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Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand
Super Famicom cover art
Developer(s)	Nihon Falcom Arc System Works (PS2)
Publisher(s)	Nihon Falcom Koei (Ys V Expert) Taito (PS2)
Director(s)	Tadashi Hayakawa
Producer(s)	Masayuki Kato
Artist(s)	Minako Iwasaki Kazuo Nakamura
Composer(s)	Naoki Kaneda Satoshi Arai Atsushi Shirakawa
Series	Ys
Platform(s)	Super Famicom, PlayStation 2
Release	Super Famicom JP: December 29, 1995 JP: March 22, 1996 (Ys V Expert) PlayStation 2 JP: March 30, 2006
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand^[1] is a 1995 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom.^[2] It is the fifth game in the Ys series of video games and was released for the Super Famicom in December 1995. A remake by Arc System Works and Taito was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2006.^[3][4]

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Adol is traveling through new lands, in search of more adventure, when he hears of the vanished desert city of Kefin. He sets off to investigate this ancient city's disappearance.

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The RPG-style statistical elements and the overhead view of most of the previous games are retained in Ys V. As in Ys III, there is no auto-attack; the player must press a button to swing Adol's sword. Adol is also given the ability to jump and defend with his shield. A new magic system is introduced in Ys V as well, which requires the player to charge up spells by holding a button before they can be cast. Adol must level up physical skills and magical skills separately.

Ys V was originally released on December 29, 1995 in Japan for the Super Famicom. The following year, Falcom released a second version of the game with a higher difficulty level, known as Ys V Expert.^[3] A remake was developed by Arc System Works and published by Taito for the PlayStation 2 on March 30, 2006.^[4]

Japanese publication Famitsu gave the original SFC version of the game a score of 26 out of 40. Famitsu also scored the PS2 release of Ys V a 28 out of 40.^[4] Super GamePower gave it a 4/5.^[5]

• Official website (in Japanese) via Internet Archive
• Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand at MobyGames