Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga update out now, patch notes – Nintendo Switch 2 resolution boost, more

A new update went live this week for Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga, and it’s a pretty notable one.

Aside from various features, there are some big additions and improvements. For one thing, higher resolution is now supported when playing on Nintendo Switch 2. There’s also a message log, expanded training mode options, a music player, HD Rumble support, and more.

The full rundown is as follows:

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga update patch notes

– Adjusted an animation for the skill Draguna Edge (Agate)
– Fixed some flickering effects
– Fixed some connection inconsistencies on LAN Mode
– Nintendo Switch: Implemented various fixes and additional QoL features, some of them already present on other platforms: Message log, expanded training mode options, music-player mode and BGM Info Display
– Nintendo Switch: Resolution is enhanced depending on the console model’s available performance
– Revised localization of various items and fixed localization and text alignment issues
– Added message log feature, accessible by pressing up on directional buttons during story mode sequences.
– Added BGM info display feature
– Added subtitles for the Ending Movies
– Added 3 new achievements in the Record menu
– Added HD Rumble support
– Added Master Volume setting
– Improved error handling on Network Mode
– Revised rendering brightness of some objects to improve quality and make it more accurate to the original
– Revised transparency of some effects to improve visual quality
– Fixed the position of some story portraits
– Fixed stuttering in animations from the Story Mode
– Fixed some white textures appearing darkened in some cases
– Fixed some voice lines from the English dub not playing properly
– Fixed vertical axis on the control stick being inverted when playing with a single Joy-Con (R) being held horizontally.
– Fixed a mistake that lets human players accidentally sit out, a feature reserved for computer players, which can crash the game at the beginning of the battle
– Fixed the rendering of some effects to prevent flickering
– Fixed an issue where random inputs would be processed from Player2-4 if their controller is disconnected while the Player was active
– Various miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

In other news for Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga, a physical release was announced this week. Get those details here.