The History of Erusea (Facts and Theories) - Episode #5 - Stuff About Ace Combat

The Ace Combat series is one of the few game franchises that has an extremely detailed story and in-game history to the point where not even all details can be mentioned in the games themselves.
In this video I tried to make it look like a small documentary about the history of Strangereal together with some theories that could explain the changes in Erusea that take place between Ace Combat 04 and 7. Please leave your feedback in the comments because if you guys enjoy I may make more videos following in this style.
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[@StrelitziaLiveries]

the *_plot_* is kinda huge on the picture of the princess

[@christiansantillan184]

XD

[@TheTaylorhorton]

Is that what kids are calling it these days?

[@TheBigSad8247]

@@TheTaylorhorton That's right, old man. Get with the times.

[@golias121]

Well, I gonna quote Resident Evil 4 "She is equipped with balistic too."

[@avragetrinidadian3787]

Nice plot tho

[@AC-cc1ey]

Didn't even realized that the Princess was so "gifted". :p

[@LAHFaust]

I can't be the only one who finds Osea and Usea confusing. It took me faaaaar too long to figure out the geographic situation at the beginning of AC7

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The names are similar to.

[@Nickydavis35]

You’re not the only one, Since AC7 was the first ever AC game I’ve played, I thought Usea was a country and the main protagonist, Then Osea was another country backing up Usea.

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Like Austria and Australia.

[@b3ygghsas]

Me too, I finished the game before realizing that osea didn't have any territory in usea and was fighting a war far from home, I was thinking that osea was about to be overrun when erusia advanced right at the beginning and didn't realize they were only advancing on usea

[@TheStarcoMarco]

Erusean: We have the most prettiest princess in this Planet. Yuktobania and Osea: WE WANT THAT GIRL!! WHAT!?!? Osea: She's mine! Yuktobania:No! She's mine! *2nd Cold War begins due to Yuktobanian-Osean Scrambling Erusean Princess*

[@furinick]

then the game ends wwith a bang a gangbang

[@magic_cfw]

then Belka nukes itself again for no reason

[@cloverfrostasmr812]

Avril: am I a joke to you?

[@verticalflyingb737]

ace combat zero: the simp war

[@Panchoproductions2069]

Cringe

[@Michael-sl5qx]

_Geopolitics, Strangereal edition!_ _Great video!_ B)

[@KN1GHTMARE8807]

That felt almost like a real documentary video. Good work!

[@user-jh6vt8vx4v]

Marcus Woodard Damn, I already seeing similarities with our "strange" "Real" world we are currently living in. What I can assure is, the Royal families are for sure the good people in the AC7. I just hope it won't turn into a cliche like the peaceful Royal family lost the control of the country in a cote. And all the aggression was cause by a rough military group. And the allied help to reinstate the Royal family...

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Erusea's "recent" fictional history, with the monarchy, coup and junta/dictatorship, then a return to the monarchy, reminds me of Spain's history in the 20th century, or the 1960s junta in Greece that overthrew the local monarchy, but was eventually replaced by a democratic regime again in the 1970s. Might have provided some real world inspiration to the devs.

[@jpardoa94]

Getting a little side tracked here... But was the erusean Princess so racked, as in the thumbnail?

[@lukelewis9165]

jpardoa94 Click bait

[@dakithepillowmakura7066]

I know i'm late, i don't care but i hate people saying "clickbait" without proof. That picture is a fanart of the princess of Erusea and not "clickbait"

[@EloraCaistina]

most certainly click bait the only reason I noticed this video was because of that click bait

[@RobertDecker417]

I don't think so. But I prefer this version.

[@RobertDecker417]

CrystalEmbrace At least it's in the video, unlike other clickbaits.

[@chrisjones2312]

Sounds like the male officer (19:45) is dead, 'What looks like a male officer's remains'. If he was alive it would say, 'What looks like a male officer remains with really big rank insignia'. Love the work you've put in and would like to see more content like this (History of the country's) ,been playing ace combat since the first one back in the early 90's. It's good to have a refresher video like this :)

[@webrbio3153]

Chris Jones is Right. This man is dead, whoever he was.

[@theanchorshat585]

According to dialogue prior in the mission, he was the Military High Commander.

[@RGInquisitor]

It would be interesting to see if the player in AC7 is an Erusean pilot fighting to free his country and return the royal family as true rulers, then Mobius 1 turns out to be the main antagonist fighting for the Allied forces.

[@jarlesleglerg9064]

F

[@syedhussain7634]

Boy am I glad I stumbled onto this channel! Very informative about the Ace Combat world.

[@Nietzsche8492]

Dude, love these videos! Keep up the work, this stuff just amazes me, I love AC lore (or, more like Strangereal's history). I especially loved this one with how you were able to use Italy as an example of a possibility of how Erusea has gotten to where it is going to be in Ace Combat 7. This was awesome!

[@jasper_saberwolf]

This was really fantastic! thank you for taking the time to put all these details together. i really liked the inclusion of cool ace combat soundtracks and animations. There was a lot of stuff i never knew/realized while playing the games

[@baxterrhodes7542]

I would love to see see a game that redeems Erusea.

[@inquisitorsteve1429]

By burning Osea?

[@floyvlogs1754]

@@inquisitorsteve1429 yes.

[@Mobius1105]

I like the video, but I'm still not sold on the theory that Erusea had any sort of monarchy during the second usean continental war. Given that the name of the country at that time was "the federal republic of Erusea" suggests that it had abandoned all trappings of monarchy. In your example of Italy, the Mussolini dictatorship still called itself the kingdom of Italy. I would suggest that Spain is a better real world example, as a country that abolished the monarchy, had a brief period as a republic, then fell into dictatorship. At the end of the dictatorship the monarchy was restored. I like the theory that the girl found near the supreme commander's body was actually the princess, but iirc there was a small piece of dialogue that suggested that the woman and child were his wife and daughter respectively. My suspicion is that the monarchy was imposed by the allies after The continental war. The cause of the conflict in AC7 is still uncertain (something to do with the space elevator but what exactly?) it might be that a third party is responsible for the conflict ala AC5 especially since it looks like Erusea is being portrayed more sympathetically this time around.

[@Robert53area]

Mobius1105 i have to agree with your assessments, the question remains why do i have to fly as osea in this game, i just played as them in AC5, i wanna be Erusia and fight for the princess

[@Ramona_93]

I love this style of video :) keep making more !

[@lemonarchfabrega7690]

Excelent video! Watching your vids and waiting for the game launch in 3hr. Good point with the royal family!

[@smittywjmj]

I don't think the Erusian leader was captured. I'm not sure what the Japanese captions might be, but the word "remains" in the English captions would mean that what the ISAF forces found was a corpse. So I'm fairly certain that he's dead, not captured. But the idea of his family - that is, the surviving wife and daughter - being instated by the occupying ISAF forces seems logical enough to me. Excellent video, the "documentary" style is very cool, I'd definitely like to see more.

[@nicolasguerreiro2621]

awesome video mate! keep going, your videos are well edited and written !

[@xaviervega8250]

Amazing video,it showed me a lot i didnt know about AceCombat.

[@marko2246]

great video as always, keep it up!

[@Sean-fi2lm]

Keep up the good work with these videos!

[@Mobius_118]

The tanker thing probably doesn't point to Osea having a hand in Operation Katina. It most likely had those insignias because PA was reusing the tanker asset from AC5's primary campaign, since the markings on a tanker are usually not the most forefront concern for players. This method can be seen again in Ace Combat X. Even though Aurelia is a nation in the Osean Federation, there was absolutely no indicator that Osea ever got involved in the Aurelia-Leasath War. That and several of the enemy's voice clips used in the game were ripped directly from Ace Combat 5. Also, the dead officer the ISAF found at the end of Operation Autumn Thunder was the Supreme Commander of the Erusean military, most likely killed when Mobius 1 destroyed the other 4 escaping helicopters, as evident by the enemy's chatter during the mission. Anyways, that's my thoughts on the matter. Hopefully they shed some light on how Erusea was able to go from nearly crippled in every militaristic sense (thanks to a certain ISAF Ace) to feeling that they have the ability to wage war against one of Strangereal's largest superpowers (especially since Osea had access to the ADFX-01 and ADF-01 after the Circum Pacific War).

[@galm222]

Even though the former is the only surviving model still in existence in Canon, and Aces, even on the enemy side could be competent enough to handle the Falken, provided it's not under another hypercompetent ace's control.

[@Mobius_118]

Maybe we'll see a resurrection of the Z.O.E. hence giving us said hypercompetent Ace.

[@stealthtallyfox7210]

don't forget the X-02As mate

[@Mobius_118]

Of course not. To me, it's probably one of the best superfighters (probably tied with the XFA-27) due to the fact that it doesn't carry any special weapons (No TLS, no MPBM, and no LSWM) and relies solely on the flying skills of the pilot.

[@stealthtallyfox7210]

Mobius 1 agree, all you have in X-02 is 6AAM, SOD, and QAAM, , gotta play the cards right to get hell of a score, the only other plane I consistently getting higher scores with is the F-22A M4 since I've leveled it up higher than X-02

[@4thImpulse]

Loved every freakin' second of this!! In-universe perspective makes Ace Combat's Strangereal far more engaging and entertaining. Great edits and wonderful info. Would love another one of these for Osea, Yuktobania, or Belka. BTW, you just got a sub.

[@ShahjahanMasood]

4thImpulse Belka for sure.

[@bigswordspikedhair]

That Ace Combat 2 briefing music brought back good memories and gave me chills

[@user-pk7ii1cn1z]

Really well made and explained video! I do agree that the girl found with the officer probably was the Princess of Erusia in AC7. I actually made an error when I first heard that in the game, I thought the guy talking over the radio said there was a girl and a boy instead of a woman and a girl, which therefore made be believe the man had found the storyteller boy and the barkeeper's daughter, and that the dead officer with the insignia was the body of Yellow 13 (which I know makes no sense since the storyteller boy said they never got to see Yellow 13 ever again after he took off after Möbius 1). Also, during that time of mislead piecing it made me think that just maybe the "princess" in AC7 was the barkeeper's daughter years later, as the daughter and the princess both have similar blond hair. However that being said I do believe your explanation makes MUCH more logical sense and gives me new insight into what could be ahead in AC7. Thanks a bunch! I can't wait for AC7 :D

[@allthings13skoutmeister31]

i just watched TV News on my phone XD

[@bersley]

That remains of a male officer found after the mission is implied to be that of the supreme commander, who refused to escape until he has gathered his family according to radio chatter. I don't know if supreme commander was the right title, but it was definitely "something" commander as I remember. It was, in from what's implied in-game, the title of the leader of state, but not exactly monarch. I think Erusia became a kingdom after AC4, but it's hard to think about a monarchy forming in modern times.

[@ihatecabbage7270]

bersley reyes it can, it's political, history shows that most monarch are put onto the throne by other powers to legitimize political power of those who reinstated it. In our world is difficult, but Strangereal is a world where Osean aka United States of that world is surrounded by other nation that does not like it. No matter how much good you do, it's bad for them. The Balkan War is an example where the superpowers gone too far. It's a far scarier world because everyone possessed supreme technology and where ace pilots make or break nations.

[@stamatiskotakis9110]

awesome work man keep it up!

[@Kapiletti]

This video was awesome thanks!

[@cristianvelazquez7563]

Great work!

[@StephenLynx8492]

Where did you get the fanart of who I assume is the Princess of Erusea? It's really good!

[@IronHawk-711]

Art by 須山 from Pixiv. www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=60240573

[@blackhawks2009]

Remains mean body parts. I like the theory that the girl in Ace 04 is the girl, but I believe her father died in mission 17. Love your videos man. Great work. You work has really amped up my hype for Ace Combat 07!! Edit: I see you actually corrected this in your update video. My apologies!

[@SamuelAriasdVIDi]

This was great !!!

[@OmegaTaishu]

Very nice documentary

[@ReluctantReader]

This video really made me feel for Eruesa

[@erikdarco]

Amazing video. :)

[@Amar7605]

Looking at the headline picture makes me think of the Lambert and Amber Mountains for some reason.

[@2POWERFUL]

Getting to know Erusea, and why that country has made several enemies in (Insert Strangereal version of U.N. here). First, ISAF, now Osea.

[@benracer]

2POWERFUL but isn't the ISAF basically a conglomerant of contries?

[@EFEurofighterTyphoon]

I think isaf is N.A.T.O but ik that osea is american

[@comona]

Great video. Will share.

[@xanphoria]

great job, keep it up

[@seanmac1793]

2:42 got to love the hoi3 screen shot

[@andrewrogers6197]

Probably my favorite country in the series, really cool and interesting stuff. What's yours? Great video.

[@royal0816]

Nice video!

[@needsmoreboosters4264]

Ah, Assault Horizon Legacy. My first AC game.

[@nayev118]

Mine too

[@Error-lc8nj]

Nice video 👍

[@doorseal834]

Erusea did nothing wrong

[@nickc8773]

honestly the afterburners in ace combat 6 are the best of all the ace combats, even ace combat 7

[@oscararturovaldiviaalvarez4852]

man could i ask to move slowly the map in the moment you talk about certain countries (not just keeping the maps static) (i know this is offtime) but please consider in any future video....thanks a lot anyway for such content

[@ninjammer726]

yes thanks dude you are awesome

[@silvertemplar8061]

In my world Affairs class we did talk about the rise of Fascism and how it occurs after multiple governmental and societal setbacks.

[@JW-zx5dr]

Gotta love Erusea

[@NineOuh]

One thing I appreciate about you is, despite not presenting as overtly political in your content, you apply a wealth of real world political perspective to a fictional universe.

[@ElectricPyroclast]

It would be interesting if there was a bit of a plot twist in AC7 and Erusea actually becomes the good guys or were the good guys from the beginning of the game.

[@stealthtallyfox7210]

somehow, even though I watched this, I didn't care much who's Erusea leader now, if they start a war, I'm looking forward to end it

[@user-md4cs3sl1y]

非常に共感できる考察でした。特にエルジアが絶対な悪じゃないって所は素晴らしいと思いました ACECOMBATが好きな人なら是非とも見るべき動画だと思いますw

[@sonicalpha121]

You should talk more about the Ace Combat lore

[@cloudmangalm03]

... Solid, solid theory. God, you've got my suscribe. Also, that picture of Erusea's princess a the beginning and end is kind of inaccurate, but... Hey, boobs :D whatever xD Looking good. Keep up the good work!

[@usdjxavi]

I can live with this theory

[@EpicThe112]

Well done and I'm not sure to what would have Happened to Erusea post Lighthouse War I'm guessing that the Princess tried the Erusean Radicals because they might have been backed by Belka. Therefore Ace Combat 8 has to comeback to Belka and destroy them a 2nd time

[@nickurban6201]

What is the first piece of music that plays in the video?

[@azurebreaker1121]

Can you do a documentary on Osea since Ace Combat 7 is coming and osea and erusea are pitting up against each other?

[@tucker21222]

This is Brigadier General tuck 2121 apparently I got promoted anyways that was mighty fun video very informative I've actually played most of the games I've been in Ace Combat fan since air combat apparently in Japan it was called Ace Combat Ace Combat didn't become until 3 in the US and I'm assuming Canada but I'm not sure on that one of my favorite songs is we have so far to go but that may not be the name of the song and my other favorite is the very last song in the credits of Ace Combat 5 but I'm sincerely hoping Ace Combat 7 comes out soon especially when Ace Combat Infinity is going to end it would just be nice anyways thanks a bunch for the video and carry on

[@gorogorogoro-chan5656]

I always thought that those "male remains with high ranking insignias", was the supreme commander who killed himself, since he couldn't accept that Erusia lost

[@user-zg6hz4xw5p]

日本語の字幕は誰がつけてるのですか？わかりやすく要約されていて海外の方特有の”外国人の考える日本語”がなくとても読みやすいですしわかりやすいです。

[@shotsfiredandmissed9068]

was that a hearts of iron reference i saw @ 2:41?

[@DuyNghia7]

Those AC04's cutscenes are very high quality. Which video are those from?

[@Tiger66261]

They're likely upscaled emulator footage.

[@JaelinBezel]

If there was one thing the Treaty of Versailles should've taught us, it's to never be overly harsh to your enemy. It's just gonna make them hate you more.

[@gameknight8882]

Me after seeing the thumbnail: Yes erusa, that’s what we’re talking about

[@swagga7644]

9:15 Man, Venezuela has one of the biggest impacts on the story.

[@alexmdrkblu]

Acecombatfan are you going to do a let's play of Ace Combat 7?

[@AceCombatFan]

Yes, but I am thinking more about doing a live stream of the game as soon as I get it!

[@alexmdrkblu]

Ace Combat Fan Even better! Thanks for replying, you rock dude.

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

"a male officer's remains-" Doesn't sound like that King even survived which is probably why we don't see him in any of the trailers.

[@kuuderuto]

オペレーションカティーナの空中給油機がオーシアなのはただ単純にモデリングが無いだけだろうけど考察に入れてもおかしくないのがいいね

[@gabrielloko30000]

With those Erusea POV from ACO4, we could take a little easy with the ACO7 Erusea POV...or probaly not

[@Paladin_Kou]

They can definitely fling back to threatening levels, especially since they have XFA-27 super jets

[@bradleymitchell1848]

So it's gonna be Scarface again? What about AC7 is it gonna be like an AC4 reboot?

[@michaelgavin5892]

From the vid I discovered that San Salvacion wasn't neutral at that time and joined the rebel forces at the time of the First Usean Continental War

[@angryrabidfoxes7380]

AC 7s cutscenes were weird... everyone looked fine and normal but princess cassette tape and mihaly’s gremlins had an anime aesthetic which made them look bug-eyed

[@DosofOs]

What game was that first cutscene from? Cause I don't remember that from 4, 5, Zero or 6.

[@aliacf8518]

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[@TheCommissarIsDead]

ive only played a few of the ace combat games,and im really confused about the storyline of the game. can someone please explain.

[@play_future7339]

Esse tipo de vídeo é muito bom, faz jus ao nome de canal!

[@CentralFloridaHipHop]

Do the history of osea please

[@piergiorgiocaroli9201]

11:41 Yay!!!! That's my beloved country!!!! Viva l'Italia!!!!

[@KJK9029]

Hey ACF, Could you tell me how accurate this map is? i.imgur.com/frNyH.jpg I want to know how accurate it is in relation to maps of strangereal currently, which game it might be from ie: AC6 or 3 or 2, I just don't know and was wondering if you did.

[@AceCombatFan]

That's a fan made map so we cannot take everything as it is that. The shape of the continent's seems accurate if we don't mind the small details however several countries are fan made and we cannot consider their name/borders/cities as either official or accurate. I am not sure who made it but without doubt that is one of the best fan arts about Ace Combat ever created and a very good map.

[@KJK9029]

Ace Combat Fan Thanks for the insight.

[@solowingborders3239]

With you on that Bob. I can handle Christmas in this world but no damn religion.

[@johnconner9149]

Don't Chopper and Eagle Eye mention praying? This would imply there is some form of religion in Strangereal.

[@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething]

I like how New Zealand is in Strangereal, like exactly the same 'cept it's missing the mini island below the South Island.

[@fucktardickis]

where is the HD ace 2 footage from?

[@neinist]

What is the song name around 3:00?

[@neinist]

What's the song around 11:18?

[@scarface9767]

in wich game was the scarface cutshane plzz tell me

[@User-nj9ti]

Erusea in a nutshell: "why i can´t win?"

[@ext-9yt]

The best pilots in Ace Combat

[@toavolans5985]

"USEAn Nations meet to deal with the refugees" *UN council footage*

[@BuckingBadger]

Kinda accurate description on what was going on at the time

[@Justapilot_9700]

Stonehenge was completed after Ulysses impact?! July 1995 the asteroid hit strangereal, and stonehenge's construction was done in 1998!

[@_Hoagie]

I would compare the creation of the Usean alliance more to the Non-Aligned Movement of the IRL Cold War, which was meant to create a bloc of countries that declared themselves to have no ties to the USA or USSR. The founding countries included communist Yugoslavia, semi-democratic India, authoritarian Indonesia and Egypt, as well as Ghana, so it wouldn't really matter what the government type was.

[@rubenlopez3364]

Why didnt Erusea get invovled in the Belkan war?

[@CptCutter81]

Where on earth is your accent from? Sometimes it sounds American, sometimes it sounds Spanish, sometimes it sounds central European.

[@fakulm1436]

CptCutter81 sounds like brazilian

[@mattlatorre9084]

To me it sounds like a combination of American, British, Dutch, and Spanish.

[@SabeSilver]

Portuguese

[@renorzeta]

will they remaster Ace 6 for other Console or PC

[@TheTaylorhorton]

Unlikely. Considering the proprietary game engine the AC series has used. Thankfully, they decided to use unreal 4 with AC7.

[@LAHFaust]

@@TheTaylorhorton I already predict somebody is going to try to mod AC7 to have AC6s campaign

[@blazemacarthur3555]

"Delarus"... omygod

[@elfinplatypus1341]

Who are we actually playing as in AC7? I honestly think that in the trailers Erusea was portrayed as the good guys.

[@GeneralWildDog]

I remembered in Earth's history, only Netherlands transited from a republic to a kingdom, does that mean Erusea is mirroring Netherlands to an extent?

[@Ramash440]

5:08 I don't quite remember this in Cross Rumble, is this a trailer or does my memory fail me completely ?

[@toavolans5985]

Ramash440 either a trailer or intro

[@Ramash440]

Replied and then deleted comment about having started a new game and not seeing it, apparently this happens if you don't press any buttons on the start screen. Oh well, I guess I've been too impulsive and pressed A every time.

[@toavolans5985]

Ramash440 AAAAAAAAAAAAAA lol, I think it'd be a trailer then, AC04, AC5 and Zero have similar things.

[@Ramash440]

AC04 did ? I know ACZ had that pretty cool trailer that also shows things that don't happen ingame (The paratroopers), but I don't remember anything about 04's pre release.

[@toavolans5985]

Ramash440 I mean Paratroopers were in that one mission of ACZ, I think it was called Flicker of Hope... But AC04 had an intro of sorts it just wasn't anything major plot revealing, just some nice poetry and then fighter jets (you can actually change one of them if you change your aircraft in free flight and then fly in a mission, exit it, and then go to the title screen)