Cult Classic Ys Origin Launches on Nintendo Switch in Early October

Cult classic JRPG Ys Origin is getting a Switch release in less than a week. Developer and publisher Dotemu has just confirmed that the game will drop on Nintendo Switch on October 1. Pre-orders are already open and include a 20% discount from the game's regular $20 / €20 price. Ys Origin is an action-RGP that made its debut on PC back in 2006. Six years later, Xseed Games published an English-language localization of the game, via Steam and later through other digital distribution stores. There are multiple Ys games, so it's important to mention that Ys Origin is a prequel to the eight previous installments. It takes place 700 years before the events of Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished and tells the backstory of Ys, Darm Tower, the Black Pearl, the twin goddesses, and the six priests. Ys Origin has three playable characters: Yunica Tovah, Hugo Fact, and “The Claw.” Finishing the game with each character reveals more of the story. Naturally, each playable character has a...