faibu: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin) is an action role-playing video game for the Super Famicom developed by Nihon Falcom.[1] It is the fifth game in the Ys series of video games.

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand
Super Famicom cover art
Developer(s)Nihon Falcom
Arc System Works (PS2)
Publisher(s)Nihon Falcom
Koei (Expert)
Taito (PS2)
Director(s)Tadashi Hayakawa
Producer(s)Masayuki Kato
Artist(s)Minako Iwasaki (characters)
Kazuo Nakamura (monsters)
Composer(s)Mieko Ishikawa
Naoki Kaneda
Satoshi Arai
Atsushi Shirakawa
Masaru Nakajima
SeriesYs
Platform(s)Super Famicom, PlayStation 2
ReleaseSuper Famicom
  • JP: December 29, 1995
  • JP: March 22, 1996 (Expert)
PlayStation 2
  • JP: March 30, 2006
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

An updated version was released for the Super Famicom in 1996, and a full remake was made for the PlayStation 2 in 2006.[2][3]

Plot

Adol is travelling through new lands, in search of more adventure, when he hears of the vanished desert city of Kefin. He sets off to investigate this ancient city's disappearance.

Gameplay

The RPG-style statistical elements and the overhead view of most of the previous games are retained in Ys V. As in Ys III, there is no auto-attack; the player must press a button to swing Adol's sword. Adol is also given the ability to jump and defend with his shield.

A new magic system is introduced in Ys V as well, which requires the player to charge up spells by holding a button before they can be cast.

Adol must level up physical skills and magical skills separately.

Music

The soundtrack to Ys V was composed by Falcom's Sound Team JDK.

Ys V has received three soundtrack releases to date:

  • Ys V Image Album (1996): A short selection of original tracks from Ys V, followed by three arranged tracks from Falcom's J.D.K. Band, and a vocal arrangement.
  • Music from Ys V (1996): The complete soundtrack to Ys V.
  • Ys V Orchestra Version (1996): A selection of orchestrally-arranged pieces from Ys V.

Release

Ys V was originally released on December 29, 1995 in Japan for the Super Famicom. In 1996, Falcom released a second version of the game for the Super Famicom with a higher difficulty level, known as Ys V Expert.[2]

A PlayStation 2 remake of Ys V was released on March 30, 2006 by Taito.[3]

A fan translation of the Super Famicom version was released by Aeon Genesis on November 28, 2013.[4]

Reception

Japanese publication Famitsu gave the original SFC version of the game a score of 26 out of 40. Famitsu also scored the PS2 release of Ys V a 28 out of 40.[3]

Super GamePower gave it a 4/5.[5]

References
  1. "イースV 失われた砂の都ケフィン [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  2. "イースV エキスパート [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. "イースV ロスト ケフィン キングダム オブ サンド [PS2] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  4. "Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin". Romhacking.net. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. Games, Bill (July 1997). "SNES: YS V". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 39. Brazil: Nova Cultural. p. 34.
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