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Typing of Ys

The Ys Typing Tutor game is a normally hidden mini-game included with the full Zwei!! PC game that can be unlocked provided certain conditions are met. It is based mostly around Ys II Complete, both in sprites…

30 December 2001

Typing of Ys is an arcade developed by Nihon Falcom, released 30 December 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Typing of Ys is

Typing of Ys is an arcade game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2001. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Ys Typing Tutor game is a normally hidden mini-game included with the full Zwei!! PC game that can be unlocked provided certain conditions are met. It is based mostly around Ys II Complete, both in sprites and text related material.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ys series

Typing of Ys is the 21st of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. It arrived a year after Ys II Complete. The next entry was Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim in 2003.

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What it launched against

Typing of Ys launched on 30 December 2001, within three weeks of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga and Sonic Advance.

Released around the same time: Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga, Sonic Advance.

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When did Typing of Ys come out?
Typing of Ys was released on 30 December 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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