Oh wow, Aksys took Tokyo Xanadu and now NIS picking up Ys. Xseed losing favor it seems or they didn't want to localize them I guess.
Anyways, great news ! I will pick this up again for my vita.
Edit :
please don't ask me any questions related to NISA announcing Ys VIII. we didn't give it up willingly and I've cried like...a fuckton over it
— Leona Renee (@Hatsuu) February 18, 2017
It appears that Xseed wanted to localize Ys.