The Suika Game that's Impossible to Lose

[@k3ttledrum]

I’m going to be honest. As soon as Jacob asked Joe what suika means, I had the same “oh no” feeling he had when he was about to google it.

[@BananaWasTaken]

Same

[@matgun6426]

Same

[@lawrindapeacock6849]

Same here lol

[@koyori5151]

I legitimately had no idea I just did not care to look.

[@ryofox493]

yeah same lol. I just never thought about that at all tbh

[@ace0734]

Although Jacob didn’t know that Suika meant watermelon, he at least knows other fun facts, such as when you combine the names of the characters Kat and Ana from the WarioWare series, you get the word katana!

[@redcast3041]

no you dont... ypu get anakat...

[@shadou1234567]

my favorite trivia! never heard of it! How can we be sure Jacob knows that Kat and Ana from the WarioWare series, when combined, make the word Katana?

[@penguinsarecool6357]

​@@redcast3041auto translate makes that say have children

[@JohnnyBensons]

I didn't know that! Woah!

[@mutantmonkey7825]

No you get anakat

[@Uggnog]

Alpharad must be making these things because there's no way there's this many functional Suika knockoffs

[@wawacat6568]

You'd be suprised how many people can make a quick buck by ripping off a popular game with a simple game mechanic

[@tomd96]

You'd be surprised how much influence a youtuber has on a market. Personally, I'm waiting for a Kamen Rider Gaim suika game.

[@daboross2]

It's such a simple concept to mimic, though, if you already have a functional physics engine like most game engines have. Plus, the playability is actually so nice compared to other game concepts this simple.

[@bwellstv4927]

Well, good news, quite a few weren't very functional lol

[@R8Spike]

There's one called money game that he hasn't played yet

[@aringorski4786]

Fun fact: Suica (Yes, with a C) is also Japan's most popular payment app, at least it was at one point, maybe not anymore. It's also a pun on watermelon. Previously, before smartphones were as common as they are now, Suica was actually a physical card that you could recharge at convenience stores to use like a credit card, but these days people mostly use a mobile app instead. The reason it's spelled with a "C" is because "ca" is short for "card," this is common with other sorts of cards, like membership cards.

[@Shymain]

A very interesting addendum to this: Suica originated as the smart cards for public transit payment for the JR East transit area (where Tokyo is located) and there are other cards like it used across Japan, such as ICOCA in JR West (Kyoto, Osaka, etc.). These cards are created and managed by the JR companies in some cases and in other cases by local smaller companies -- i.e. Pasmo in Tokyo, SUGOKA in Fukuoka, and PiTaPiTa in the Kansai region. I always thought it was super interesting how diverse the smart card systems were. I collected the 5 mentioned above in my time over there! In fact, this is still what they're mostly used for -- the ability to use them as general function e-cash (and the digital versions of them on mobile devices) are much more recent developments. As such, they're still a bit of a second-class citizen when it comes to payment methods in Japan -- depending on location, the most popular payment method will tend to be either cash or QR code apps like PayPay and Line Pay.

[@whamer100]

this is actually really cool

[@bensoncheung2801]

One hundred and eleven thumbs

[@nanashi7779]

6:13 Zoro's ability to get lost truly knows no bounds... bro can span entire universes just because he don't know where he going

[@Solereaper21]

If you want to see a tone deaf reality game show. Watch the gilligan's island reality show. They got people of the professions to play the parts of the contestants. The prize was a million dollars. Since the show had a millionaire and their wife, the richest people who didn't need the money had the best chance at winning. They won.

[@user-.--.-]

wait how did the millionaire have the best chance at winning? (i have never seen this show)

[@chantolove]

@@user-.--.-I assume it’s about island survival somehow?

[@elliotw.888]

​@@user-.--.-I'd like to know too. was it that they all had to do tasks relating to their profession or something?

[@Aerythraea]

@@elliotw.888 There were both the millionaire AND his wife both participating separately in the game show, so together they had 2 times higher odds of getting the million dollars than anyone else.

[@GaifuKaisei]

Did you know if you put "sui" and "ka" together, you will have suika. Its japanese for "watermelon"

[@jackbudi]

What if I put “su” “i” and “ka” together?

[@GaifuKaisei]

​@@jackbudiyou would be wrong because they are 2 people, instead of 3.

[@Unbelievablyunfunny]

And also the name of a particular character from touhou

[@prettyradhandle]

@@Unbelievablyunfunny HER NAME IS GOBLIN!!!!!!! RAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ATSM_33]

I personally did not know about Suika being watermelon, and God, it feels so obvious to me now. You're not alone, Alpha.

[@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin]

You are both very brave for admitting that publicly, respect.

[@pixelated_human]

me too- it makes so much sense but god i would not have put that together. thinking back to when squid game blew up and i thought everyone was talking about splatoon

[@ATSM_33]

@@pixelated_human That's hella understandable. I saw the trailers and shite so I knew about it, but without seeing them, I would have thought the exact same thing. I don't think Splatoon 3 was out then, so it'd make more sense.

[@azumars]

"alpha" isnt his name rad?

[@limelad1]

​@pixelated_human Oh my god finally someone else who thought squid game was about splatoon

[@bonniejunk]

i was just hoping the alpharad gold brothers would cover a fresh new game like this! thank you jacob gold and jo gold.

[@Sickmmaner]

I honestly think a series like this is good for any KZbin channel. Just two friends talking over a simple game. That's the kind of content I love right now.

[@GalvatronRodimus]

wholesome

[@crashhelmi36]

I didn't know Suika meant watermelon until I watched this video. So you are not alone Jacob.

[@bromleylacy9999]

Same here

[@korepersephone]

agreed. same here, didn't consider it honestly.

[@Not_A_Noob_06-qm5wz]

Same

[@diobrando1616]

Same

[@Itfaern]

Same

[@Spunkton]

At this point it is just a podcast with suika in the background, and I'm all here for it

[@wawacat6568]

It's SO embarrassing that Jacob did not know that Suika means Watermelon in japanese! Alpharad Gold just had a certified "Fell off" moment! WOW!

[@drog9235]

I know right! I'm unsubscribing

[@realperson9951]

LOL imagine!!

[@yoshimario40]

I cannot believe Jacob did not know what Suika meant. I subscribed to this channel because suika is literally my favourite japanese word ever, but I am now instantly unsubscribing because of this. Unbelievable. /s

[@itridentgiucxitdtztztzzjgcu]

Same. I’m unsubscribing.

[@Echo-gb2vx]

What a blunder! Time for us all to unsubscribe en masse!

[@swordsmancs]

I knew Suika meant watermelon before Suika game ever popped off because of Dr. Stone; a lot of characters are named after things, like Chrome, Magma, Jasper are pretty clear, but some have Japanese names, like Kinro and Ginro. They mentioned that Kinro and Ginro are named after gold and silver, so I figured that musta been true of the other Japanese-named characters, and yep! One of em’s named Suika, and she wears a watermelon rind on her head as a sort of medieval pair of glasses, and that rind is what she was named after both in and out of the story

[@MedK001]

same!

[@Mysticshade59]

If there's anybody who can find their way of losing a game, no matter how hard or easy it is, it's this guys. I believe in the power of skipping tutorials!

[@DaiRiomie]

So true, Shiki

[@Mythspooks]

If it helps i did not piece together that suika meant watermelon. I literally wasn't even on track to figuring it out until Jacob said it and i needed to pause the video and take a deep breath

[@purplesam2609]

I've been casually learning Japanese and I am grateful for Suika Game cementing that word into my brain

[@spectrallizz]

I only knew suika meant watermelon because there's a Dr stone character who wears a watermelon helmet and her name is Suika lol

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

Literally the reason why I know better.

[@sakarain]

A lot of those village characters, if not all, are named after objects

[@notmenotme281]

same!!

[@superray9499]

I only knew that from Dr Stone aswell!

[@superray9499]

​@@sakarain Almost all the villagers are named after minerals!

[@Maker0824]

Wow, un-unlocking achievements actually sounds really cool

[@davidprentice4732]

Tbh if nobody had said it to me before I could think about it I probably wouldn’t have figured out that Suika=Watermelon until this video 😂😅

[@jonaslemon3630]

Same

[@pykrite4085]

Same

[@davidgallardo2213]

Same

[@innertuber4049]

I did not know before this video

[@appleofdoom]

Question for Alpharad: What did you think Suika meant?

[@Erros]

The way the combo works is if any fruit combines within a second or 2 since the last combo, so the easiest way to do it is hold down the mouse and wait for the fruit to bunch up and start shifting around when 80% of the jar is filled. The lose condition is a fruit needs to be above the background line of the jar for more than 2 seconds, during this you can reset the countdown by combining another fruti with the one above the line. Source: friend of the devs and hold 1st in the survival category

[@Lorraine202]

Luffy and Chopper would love watermelon game but Luffy would want to know if there’s any meat in it and be mildly disappointed when he learns there isn’t

[@shiaraspittall979]

In Jacob’s defence, I thought Suika was the genre of game where you drop stuff into a box.

[@MegAmi24]

Day 2 of waiting for Jacob's funny joke

[@arvidbergman]

This is the only one of these comments I'll tolerate

[@lobsterspasta]

Im going to be devastated when Suika month ends. This has been my favorite holiday so far

[@innertuber4049]

You better not end the week before the much hyped Suika Shapes comes out

[@jackedgley]

Jacob, I'm with you on this. I just went "oh they call it watermelon game cause you try to get the watermelon" and did not think for a split second what suika actually meant. You're not alone.

[@steamtasticvagabond474]

I did not know Suika meant watermelon. I assumed Suika was the name of the game and people just called it the watermelon game because obviously

[@RapidProbably]

I did not know what Suika meant until now. This is more educational than entertainment. Thank you Jacob for also being unlearned in what suika meant.

[@chillmadude]

also i should probably thank you guys for bringing to my attention about the steam achievement cheat program, cuz there are some achievements i would 2000% have if they existed when the steam workshop support for A Hat in Time was a beta, and i just never felt like trying to figure out what i have to do to get those achievements so i can feel pride in having 100%completion in AHiT again

[@WitheringRose13]

What’s the name of the program?

[@thedeadpixelsociety]

Thanks for playing our game, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@magigika]

We need an open world Suika game

[@Kyrmana]

I support this notion

[@fishqueen1702]

12:30 so me and my fam are watching Squid Game the challenge and we are honestly really enjoying it, I like the psychological twist they have for the cookie game at least where they force a group of people to agree on what cookie shape each row will do, lead to a some shocking moments. But once you mentioned nothing really happens in the show I kind of realized you’re right. You don’t know the people negatively effected I til like right before their event happens and it is kinda annoying. That being said it is interesting when they do do the psychological stuff like the cookie game thing I mentioned, but that’s like 10-15% of the show and that’s me being generous

[@Rubiish_Axel]

This is the video that made me realize: “Oh, that’s what suika means.”

[@AstroGunter]

This video is like a joe rogan video above subway surfers gameplay. Thank you, this is what I needed to fuel my dopamine

[@mikomakowski7907]

As a dr stone fan, I knew the whole time that suika meant water melon when this game came out

[@InkGraffiti]

this might be the best of the loyal suika games, the physics work, it moves and looks very clean, it doesn't seem buggy, its art is adorable lool

[@Pluike]

Omg ive been waiting for you guys to play suika game for sooo long! Im excited, almost as excited as I will be when you pause suika week to play Mario Strikers Charged for wii on my birthday November 29th! (Also Don Cheadles birthday!!)

[@auru1325]

Mr. Alpharad, I did not not make the connection myself

[@R1GHTS1DE]

im glad they're having fun with Suika games but i wish they'd play wii bowling as a note i didn't know Suika meant water melon

[@lemonbeef1302]

Ngl, i’ve been popping off every day that a new suika video has been coming out since the second one. They’re just so nice

[@Cantrona]

I find it shocking that he's just now discovering what Suika meant when the subway card in Japan where he was just visiting is also called a Suica and it has a watermelon mascot too

[@deyesed]

Wait I thought suica had a penguin logo. Or is there also a mascot

[@Cantrona]

@@deyesed I might have to go digging for mine but I'm pretty sure there was some sort of watermelon iconography somewhere. Also knowing Japan it wouldn't surprise me if they have several different versions too

[@Shymain]

@@Cantrona Famously, Suica's mascot is a penguin and Icoca's mascot is a platypus! the standard designs for both cards, which are almost universally the ones used, have these mascots on them. There are definitely special editions that have been released (e.g. a Pikachu-themed Suica, cards with both of these mascots on them to celebrate the start to national interoperability back in the mid 2010s) but to my knowledge none with a watermelon. I suspect it would be too obvious of a pun. Maybe you're thinking of the Welcome Suica for tourists with the cherry blossoms?

[@paranoidlizard6338]

9:35 hey so i thought i’d let y’all know, i heard the conditions the contestants of that real life squid game were put into some really awful conditions. I mean it makes sense i guess, when it was a tone deaf idea to begin with

[@daboross2]

I assumed suika probably meant fruit 😭

[@meganhammer7857]

I knew suika meant watermelon, because it seems to be a rarer fruit flavour in Japan compared to 'melon', which specifically refers to a different kind of melon (the second-last fruit in suika game).

[@Shymain]

i started clapping irl at 18:16. what an excellent play that was

[@spud8370]

😳😳 shy main....... 🤯

[@Shymain]

@@spud8370 hello pik min. purple

[@Biro_the_Ukrainian]

The fact that suika means watermelon didn't even cross my mind. I thought it was just a name of a puzzle game genre

[@SkeleTonOfFun]

I didn't know suika and watermelon were the same. I kinda had that revelation like, "oh, I'm stupid" because of this video.

[@redstyle6492]

Same

[@MultiSoulZero]

this got recommended to me out of nowhere, 9 months later. Already 6 other alpharad gold suika videos are in the sidebar recommended. I can't go through it all again, but maybe my dog can

[@littletimmy6972]

I didn’t know suika meant watermelon until just now, so I can confidently say that I am just as stupid as Alpharad

[@realperson9951]

i hope you remember suika ibuki from touhou in that one spinoff fighting game, her name is watermelon and there were pictures drawn of a watermelon with oni horns

[@ethanmullett4799]

Jacob if it makes you feel any better, half of chat had no idea what Suika meant until you asked that question

[@ice161h]

chat?

[@takaruku8128]

Can we talk about how this game had some of the best suika game physics it was satisfying to watch things move as I thought they would

[@melonlord2229]

funny thing at 19:16. While when this video was made, that was innocent, as of right now you can abuse unlocking an achievement to get the strongest item in the game within ten seconds of starting the game by getting an achievement right as you ask the guide what your copper sword can be made into, but it glitches into thinking that the guide menu is the crafting menu, and the copper shortsword is a material for Zenith, the postgame trophy sword.

[@TheFartingFluff]

alpha and sniffy talking on these sounds like if debate team was tame

[@Solereaper21]

I didn't know Suika meant Watermelon until you mentioned it. I also have not been playing these games non-stop as a job.

[@VivBrodock]

I did not know what suika meant until a friend who is taking japanese told me, so I stand in solidarity with you jacob

[@saiicarus]

cant wait for the end of the year when Alpharad Gold turns into Alpharad Suika and this is the only game they upload :D

[@Rosem_Blossom]

I just thought about it. Alpharad Gold is like coco melon but for young adults like me. I just sit there and zone out doing nothing productive with my time. I just sit there and stare and listen.

[@koboldparty4708]

I didn't KNOW what Suika meant, but I still KNEW, if that makes sense,

[@dawica]

“It’s like saying Jesus is your favorite character in the Bible” That might be my favorite quote in the history of this channel, and Jo said it like it was nothing

[@poggieauggie529]

no i just had that "WAIT" moment as soon as jacob asked joe if he knew how to say watermelon in japanese. "why would he specifically know how to say waterme- HANG ON..."

[@acee555]

I got a double ad the second they got a watermelon and thought they just cut the episode there

[@Bonadventuret2]

Same LMAO I had no clue I just thought suika was the name of the company that made it

[@RoarRyanator]

Bro yeah uh the expression of pure shocked realization I had on my face when the suika = watermelon thing was said was wild

[@tastyndylicious]

The week has been over for like a week. Why must you torture me so

[@egg8404]

I didn't know what watermelon meant in Japanese but i know now. Thank you jacob for your ever growing and expanding knowledge. You wise sage of wisdom.

[@PaperPilotGamer]

7:10 "Been there, am I right, fellas?" WOAH, WHAT.

[@guntruck4946]

Fun fact: Jacob Alpharad has never gotten a watermelon on gold before this

[@xxiLink]

I only thought about it because you brought it up in this video. I, too, would have been oblivious.

[@pandy3848]

I had the same discussion as jo with someone on reddit for a good hour. He insisted that somehow speedruns that use glitches take away from "true" glitchless speedruns. He kept comparing it to some people running a marathon and you show up in a car and just didn't want to understand that thats not what it's like, if we use that analogy then it's like having marathon for people to run but also giving the option for people to race in their cars. He then tried to deny that glitched speedruns still take alot of talent and patient and he tried to disprove that by posting mario world credit warp (0 exits) speedruns

[@pao_lumu]

The real challenge of the IRL squid game is trying to watch it

[@VelociKatzeMk99]

the thought of suika meaning watermelon never crossed my mind

[@josiahpearce6754]

I LOVE Suika Week! Keep em coming!

[@AeonCDG]

I had no clue about the suika thing. Legitimately never even thought about it

[@tatertot727]

I knew Suika was watermelon because of Dr. Stone- Do DO WA Do DO WA W-what? Do you guys hear that? You should play my singing monsters to hear more songs like this

[@IanChristopher]

I always thought Suika means "fruit" because I know fruit is 水果(shui guo) in Chinese and Chinese is pretty similar to Japanese so...

[@The_Doge89]

At this point they should just put a suika game in the corner all December and say that they played a new suika game.

[@agent8370]

I will stand with you Jacob Alpharad, I too never put two and two together to realize suika meant watermelon

[@lektornese]

I was certain Suika was watermelon in Japanese cause in Korea they called this game 수박(Subak) game so I thought it would be the same.

[@flufffae3108]

these videos are like baby sensory videos to me and i will be keeping all the suika/suikalike/suika lite videos in a stash locked away forever

[@nerouo]

jacob's gonna milk the suika for the rest of the year and it's amazing

[@PushoverMediaCritic]

On the topic of modern shonen, I really like Mashle: Magic and Muscles. The manga ended around chapter 160 the same time season 1 ended, and season 2 is coming out in a couple months.

[@QelerQr]

had 0 idea suika is watermelon

[@xdarin_]

"...and I was like: 'Do I title it Suika game or do I title it Watermelon game?', and then--" *[an ad pops in unannounced]*

[@captainbobey]

I thought Suika was the developer's name. I thought it was a Sid Meier's Civilisation situation. Like it was Suika's Watermelon Game... Thank you for bringing this to my attention Jacob

[@emilydioptase]

I literally had no idea Suika meant Watermelon until this video

[@carriedcoin7119]

Suika week has me missing “How Did We Get Here?” now

[@tmbocheeko]

I only learned that it meant watermelon because you asked Jo if he knew how to say it and I figured out where your story was going, otherwise I would've been living in blissful ignorance

[@sakarain]

There’s a touhou character named Suika so there’s literally a Suika touhou game

[@biggizmo5771]

Jacob alpharad, I will tell you with my whole heart, I too did not know that suika meant watermelon. Breathe easy my brother.

[@livio4161]

I never thought of suika meaning watermelon. I was so dumbfounded the moment you talked about it, damn

[@KittyConnie5]

I learned suika means watermelon through this video! Alpharad doing the Lord’s work

[@gachaheatpppp69]

Alpsukia! You’re going to do this for another year!

[@gwenedwards5109]

They've not uploaded yet...

[@TehWhiteTiger]

Suika being Watermelon somehow never clicked for me either until you mentioned it here. Seems so obvious now.. To be fair though, it is a little deceptive, the fact that Game is in English kind of implies Suika is a word we don't have a translation for.

[@SDLmusic25]

I had a tear in my eye when Jacob asked what suika means Okay, jokes aside, I didn’t know what it meant either… I felt really stupid when Joe explained it

[@Chartreuse_Colors]

i recently just watched up to fluctuations part 2, as that was the last episode of jjk when i binged it. to those who don't know, that means i am 3 episodes behind on November 25th, 2023. This will be rectified by November 27th, 2023. Thank you for reminding me to check to see if new episodes of jjk were out.

[@Lufia4]

I'm not a fan of gatekeeping, but "We can gatekeep suika" tickled my funnybone x'D