Great games, with great stories! I suppose the remakes would be a nice way to revisit those. They look stunning, even though I prefer some of the older character models, like Ryuji Goda's.

These minigame requirements are evil for sure. I'm looking at you, pachislot!

I know that struggle. The controls were sometimes a tad sensitive when you're trying to precariously balance or jump from one platform to the other. The Saturn version also had these annoying laser beam death traps you'd have to navigate through. It was an insta-kill and back to the beginning if you happened to graze one of those. The game is still one of my favorites, combining first-person shooting, platforming, and Metroid-style gameplay. That's an awesome banner btw!

That's pretty much where I stand as well. Maybe I need to do a little more looking-into the situation, I guess.

I don't know the whole story behind XSEED but there's a great deal of Falcom purists that hate them, calling them thieves and the like. Don't rightly know what that's all about but if this is somebody Falcom personally trusts to handle the localization, I think we're good.

It's a lovely day for Ys appreciation. I, too, am very excited for VIII to come here. Going to jump on it the second it shows up.

Happy 30th Anniversary to Ys, one of my favorite RPG series.

It all started way back in the mid 90s or so, when I was just a little kid. Ys III (AKA Wanderers of Ys) was one of my earliest RPG experiences, having rented it for the SNES long ago, and mine with Wanderers was very positive for me. From then on, I was a fan of the series. It's also my earliest introduction to Falcom, so I guess if it hadn't been for that I wouldn't have taken an interest in playing Popful Mail years later.

On that note, I am happily looking forward to owning Ys VIII, and I'm glad that it's getting localized.

It's a cherished game within the PC Engine community for the very reasons you mentioned. We love it.

It's.. Going okay. I'm going to be fully honest and admit here that, since I'm playing on Sonic's UGC, I'm using its built-in save states to keep progress- not abusing them, just so I can go back and continue where I already was. I don't think it's a game I could sit down and play in one sitting as it's programmed, I'd need some kind of stage select with a Game Genie if I were to buy a physical copy. It's super long, it's challenging, but it's a pretty solid game with a nice soundtrack that sticks with me long after I turn it off.

Cho Aniki is such a silly and fun game. I'm glad to see you enjoyed it as well.

Also I just realized that there is a game with a character voiced by Adam Sandler: Little Nicky for the Game Boy Color!

I really wish I could find a good video of Sadwick's voice from The Whispered World that isn't spoilery, but he honestly sounds like someone doing a very bad Adam Sandler impression.