Just opened YT to take a break from studying and the first video thumbnail is featuring my artwork for Odessa! I was shocked at first haha xD but thank you for the feature Erick! 🌸 Another great video for my beloved series, kudos to Suikoden and its loyal fans ❤

@MiamiSunrise

3 жыл бұрын

Odessa was one of my favorite members in this game and of course...well, she met an unfortunate end. I'm not sure which artwork you mean, but I would love a timestamp of it if you see this comment. Thank you in advance.

@michellekristolia3758

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiamiSunrise she's one of my favorites as well 🌸 Oh, I meant the thumbnail Erick used for this video :D

@MiamiSunrise

3 жыл бұрын

@@michellekristolia3758 thank you, I misread, you did say thumbnail initially. Have you done other Suikoden artwork as well?

@michellekristolia3758

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiamiSunrise No you read it right at first, I edited the comment later so I'm not misunderstood later 😅😂 Well yes, quite a few x3 but I'm planning to do more fanarts for Suikoden and other jrpgs once I'm done with my finals next month

@ErickLandonRPG

3 жыл бұрын

@@michellekristolia3758 Hi. Glad you're okay with me using the artwork. I did initially leave a link to your Deviantart and the original fanart in the description. Hope that gets you some followers cause you are a very talented artist. Thank you for sharing your art with the world.

There's a reason Eiyuden Chronicles (spiritual successor to Suikoden series) is the first Kickstarter I've ever backed.

@Daretomeet

2 жыл бұрын

Ppl will forget it if Konami announce suikoden 6 lmao

@praetorxyn

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daretomeet Not likely, considering that if they do it’ll likely be some Pachinko machine, seeing as that’s all Konami does now.

@fernandozavaletabustos205

Жыл бұрын

Suikoden 1 & 2 are getting a remaster!

@praetorxyn

Жыл бұрын

@@fernandozavaletabustos205 Yup. And it's because Eiyuden Chronicles got a shit load of funding and made Konami realize how wanted these old IPs of theirs are.

@TaylinSora

Жыл бұрын

DITTO! i've NEVER supported a kickstarter campaign, eiyuden chronicles is the only one to have that right.

I learned how to pronounce Suikoden when Psycho Mantis read it from my memory card xD. "Ahhhh...so you like Suikoden!?"

@MightyPoggers

3 жыл бұрын

You’re damn right I do psycho

Bruh that Odessa thumbnail, She's so beautiful.

@tinylunaticinahugeworld

3 жыл бұрын

Odessa It's not that I can't forget her I donn't want to forget her Flik ~ on the rooftop 😇

@nosferatuzodd5086

3 жыл бұрын

Flik : so you choose to the death

@kassandraodessa2633

3 жыл бұрын

I cried so hard when she died

@d18p

3 жыл бұрын

@@kassandraodessa2633 Don't worry babe she'll be resurrected on Suikoden VI.

@kassandraodessa2633

3 жыл бұрын

@@d18p awesome! Thank you

This entire series is so beloved in my household. My parents are actually replaying Suikoden II at the moment on their PS3. Personally, my favorite part of the game is how many characters you have access to. And with six party members, you can make any kind of party you feel like. Sure, there was a lot of character forcing in the first, but that was remedied a lot by the second.

@sleepycowboy18

3 жыл бұрын

yooo me too, my dad and siblings a huge fan of it.

@renrafael8673

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, do you think the 5 games are on ps3? I wish they can remake all games for ps4/5

@teefa85

3 жыл бұрын

@@renrafael8673 They got it off the PSN.

@veeshan2856

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you guys have got some impressive parents!

@derakino999

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, arcana. Another atmospheric good one

The soundtrack in this series is unrivaled. You cannot change my mind

@KennethRobinson-hl7sg

3 жыл бұрын

I wish they would make suikoden 6

@tenkaistar1089

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you there.

@Suikojunkie

3 жыл бұрын

chrono cross....

@paulsmith9192

3 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Smith does composer still work?

@paulsmith9192

3 жыл бұрын

@Kenneth Robinson one day.but got elyden Chronicle

Back in 95, 96, as a child, with no internet, and no other way to know this games pronunciation, it was SOO-KO-DEN to me

@Fahrenheit38

5 ай бұрын

That's how I said it

Thanks for this video... I always thought " in those 20 and more years, i did play this saga so many times that's impossible to count it anymore, but at every gameplay there is always something new I learn about this amazing universe". I already knew some of this stuff, but i do always appreciate you videos because many other things were unknown to me 😊

The Suikoden series is my favorite JRPG series, so I'm always happy to find fellow fans. I think I remember the reason why my brother and I actually got the first Suikoden game back in the day was because our mom recognized the title Water Margin Story on the front cover as referencing and being part of one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. While it's written in Japanese below the American title logo they share some similar or the same characters with Chinese so our mom was able to read it. Since she loves Chinese stories, she got it for us, so I guess I have to partially credit her for my love of the Suikoden games since I was a child.

@fernandozavaletabustos205

Жыл бұрын

Suikoden 1 & 2 are getting a remaster!

@Rasereda

Жыл бұрын

@@fernandozavaletabustos205That's awesome! I wonder if this is because of Eiyuden Chronicle coming out hopefully next year. I'm lucky to still have the original games on a working PS2 but who knows when it will break so to have a remaster as back up is reassuring since it'll also be on PC. Plus I suppose it does look a little shinier and smoother with the remaster so far but I will always try to play the original if possible. Thanks for the update.

1:39 Usagi-san means Mr. Rabbit in Japanese.

I love Suikoden especially 2 and 5 but the OG is still gold. Good stuff I never knew it had such a good background and never looked into it.

@kevinkellis9002

3 жыл бұрын

Suikoden. 3. Is a beautiful game. Part 4 sucked

@jordanrock3494

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinkellis9002 3 is a repetitive mess.

@LoudLou

3 жыл бұрын

2>1>3>4=5>tactics only because I don't like tactics games but the ending of tactics was awesome!!!

@kevinmuhammadnasution8727

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoudLou Suikoden tactics is awesome

Usagi means "rabbit" so Yoshitaka Murayama and his colleagues may have named their new studio after the original Suikoden development team

Awesome video! Suikoden has been my favorite anime for over 20 year. I've collected all of the games in both American and Japanese versions also the graphic novels. I am very happy the games is getting some love again. Super excited about the kickstarter as well.

Love these videos. Very informative.

Omg the auto generated captions replaces Suikoden with suicide. Wow KZread get it together. This is my favorite series ever.

Outstanding video! nice Erick!

We’ll never see the end of Yuber and Pesmerga’s story arc. Sad boys.

@thegoofystoic

2 жыл бұрын

Thats always been the most interesting story to me. Pretty bummed about that and what I assumed would be an all out war between a few counties and the holy kingdom of harmonioa

@agungd.panduperdana8429

2 жыл бұрын

also the end of all 27 true rune in suiko world

@Shufrain

2 жыл бұрын

and also what will happen when all 27 true rune bearer gathered

@fernandozavaletabustos205

Жыл бұрын

Suikoden 1 & 2 are getting a remaster!

Suikoden 1 & 2 are by far my favorites JRPG games. Followed By FF7, FF10, Suikoden 5, Secret of Mana, Zelda 3, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and finaly : Soulbazer (insanely rare & great snes game). Theses are the reasons why PSXOne & Supernses are the best console ever !!!

Very good, so much research, great work!

Loved this video, I've enjoyed your findings.

Thanks for amazing video on one of my favorite games ever !

Great video my friend! I absolutely adore the Suikoden series. Too think I bought the first game on a whim and that cover didn't fill me with confidence. I remember just beating Beyond The Beyond and wanting a new JRPG to play. At this point in my life I was working and because I lived with my parents (barely in HS) I had money to burn. I would typically buy one to two games a week on average for my PSX or Saturn. Too believe I had buyer's remorse when I got it home is ludicrous. I begrudgingly popped it into my PlayStation and within 20 minutes I was hooked. While I agree Suikoden is a highly influential game it takes a back seat to the second.

This was awesome. I'm a HUGE Suikoden fan and had NO IDEA about the Sega Saturn directors cut, NOR the manga which continued until 2009, NOR the encylopedia HOLY SHIT. Thank you for making this!!!!!! The Deus Ex tidbit was super interesting too

Awesome stuff!!

I just finished Suikoden 1-2 couple months ago and I want to replay it again cause of this video 😍🤯

I know we're getting eiyuden chronicles but I still hope for suikoden 6 one day

@jeffpeyton8983

3 жыл бұрын

If we got suikoden 6 it would have micro transactions...or Konami would make it a mobile gacha game like tales of CRESTORIA. I pray not but that’s what they would do because they want money. Simple as that

@zentoravenvigor4810

3 жыл бұрын

We all know that Suikoden VI is not going to happen because damned Konami by the way, at least we might get Eiyuden Chronicles since its a spiritual successor.

@asmodeus58XX

3 жыл бұрын

There will probably also be a Suikoden pachinko eventually.

@zentoravenvigor4810

3 жыл бұрын

@@asmodeus58XX Also true knowing Konami.

@Demokaze

3 жыл бұрын

All of the original creators that produced great series for Konami have left for greener pastures. Castlevania, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Suikoden. You're setting yourself up for disappointment if you keep clinging to them.

I actually kinda love the original NA box art. It’s what caught my eye as a kid, at least enough to pick up the box and look at the back cover. I’ve been a huge fan of the series ever since I found it in ‘97

One of if not my most favorite games released on PS1. I am currently workling on a video (one of my first) about Suikoden, but it includes something I have never seen anyone talk about. This is a great video, Suikoden deserves the love it receives.

Haha it will always be SOO-koden for me! I will never change!

@LaziestBassist

3 жыл бұрын

DITTO

@kmccurdy21

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

"Number six, the weird Windows version." brother, that's a funny looking 6 you have there.

I've had a script for this sort of thing sitting on my computer since August 2018 but could never be bothered to go through the games and gather the relevant footage. My scripts is more so on the series itself though. Nice to hear somebody mention the Konami Console too! In the interview Murayama did with John Szczepaniak he goes into detail on how he was working on an RPG for the Konami Handheld, but konami was all over the place, and eventually decided they wanted to make a home console instead. Before things could really get too far with that they got word of what sony was doing and knew they couldn't compete so they dropped all their projects and switched development over to the Playstation instead. Murayama apparently designed the RPG he was working on to be a good handheld experience, but didn't think it would translate well to home console, so he ended up trashing the entire thing and starting development over from the ground up. Though he had intent to come back to the handheld game apparently the time was never right. With that intent in mind however, he designed Suikoden 1 as a prequel to his unreleased game, and even had recurring characters between the two. I'm really hoping someday we see more of that unreleased suikoden pre-cursor.

@ErickLandonRPG

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good piece of info, Tarks! Thanks for sharing!

thank you for the trivias its very noice

Loved your Xenogears video. Loved this 1 too, and realized i was not subbed. Subbed now! Look forward to more great videos like this

I discovered this series in a Blockbuster as a kid. Then proceeded to spend few hundred dollars trying to find the complete and collect them all. Very hard to acquire back then.

How time flies, I played suikoden 1 & 2 for god knows how many times ever since I was a kid. Nowadays, RPG just sucks, they aim mainly only for good graphic but bad gameplay and character development. I miss old traditional turn based JRPGs :(

@caaltaes732

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there are still good games like the Dragon Quest Series, Shin Megami Tensei and new ones like Octopath Traveler or Bravely default

Great job. Lots of nice info. I would love a 108 hero movie to come out.

@leiwolf27

3 жыл бұрын

There is a TV show called the Water Margin, came out in the 70s

What a time to watch this after the remaster announcement~

If I had one wish, I would wish to replay all the classic JRPGs (Suikoden, Chrono Cross, etc) as if playing it for the first time!

@ikhwanmauaja1184

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky for me, I only know suikoden series. So could you give more recommendation for more classic gems ?

@Saveslot

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikhwanmauaja1184 Try out Final Fantasy Tactics!

@ikhwanmauaja1184

3 жыл бұрын

@@Saveslot great suggest, already played it tho. And also tactic ogre

I really wanted to see more back story and a showdown between yuber and pesmegra

Oh, cool video, I love Suikoden but I knew about almost all of these-- I'm subbed to Resonant Arc on KZread. ^^;

Americans also changed Persona 1, theres a white character in the japanese version that they turned black for some reason. His name is Mark if anyone if interested in looking it up lol

I love suikoden 1. And I'm sooooo glad u covered that horrendous cover art. Iv been wondering for over 20 years who the hell those characters are supposed to be

Ahh yes that Phyco Mantis scene caught me off guard first time i played MG and also the reason why i will always pronounce Suikoden that way haha

Do you have list of the title ofthe movies ispired by the Water Margin novel (Suikoden).

My first and favorite RPG. Love everything about this game.

@paulsmith9192

3 жыл бұрын

@John v I bet ur excited for elyden Chronicle

I tried so hard to find Suikoden Merchandise in Japan back in 2019 but did not find anything. Going to have to do some digging before I go back to see if I find some better places to look. I really want to play them again now

Oh that suikoden encyclopedia. I still have that book back in my parents house. Only shows how i love the game.

Ayyyy suikoden content in 2020

to be honest the north america cover of the first Suikoden game almost made me missed out on a great game, thank goodness I came across a jpn cover in a magazine that me think the looked cool enough to give it a shot lol. Long story i became a fan ever since.......still have to 3 beat and 5

This game is magic. Great inspiration.

Always love Suikoden, and the Odessa thumbnail is such a great work and... (Saw the typical drone comments of wishing Konami would go bankrupt and sell their franchises, lamenting the present self of Konami compared to the past, the usual Jim Sterling battle cries, condemnation to pachinko) .... Why do I keep doing this to myself...?

More please!

doing Suikoden II next on my back log, wondering if game co can do a similar recruiting RPG for Romance of 3 Kingdoms..

Suikoden is one of my favorite series. First game is so great!

The book Water Margin is also called as "All Men are Brothers".

Hey what is that image in the thumbnail? I have been trying to find it, anybody know? Thanks in Advance.

Here is two weird facts Permerga and Fu Su Lu are the only characters to have over 1000 hp and the second weird glitch is if you do it right you can get a glitched and invisible viki to transport to the villages that you couldnt access before unless you have done the army vs army fight borders just sharing these tips to anyone who likes or loves SUIKODEN GAMES BTW YOU & CHANNEL ARE #EPIC & #LEGENDARY

It always surprises me how little people talk about suikoden 3. Maybe it's because it was the first suikoden I played, but it was just such a great game overall and I loved the way they tied the storylines together. It was definitely my favorite one.

@tarnetskygge

Жыл бұрын

Suikoden 3 wasn't released in Europe so a lot of people probably missed out on it. News about Japanese games was less widespread back then so I never even knew there was a 3rd game until years later.

I've always been curious about the director's cut version, wonder if there is and English patch somewhere on the internet XD.

Greatest RPG ever 💗 I got 1 and 2 when they first came out and they were my personal favorites. I would disappear to my own Suikoden world

some people like Gensō Suikoden 2 better but not for me and a lot of other players. overall Gensō Suikoden is my fav. from the series. thanks for the video. those 10 things you may not know about the first Suikoden and now i know. looking forward to Gensō Suikoden 1 and 2 HD remasters . looking forward to playing those games again and i hope they remaster the whole series. it needs to do well enough for that. also Vandal Hearts needs a remaster version as well.

Im still hoping to to play game againt to my phone last time i played suikoden 2 its was 2010 im fan of this game for 17 yrs this game is still Best And greatest game ever i played.

My favorite Martial Arts move is The Water Margin!

what a game... bought that one along with vandal hearts.

That cover is the reason i never picked that game until i played the 2nd game first then backtrack to buy the first one so i can use Tir in Suikoden 2 !

3:30 This is land of Manuchria,like in Milenium Actress anime.

Because of Covid 19 i was able to complete Suikoden 1 and 2 in my phone with ps1 emulator. I really love the storyline and characters! 💓 Still one of the best rpg game of all time! G.O.A.T!

Omg I love suikoden I didnt know all of this stuff I gotta play that Saturn verison asap

Sometimes I think about learning japanese, as we barely have any rpg series released as a whole in english. I'm brazilian, english is my second language, and not having in portuguese is a standard for me, but I really like how japanese studios release it's games many times, each time with more features, and most times we only got one english release at all.

Had no idea Warren Spector was into this game. Probably one reason Deus Ex is so good

9:07 that cover tho, i remember when first time found out suikoden my brother was buying the cd with that cover and when i played it, the cover character doesn't look alike with the characted in game like wtf am my bro buy a wrong cd???

I’ve only played 1 and 2 but I’m really looking forward to EC and currently looking for a way to play 3, 4, and 5

@minna4

3 жыл бұрын

You can download 3 and 4 from the PlayStation store. Still waiting for 5 though

Suikoden 1 and 2 are two of my favorite games.

Please do a review of Thousand Arms.

Windows 95 ports and remakes were a trip. I still remember the multiple window version of Thexder for Win95 and hated every second of it.

Never knew about the PC version. Interesting!

@capcom23

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.. too bad it's only JP

The characters on the crappy USA cover I’m pretty sure are : left column: Barbarossa, a black haired elf archer that is supposed to be the red haired one, windy. Right column: Tir, and maybe leknat? Or a black haired Odessa. . And Futch on the dragon.

@SomeRPGFan

3 жыл бұрын

I think the two women are supposed to be Windy and Leknaat and the guy with the bow is Ted event though he looks absolutely nothing like him. ;D

I desperately need a PC remake of this whole series :(

suikoden is easily in my top 5 series of all time. no question.

I see that Odessa thumbnail. I like.

i loved that wuxia movie fotage erick! :D

Pure

I hope this video help newcomers jump into the series. Also i hope Suikoden games get ported to newer consoles, sadly i dont think it will happen because Konami..

@jmhjmhjmh

3 жыл бұрын

I just loaded 1&2 onto my PS classic a few days ago.

I make sure I play both suikoden 1 and 2 every year at least once :)

I have the romance of the three kingdoms awakening of the dragon for ps1 as well its amazing like to suikoden great game

I've got the first 5 games......Don't know if more came out in the US.

Erick, because you have made so many good recommendations to me, and since you mentioned a film in my list of “best Kung Fu movies ever”, I’ve honed my list down to only the best of the best. I’ve watched and rated hundreds of these things, and they range from amazing to completely horrible. So to save you the time on watching any bad ones, these are the ones I can personally vouch for as being totally awesome and worth your time as a fellow fan of good storytelling in action plots. Enjoy! Top Kung Fu: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin Return to the 36th Chamber Shaolin Prince Challenge of the Masters One-Armed Swordsman Return of the One-Armed Swordsman The New One-Armed Swordsman The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter Rendezvous With Death Dirty Ho Holy Flame of the Martial World Full Moon Scimitar Shaolin Abbot The Avenging Eagle The Assassin (1967) Killer Clans Kid With the Golden Arm Five Superfighters The Flag of Iron Shaolin Wooden Men Five Deadly Venoms Five Shaolin Masters The Flying Dagger Come Drink With Me Golden Swallow The Bells of Death The Battle Wizard All Men Are Brothers The Deadly Breaking Sword Heroes of the East House of Flying Daggers Executioners From Shaolin Temple of the Red Lotus (Film 1 in trilogy) The Twin Swords (Film 2 in trilogy) The Sword & The Lute (Film 3 in trilogy) Ten Tigers of Kwang Tung The Sentimental Swordsman Return of the Sentimental Swordsman Drunken Master (1978) House of Traps Mad Monkey Kung Fu Clan of the White Lotus Opium and the Kung Fu Master 13 Assassins The 14 Amazons The Delightful Forest My Young Auntie Invincible Shaolin Man of Iron Shaolin Mantis The Lady Hermit Lady of the Law Death Duel The Black Tavern The Kung Fu Instructor Heroes Two Heroes Shed No Tears The Ambush Knight of Knights The Dragon Creek Vengeance The Thunderbolt Fist Ong Bak The Lady is the Boss

@crisbelly7005

3 жыл бұрын

Great list!! But you forgot 2 of my 10 favorites: "Last hurrah for Chivalry" and "Secret service of the imperial court"! :) :D

@adam1984pl

3 жыл бұрын

you Forgot :Master of Flying Guilotine.Most psychedelic kung-fu film.

I love suikoden

Kind of like how the Dynasty Warriors movie was loosely based off the games. which was loosely based off the books "The Romance of Three Kingdoms", which were loosely based off of history.

8:48 Ryu looks like Conan The Barbarian

Those cover art made breath of fire 2 cover art look good

I learned how to pronounce Suikoden from learning Japanese, as Japanese pronunciations are very straightforward. But then Shenmue has to throw a wrench in that: it should be spelled Shenmuu. I suppose they thought that looks too strange for English players.

we need suikoden that can combine all 5 suikoden timeline

No sabía que tenías un canal en inglés xD

My very first JRPG. My favourite is Suikoden 2.

i love Shawn brothers ,they some great 70s kung-fu films/

sadly we never got to know who or what Jeanne really is

How do they know the real name of the main hero???

I see Odessa... I click.. Just a simple fan

Pense que hablarias de Odessa en uno de tus puntos :(