[AX 2024] “Ys X: Nordics” Hands-On

Ys X: Nordics was playable on the show floor, and we got a chance to do some dungeon crawling.
Read moreYs X: Nordics was playable on the show floor, and we got a chance to do some dungeon crawling.
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