History YMMV / Ys

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix-buZF6CQQ&hd=1 Innocent Primeval Breaker]] from Ys Seven is this troper's favorite song in the series.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The general reaction to the news that Falcom was ''finally'' making their own in-house version of Ys IV.
** For the western fanbase, Oath in Felghana being released on Steam, with Origin comnig soon down the pipeline.

* MoralEventHorizon: During Hugo's scenario in ''Origin'', Duless [[spoiler: not only petrifies Epona but also shatters her to pieces right in front of Hugo]].

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Kain Fact]] in ''Origin''. [[spoiler: Kain is the one responsible for allowing demons to invade Ys, causing it to float. He also uses his own sons in an experiment to see what would happen if a human is imbued with seeds of evil. Later, he fuses himself with the black pearl and becomes Darm, the main antagonist in ''Ys I'' and ''Ys II'']].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[CrowningMusic/{{Ys}} Metric tons of it.]] There is ''no'' bad music in Ys, only tracks that are less awesome than others.

** Also, [[spoiler:Bishop Nikolas]] Garland in ''Oath''. He played both Count McGuire and Chester like fiddles to bring about the resurrection of Galbalan, [[spoiler:AND he shows nothing but contempt for Nell after Nell happily serves him as "Dularn" all throughout the plot and gives her life to try and stop Adol.]]

* SuperlativeDubbing: In surprising contrast to what happened to most of the series, XSEED's ''Oath'' release features a lot of ''really'' good voicework for the lead characters (though the extras, [[SoBadItsGood not so much]]). Elena and Chester in particular stand out - which is good, since their speaking roles are by far the largest.
** The English voice work in Ys Book 1 & 2 for the Turbo Grafx CD is widely considered to be one of the first examples of this in a Video game especially considering since it is from 1989. One of the reasons why is that Hudson managed to get known Animation voice talent such as JimCummings, Alan Oppenheimer, Dan Gilvezan and MichaelBell

* MagnificentBastard: Chester in ''III'' and ''Oath''. It's perhaps worth noting that his ''Oath''-era character art bears a startling resemblance to [[DeathNote Light Yagami]].

* [=~It's Easy, So It Sucks~=]: ''Ys V'' was apparently so easy that an UpdatedRerelease titled ''Ys V Expert'' was released not long after.

* [=~They Just Didn't Care~=]: Basically every third-party port or remake has at least a few moments of this, though it's nicely averted in the Korean-made Ys II Special where the designers obviously ''did'' care.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vr8h3FlHJg&fmt=18 The Title Screen]] from Ys IV: Mask of the Sun is this troper's favorite song in the series.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vh7GoZ4ntg&fmt=18 Ultramarine Deep]] from Ark of Naphtism is great as well.
** As is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKIZX5sG-RY&fmt=18 Sealed Time]] from The Oath in Felghana.

* AlasPoorVillain: Quite a few examples, a big reason for this is the [[EvilIsCool amazing]] ([[EvilIsSexy or alluring]]) character designs and their undeniably cool attitude [[JerkassDissonance despite the evil they are doing]]. YourMileageMayVary, but a good example would be Dalles (Duless) and Zava. Epona also counts, whether she does her [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] or not.

* YourMileageMayVary: Mostly on the subject of ''Ys III''. Widely agreed to have the best music and one of the best plots in the series, it's nonetheless often overlooked due to being the ''sole'' sidescrolling entry in the series, a change fans hated so much that the series has never done it again. Up until the release of its vastly superior remake, ''Oath in Felghana'', which used the engine from ''Ark of Napishtim'', opinions were split down the middle as to whether the music and plot of ''III'' made up for the subpar gameplay.
** The truly hilarious clincher to all this is that ''Ys III'' is by far the most-released Ys game in the U.S. - it was released for all of the fourth-gen consoles in the early 90s and was essentially given the role of vanguarding the series' proper U.S. push. That ended about as well as could be expected. Then the PSP version of ''Oath'' got fast-tracked for a U.S. release, ahead of ''Chronicles'' and almost ahead of ''SEVEN''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: [[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3133778&did=13 1UP called the original duology one of the most boring games of all time in 2004]]. It isn't hard to see why - it's an "action RPG" where you don't actually actively attack much of the time. Even by 1988 it was getting stale, and the next three games were all about essentially trying to find Ys' footing in a new world with lots of competition. These days, seeing what drew people in at all at first (I.E., the impressive-for-the-era graphics, amazing music and pretty nice customization) can be extremely difficult.

* {{Narm}}: Atlus's translation of the DS game renders the dungeon near the end of ''Ys II'' as the rather [[IncrediblyLamePun fishy-sounding]] Palace of Salmon. Fortunately, XSEED seems to be going with [[{{Woolseyism}} more natural-sounding and less literally translated names]] for its translation of the PSP versions. (In this case, the location is known as the Shrine of Solomon in XSEED's translation, as shown on its Web site for the game. This name should be familiar to players of the [=~TurboGrafx-16~=] games.)

* {{Woolseyism}}: XSEEDGames seems to specialize in this with its English localizations, such as with the random ''{{Castlevania}}: Symphony of the Night'' reference in ''SEVEN'' from a minor NPC.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[CrowningMusic/Ys Metric tons of it.]] There is ''no'' bad music in Ys, only tracks that are less awesome than others.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Metric tons of it. There is ''no'' bad music in Ys, only tracks that are less awesome than others.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In addition to breaking the difficulty of the game, Vageux Vadette in the DS version of Ys I missed a perfectly good chance to show the player what happened to Sara. Adol follows her in there and it would have been a great time to show us her fate. Instead, he finds nothing and returns to Minea where the plot picks up as if the whole sequence never happened.