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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Ys V: Kefin, The Lost City of Sand (Ys V: Ushinawareta Suna no Miyako Kefin) is the fifth entry in the <a href="/ys/3025-112/" data-ref-id="3025-112">Ys</a> action RPG series by <a href="/nihon-falcom-corp/3010-849/" data-ref-id="3010-849">Falcom</a>. The game was released for the <a href="/snes/3045-9/" data-ref-id="3045-9">Super Famicom</a> in 1995 and an "Expert" version of the game, which featured a higher difficulty level, was released in 1996 by <a href="/koei-co-ltd/3010-94/" data-ref-id="3010-94">Koei</a>. A remake of Ys V was created by <a href="/taito-corporation/3010-135/" data-ref-id="3010-135">Taito</a> and <a href="/arc-system-works-co-ltd/3010-570/" data-ref-id="3010-570">Arc System Works</a> in 2006 for the <a href="/playstation-2/3045-19/" data-ref-id="3045-19">PlayStation 2</a> under the title <a href="/ys-v-lost-kefin-kingdom-of-sand/3030-24327/" data-ref-id="3030-24327">Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand</a>. None of the versions of Ys V were ever published outside of Japan but an English fan translation for the original Super Famicom game was released by <a href="http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=ys5" rel="nofollow " data-ref-id="false">Aeon Genesis</a> in 2013.</p><p>Adol "the Red" Christin comes across the legend of a mysterious city that vanished into the desert, and heads off to seek its whereabouts. The game uses the top-down perspective of earlier Ys games as well as the active combat (that is, it requires a button press to swing Adol's sword) of Ys III. This format would then persist until the modern 3D Ys entries. Ys V also has a unique magic system that involves creating "fluxstones" out of three elemental stones in various amounts. Each fluxstone has a separate effect when cast. In addition, Adol earns a different type of XP for using magic instead of his sword, boosting his MP limit upon levelling up his magic skills.</p>