Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga (2010) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga

The game features a clash between Falcom's two main franchises, Ys and Sora no Kiseki (Trails in the Sky) with appearances by a cast of familiar characters from each of the two series. The game's story mode is…

29 August 2010

What Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga is

Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2010. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game features a clash between Falcom's two main franchises, Ys and Sora no Kiseki (Trails in the Sky) with appearances by a cast of familiar characters from each of the two series. The game's story mode is similar to those from the same fighting game genre. The player follows a character's journey across several stages to meet and fight different adversaries until achieving that character's epilogue. Unlike other games however, the battles follows Ys Seven's overhead display of combat and giving the player a greater variety of combat capabilities unique to those of a RPG.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Ys series

Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga is the 33rd of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. It arrived 8 months after Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection. The next entry was Ys: Memories of Celceta in 2012.

See all 51 Ys games in release order →

What it launched against

Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga launched on 29 August 2010, within three weeks of Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Pokémon Black Version.

Released around the same time: Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Pokémon Black Version.

Official trailer