Here's how the new font stuff looks like on real hardware! I don't have a CRT TV but having component cables is a great improvement to the picture quality!

If anybody can find Lost Kefin at a decent price PLEASE let me know. It's craxy that Lost Kefin's strongest warrior (me) can't afford the game himself, I don't have 50 million dollars unfortunately (actual price I saw for a listing of the game!)

One of my many, many project ideas is to port the NES versions of Ys 1 and 2 to the SNES since there's a good few resources about that now. Not sure if it's a worse idea than making a PC port of Lost Kefin once recompiling PS2 games become possible LOL. If I had infinite free time I'd do both tbh.

Lost Kefin Update: We have been working on getting a Variable-Width Font working with the game! Big thanks to Everdred for helping with this just like with all the other technical stuff with this game! Hopefully we can get the full release out soon! Thank you for the support as always!

Our friend Mr. Frederickson lost his battle with terminal cancer over the weekend. He'd worked for a year to translate the sequel to his favorite Sega Saturn RPG "Mystaria: The Realms of Lore" but passed it to others in his final days. His story: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/19/f...

The art style and overall design of the towns and houses of Lost Kefin are really great!

It's moments in the game like these that make Lost Kefin so peak to me.

I need to get a CRT so I can experience Peak Kefin in its true beauty. 🙏

This past year had its ups and downs for me, but working on Lost Kefin has helped me stay on track on getting through this year. I am extremely grateful for all the support I have received trying to get this goofy game playable in English! I hope the best for everyone for this upcoming year!

While I'm at it, this might be a good moment to bring this up again. It's an interesting read, and the PS2 version pulls some of its plot from it. falcom.wiki/wiki/Ys_V_or...

Hi everyone! I'm glad to announce that the first public beta for my translation of Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand is now available! You can check it out here: github.com/Kaisaan/lost... Please report any issues in my Discord server! discord.gg/JnqvyDryen

Lost Kefin update: Etokapa has been doing a lot of testing to make sure that the beta/alpha build is at least decently playable. Turns out there's been many crashes, freezes, and errors that I' showing here with no context for fun. Thankfully most of these have already been fixed!

Lost Kefin update: While we're preparing for a public beta release, I figured I finally open up submissions for Chest Messages for the game! All the info should be written in the form. If y'all have any questions feel free to ask me! forms.gle/hy35bsjytR6X...

Lost Kefin Update: I fixed the Magic Stones menu! I *think* the game is currently playable fully in English in some form. I'll need to do some testing on my end just to be sure. It's incredible to finally see this game in English!

Lost Kefin Update: I got most of the menus working properly! Big thanks to Everdred for helping with some if the technical stuff. Also a larger thanks to @seiichiromine.bsky.social for playing through the game already and providing save files to help speed up testing!

Lost Kefin Update: Before & After This was just an issue on my end with how I repointed the text. Once I get through all the equip screens I think that's all the major errors fixed? I also need to fix the centering of the info text at the bottom but that isnt a big issue. Thanks for the support!

Lost Kefin update: I fixed a bug with the text in the options not printing since it expects Shift-JIS and not ASCII values. 🔥 This took 3 late nights looking at the code to figure this out. 🔥🔥 But it was actually a very simple solution I just overthought everything. 🔥🔥🔥 There's more to do...

Out of all the Ys games on PS2, why is Lost Kefin so expensive... Lowest I could find on Ebay is about 300 dollars CAD. And for some reason someone is selling a copy of it for almost 50 million dollars! Here's proof: www.ebay.com/itm/31587254... Please let me know where I can find good deals!

Lost Kefin update: Graphics extraction and re-insertion has been fully automated now! The edited graphics is now built automatically. All I have left to do is fix crashes and then the game will be ready for betatesting! Thank you everyone for your support!

As I am getting closer to finishing all the technical work for Lost Kefin's translation, I have realized that this game is *very* jank even from a hacking standpoint. I know the game itself is also very jank but that is okay too. Nothing will make me stop loving you, Lost Kefin!

Never interrupt a man when he's tinkermaxxing

Hi y'all! It's been a while! I made a thread to include all the latest updates with my projects! Also here is Adol in a chest!

Hi everyone! I apologize for the lack of updates. There is a *lot* to go over, and not just for Lost Kefin stuff! So let's start! Lost Kefin is progressing well! I got graphics reinsertion going very smoothly! This is in big thanks to Etokapa's work with editing the images.

I need to get a CRT so I can experience peak in the best way possible. 🙏

Good news: the Kiseki Wiki is migrating away from Fandom. The better news? Our friends at Ys Wiki are joining us to collectively form the Falcom Wiki, your future home for all Falcom lore. Read the announcement at kiseki.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

Fan Expo time ‼️‼️‼️ Will anyone recognize my Dogi cosplay ⁉️ Will I buy lots of things ⁉️ Will I find anything Ys related ⁉️ Find out soon ‼️ Regardless of what happens I am very excited ‼️

All the lines in Lost Kefin has been translated! There's still a long way to go with editing and re-insertion. I still have to do graphics re-insertion which is not fun lol. Thank you to everyone for supporting and helping me with all this! If things go well, I might be able to release this soon(tm)

After a very long time, I finally finished Final Fantasy 4: The After Years! It's difficult for me to say anything positive about this game LOL But I like the Band that's literally just called Final Fantasy I hope more FF games are more On The Nose. Not sure when I'll play FF5 to be honest.

Dogi Cosplay Update: I found a blue wig! I just need to style it properly. I also got blue sweatbands and a belt. So basically I look more like Classic Dogi. I'll post a photo of everything later. Any other suggestions on improving my low-budget Dogi cosplay is very much welcome!

Anyone have any suggestions on how to make my Dogi cosplay look more like Dogi? Right now all I have down are the green shirt and brown pants. But I end up looking more like Shaggy. I'll see if I can make those Blue wristband/cuffs that he sometimes has. If only I could find the right wig lol.

I got tickets for Fanexpo Toronto! I'll be there on Saturday and Sunday. I don't plan on buying anything but it would be nice to see more merch, art, and hopefully cosplays of the many series that I love. I'm very excited! I hope everyone else that is going has fun as well!

Eep #metaphor

New update thread check it out!

With July coming to an end, I think it's a good idea I make a thread to update y'all on what I've been doing. Ys 5 PS2 translation is going well! We have a few folks helping with the translation as it smoothly progresses.

I think Ys is pretty neat

Anyone planning to go to Fan Expo Toronto? I'm hoping to do a simple Dogi cosplay! I'm really looking forward to see cool cosplays and meeting up with friends. Hopefully I don't spend too much money there I don't have any space so hopefully that will stop me from buying stuff LOL.

some sprites #megaman #pixelart #spriting

Even Elena has some unused artwork. There's so much leftover content from Ys 3 (including unused stuff) in Ys 5 for the PS2. Adol's sprites from 3 is also in the files for 5.

I love Burning Rangers ‼️

I got the new Ys 8 novel! Thanks to my friend for getting this for me! Time for me to actually start the original novel first LOL. What do y'all think of the Ys 8 novelization?

Here's some clearly unused and unfinished graphics from the files of Lost Kefin. Interesting to see graphics from Ys 4 and 3 be here. Also we have Aron and Colin again.

Seems that the Dogi Discussion went well. I now ask you all the ultimate question. What Adol is your favourite? TBH they all seem to be the same design lol. I guess this will be about what Adol expression is the best one.

Thanks for the answers from the last question! I present a new set of Colins to share. Ripped straight from Lost Kefin's galleries, what one is your favourite?

Bsky Bonus: What one is your favourite? Big thanks to Etokapa for making these wonderful edits!

THAT FRIDAY FEELING ‼️

2 @kaisaan.bsky.social

Hi y'all! Who wants to test out builds of Lost Kefin's translation as we work on it? Now that building patches is all automated, I want to show my gratitude for all the support by letting y'all try out early releases. Reply here or DM me here or DM me on Discord so I can send you patches!

Hi everyone! I apologize for being quiet here. Thankfully, things are progressing very well for Lost Kefin's translation! Let me explain what's been happening.

That’s @kaisaan.bsky.social!!

A New Fan Project Aims To Translate Taito's PS2 Remake Of 'Ys V' Into English.