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4	'''Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys''' is the second of two ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' titles released as "Ys IV", the other being ''VideoGame/YsIVMaskOfTheSun''. Like the latter, series creator Creator/{{Falcom}} licensed out development to Creator/HudsonSoft, who also published it, and released it exclusively for the Platform/PCEngine on December 22, 1993. It remains the only non-SpinOff ''Ys'' installment to remain on a single platform.
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6	This version of ''Ys IV'' is also a {{Prequel}}. Two years after his adventures on Esteria, Adol returns to the island town of Minea to catch up with old friends, but leaves afterwards to travel to the region of Celceta on the Eresia mainland. When he arrives in the region, he hears about monsters increasing in number thanks to the actions of The Clan of Darkness, something that might be connected to the very evil Adol was summoned to fight.
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8	Just like ''Mask of the Sun'', ''The Dawn of Ys'' retains the birds-eye-view perspective and "Bump Attack" combat system from ''VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen'' and ''VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter'', including the use of magic spells via wands from the latter.
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10	Since ''Mask of the Sun'' was originally meant to be the canon version of ''Ys IV'' when Falcom released an official ''Ys'' timeline, ''The Dawn of Ys'' was {{Retcon}}ned out. However, some narrative elements of this game would be recycled in the VideoGameRemake ''VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta'', which also takes a few things from ''Mask of the Sun''
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12	!!This work provides the following examples:
13	* ATasteOfPower: Adol starts with the best equipment from the (chronologically) previous game. With it, he can OneHitKill everything and nothing can really hurt him. Naturally, he loses it very quickly and doesn't get it back until much later.
14	%%* {{Bifauxnen}}: Karna in ''The Dawn of Ys''.
15	* CannonFodder: Romun Empire soldiers in the game are given the weakest equipment.
16	* CanonDiscontinuity: This game was dropped from the official ''Ys'' timeline even before the release of ''VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta'', as it strayed too far from Falcom's vision.
17	* ClippedWingAngel: Arem's final BlobMonster form ("mind-numbingly easy" according to the Website/GameFAQs walkthrough by Deuce, who translated the text for the fan translation).
18	* ChekhovsGun: The first game's Mask of Eyes is really [[spoiler:the Mask of the Moon that controlled the Mask of the Sun]].
19	* EscortMission: The people you escort are badasses and will kill demons and Romun soldiers that are in their way without any problems, but they still can get killed by fire traps.
20	* EvilCounterpart: Gruda to Adol. They are both fearsome swordsmen with mastery of magic.
21	* EvilOverlooker: [[spoiler:Arem, the true main antagonist of the game, overlooks the other characters while in full armor and shadowed]] in the image for this page.
22	%%* EvilSorceror: Bami
23	%%* FallenAngel: Eldeel.
24	* HopelessBossFight: A more literal example - the battle with the possessed Keith Fact atop Darm Tower. FailureIsTheOnlyOption here.
25	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Done to [[spoiler:Eldeel by Gruda]] in when he has no more use to the latter.
26	* InfinityPlusOneSword: Leo's Sword is the strongest weapon in the game, but entirely optional and requires a bit of lateral thinking to acquire. In a twist, any attempt to use it against the FinalBoss will result in a NonStandardGameOver.
27	* NewGamePlus: Players get the option of starting a new game with Silver and Gold Rings after beating it for the first time. Both grant double the {{Experience Point}}s and gold, respectively.
28	%%* OneWingedAngel: Gadis and Arem in ''Dawn''.
29	* PragmaticAdaptation: This game was released ''a little over a month'' after ''Mask of the Sun'', was produced by a different developer (Creator/HudsonSoft), had a significantly different story and game-play, and is not part of Falcom's ''Ys'' {{Canon}}, [[AdaptationDistillation but is generally regarded as the superior game]].
30	* PoliceBrutality: Adol becomes victim to this at the hands of the [[TheEmpire Romun Empire]] because he spotted some of its soldiers arresting Karna despite the fact that he did not intervene in the arrest (probably not knowing whether she was being fairly arrested or not), and the soldiers decided to arrest him just for spotting Karna's arrest. He quickly becomes a {{Determinator}} who wants to wipe out this empire's invasions of Celceta and Esteria.
31	* PowerGlows: Adol's Cleria equipment gets enhanced into the Eldoran equipment, causing it to glow gold.
32	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Gadis, Bami, Gruda, and Eldeel
33	%%* TheHeavy: Gruda in ''The Dawn of Ys''.
34	* ShouldersOfDoom: Gadis, Bami, and Gruda in ''The Dawn of Ys'' all sport large shoulder pads. [[spoiler:Arem, their true master, similarly dons these pads]].
35	* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The Cleria equipment gets upgraded to the [[InfinityMinusOneSword Eldoran equipment]] which is required to damage Arem despite it not being the strongest gear.

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