The Suikoden Iceberg Explained

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A series known for its cult following and dedicated fanbase, it was praised, for its great 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 in a story and still be able to convey an amazing plot.
This is the Suikoden iceberg.
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[@AzureZelkova]

The iceberg is really short even though there are many more things to tell about the series like recurring characters (Vivi, Jeane), time-constraint quest (Clive), connections between characters across different games (Hai Yo in Suikoden II and Shun Min in Suikoden V), timeline of the games, etc. Was expecting a lot more when clicking on this video

[@woohahcatrim9780]

This. Hard pass.

[@sakalak]

Yep. The little boy who made this video made a number of mistakes, too. "Detective Conan in Japan." No, little one. This site compiles a lot of information without fact checking, etc. Needs to step up its quality game.

[@lildrewZ]

100% agree. Suikoden easily has the bones to go for 45+ min here.

[@Overdoseplus]

All these iceberg videos are really low effort general knowledge

[@darkmudkip8516]

@@woohahcatrim9780 hard pass on ye mum

[@denciolombos2510]

the second suikoden is the best for me.. when I completed all 108 characters.. & don't feel like going out . I'd run around the castle & just watch everything.

[@StewNWT]

first suikoden is the best. The best soundtrack and character art

[@WhiteTrashTennessee]

​@@StewNWTna you dont k ow what you are talking about

[@StewNWT]

@@WhiteTrashTennessee I know all and see all MOFO. ANd I'm right

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

Suikoden is one of the best JRPG game I've played every time I see visuals and discussions about it. It immediately brings me back to my pre teen years staying late up at night trying to grind most characters levels, reading walkthroughs to completely recruit every stars of destiny characters, and also the mini games. It's worth every hour I invested. I wish I could go back to much simpler fun times.

[@signalflare3791]

Woven web of the centuries is a full on turn based rpg. It's not a slot machine game.

[@roninronreacts1870]

I always viewed the Odessa, Flik, and Humphrey fight scene in the opening as a look into the Liberation Army's travels before the hero arrived.

[@MicBain]

Suikoden III manga were definitely released outside of Japan. I have several volumes in English, published by TokyoPop.

[@edralev7671]

You see i'm a simple man i see suikoden i click.

[@ct93..]

Would love like a dlc that allows you to play through the game like Luca blight (favourite villain of all time)

[@YorkshirePirate]

"Act like a pig..."

[@h3c364]

Bought suikoden 1 eons ago. It was a $20 bin gamble at Walmart. Never regretted it once. Still have it to this day.

[@Kaladin07]

It could be quite valuable now. Hopefully it was in good shape with book/box. Great find 👏

[@joshuareynolds23]

I got suikoden 1 from a pawn shop when ps2 had just came out was hooked from that moment on. I've played all the games that came out in English.

[@Deadguy247]

Suikoden 1 and 2 were so fun. It had so much side quests and stories that it had so much replay value for me.

[@kylefairfield4319]

So many fond memories of these games. Number 2 may be one of my favorite stories of all time. Very excited to see them remade.

[@omensoffate]

Not being remade

[@zanedigriz1999]

Remastered. Still awesome...I have wanted a copy of these games to replay them forever it feels like.

[@xainudin108]

Diving into the Suikoden iceberg is like uncovering the layers of a rich, epic saga. 🌟 The series' ability to juggle a vast cast while delivering a compelling narrative is nothing short of masterful. 🎮📖 The combat mechanics, the unforgettable soundtrack, and the deep lore all contribute to its legendary status. Thanks for shedding light on the intricacies of this beloved series. Can't wait to explore every tier of this iceberg! ❄✨

[@greghero7720]

the stat stone glitch can be abuse after using all your available stat stones in that particular load game, then you intentionally lose an encounter battle for the game to ask you "continue" or "give up" as a selection, if you choose to continue, you'll return to the last save point of your last loaded game, not by just loading the game after you spent all your stat stones that you mentioned, it's a wrong method, and player not aware of this wanting to try this glitch may not receive the result they looking for.

[@spiderlance]

You’re wrong about quite a few things. Your box art for the card game is some weird fake ESRB box? While there is a Suikoden slot machine. It is not Suikoden woven web of the centuries. Which you could clearly tell if you even looked at your box art you put on display. Woven Web is another spin off for PSP. I have no idea how you messed that up so badly. The PSP Suikoden 1+2 game is not a spin-off, it’s a remaster. None of this is iceberg material btw, you literally just list the games. Suikoden 3 manga was released in several countries, not solely in Japan by a long shot. Matilda glitch - “This bug has been fixed in the PS versions of Suikoden 1 and 2” what? I assume you mean PSP version, and I assume you just mean Suikoden 2 since this glitch has nothing to do with Suikoden 1 I hate the way you pronounce Jowy, just say Joey, also you pronounce Genso wrong several times. Lorelei is OP - personal opinions are iceberg material now? Did you get lazy towards to the end? Plenty more could have been mentioned, only 1 really obvious point about each suikoden 3 and 4, nothing about suikoden 5? Very dissapointing, please do more research.

[@akiradkcn]

To not mentiom its just a list of unsorted curiosities, it doesnt even actually follow the chart format that defines a iceberg

[@bobjoemac1]

Hadn't even finished the video and saw so much wrong. Good to see others pointing it out too.

[@jonmcknight18]

Exited for the remaster come next year

[@friednoodle6582]

finally you tackled this one, 1 and 2 is my favorite. thanks again maker!

[@Maker1]

My pleasure! This one been in the vault for a while so I figured now was as good a time as any. Cheers friend.

[@friednoodle6582]

@@Maker1 I never knew about the full color intro by beating hundreds of highlander scum, welp time to beat some more just to watch the intro in full color and shed manly tears. seriously even without voice acting Suikoden 1 and 2 is full of emotional scenes.

[@paulsmith9192]

@Fried Noodle excited for the remasters?

[@noobpie2]

LOVE suikoden 2, best game I’ve ever played.. nice video man very entertaining

[@Lastjustice]

The footage in the intro of Suikoden 1 I took as showing the rebels prior to the Hero's involvement. Why it shows Humphrey, Flix and Odessa fighting enemies together. The whole thing was alot of flashbacks.

[@Kaladin07]

Suikoden 2 is my favorite game ever. I've 100% all of the games including Tierkreis and Tactics. One of my earliest gaming memory is speedrunning Suikoden 2 trying to catch up to the letters for Clives quest. I was so mesmerized by stumbling on Sajah Village tucked away west of the capital at the end of the game. Why was it there? What was the point of it being included? That was the start of my love of the world and the lore of the series. Great video 👍

[@PlutoNonary]

Feels weird that this didnt mention the Suikoden I & II HD Remaster coming out next year

[@ShaggyShagz13]

Suikoden 1 and 2 were two of my favorite games. I had a list of my best fighters and a list of my favorites, there are so many choices.

[@TheKojiLinx]

Within the four seas, all men are brothers.

[@Poki3]

OK, you got several things flat out wrong. Like, a lot of things. And I'm not talking about your mispronunciation of "Genso" either. 0:57 - What is this box art? That's a North American GBA box, and the game never came out outside of Japan, and the key art is from Suikoden 3, not 2 which the game is a retelling of. 1:05 - For a section called "Connected Universe", saying Tierkreis is in an alternate universe is a bit weird, don't you think? If you played Tierkreis you'd also know that there's potentially more to it then that, at least as far as speculation is concerned. A great thing to mention in a "Connected Universe" segment, but alas left untouched. 1:15 & 1:21 - You have the PSP game and the "slot machine" completely confused. Woven Web of the Centuries IS the PSP spinoff game released in 2012. The pachislot Suikoden whatever isn't even a "game" in the same sense as the other games are. And the other box art you're using is the (Japanese only) PSP re-release of Suikoden 1 and 2. 2:33 - The sword isn't called "Luck & Pluck". It's called Luck first, and when it's given to Jojo, Bruford changes it's name to Pluck before dying. 2:47 - Beginning of which game? 3:00 - Removed in the Japanese version? You make it sound like the Japanese version came second. And yes, it was cause of religious connotations. 3:11 - Again, which game? And all the sequences in the intro are from the perspective of Lekkant as she watches events of the past and possible future through her crystal ball. The Humphrey, Flik and Odessa one specifically is just a representation of something they did before the start of the game. 3:42 - Which game? OK, I'll stop doing these now, you clearly don't know. 4:13 - "Allowing normal game growth relatively simple" - what does this sentence even mean? 4:16 - It was fixed in the PSP re-release of Suikoden 2, not PS. You also make it sound like the bug is in both 1 and 2 originally, but the place you got this info from is referring to the PSP re-release that you skipped over when talking about the game. 8:40 - WITH Nanami. 9:44 - True rune, not real rune. "True Rune" is a very specific thing in the Suikoden universe. 10:39 - The Kickstarter didn't raise 500,000 dollars. That was the amount they were originally asking for. 11:03 - Using unrelated footage of Suikoden 2 while talking about a Suikoden 1 Easter Egg. Great. 12:00 - This is incredibly poorly explained, and is not a glitch, just an extreme abuse of the way the game calculates experience from fights using the difference between character and enemy levels. 12:45 - No, you don't load your save normally. You have to use the fight and pick "Don't give up". 12:27 - ...and 3. Weird that you're using Suikoden 2 footage, and then saying it "also" works in Suikoden 2. 13:01 - OK, not familiar with the Drama CD's myself, but the sentences are very weirdly structured, and the footage is completely wrong, showing the in-game comment boxes that the radio segment was referencing, some random spreadsheet, and... a thread from a fan forum where people share their collection of Suikoden games and merch? What? 14:19 - Where the heck did you get this outro from? Some random Kotaku article? What legendary designer? 2010's? There was no Suikoden game released in the west past 2009, so what was expected to "take off"? A game series that started in the 90's? This isn't even an exhaustive list of the errors in this video. You could make an iceberg video about the things that were wrong with this video. Take this to heart and don't talk about stuff like you know it when you actually don't. It's not going to work out.

[@rennierzamora3582]

I see Suikoden content I watch

[@anonymousmeatloaf8791]

There exist an infinite money trick in suikoden 1. Theres a gambling NPC in rockland where you bet for the correct location of a coin in one of the 3 cups. Basically the location of the coin is the same everytime you load your save file.

[@SDCrusader]

There are individual RPGs I'd say I preferred over Suikoden but taken as a series as a whole, I don't think anything beats it. The only JRPG series that has come even within the ballpark of it in terms of overarching story & world building has been Falcom's Trails series.

[@zanedigriz1999]

Breath of Fire 1-4 deserves a head nod and a remaster. Suikoden and BoF series were just as beloved to me growing up as FF classics (1-9). And just BECAUSE imma name drop Parasite Eve 1&2, and Xenogears.

[@Raynimator]

I see suikoden in the title of a video and instantly know I'm dealing with a person of sophistication and class. You make great videos! Keep on keeping on.

[@chuckheap]

You got a decent amount of information wrong. The manga info, the "slot machine game" etc the flashback scene in the intro. "Real rune"...

[@AnimeResourceShorts]

Love this game!

[@paulsmith9192]

Zero mention on the suikoden remasters

[@androtaz2621]

Very fond memories of this game.

[@AngryCosmonaut]

There's a lot of weird mispronunciations, grammar mistakes, and inaccuracies in the video. I mean its Futch, not Fusch.

[@alenaduplantier4505]

Use to play this as a kid now iam 33 time fly so fast isn't it

[@55rz55]

the suikoden manga was NOT solely released in Japan, cause I have one official volume of Suikoden 3 Manga in Indonesian

[@thepaper888]

Suikoden ps1 and ps2 games available on ps3 eshop. Get them while you can $6-$20 for most ps1 rpgs on there. Xenogears,chrono trigger, so many.

[@paulsmith9192]

@The Paper or wait for the remasters?

[@thepaper888]

Or get both.

[@Noodle4Life]

for me, jillia is the bastard as a result of sara blight rap**ed by ruffians in front of child luca's eyes is the most iceberg of suikoden 2 i ever knew 😳

[@joshuareynolds23]

I've done the color intro one time over the hundreds of times I've played the game because I always lose count and, it's just so tedious to pull off.

[@jacobbrothers5412]

I hope Konami isn't holding off on the release of the 1 and 2 remasters just so they can release it on the same day as Eiyuden Chronicles...

[@WhiteCresentKnight]

I fully expected to hear something about the Suikoden cult

[@alvin081988]

Suikoden 2 will always be one of the Greatest JRPGs of all time

[@kentamidorin]

YES

[@sherkhan_5050]

10:41 Bro it's 💴 Yen (Japanese currency) not USA dollar 💵 😂

[@ZappaSlave]

Suikoden 3's manga was relaaes in the US. In 11 volumes.

[@necloe]

Actually Suikoden 4 manga was translated into italian by Jpop Manga Editions.

[@askmein6min]

Why are so many of your videos filled with incorrect content? For example, the Suikoden 3 manga was released in the US. I feel like you dont spend enough time making these videos as they are always filled with incorrect info and spelling errors.

[@assanchop1574]

I shut it off after he pronounced it "Jen"-so Suikoden...

[@ongpongtv]

I really need haiyo to have his own series😅😅😅

[@thomashernandez6536]

9:27 the hell I am not! Jerk! ;)

[@celes9111]

Suikoden 3 and 5 manga were officially translated in italian. Sadly not Suikoden 2 manga

[@volumeboyman]

A hwhip!

[@shakzor]

Sweekadin.

[@bigcong7845]

I always pronounced it Sweeh..koh..den

[@shivur5073]

Just paid $100 for my copy last week and playing through on my first time ans its amazing

[@paulsmith9192]

@Shivur surprised didn't wait for the remasters

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Another well-made & informative video Maker. The Suikoden series is highly regarded among the RPG community. Think you can cover the SaGa or Tales series next?

[@Maker1]

Thanks mate. I'll definitely look into them. Cheers friend.

[@akiradkcn]

"Well-made and informative" lmao

[@paulsmith9192]

@Maker weird, no mention on the suikoden remasters

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Correction, the Suikoden 3 Manga actually was localized.

[@SuikodenGR]

Really...THATS it? You do know the iceberg is MUCH deeper then that and on the comment section will tell you missed out information. Recommend do an updated version cause this video is lacking information.

[@iorifori91]

suiko 3 manga is released in english too. check your fact straight!

[@haldenzguard]

Suikoden 3 manga release worldwide, as opposed to your claim of Japan only.

[@adamlinkson9945]

9

[@NP-ip3nj]

Two minutes in and your info is wrong. The Suikoden 3 manga was released in English. Source - I own it. None of the Japan only games are slot machine games. Jesus christ dude, try doing 5 seconds of research.

[@Phoenixryu]

These games are terrific (except 4 lol). I backed Chronicle and can't wait for it to come out. The only thing you missed is that in order to steal some of Chronicle's thunder Konami is remastering Suikoden 1 and 2!

[@StewNWT]

I couldn't stand III.

[@coreymatchett2490]

You guys know they are re-releasing suikoden 1&2 in a bundle this year. Remastered. Hope your all ready to cry when Nanami DIES!

[@HakaseYuki]

“JA-WEE” = Cringe

[@uglybadstupid]

oh nice playing coda at the end