The Suikoden Iceberg Explained

a series known for its cult following and dedicated fan base it was praised for its tremendous combat amazing music and is remembered as one of the few RPGs that were able to balance the aspect of having more than 100 characters involved and still able to convey an amazing plot this is the suicide iceberg [Music] connected universe the suicidin universe is encompassed by five main console games so we could in one through five and a group of spin-offs a strategy RPG game known as suicide in tactics or rapsodia in Japan two Canon visual novel games called genso suicogaiden 1 and 2 featuring The Adventures of Nash which provide background to suicide in 2 and foreshadowing for three a Game Boy Advance adaptation of the card game shoehorned into a retelling of suicidin 2's plot a Nintendo DS spin-off which is set in an alternate universe unconnected to the main suicidean World none of which save tier Crees have seen an English language release there's also a slot machine game released in 2010 suicide in woven web of the centuries a final spin-off game was launched on the PSP in 2012 however it was never localized fan translations due to never being officially released overseas suica Gaiden card stories and woven web of the centuries received English translations by fans of the series short stories the genso sweep it in short stories is a collection of four short stories about various characters from the series although some of the stories have been translated by fans they have never been officially translated into English manga adaptations sweep it in two three and five all receive some form of manga adaptation parallel to their release these are known for making heavy changes to the story overall they were released solely in Japan and were met with very mixed reviews the pluck sword Barbarossa hands Teo his sword pluck in the game's opening scene mistranslated as prac in the English version pluck is a reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure where a character named bruford gives Jonathan joestar his sword called luck and pluck Western censorship towards the beginning of the game the player must rescue varcus and Sedonia from Posts that they are tied to however in the Japanese release the two are instead tied up to two crosses resembling crucifixion it's currently unknown why exactly it was removed in the Japanese version but it was heavily speculated to be for its intense religious themes and use of violence opening sequence impossible scenario several game Clips are shown during the introduction of the game one of these clips shows flick Odessa and Humphrey fighting without the player which cannot be replicated in the game Hermes symbolism the rod of Hermes Cameron doll's final weapon upgrade is a reference to the real life symbol of medicine the staff of Hermes Matilda glitch The Muse Matilda border gate is an interactive object with a pushable box or a boulder flagged on it as a result the player can move in early in the game giving them access to the Matilda region this glitch lets you complete the future side quest early in the game allowing you to recruit both Humphrey and Butch should you do this the enemies in the area will be quite powerful in relation to your current level but if you win the random battles you'll get a significant quantity of experience and levels allowing normal game growth relatively simple this bug has been fixed in the PS versions of suicide in one and two foreign Escape talismans when crin and stallion first join your party they will both have an escape Talisman with him as it resembles their abilities and reputation however unlike normal one-time use talismans these two specific talismans can be used indefinitely as long as they are never stored in the warehouse they have a special flag set that grants them this ability which is normally reserved for the blinking mirror because that flag isn't normally used for escape talismans it'll be lost if they're kept in the storehouse they can however be transferred between characters without losing the infinite flag sweep it in two intro in color the intro scene will be presented in full color instead of sepia if the player completes more than 108 battles against Thailand soldiers before jumping off the cliff at the start of the game characters react differently the bath has a number of intriguing features if you stay in the bath for a few minutes your characters will turn bright red as if they were boiling if you take an all-male party the very feminine General though he is male will sit in the women's side of the baths fuma will be submerged in water breathing through what appears to be a reed foreign if Joey is hacked into the party during the game neither the king or best friend versions of the character will appear in the HQ despite the fact that they are never generally available through regular means they can both be withdrawn and added to the party with unique and varied conversation even though he is never a part of the team after the events that lead to the castle being accessible best friend Joey can be given the statue that appears at the top of the castle for earning the most kills foreign kids inspiration a character introduced in suicide 3 has his character inspired by Conan edagawa from the Detective Conan Manga and Anime series case closed in Japan weapon naming themes weapons are sometimes renamed as their levels arise many characters are recruited with weapons that have been upgraded beyond their early level names but these names are still coded into the game when we look at the names we can see that all of Clive's weapons have a wind theme such as wind storm and tornado and Warren's weapons are all referenced to the Norse god Odin though they are all badly mistranslated [Music] fake name running gag throughout the first three installments the characters are given the scene in which they must use a fake name stoltheim reinbach III is an option for a name in all of the games Victor uses it and sweep it in one the player can give the name to flick and squeak it in too and Chris can use it and sweep it in three Stoll time reinbach III appears as a character in the fourth installment which is a prequel to the previous games taking place approximately 150 years before the events of the previous games this would imply that for some reason his name has been remembered throughout history Lorelei is op this character has used a different type of weapon in each of her appearances throughout the series in the first game she uses a bow in the second game a scythe and it's weaken in five a whip this indicates that she is a powerful well-rounded fighter her recruitment policy usually requires a high level proving her own skill cut op roon and sweep it in two there is an unused Rune in the game's code called the Solitude Rune which can only be obtained through the use of hacking or a cheat device this Rune will increase a weapon's attack power based on how many people are in your party the fewer the greater the increase it was likely removed due to the extremely substantial boost to the attack stat that the Rune can create sweep it in two alternate ending player chooses to flee from nanami during the events around Tinto another ending can be revealed in which the hero and nanami live peacefully in the countryside furthermore many characters have unique dialogue during this sequence including a script coded in for both Victor and flick despite the fact that you cannot add them to your party at this time 's diary and suicide one by reading Pond's diary in the hero's home it's possible to see his food diary this is updated on the second day spent in Greg Minster and sweep it in two while at gregminster you can see an updated entry in Pond's diary this is a nod to the fact that the player in the original Suicide could do the same thing Thomas is not a main character Thomas is the only non-main protagonist in the series to take up the role of the Tenkai star though he plays an important role in The Game's plot his sole genuine duty is to be the master of the castle where your army is stationed in addition he is the only Tenkai star who has never received a real Rune throughout the entire series pirate adventure and sweep it in four you can persuade your party members to stay on the island and live there after your ship is sunk if you keep telling them it's a good idea they'll finally agree and you'll find yourself in a never-ending cycle of collecting Goods every day all of the characters portraits will be turned into sloppy black and white photographs A yuden Chronicles spiritual successor a yuden Chronicle 100 Heroes is a forthcoming RPG game developed by rabbit and bear Studios and published by 505 games with suicide and series Creator yoshitaka mariyama at the lead although this is unofficial it is often considered as a spiritual successor to this weekend series The Game received five hundred thousand dollars in financing through a Kickstarter campaign and then went on to raise over four and a half million dollars with 46 307 supporters making it the third most funded video game in Kickstarter history behind shenmue 3 and blood-stained ritual of the night old book volume nine in the Japanese version of the original Suicide once you've collected all eight books you can highlight the eighth volume and press square circle triangle and X at the same time to bring up the secret ninth volume assumingly hirotaka refers to the producer hirotaka Ishikawa for whatever reason this was removed from the pal version as well as the US version this was confirmed to work on the PSP 1n2 version the Yuzu sheep bug if the player does the Unicorn quest with Hicks and sweep it into and does not open the chest closest to the starting point of the forest then after you've recruited Yuzu return to the Wilderness and look for her missing sheep the chest should not be opened because it appears that the chest and the forest sheep share the same memory address after you acquire the Sheep you will discover the chest is now missing Fortune Rune glitch due to the way experience gains are computed and streaked in one if you do not progress after the Army battle at chacera's Aid you can bring tyr and one other character to Moravia for some incredibly fast power leveling this method does not work with characters that have obligatory runes because it requires the fortune Rune if you equip it on someone between levels 35 and 39 you can quickly increase them to the 90s in just one fight ha stat Stone glitch this glitch allows you to access a limitless supply of stat Stones essentially the player must use the stones that they already have in their inventory and then load their save normally this causes this stat adjustment to stay on the characters and the stone Goods to appear once again in the inventory this allows the player to repeat the trick indefinitely this bug can also be found in sweep it into drama CDs and radio presence so we get in received various drama CDs made by Konami exclusively in Japan the most popular one ragio jenso suicide is a weekly internet radio show that lasted for 13 episodes the show's last four 35 to 45 minutes the first episode broadcasted on August 27th of 08 and the final episode was on November 18th of the same year after it ended episode 13 can be heard via streaming sites up to April 30th 2009. there are further segments such as the comment box unite attack and Rune collection in addition to radio drama the listeners email are collected at the comment box and read by the announcer the unite attack comprises listeners suggestions for a real world Co-op attack and the roon collection is a forum for listeners to share their thoughts on the new runes the radio drama was released in two volumes on drama CD formats on December 18 2008 coinciding with the release of suicide and tear Crews even though this weekend franchise failed to take off in the early 2010s it finally seems that this Legendary game designer is ready to give his fans a spiritual successor with the highly awaited iodine Chronicles it's uncertain if we'll see another entry in this weekend series but regardless it's a victory for the fans like And subscribe if you'd like to see more videos like this and let us know what topics we should cover next maker out [Music]

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Length: 14min 52sec (892 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 01 2022