Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter

Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter
DeveloperNihon Falcom
PublisherNihon Falcom
DirectorMasaya Hashimoto
ProducerMasayuki Kato
DesignerMasaya Hashimoto
WritersTakahiro Ōura
Tomō Yamane
Tomoyoshi Miyazaki
ComposersYuzo Koshiro
Mieko Ishikawa
Hideya Nagata
SeriesYs
PlatformsPC-8801, PC-9801, FM-7, X1, MSX2, Famicom, MS-DOS, Sega Saturn, Windows
Release
April 22, 1988
  • PC-8801
    • JP: April 22, 1988
    PC-9801, X1
    • JP: June 24, 1988
    FM-7
    • JP: July 8, 1988
    MSX2
    • JP: July 15, 1988
    Famicom
    • JP: May 25, 1990
    MS-DOS
    Saturn
    • JP: October 29, 1998
    Windows
    • JP: July 6, 2000
    i-mode
    • JP: June 2003
GenreAction role-playing
ModeSingle-player

Ys II: 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.