Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter
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Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter

Ys II, titled on-screen as Ancient Ys Vanished: The Final Chapter, is a 1988 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom. It is a sequel to Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished and takes place immediately following it. The game was first released for the PC-8801 and PC-9801 and has seen several ports and remakes since.

Picking up almost immediately after the events of the first game, the story opens with Adol being transported to the titular civilization, which is now a floating island in the heavens. There, Adol learns the truth behind the first game's events, being part of a larger conspiracy orchestrated by a greater evil, as well as the kingdom of Ys itself.

Ys II was later adapted into an OVA series Ys II: Castle in the Heavens. DotEmu has released the game on Android with the following localizations: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese.

Like its predecessor, Ys II was ported to various other platforms following its first release, such as the FM-7, X1, MSX2, and Famicom.

It was released along with its predecessor as part of the enhanced compilation, Ys I & II, for the TurboGrafx-CD by Hudson Soft in 1989. For many years this was the only version of Ys II that received an official English release.

An MS-DOS remake called Ys II Special, developed by Mantra, was released exclusively for the South Korean market in 1994. It was a mash-up of Ys II with the OVA Ys II: Castle in the Heavens along with a large amount of new content, including more secrets than any other version of the game. The game was a success in Korea, despite competition from the Korean RPG Astonishia Story that same year.

A Sega Saturn version for Japan only was released in 1998 in a compilation called Falcom Classics II.

Years later, a third remake was released for Microsoft Windows-based PCs as Ys II Eternal, and later as Ys II Complete. Versions of the game have also been developed for mobile phone platforms.

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