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Formatting

If possible, we should re-format the console / PC list of releases (specifically, the first group is a mess) ... a format like this:

Ys TITLE - Platform (year, publisher), Platform (year, publisher), Platform (year, publisher), etc.
Ys TITLE - Platform (year, publisher), Platform (year, publisher), Platform (year, publisher), etc.

... would be much easier to read, more precise, and more informative

Also, the info on Ys cellular games I added is far from perfect. Proper translations of the titles would nice... also, I don't know if the list of cellular games is complete.

Pronunciation

I'm sure I've heard the title pronounced "EE-uhz", never "yeese". Can this be sourced?--StAkAr Karnak 23:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As Japanese pronuciation is /iisu/, logical anglicisation (a reverse of English to Japanese transcription) would produce /iːs/, with "s" unvoiced. It had been written so in the article but changed recently[1][2]. --Kusunose 04:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

-- I was under the impression that the correct pronunciation is like "peace" sans the "p". Currently, however, the entry claims that the pronunciation is "yeese" ... this is an ongoing debate that I *thought* had ended a long time ago. Surely there is an authoritative source to end this. Esteban666

With two years of ongoing Japanese study, and playing games 1 through 6, un Japanese if need be, I can confidently say that the Japanese pronounce it "geese" (minus the g). The spelling is "iisu." The pronunciation of "i" is "ē", and "u" in "su" is silent. So, yes, it is like "peace" without the "p". This ought to end the debate. -- Masamunecyrus^(talk)_(contribs) 01:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

However it's pronounced, the current rendition of the pronunciation and phonetic breakdown, looks like a bunch of uninteligable html, and needs to be completely reviewed as a body of text.

When it was released in the US for the first time, on the Master System, all the gaming press said it was pronounced the same way as the word "ease".76.226.116.126 (talk) 20:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct, at least the sort of ease as in "ease of use" (soft S). Just about any other use of the name "Ys" in any other language is also pronounced the same (one wonders where Falcom got the name from). 174.111.82.239 (talk) 01:38, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ys Eternal vs. Ys Complete

The screenshots say "Ys I Eternal", but the captions say "Ys I Complete". As well, what's the difference between "Ys Eternal", and "Ys Complete"? From what I see, they seem to be used interchangably.

The original Windows PC remakes were "Ys Eternal" and "Ys II Eternal." Later, there was a compiled rerelease, which bumped up Ys Eternal's visuals to Ys II Eternal's level (more color depth, primarily) and made the soundtrack sound more cohesive between the two. This was released as "Ys I & II Complete." Later, once this was out of print, Falcom began selling the two separately again, as "Ys I Complete" and "Ys II Complete." The English patches on which I worked are only for the Complete rereleases, and cannot be used with the original, Eternal versions. Falcom complicated the issue by changing the "Eternal" to "Complete" on all external packaging and advertisements, but not in the actual games themselves. We made a point of editing the internal bitmaps to reflect the external change for the packages. --MoriyaMug 18:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suddenly, you'll be better off getting Ys I & II Chronicles anyway. 174.111.82.239 (talk) 01:39, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Characters & Music

I feel like making a seperate page for the characters and music section. However, more details are probably needed in order for me to do that, anyone interested in helping? Eternal Sleeper 16:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that the characters should appear on their game's respective pages. --Zhane Masaki (talk) 21:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Leave maintenance of the characters to me. If you create a new page, Eternal Sleeper, I'm all for it. I've been playing Ys since 1992, so I believe I can give the best profiles possible for Ys characters. --Zhane Masaki (talk) 22:23, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:XisaYstype1Artwork.jpg

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BetacommandBot 17:07, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Out of date?

I don't know enough about the series to contribute much, but some of the information predates December 2006, which makes it almost a year out of date. Anyone up to making the article a bit more current? Darquis 01:28, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:YsJuehighQuality.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Ys1com1.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:26, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Ys2com1.gif

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External Links

I belive that *all* of the external links in this article are in breach of WP:EL. Can someone either confirm or make an argument that the links are valid. Thank you. --HighKing (talk) 15:48, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References please

This article has been tagged as in need of references for quite some time, yet nothing as been done. Citations are important for verifiabilty. For example, when looking at this map I realized that the article contained a factual error. This is why information that cannot be cited will be removed. Shinobu (talk) 00:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Windows Releases

When were the following games released?

Ys Eternal
Ys II Eternal
Ys I & II Complete

Mobygames has no record of them. 2fort5r (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Eternals were released in 1998 and around that time. The original Complete is an ever-so-slightly upgraded version of the two and was released in 2001. Eventually an individual "Complete" game for both entries was released; I dunno when, but probably around or shortly after the same time (try 2002 or 2003). 174.111.82.239 (talk) 01:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmph. More like Ys I Eternal was released in 1998; Ys II Eternal in 2000; then the 2001 Ys I&II Complete "update" was to make Ys I Eternal look more like how II turned out; THEN they were seperated into Ys I Complete and Ys II Complete, probably shortly after Ys I&II Complete (the seperation apparently had something to do with the original bundle completely selling out). AliceSKD (talk) 19:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Questionable Accuracy?

A quote from the current page reads "Ys is second only to Final Fantasy as the largest Eastern role-playing game series." I'm pretty sure Dragon Quest vastly exceeds it, but I don't know with what context this statement was made. 68.80.48.208 (talk) 03:58, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which version of text is more preferable with respect to grammar and the MoS?

VERSION B

Early WP:SNOW close as suggested. A RfC is a bit of a heavy process for a simple content dispute. In any case, consensus for the second option is overwhelming. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 05:58, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Which version of text is more preferable with respect to grammar and the MoS?

Version A:

In 2002, Nicolas Livaditis, an avid Ys fan since Ys Book I & II and a Software Engineer, spearheaded an English fan translation project for the first PC remake, Ys I Complete. This led to more projects for Ys II Complete, Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin, though not all were completed (e.g. the Ys VI project was cancelled midway after Konami licensed it.) Completed patches can be found here for Ys I & II Complete and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys. In 2010, further success came to this type of fan work when XSEED chose to purchase the fan-translated script for Ys: The Oath in Felghana, an act considered historical and unprecedented! They would later go on to purchase three more scripts for Ys I & II, and Ys Origin! Typically, fan translation teams have some small level of fear that they may receive a cease and desist order for right-of-translation infringement given that unlicensed translations are technically illegal... XSEED lifted that fear to some extent.

Version B:

In 2002 Nicolas Livaditis, an avid Ys fan and software engineer, spearheaded an English fan translation project for the first PC remake, Ys I Complete. This led to other projects for Ys II Complete, Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin, though not all were completed; the Ys VI project for example, was cancelled to respect Konami's licensing rights. Completed translation patches were made for Ys I & II Complete and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys. In 2010, XSEED purchased the fan-translated script for Ys: The Oath in Felghana from Jeff Nussbaum, the actual translator, an act considered historical and unprecedented, as unlicensed translations are illegal. XSEED went on to purchase three more fan-translated scripts for Ys I, Ys II, and Ys Origin.

Version B While improvements could be made to this graph, the punctuation, grammar is better.. In addition it removes the unnecessary off-wiki reference to Mr. Livaditis. little green rosetta(talk)
central scrutinizer 06:24, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Version B. Much tighter prose. It's still not perfect, but is a country mile better than the first version. - SchroCat (talk) 10:41, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I took the liberty of reverting back to version B. Ysfan, I'm not warring with you, or taking sides against you, but the previous version was sub-standard. It was poorly written, has awful punctuation and a link to a fan site. These are all big no-nos on the MOS side of things and they are painful for people to try annd read through. Please take the edit (not just be me, but others too) in the spirit in which it was meant: as a very good faith effort to try and improve the article and how it appears. - SchroCat (talk) 11:00, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Version B is the encyclopedic way to go, per Lgr and SC. Version A is obviously unencyclopedic, in stark contrast. Jus da fax 17:19, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also going with Version B per the above reasonings. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 00:09, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Version B by far. Lots of informal language in A. Axem Titanium (talk) 05:20, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure what the author is asking because it is clear version B is better written, neutral and adheres to basic MoS compared to A. RfCs aren't really for basic copyediting issues unless there is some issue/conflict this RfC failed to disclose. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 10:20, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why is this an RFC? --Odie5533 (talk) 15:33, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because one editor was edit warring to keep in place version A. Another editor was attempting to be extraordinarily nice to the person preferring A, and thus started the RfC to show that it wasn't just people trying to beat up on him (like he thought) but that it really was a better choice. I think that any uninvolved editor could probably go ahead and close this now; there's really no reason to wait the full 30 days. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:25, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

From edit warring straight right to RFC. I'd think a simple talk page discussion would have sufficed. --Odie5533 (talk) 05:38, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Sources

Here's some sources for anyone whose willing: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. --ProtoDrake (talk) 20:41, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Ys (series) → Ys (video game series) – Again outside Japan "series" doesn't have to mean video game series. In this case Ys (anime) is also a series, but an anime series not a video game series. But again that's no the point, or should we remove TV from all (TV series) titles? In ictu oculi (talk) 14:47, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]