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Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

Adol Christin's long-time friend, Dogi, wishes to return to his home town of Redmont after hearing about strange disturbances that are happening there. Always looking for an adventure, Adol joins him and soon…

27 September 1991

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 27 September 1991 on Family Computer.

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What Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 1991. It was published by Victor Musical Industries. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Adol Christin's long-time friend, Dogi, wishes to return to his home town of Redmont after hearing about strange disturbances that are happening there. Always looking for an adventure, Adol joins him and soon finds out the cause of this new evil. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys breaks away from the "bumping into enemies" battle system of the first two games, allowing Adol to control his sword in a variety of directions. Beside changing the battle system, the game's perspective switches to a side-scrolling view, as opposed to the top-down one of the previous games. Adol also has the ability to jump now. New to the series is the use of magical rings, which give Adol different powering-up abilities…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys launched on 27 September 1991, within three weeks of Super Ghouls'n Ghosts and Road Rash.

Released around the same time: Super Ghouls'n Ghosts, Road Rash.

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When did Ys III: Wanderers from Ys come out?
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys was released on 27 September 1991 for Family Computer.

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