While exploring the forest, Adol slowly recovers his memories of his previous encounters. Governor-General Griselda, the local ruler, then hires Adol and Duren to explore Celceta and draw a map of it because neither she nor her government has a full map of the area. Then, he meets an information dealer, Duren, who claims to have met him before. The game is set in the land of Celceta, and begins when the series's protagonist, Adol Christin, arrives in the town of Casnan with amnesia due to unknown reasons. The game takes place a year after the events of Ys II, and about a year before Ys: The Oath in Felghana. Also, the game makes use of both the touchscreen and rear touch pad to provide useful features. A successful evasion shortly before they would land is known as a flash move, makes the party temporarily invincible, and slows down the enemy. A successful parry is known as a flash guard, nullifies only the parried hit's damage, earns skill points, and turns any successful ripostes into critical attacks. Furthermore, players can attempt to parry attacks, evade them shortly before the attack lands, or take a defensive stance to reduce damage taken.

The eight different statistics of weapons and armor can be customized by reinforcing with different minerals, plant and animal materials. Various accessories can be equipped giving various passive bonuses. Each character has a powerful move called an EXTRA move that can only be used when the meter is filled. A maximum of three characters can be used at a time, and can be switched on-the-fly.

Some enemies are weak against a certain type of attack and are resistant to the other two other enemies have no particular weakness and thus any attack type is effective. Each member has a specific attack type classified into three types: Slash, Strike, and Pierce. Throughout most of the game, the main protagonist Adol is accompanied by Duren, but other party members also join at different times. In addition to a standard attack button, special moves called Skills can be utilized by pressing certain button combinations. Gameplay of Memories of Celceta is similar to other Ys titles, as it is an action role-playing game featuring real-time combat. The game follows the usual series protagonist Adol Christin, who begins the game with amnesia, as he explores the forests of Celceta with his companions. Memories of Celceta is identified by Nihon Falcom as the 4th canonical game in the series, after they had outsourced the development of Ys IV: Mask of the Sun and Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys in the 1990s.

A PlayStation 4 version was released in Japan in May 2019, and in North America and Europe in June 2020. A Windows version was released in China in 2015, and worldwide in July 2018. The game was originally released for the PlayStation Vita in Japan and later in North America by Xseed Games in November 2013, and in PAL regions by NIS America in February 2014. Ys: Memories of Celceta is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom.

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