This Classic RPG Series Revels In Its Hair Metal Roots

In 1987 Japanese developer Falcom released a role-playing game so metal it needed its own in-house band to create the soundtrack. This February XSEED celebrates with the Ys I & II Chronicles Hair Metal Pack for the PSP. Ys I & [[link]] II Chronicles is a re-imagining of the first two games in the oft-mispronounced Ys series featuring redrawn artwork and a remastered musical score while preserving the games’ bump-to-battle action RPG gameplay. When the original game was released back in 1987, Falcom’s in-house band The jdk Band let their hair down to create one of [[link]] the most rocking soundtracks of the time. Celebrating this gloriously over-the-top music, XSEED is making every launch copy of the compilation a Hair Metal Pack, with a soundtrack CD containing more than 20 tracks from both games included in the package. Don’t make fun of the accompanying video; we [[link]] all thought we looked that awesome in the 80s.