Thanks so much for covering this series. It's an old favorite duology of mine. I loved the cooking game in Suikoden 2 and the sheer collection of characters compared to 1. I'm hoping the remasters will still come out and I'm glad you are a fellow Valeria fan!

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

The cooking minigame was one of my favorites too! I heard that spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has its own cooking minigame, so I'm hoping that turns out well (I hope the rest of the game is good too). Especially with Konami being radio silent on the HD remasters lately. I swear, if Konami had anyone in charge who knew what they were doing, they'd be dominating the industry with the library they have.

Just now finding this channel, certainly glad I did, and what's nice when this happens is I have catching up to do!

@SwannyTheMike

17 күн бұрын

I think my editing has improved a lot since this video, so hopefully you'll enjoy those just as much if not more!

Great video! I love the deep dive into the Suikoden series, and your passion for these games really shines through. The attention to detail and analysis of the story and characters is impressive. Keep up the fantastic work, SwannyTheMike! Looking forward to more content from you.

@SwannyTheMike

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! A good friend of mine got me into the series and I wanted to make sure I gave it my all with this video as a way of paying him back.

@xainudin108

3 ай бұрын

That's a beautiful way to show appreciation for your friend's influence. It's clear that you've put a lot of heart into your video, and I'm sure that dedication shines through. Keep enjoying the series and creating content that reflects your passion! 👏@@SwannyTheMike

Regarding the small rant about the “chose to be a woman” line, I have a theory for it that I’ll admit is baseless since I know nothing of Japanese grammar and how it translates to English. Still, my theory is that the line may have more accurately been “I’ve chosen to be a person, rather than a commander”, meaning that Odessa made the strategically wrong decision of sacrificing herself, the leader of the rebel army, for one unimportant child. By saying that she chose to be a person rather than a commander, it could be her basically saying that she was fallible in that moment and prioritized her own moral compass over what was good for her forces. It would be pretty easy to mistranslate person to woman considering it was spoken from her point of view, especially if Japanese grammar has conjugation which would mean it was conjugated for female pronouns. Anyway, that’s my theory, it could be completely off basis but it at least makes sense in my head. Thanks for making the video, it’s great.

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

That would make a lot more sense for that to have been the intention in the scene.

@suiken3149

9 ай бұрын

Or woman = maternal instinct As the leader, she treats her followers like her own children, especially the young ones. In this context, she acted more like a mother would than a leader. Losing a leader can demoralize your army and she was aware of that.

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

@@suiken3149 It's almost impressive how easily this line could have been adjusted in different ways.

@DracoOoOoOo

9 ай бұрын

​@@SwannyTheMikeI don't think it needs to be adjusted. I could be wrong but if feels to me like your taking it as women can't be a leader or women is less then a leader but that is not the game. The game is full of female leaders so like what was mentioned above; she chose to act like a woman and put her instincts to protect a child above her cause as a leader. By doing so she knew she was dooming the rebellion but still chose that one life over hundreds.

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

@@DracoOoOoOo My problem with the line is that it's phrased in a way to sound like it's saying that you can either be a woman or a leader, not both. Which also winds up weirdly implying that no man would ever have similar protective instincts towards a child. (Incredibly ironic when you consider Jowy and Pilika in 2) And I did point out in the video how much this contrasts with the rest of the female cast who have no such issue. It's why I assume that it's a localization mistake rather than a genuine statement on the game's part.

I think the line was going for more of a "I chose to be a man rather than a soldier" type of thing, Rather than anything sexist.

@SwannyTheMike

6 ай бұрын

I don't think any deliberate malice was intended. It's just one of those translated lines that needed a couple people to say it out loud and realize "Oh, that's not what we're going for here!" Considering it's Konami though, I wouldn't be shocked if there was literally no time to do so and the translation team was being made to crunch the whole way.

3:14 if you wouldn't have told me, I wouldn't have known 😂

Good show sir! Lets hope the remasters will be awesome!

You deserve way more subs ! Thank you for making this video :]

@SwannyTheMike

7 ай бұрын

And thank you for the kind words! I hope I can keep making videos everyone likes for a long time yet.

Holy shit your channel is super underrated. Keep up the good work sir!❤

thanks for this awesome review

Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the rest of the series! The “choke me mommy” got me as well. I literally backtracked to make sure I saw what I saw

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

Hope it was worth the wait! I'm definitely going to need a couple months away from the series before I get back to it. And that edit was one of the dumb jokes I had stored up when I was scripting the video. I love hiding blink-and-you'll-miss-it gags like that.

@burnthemage

8 ай бұрын

The horrible passing of the former leader got me too... but for a second reason. Why wouldn't they just use healing wind or a medicine on her. Not like you don't have ways to save her...@@SwannyTheMike

@SwannyTheMike

8 ай бұрын

@@burnthemage That's a good point. Just like how nobody tries a phoenix down on Aerith in FF7.

There is actually a save point in Pannu Yakuta. Its a person, not a crystal so you might have missed it.

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

I hate it when games change the save points like that. If a game has conditioned me to look for save crystals in every dungeon before, I'm not going to think to talk to the random NPC.

@suiken3149

9 ай бұрын

@@SwannyTheMike Suikoden II also had this feature but in that part, that was understandable since you are liberating Greenhill through back door. Given that the Boss of the area was stationed in front of the city where the inn was located, it was understandable why they placed a temporary save point from the NPC.

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

@@suiken3149 Yeah, that one made way more sense.

I would like to know everyones number of attempts it took to kill Luca Blight their FIRST time playing. I was like 9 & severely underprepared in the early 2000s, smh. When i finally did beat him I still wasn’t sure/believed he was actually dead; 😂 that “True face of evil” rant is iconic

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

The first time had to have taken me three or four times and I'm pretty sure I was so stressed that by the time I finally got to the duel, I panicked and attacked instead of defending on the first round! Hell, I still nearly botched it when I was recording footage! Oulan came in with the clutch save though. Thank God for her insane defense stat!

@DracoOoOoOo

9 ай бұрын

It's been a long time since the first play through but I'm pretty sure it took me several attempts until I figured out I had to level up enough people to make it work. The funny thing is I thought it was the end of the game because that was about the 20 hr mark which is where suikoden 1 ended. I was very shocked when it kept going.

@trillxlauren

9 ай бұрын

@@DracoOoOoOo omg, same! After they traded Pilika in Muse I was like “so we’re just dragging this out, huh?!” 😭

@DracoOoOoOo

9 ай бұрын

@@trillxlauren sorry for a change in topic but are you looking forward to eiyuden chronicles? I prebought mine on ps5 the second I saw that I could though now I have 200+ days to watch count down... 😅

@trillxlauren

9 ай бұрын

@@SwannyTheMike 3/4??! 😭 it was more like 7-9 (i was playing without a guide, first time anyway) I had already had my favorites so i didnt bother leveling up enough players (not that it mattered, you only needed the final party to beat him, Flik & Victors units just helped lower his hp if they won for your final 1v1) but that 1 on 1 was kicking my ass, because he dealt so much damage if you guessed the wrong move for the prompt, smh When i played after that first time it was a lot easier but that first time (with no guide) was ROUGH 😂

The way to keep Pahn alive; From the moment you get him back, do not take him out of your team until after the Teo Mcdohl duel. Ensure he has your best armour equipped, his weapon is fully upgraded with a rune fforged into his fists. And then use defend until Teo kills himself from wild attacking you too much.

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

I did do that for the most part. The problem was that Teo would use normal attacks at random that chipped my health down before he did enough wild attacks.

@LKKAIG

9 ай бұрын

You’ll be able to predict when he does a wild attack , depending what he says in the battle

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

@@LKKAIG I'm aware. Again, the problem was that he kept using normal attacks instead of wild attacks and even defending on every turn, Pahn only had so much health.

@AngryCosmonaut

6 ай бұрын

You only need a couple of battles to level up characters, it isn't necessary to keep him in the party at all times

Are they planning a re-release of this game on PC as a remaster?

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

Yes! There's no release date yet, but the remaster has a store page on Steam.

Think your misunderstood the "chose to be a woman" line. Think of it like this... If I am a salesman and you are my greasy boss. You know of a lady who has kids down the street that I could easily trick into buying our product, but its going to negatively affect many things in her kids lives that she would otherwise need the money for. But you dont care and send me and tell me to get the sale at ALL costs. But halfway through the sale, after she has agreed to buy. I realize that this sale is going to totally screw the household over- Its something she doesnt really need and shes giving up things her kids rrally DO need because we tricked her. So right as she is about to sign, I say "You know what? No, forget it" and rip the paper from her and tear it in half and tell her not to buy it. Later you say to me what the hell did I do and I say "I chose to be a man, not a salesman" or maybe replace "man" with "father". Its not me saying men or fathers cant be salespeople, its me saying, essentially, i got my priorities straight. I think this is how the line is meant, if that makes sense

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

A lot this comes down to the horrifying abomination of multiple language groups that is English. Saying "I chose to be a man" has multiple meanings because man can be either in reference to gender, or as shorthand for human. Whereas "I chose to be a woman" has a more specific meaning towards gender. I may not have articulated it like I meant to in the video, but I believe this to simply be poor phrasing on the localization's part. It happens. Especially when the team responsible were most likely being forced to crunch.

where to download this Game??

@SwannyTheMike

8 ай бұрын

You do realize that I can't encourage people to pirate games without risking my channel, right?

Lol

The series with the 2nd highest number of party members in battle at once

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

I feel dumb for asking, but which series has more?

@michaelclifton9498

9 ай бұрын

​@@SwannyTheMikeit's mainly one game in the lufia series called lufia the legend returns with 9 members, but i think only 3 characters can act per turn

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

@@michaelclifton9498 Interesting. The Lufia series has always been one I've meant to check out. I'll have to get on that!

completely agree with the line in one. i played GS 1 on release and the" im a woman not a leader (paraphrased") hit me in such a bad way

@SwannyTheMike

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad it wasn't just me! I kept going back and forth with myself on whether or not to keep that gripe in the video because I have a tendency to fixate on things that don't bother anyone else.