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Maia: "This is just another dream of mine..." This story is a retelling. The original story was told in Ys IV: Mask of the Sun and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys. |
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"Readers have often found themselves wondering at what point Adol Christin (...), began referring to himself as "adventurer". (...) Eighteen years of age, his curiosity at its peak... Let us look back on the events which occurred in the Great Forest of Celceta, and share in Adol's passion for adventure and discovery."
~ Excerpt from "Great Forest of Celceta"
Ys: Memories of Celceta, released in Japan as Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta (イース セルセタの樹海 Īsu: Seruseta no Jukai), is an action role-playing game for the PlayStation Vita released in Japan on September 27, 2012, and in North America by XSEED Games on November 26, 2013.
A PC version followed on July 25, 2018, via Steam and GOG. The game was later enhanced for PlayStation 4 as Ys: Memories of Celceta - Kai, which released in Japan on May 16, 2019. XSEED localized this remastered version for the West in June 2020. A Nintendo Switch version titled Ys Memoire: Memories of Celceta was released in Japan on May 22, 2025, featuring an option to switch to a newly arranged soundtrack.
Ys: Memories of Celceta is the third game to be considered the canonical Ys IV, but the first to be developed by Falcom themselves. Initially, Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys was treated as the canonical version, as it began development first under Hudson Soft. However, in 2003, Falcom published an official timeline alongside Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, recognizing Ys IV: Mask of the Sun as the canonical Ys IV, since it followed Falcom’s original story plans more closely.[3]
This version of Ys IV follows series protagonist Adol Christin, who, suffering from amnesia, sets out to explore the vast and mysterious land of Celceta.
Preface[]
"Adol Christin... An adventurer of great renown, whose exploits are widely discussed and hotly debated to this day.
His enterprises are recorded in over one hundred volumes of personal travelogues, which paint a vivid picture of the world and set the imaginations of those who read them ablaze.
Indeed, a significant number of historians continues to believe that the Age of Discovery came about as a result of Adol's travelogues and the thirst for adventure their contents spurn.
However, readers have often found themselves wondering at what point Adol Christin, born in a poor village high in the mountains, began referring to himself as "adventurer".
Historians and scholars have proposed countless theories to address this, yet in truth, the answer is recorded clearly in one particular volume of Adol's travelogues...
The adventure I am about to recount took place two years after Adol left his homeland.
Eighteen years of age, his curiosity at its peak... Where would his thirst for the unknown guide him next, and what wonders awaited him there?
Let us look back on the events which occurred in the Great Forest of Celceta, and share in Adol's passion for adventure and discovery."
Reception[]
On Metacritic, Ys: Memories of Celceta received "generally favorable" reviews on PS Vita holding a metascore of 82/100 based on 56 critic reviews.[4] While it received "mixed or average" reviews on PC with a metascore of 74/100 based on 7 critic reviews.[5]
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- ↑ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/235221-ys-memories-of-celceta/data
- ↑ http://www.interwise.com.tw/interwise/index.php?route=product/product&path=110_116&product_id=294
- ↑ Ys IV: Dawn of Ys / Mask of the Sun, Hardcore Gaming 101 (Kurt Kalata, October 5, 2017)
- ↑ "Ys: Memories of Celceta for PlayStation Vita Reviews". Metacritic.
- ↑ "Ys: Memories of Celceta for PC Reviews". Metacritic.