THE WAXING MOON - Fate/Samurai Remnant - 1

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Today we begin our Let's Play, walkthrough, and playthrough of Fate/Samurai Remnant, which has us hopping into the shoes of Miyamoto Iori who finds himself tangled in the war to secure the "Waxing Moon Vessel", a wish-granting object.
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GAME: Fate/Samurai Remnant
AUTHOR: Omega Force, Koei Tecmo
Fate/Samurai Remnant lets players play as Miyamoto Iori. The combat is hack and slash style with some similarities to musou gameplay, but it falls under the Action RPG genre with dodging and looking for openings as an important element. It features a wide array of stances, which the player character can switch between on the fly. Iori uses dual katanas, a widespread weapon for Samurai during the Edo period. Players can give commands to their servant, launching special attacks and combos. In certain situations, the game allows for full control of Iori's servant, as his weapons can't be used against other servants.
#fate #fategrandorder #playthrough

[@NicoB]

No my God, what have I done...?

[@code122]

FATE!!!! THIS IS FATE ISN'T IT!!! THIS IS TOTALLY FATE!!!

[@MarvelousAdmirer445]

Hey, that's Hell you're walking into.

[@baku6519]

You’ve opened pandora’s box Nico! What have you DONE!!?!!

[@hiitsalex6780]

I surprise that you getting into Fate. You said in your British Komaeda video that the fate franchise will drain your money.

[@joddelrealingo7737]

Welcome to the hell hole called the Fate franchise, Nico, you will never leave, HAHAHAHAhaha

[@colt1903]

This is the story of how Nico bought an entirely separate apartment just for his Fate Figures.

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

That makes too much sense

[@colt1903]

​@@letsreadtextbook1687 Yep😂

[@wchan39]

Any bets on which character Nico will be obsessed with?

[@colt1903]

@@wchan39 Cleopatra. Also Jeanne cuz she's a sweetheart. And, let's be honest, Rin. If nothing else, out of sheer obligation. Maybe Gil. Cuz I can FEEL the Togami voice heading his way.

[@Boarbatrice]

He said he bought a house on Twitter, so he has more room for them. Wouldn’t be surprised if that was legit the reason he finally got into fate

[@Octet5414]

Nico: why are you circling me while explaining this Fate fans: THEY DID THE THING

[@Flawless-Walrus]

"Sometimes a man just needs to predate."

[@mechaswool]

To quote one piece of the overall series, "That's hell you're walking into"

[@mariaevens8969]

When people ask Nico where He wants to Go, He doesn't say "Up"... He says "Down! All the way!" X"3

[@LorsephDDs]

to Answer your question at 16:42 Iori is just mentioned in other fate media. This is his first proper appearance and they made him playable!

[@MozillaVulpix]

the real fate rabbit hole is having to explain what was happening at that time where iori was mentioned

[@mojito8948]

Was it during the third pseudo singularity ?

[@harryrinaudo5525]

@@mojito8948 He was mainly mentioned during the Las Vegas summer event

[@Armoraxis]

Just a tip, any character with a simple name is very likely a servant, as their "names" are actually job titles like those found in RPGs

[@_mycenae]

Except for Saber, who is a bladed stick.

[@flashergoldpower15]

Including Saber as well right?

[@Armoraxis]

@@flashergoldpower15 yep

[@mads_in_zero]

It's sort of a rule that Servants are incredibly powerful beings compared to living humans. This game really makes you _feel_ that difference when fighting them...

[@natchu96]

A human from the age of gods could potentially be as strong if not stronger than a servant, but mystic forces have been on a sharp decline since then, and by Iori's time very few people would even be able to put up with a servant for more than a few seconds. They are spirit familiars powered by the memories and legends of mankind, after all. Not only is the force of their mere existence extremely potent, but physical attacks don't affect spirits to begin with. Unless you are capable of magecraft, you pretty much have to reach a realm of mastery where you can even cut souls with pure technique, but from what I remember from the developer interviews for this game this game is set just after the last of such sword saints have passed. Even then servants are stronger and faster than humans of this era, Iori will be an inch from the grave in every encounter.

[@A_Liner]

​@@natchu96is that true? Regarding the human from age of gods rivaling the servants? I thought when the servants summoned in certain timeline, their power ranges to be more powerful than the humans. I mean, in Nasuverse, the power scaling ain't fixed. It never fixed.

[@Wandersnatch.]

​@@A_LinerIt's true, but it's not any random human warrior. The ones that can fight servants usually are the ones that becomes heroic Spirit themselves. The period they are summoned only matter if it affects their legend.

[@blurb9319]

@@A_Liner It's pretty established that humanity generally grew weaker over time as mystics faded and made way for science, though that isn't to say that there aren't still some really strong humans.

[@natchu96]

@@A_Liner Your random nondescript human likely ain't coming that far, at least not without being decked out from head to toe in divine armaments or something. But those from the age of gods powerful enough to leave behind legends and end up as heroic spirits in death anyway tend to be on par with their selves as servants, especially since servant vessels do not recreate their power perfectly; a warrior hero with strong foundations in magecraft could be summoned as a caster, but their physical abilities would plumet, and vice versa. Now Grand class vessels are orders of magnitude better and might actually exceed the original living versions more often than not, but only the counter force has the ability to make them for the most part, and only in response to the presence of a Beast. The time period they're summoned to doesn't really directly affect anything, but the fame of the legend does impact the power of the servant manifested from the legend, and in that regard the degree the legend has spread across the world at different points in history would have an indirect effect.

[@CodeNameNES1]

The circling around Iori Saber does when they explain the waxing moon ritual is a reference to other fate series where similar rituals are explained by someone. The explainer will inevitably gravitate around the listener because the mass of gibberish being "explained" is so dense that the listener's brain turns into a mini-black hole as it tries to absorb it all. As an aside, Saber's name not being revealed is actually quite important. To illustrate why, let's say you summoned Achilles as your servant. You know Achilles. Everyone knows Achilles. And everyone knows his heel's his weak spot. If it becomes known your Servant is Achilles, you might as well shoot him in the foot yourself because dat boy ain't surviving for long.

[@Viledove]

Quick aside, Achilles is, in fact, in Fate. Dude is hella fast and tough, meaning the foot thing is correct, albeit to a point; his foot thing wouldn't kill him, but would definitely make him weak enough TO kill. So more akin to stabbing Superman with a kryptonite stake. The example still holds true, mind!

[@littlekuribohimposte]

@@Viledove The heel shot disables most of his abilities

[@charleshall1168]

​@@littlekuribohimpostemore specifically his invincibility against all non divine weapon's

[@littlekuribohimposte]

​@@charleshall1168 According to Apocrypha, his heel peing pierced also reduces his speed to 30%, though that was still more than fast enough for him to catch and subdue Atalante.

[@charleshall1168]

@@littlekuribohimposte Oh neat

[@oreotaku4017]

Nicob opens the Fate box. “You Fools! You’ve messed with the Natural Order!!!”

[@Hillwisekid]

Good old Sir Raven. A perfect person for this time of year.

[@Kelm_Kisaragi]

The Grand Order, if you will

[@Christian_Kim]

Nico tweeting about Mash and receiving that Dangerous Beast Mash figure from Miles were his canon events. It was only a matter of time. It was already too late for Nico after he bought that Edmund Dante figure.

[@Ragness10]

So this is why Nico bought a new house. He needed room for Fate figures

[@mackenziemoisan5993]

Nico: starts an entry in the Fate series Fate fans: "That's hell you're walking into."

[@tomatooverlord2764]

I came in here to check if anyone else had said this yet, and you're the third one I've seen so far. Still gonna say it myself.

[@santino7470]

As someone who almost has his master’s degree in Nasuverse Lore… …you are not prepared.

[@J_rodWolf]

He definitely isn't ready for all of the mind bending stuff that happens

[@DrMDHyde]

Geeeez, I barely have my bachelors.

[@snowyfate]

Bachelors? im not even done with fate highschool

[@arts1628]

Damn we got master here, I'm just humble scholar in this topic 😔

[@littlekuribohimposte]

Kingdom Hearts lore is the appitizer to the seven course meal of Nasu lore. Our sweet summer child has no idea what hell he hath rought upon himself.

[@gruntmasterbroadcast]

Nico walking towards Fate Chiaki: "Nico... Thats a can of hellish worms you are unleashing..." Nico: "I know..." Picky Penguins: "We have popcorn lets see how this plays out!"

[@2049571]

Dantes: It's about time you embraced your role as a Master. *sips coffee*

[@Byakurenfan]

Unlimited adlibs?

[@2049571]

@@Byakurenfan Well, that, and it's a wink and a nod to Dantes' valentines scene in FGO where he brews the player a cup of coffee.

[@joddelrealingo7737]

Even Chiaki fears the fate franchise.

[@2049571]

@@joddelrealingo7737 Does she?

[@FilipKanzurovski]

So without diving too deep (or to at least attempt to), here’s some general history to close some of the gaps in your knowledge. The Fate franchise has existed since 2004 with the visual novel Fate/stay night. It takes place in a modern setting and fully establishes a lot of what Fate brings to the table. It’s often regarded as the de facto way to get into the franchise, however due to it only existing in English via fan translations, this has made a lot of folks pass it up in favour of its anime adaptations by Ufotable (the Demon Slayer guys). That being said, despite what many would argue, it isn’t really important where you start with the franchise as very few of the entries connect in narrative. Most Fate entries exist in their own universe, either spinning off from the initial Fate/stay night timeline or doing something entirely different. There are of course entries that tie into each other, such as Fate/Zero (which is a prequel to the original VN), however when you’re jumping into a new Fate title, assume it’s a completely seperate setting and concept until told otherwise. The main thing that ties all these entires together are the heroic spirit setup, which permeates throughout the franchise. As such, if you end up liking Samurai Remnant and are confused on where to go from there, the answer is that you can basically go wherever you want. You can try the other games, the plethora of anime, and even Type Moon’s visual novels, which have begun receiving official English translations (such as the long requested Tsukihime). I’m sure you’ve made a ton of people very happy with this let’s play Nico, so all I can say is, in spite of all the memes that are bound to arise from this, I hope you have a fantastic time with this game.

[@jordancottrell1996]

The only real issue with the whole "start wherever you want" thing is a lot of newer stories spoil the plot twists the older ones. However, if you don't care, then have at it.

[@FilipKanzurovski]

@@jordancottrell1996 I agree to an extent (heck, I’m someone who would recommend FSN over Zero), but the thing is, people have gotten so vitriolic over what way you should get into the franchise, that at this point if I have a friend who wants to get into the franchise, I just let them get into it in the way they want while giving them some general background behind doing so.

[@briansilva3765]

@@FilipKanzurovski Fate and any other long running franchises fanbases should stop being so mean to newcomers and just say, start with whatever one looks cooler to you. Works surprisingly well.

[@flashergoldpower15]

​@@briansilva3765Honestly, you're correct if all the new cumbers would start on whatever kind of fate series they want, then I'm pretty they will have a great time diving into fate zero or hell even Grand order ( mobile game, considering the arcade only which is Japan only.)

[@briansilva3765]

@@flashergoldpower15 I personally started on the old Tsukihime visual novel, then did the fan discs then the Fate VNs, just because they looked cool. Granted I did the correct thing timeline wise, but if I started with something I didn't feel was my thing, just because it came first I wouldn't had become a fan.

[@crazybagel9979]

My god he actually did it, he opened Pandora’s box.

[@J_rodWolf]

As the old saying goes "That's hell your walking into"

[@casualfanatic4217]

After opening Pandora’s box and letting out all the despair, you at least find hope at the bottom. He opened the Fate box, lost all his money and only found a 3 star Assassin card.

[@J_rodWolf]

@@casualfanatic4217 damn... I know the feeling too well... too... well....

[@anotherjason]

Well he already did that with jojo's you could call this 2nd pandora's nox

[@noctisastrum7495]

Good lord Imagine if nico played the fate stay night visual novel

[@thunderhogTH]

So just to get the one thing out the way, You might recognize the name of "Saber" but the thing is in Fate, "Saber" is just a tittle. I won't get too much in detail, but every Fate entry has their own "Saber", and while sometimes it is the same Saber you might know, it's not a name unique to them. So while the "Saber" you recall is blonde, that is a completely different person from this "Saber". Edit: I wrote more originally, but I'll leave it at this for now and let the game explain more.

[@vivalaglavii6736]

Wait, so this isn't some different Artoria then? It looked like she used Excalibur and everything so I was confused.

[@MEGAmangaman]

The game actually goes into this a bit latter so id say its best we dont overload nico at the start.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

@@vivalaglavii6736 It's distance relative.

[@superfanboyofpokemon]

@@vivalaglavii6736 from what I seen, this is not Artoria

[@DankuCrown]

The game will explain this.

[@VictoryFlare8631]

Ooooh, great choice! Fate/Samurai Remnant is actually now considered to be one of the BEST jumping-on points for newbies to the Fate Franchise. It covers a lot of important material to give you a good baseline, and references several things from the original Fate Stay/Night in a thematic way, so while it does tie it together in some form, it still works as its own independent title. Have fun man! Word of advice to Nico's Mods: do NOT let anyone spoil the Servants' True Names to him. Guessing them is part of the fun!

[@flashergoldpower15]

IA 100% agree. Do not let anyone reveal the true noble fantastic. It's a part of the war, and that's what makes it interesting, which is why majority of the fate ones between their favorite characters and everyone else's. It is truly a confusing time but also for each. And every story, novel, anime, and even Manga, all of them are like vast wealth of knowledge and finding out the badass servants

[@zigslotheon]

Dude no one’s name is kept secret in Grand Order.

[@darthkingedededbobo6117]

man poor Iori dude went from badass samurai guy kicking bandit and ninja ass to guy in the background being overshadowed by all the new anime fighters that all just walked into his life in 1 evening Iori: "guys look i got flaming rocks i can throw" everyone elles: *commits anime battle with blade beams and elemental controlling powers and blade beams that explode and mid air fighting that ended with a blade based final flash* Iori: "................ but my rocks though"

[@jvts8916]

Jokes about the tangled nature of the Nasuverse aside, the team has stated this is intended to be an entry point for newcomers (and unlike Last Encore, I think they succeeded). As a result, the things you can miss are some inside jokes.

[@blurb9319]

I don’t know how the sequel to a theoretical bad end of a spin off game was intended to be a starting point

[@jvts8916]

@@blurb9319 a very good question that should've been answered during production

[@Diinytro]

@@blurb9319 Is knowing about that spin off game needed to understand the story of this game?

[@blurb9319]

@@Diinytro this game in particular is pretty self contained and can be enjoyed on its own. There are a couple references to other fate materials but that information isn’t needed to enjoy the core experience

[@TheKazuma410P]

​@@Diinytro It's not, I think one character counts as a reference to it, but otherwise no worries.

[@sbfh014]

Oh my god. He did it. He got into fate.

[@colt1903]

69, Nice

[@maskedsponge]

your research was correct, this is probably the second best introduction to fate since the original visual novel. I just hope that some commenters don't get too crazy with the lore/trivia dumping, because to an outsider, it can get very overwhelming, especially when a lot of it is just world setdressing and not really prevalent in the plots. also its important to note that this game requires multiple playthoughs to get the true end

[@rexaliv8798]

I don't know but I entered Fate with Fate Extra and I liked it a lot but maybe its just me with rose-tinted glasses

[@blurb9319]

@@rexaliv8798Extra has a fantastic world and story, but the gameplay is quite dated from what I remember

[@rexaliv8798]

@@blurb9319 yeah it is dated. At first it nice change of pace but it can get annoying in boss fights so much that I end up using more skills the normal attacks but that is why I'm waiting for the remake

[@blurb9319]

@@rexaliv8798 I’ll be 50 by the time it finally releases, but it’ll be glorious

[@jadendobson9614]

​​@@blurb9319as someone who is currently playing through extra, its not really that dated gameplay wise (visually, yes. Though it fits with the setting), it's just relies on you liking rock-paper-scissors with a fate coating enough that you ignore how repetitive non-boss fights are So far I'm liking it

[@theotakufangirl]

Nico: alright lets play this fate game surely nothing can go wrong! *he downloads fgo and suddenly hes dropped 100k into the gacha* Nico: WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

[@ikimaizad639]

Ohh...it Pendora of Gacha 😱

[@DrMDHyde]

NOOOOO! We’ve lost him! It’s to late!

[@raymondyongho5757]

Jesus, if Nico actually starts a Grand Order LP. I can only imagine the chaos that would ensue.

[@theotakufangirl]

@@raymondyongho5757 It would actually be so funny LOL

[@blurb9319]

@@raymondyongho5757 unfortunately, grand order (especially the train wreck of the early chapters) isn’t very conducive to an edited LP format, but I do think Nico would enjoy the main story quite a bit

[@raphaelpulmano2212]

It's a wild ride, this passage of Fate.

[@slobertooth1358]

We've got ourselves a nice little awakening

[@remini255]

Just to clarify something Saber isn’t an actual name it’s a class given to servants so this Saber isn’t the same one you’re thinking of. Typically there are seven servants all with a different class that represents their fighting style. Saber is used for people that have mastery of the sword such as knights or samurai.

[@krasherom]

Welp, Nico has officially descended into a VERY deep rabbit hole, RIP NicoB!

[@vedwalker3974]

Fate charcters: Don't worry, Nico! We'll show mercy... To your wallet!

[@MrCh0o]

Might as well be NicoBunny with how deep down the rabbit hole he went

[@mads_in_zero]

Fate/ is one of those series that everyone makes sound more complicated than it really is. You should start with Fate/Stay Night, the original visual novel. It's the first entry in the series, and thus explains all the basic concepts to beginners. But you're right, Samurai Remnant is a lot like a Yakuza 0 - it works as a decent introduction too, even if it explains certain concepts in less detail than the original sometimes. F/SN _will_ make you listen to a lecture about how Magic Circuits function and you _will_ like it!

[@ShotterGames]

Yeah, the anime only route is the only one that is kinda of a mess, but if someone is willing to play the vn it's as simple as Fate VN > Fate/Zero anime or F/HA > any random Fate or Type Moon stuff

[@skyknight2233]

So it’s like Kingdom Hearts/FNAF

[@RazoraWorld]

what makes Fate complicated is it world building whereas Fnaf and Kingom hearts complcations from its storytelling. the first visual story can really be boiled down to "Wizard Fortnite" that you take part in with a individual from history/mythology and the winner gets their wish granted.

[@Karifean]

@@skyknight2233 I would say it's like the Compilation of FF7. It even has its own Crisis Core in Fate/Zero. But fundamentally all of it harkens back to the still extreme popularity of an old classic and kind of poster child of its own entire genre and builds on its ideas and concepts in their own ways, expanding the overall lore and maybe referencing parts of it while being mostly standalone stories.

[@andrew10022]

It IS extremely complicated. Nasu is extremely up his own ass and uses very flowery language that is basically hot air like lots of fan translated Chinese web novels. It is all made worse by said horribely vauge powerset describes never being SHOWN. Decades in and we still have so few touch stones for what normal Magi can do since even El-Melloi focuses on the exceptional (Dude had his heart ripped out by fairies for example), what a proper Grail War looks like, exactly how Magi affinities work, thaumaturgical attributes, how Magic Crests work (when they pass them down 'cause the family head giving it up at 30 to his young heir seems weird, does said family head now lose some of their own circuits?), and all extremely heavy meta shit like Tsukihime vs Human Order world lines, all that crazy ass moon cell shit, and Nasu blending together unrelated religious icons and unrelated fictional characters like Shinto & Buddist characters, or blending Scath & Skadi.

[@unbind_all]

So begins Nico’s descent into the highly-merchandiseable craze to end all highly-merchandiseable crazes.

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

For future reference Nico, the Japanese language is based primarily around the sound of the vowels (pronounced Ah for A, Eh for E, Ee for I, Oh for O, and ooh for U) with all the consonents being modifiers for them. Like Ka, Ga, Ha, Ba, etc as an example. So words like Edo are pronounced Eh-Doh.

[@NXNero2]

NICO IS GETTING INTO FATE OH MY GOD IT IS HAPPENING

[@aneonfoxtribute]

Lancer is actually a character you would be very familiar with if you were familiar with Fate media. She's quite prominent in a few stories.

[@blurb9319]

Tbf, despite her appearance being quite similar, this iteration of Lancer is very different due to the circumstances (and contrivances) involved in her summoning

[@DarkLord_Mars]

To explain the reason saber doesn’t wish to say her name better. If you were to get a servant with a well known story. It to could lead to knowledge of their weakness. Example being if you were to summon Achilles, you’d know that his heel is his weak spot. So that’s why the servants instead of saying their real name use the classification you’ve heard thus far. Saber, Rider, and Lancer which they are hero’s of.

[@jordaneats7566]

To quote a certain Archer: That's hell you are walking into.

[@10puppyluv]

Seeing the discord chat lose its absolute mind when this was posted was very funny. Good luck nico youre stepping into a rabbit hole

[@tomo8940]

More like a black endless hole

[@zeke2346]

Most times servants keeps there names hidden because revealing there name reveals everything about them and how to defeat them. Example achilles if his name was revealed then his weakpoint is also revealed which is his heel.

[@fafaaf61]

Oh Nico, if you though Kingdom Heart's lore was complex you haven't seen nothing yet. Like just to list some crazy Fate lore: *A wizard once fought the embodiment of the Moon and origin of all vampires by summoning a Moon from another timeline and launching it at him. *Thousands of years ago, a giant alien superweapon crashed onto Earth and killed all the Gods. *Big Ben is secretly home to a giant society of wizards that is built ontop of a corpse of an impossibly ancient dragon. *There is a vampire, UFO spider currently located in South America that is ALSO the embodiment of a celestial object. *There is a collection of alchemists located in the Egyptian desert that casually build superweapons while also preventing several apocalyptic scenarios. *There is a supercomputer on the Moon that is able to record all the happenings of earth and simulate them to a degree. *There are several unique magical particles including Spiritons, Psuedo-Spiritons, Mana, Ether, Od, True Ether, GudaGuda particles, Elisa particles etc. *Potatoes exist in 500 AD Britain.

[@bYakurenANarukami]

That's one small step for Nicob, one giant leap for PickyPenguin

[@XenoOntos]

Welcome to Fate! This is a series was a ton of games, visual novels, and light novels, but it is less daunting than it seems. Fate can be breakup into this: The original Fate/Stay Night and it's sequel and prequel. Then a bunch of spinoffs this that play with the world in various different ways and with various amount of context need from the originals. Fate/Samurai Remnant is spinoff with only small unimportant connections to other works and explains itself well enough that it is a good alternate starting point. Fate is the creation of Kinoko Nasu and it is part of the Nasuverse. The Nasuverse is just the world of all Nasu's works which reside in the same universe even his non-Fate works. Granted some Nasuverse works take place in "what-if" timelines, but they are still canon (e.i some multiverse stuff). I would like to note that Fate/Stay Night had three different routes that went into very different directions, but are all treated as equally canon. The reason Fate has some many spinoffs is: 1. Money 2. Many spinoffs are written by different people than Nasu. Fate's universe has a vast lore built up over the year and various authors have requested or were requested to write stories in Fate's world. For example Fate/Type Redline is a manga written and draw by Ryoji Hirano who worked on the manga Demon Slayer. P.S.: I hope you read Fate/Stay Night one day it is one of the greatest Visual Novels ever made.

[@MEGAmangaman]

Ryoji Hirano isn't the creator of Demon Slayer, they only worked on a Demon Slayer side story.

[@XenoOntos]

@@MEGAmangaman Thank you for the correction.

[@TannerOfTheNorth]

Welcome to the greatest media property on Earth.

[@kodakazu8]

TANNER? LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@giovannimidiri3569]

To make it clear: Fate/Stay Night is the original game that originated everything (well, technically, there's Tsukihime but that's another ballpark). It's a straight up visual novel. Fate/Stay Night is divided into three routes that are 'technically' different games: Stay Night, Unlimited Blades Works, and Heavens Feel. People generally suggest playing Stay Night first, and then the other two in that order. You don't need any prior knowledge to play Fate/Stay Night, but it is a LONG Visual Novel. Hope this helps.

[@nantogeass]

It's great to see Nico finally open the can of worms and begin his journey... ...of historical Japanese terminology pronunciations! Okay, so Fate is a series with a crap load of jargon that is used all throughout. Even in the first game, Fate/Stay Night, they tend to throw out a ton of buzzwords which you're expected to pick up on quickly. I'm going to note down key terms and what is revealed about them as they become relevant in each episode. Some of these terms are pretty self explanatory while others have a lot of details so it can intimidating to keep straight due to the amount they throw at you at once, so this will hopefully help sort things out going foward in the series. Servant/Heroic Spirits: These two terms are used interchangeably, and as the name implies, they are spirits of dead heroes. You can tell what characters are Servants since they are referred to in English (Saber, Rider, and Lancer). However, these are not their True Names. They are exceedingly powerful, being able to destroy entire houses in their battles. Master: Has a servant, and are sometimes referred to as summoners. Seven of them are involved in the ritual, with Iori being one of them. They can be identified by a Mark. Waxing Moon Ritual: A massive spell that has seven Masters fight using servants until one remains. The last pair of Master and Servant standing can make one wish. Workshops: Basically an area that a mage sets up where they can easily practice magic. Mage: Someone that practices magic. It's sometimes translated as 'magus' in other games fyi. Don't worry too much about memorising them as they get used a lot in the Fate series, and you will get used to them after some time.

[@Viledove]

Additionally, Waxing Moon Ritual is actually a new term unique to this game, though it's just another name for what every other story in the series calls it - The Holy Grail War Why the name? You'll find out soon enough!

[@MrCh0o]

Somehow we went from measuring length in football fields to measuring destructive power in houses😄

[@PetelProduction]

58:30 When Saber said "the guy who hide his face", she didn't mean Rider, but the mystery man that was with Lancer, who had black bandages on his face.

[@rotciv557]

Fate/Ding Dong Doodley is my favorite in the franchise, I sure do love how Lancer in that is THE Mr. Ding Dong and he Doodley's all over the Grail War.

[@cjblaze1415]

Well this sure was pretty unexpected, but awesome to see Nico doing something Fate related!!

[@1saidou]

Nico: *plays Fate/Samurai Remnant* Everyone else and me: "That's hell you're walking into."

[@loftwingheropon2743]

I know nothing about this series and keep seeing this quote, I’m guessing it’s from this series? I would ask who says it but I doubt that will actually tell me much.

[@poke_dragon24]

​@loftwingheropon2743 it's a quote from the original stay night stuff. It became a meme because of the confusing and changing lore and the timelines

[@Sora_Souda]

*It's Joever...*

[@aznkim1127]

NicoB and the Fate series? I am here for this.

[@ualnomis99]

The MC Miyamoto Iori is a real historical person who is the adopted son and disciple of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (the person the young traveler said would've been able to beat the 84 bandits). The opening also shows a young Iori walk towards Musashi. He would've been adopted by the same people that adopted his sister in this game, and become a well-to-do samurai. I know that after the Warring States and the rebellion a decade ago samurai demand goes down, but he's the disciple of the man who beat and killed famous swordmasters all over Japan.

[@Lumeria3]

So fun fact about Chiemons VA Nobuhiko Okamoto, he voices the japanese version of young Nier and Bakugo from MHA.

[@ilsaiftikhar7712]

I am happy someone said this!

[@Seraphima249]

So let's get this straight. Nico gets beaten up and demolished in the tutorial. Summons a dead lady by accident and then constantly gets told to run and hide cuz he is useless and weak. Yep sounds about right we are in FATE xD So excited for you to finally step your toes into Pandoras Box. Let us know when we shall fund the new Fate figurine apartment :D :D :D

[@rei2829]

The reason why revealing the servant's name to a weak master is a bad idea is because if the enemy figure it out, they can make a plan to exploit that heroic spirit weaknesses, like the way they fight, the different techniques they use in battle, but most importantly, the nature of their noble phantasm, a powerful weapon/power based on the legend of the heroic spirit, with that knowledge is easier for the enemies to prepare in advance for that attack, therefore giving them the advantage in battle

[@StarBornMichael]

You have Entered the Fate Zone very few ever return but more of them who returned are now weeaboo's of life.

[@MakeHerSquirtle]

Nico getting into fate also wasn’t on my bingo card this year😂 Jesus Christ nico what have you done

[@J.P1981]

Looks like Nico has opened the gate and is planning to drag the inexperienced ones (Like me) down with him.

[@scottieyusuke]

Into the fate hole we go

[@apollolewis]

Nico stepping into fate is either a cool or horrible thing. My knowledge of fate is two of the animes and gigguk. So I know the memes and a bit of the story but I’m here for the ride.

[@ManTimeline]

Y'know, despite all the convoluted ideas about what order to experience Fate, the best idea is probably just... Release order. If any previous knowledge is required, it will be a previous title.

[@MugdhaMahdiShams]

Wow, Like A Dragon Ishin looks much more anime than I remember. Must be a dlc filter 🙃

[@b.i.c.violet4545]

Yes, Ieyasu Tokugawa was the guy who founded the new shogunate after japan was united. That was preceded by a long era of tumultuous war, naturally. There was also a guy called Toyotomi Hideyoshi ruling at one point somewhere around there (i am so bad with dates).If that’s the same Musashi I heard stories about… well…he was kind of a trickster, let’s just say.

[@Flapjack3734]

Nico really finds the most out of left field games to LP huh… not that im complaining lol i love the surprise

[@LolaLeonhartCosplay]

I’m going to be so melodramatic about this THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY IN NICOB HISTORY 🎉 SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

[@poke_dragon24]

Holy crap we actually pulled nico into fate penguins! Let us witness the decent into a new hell!

[@ryujisoulscree]

Someone: if someone jumped from a cliff would you follow them? nicob: Dives down the fate rabbithole Me: Yes.

[@earlgamboa8883]

So just to give you a brief rundown of the timelines, Nico. There's the "main timeline" which, to simplify it, includes: Fate/Zero > Fate/Stay Night and > Fate/ Atoraxia. Which are all visual novels With Fate/Stay Night being the big granddaddy of them all and having several routes (2 of the bigger routes being adapted into anime). The reason why I call this the main time is because most of the spin offs and alternate time lines take place in alternate universes where some of the key aspects about the main timeline is changed. For example, the Fate "Extra-verse" a series of games, including some of the Musou games take place in a distant future of the main timeline (which in of itself has different timelines) One clever thing they've done is the whole concept of essentially "re-using" characters (mostly those historic figures) and having them appear throughout the entire franchise. Like you'll see characters from this game appear in other media and vice versa. Which makes it great investing in chracters and having them appear in another form of media. I won't clarify all too much how it works in fear of spoilers and each situatuon may or may not be unique. Lastly, I hope you enjoy this franchise and game as much as I do! Tl:dr Main timeline is Fate/Zero > Fate/Stay Night > Fate Atoraxia and most fate media makes reference to it and pretty much builds upon. Its a lot and to quote a certain character from Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works, "That's hell you're walking into."

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

It’s not Trails in the Sky/Trails of Cold Steel or Yakuza 5 but still, this is unexpected!!! Never played Fate but I’m Interested to see how this LP goes lol *me slowly walking away knowing he didn’t get into the trails brainrot* One day Nico. ONE DAAAYYY

[@brianjaehyunlee]

We must be patient, countrymen. One day he will enter the rabbit hole.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@@brianjaehyunlee 🙏🙏🙏

[@ZenoKnightShade]

It’ll be an “all hope is lost” moment. As soon as we believe it’ll never happen, it will. Probably not for a GOOD while. Like, after he’s played all the good Zelda games and both KH and Yakuza are finished.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@@ZenoKnightShade just gotta wait until 2045 🤣🤣🤣

[@shuylervangestel7882]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE i put my betting on 2050 but seriously if fate is possible trails is too

[@GyroJiro]

Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected this to be the next LP but I AM HERE FOR IT. (Seriously, I thought I was high or dead when I saw the new LP notification for this)

[@hsemicolonc]

Nico you have dived into a pit I have seen no man ever return from. Fate/ might be Homestuck levels of "I will never recover from getting into this series." I'm dead serious.

[@FoxFaeez]

"Lancer" being depicted this way is so weird to me but also feels fitting to an extent.

[@ladyholiday3863]

Well, it was something unexpected. Dear god help us all

[@Christian_Kim]

Time to Nico to go down the Fate Rabbit Hole we go! I can already foresee Nico buying so many Fate figures in the future with the new space he’ll have with his new house!

[@allenbrand7330]

A blind lets play of this is something I'm hyped for. Can't wait for more!

[@rosewicktheboring5021]

I'm so sorry Nico, but the FATE rabbithole is perfectly smooth and there's no way to hit the brakes on going deeper.

[@javik9165]

I can already feel the figure unboxing videos coming.

[@DRAG0NSPIRIT10]

Nico's first foe of this new franchise is truly a fearsome one, the title screen.

[@ThePhantomThiefWes]

As a long time fan of both this channel and the Fate/ series, I'm super excited to see this play-through! While this game does use a lot of lore and info that fans of the series will already be familiar with, watching you discover it all for the first time really brings back a lot of the magic and mystery the franchise held for me when I first got into it. It's always fun to watch people discover something for the first time, especially in a fandom as longstanding and established as this one, so I hope you enjoy the game and everything it has to offer!

[@SuzushinaYurikos]

That's hell you're walking into. As a resident of hell who's been here for over a decade, I welcome you to the madness.

[@orionperez4985]

Welcome to the Fate Series Nico! Here's hoping you like Samurai Remnant it's a really good adventure/action game and hope you enjoy it. Also if you want a piece of literary Type Moon goodness I highly recommend Witch on the Holy Night and Tsukihime, two lengthy but very strongly written visual novels in the Nasuverse ^^

[@nantogeass]

I was not expecting him to get into Fate with this game but am super excited!

[@emperior5710]

Hell yes baby! Let’s GOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I was wishing so bad that Nico would play this! And when I saw the notification I literally screamed. IM SO HAPPY!!!!

[@godzero8497]

Hey Nico... ...that's hell you are walking into.

[@Midlandtim16]

1:06:49 Lets say someone summoned the hero Achilles, you would know how to kill him

[@F1nalVer1dict]

Oh. Oh god. Nico? Nico are you okay? Are we really doing this? Is this okay? Am I okay? I'm not sure if I'm okay. This is a bad idea. Are we going to have another 100h visual novel as a follow up? Are we really sure about this? Like really really sure? Like really really really sure? I, I don't even know what a Saber or an Alter is. I'm scared. Help?

[@blurb9319]

I could explain if you want, but it’ll likely have the complexity of a college dissertation

[@zigslotheon]

Saber is literally anyone in fictional and real history who has wielded a blade or as of Grand Order, wants to suddenly start wielding one.

[@xolotltolox7626]

​@@zigslotheonor even a boxer But Summer, Christams and Halloween don't count

[@zigslotheon]

@@xolotltolox7626 what boxer?

[@xolotltolox7626]

@@zigslotheonSanta Karna

[@ironmanunit]

Never thought I see Nico stepping into fate, and now I’m eager to see him down the rabbit hole.

[@bitethedust3561]

To explain Fate a little bit: In Fate, a Master (basically wizard) can summon a Historical figure that's called a Servant. The Servant that is summoned will generally be given a Class depending on their summoned attributes. There are 7 basic classes that a Servant can be summoned as. These are: Saber: A Servant summoned for their prowess in swordsmanship. Archer: A Servant summoned for their prowess in ranged combat. Lancer: A Servant summoned for their prowess in lance and spear usage. Rider: A Servant summoned for their speed and mounted combat capabilities. Caster: A Servant summoned for their skill for magic usage. Assasin: A Servant summoned for the sole purpose of killing their opponent as quietly and/or efficiently as possible. Berserker: A Servant that has lost their mind in exchange for extreme physical power. While there are other classes those classes aren't present in this game (Except for a Ruler, who is summoned independently from any Master for the sake of overseeing the Servants and their fight). A Servant being from a class doesn't stop another hero from being in the same class (for example: Both King Arthur and Roland both have legendary swords so they can both be from the Saber class). However, in a normal setting only one Servant from that class can appear in a certain place. I hope this quick explanation helps out. Also thank you so much for giving a chance to Fate. Im so hyped for the rest of the play through.

[@shephawke]

Nico the rules for fate everything is canon but not connected because most of the fate stuff is on different timelines so you can go into this without having to know anything about the stories from beforehand granted seeing familiar characters would be more hype for long time fans of the series

[@Blue_Flare_]

Nico getting into Fate finally, we're gonna be here for a year and he's gonna have at least 5 figures by the end of it

[@cyrushalberd624]

We’ve gone beyond the impossible. A timeline where NicoB tries an entry of the Fate series, I never thought this day would come.

[@Don_LUSH]

The best way to look at Fate games without losing your sanity is to think of their universe as a parallel world where magic was always real and thus 90% is familiar to us

[@lazydude8904]

Welcome to the Nasuverse Nico. Time to join in on the who is this servant and what is their Noble Phantasm because this series suddenly makes everyone a history buff. Also this universe is riddled with things like alternate universe, different timelines, what-ifs, and so much more. My suggestion is to take it as is. I never played the game yet so I guess Im going as you are. Good Luck!

[@zigslotheon]

I mean what better way to get people into history than making them sexy anime waifus with the occasional husbandos for the ladies.

[@staticshock4239]

I'm sorry what?!! I never expected Nico to play a Fate game.

[@GigaCyan]

I don’t know anything about this series but nico is my safe place when I’m going through my depressed days. Thank you for always being there nico.

[@Archeia]

I did not expect you to go inside this rabbit hole Nico.... Good luck soldier and my condolences.

[@suncloud-lament]

Welcome to the world of pain that is Fate, hope you enjoy your stay 😂

[@PanLyn987]

As a person who is a former FGO player and a casual Fate observer, Nico is not prepared for anything and I'm grabbing my popcorn for this.

[@nekomancer24]

As a current fgo player this is a very interesting moment to witness

[@troublemaker001]

I don't know if my previous comment got in earlier but to reiterate: I love that you're getting into the Fate franchise, Nico. It's going to be hard for the Fate fans to slowly warm up to how you do your playthroughs but I am genuinely very excited to see your raw first impression. Not just of the game being a part of Fate, but really just the entire game. As I also said in my "I dont know if the comment was sent" comment, I'll be giving out random bits of trivia starting next episode. I still need time to legit process you are beginning this at all lmao.

[@BananaChicken21]

The madman actually did it. He’s jumped into the Nasuverse rabbit hole.

[@mads_in_zero]

A big appeal of the Fate series is trying to work out the identities of each Heroic Spirit before they're revealed. After all, that information is kept secret, because if you know a Hero, you know their weaknesses. Imagine you were fighting Achilles, you'd go for the heel right away. Fate/Grand Order sort of ruined this, because you can't exactly pull for Archer #340 in a Gacha game... But Fate/Samurai Remnant is able to bring this element back! So everyone, have fun trying to guess everyone's True Names, and be sure not to spoil any of them. _Not even the cameos from Fate/Grand Order._ Please... my friend namedropped Rouge Archer at me by accident... be careful.

[@mads_in_zero]

Fate/ is part of a larger series by developer TYPE-MOON, which all share cosmology and magic mechanics. There's also entries like Tsukihime, or Witch on the Holy Night. It's a bit confusing, but suffice to say that Fate/ is the popular cousin of the series, with the others being less known. It's a bit like how everyone's heard of Steins;Gate, but much less have heard of Chaos;Head NoAH or Robotics;Notes. Worry about them later, because F/SR is mostly standalone.

[@raymax5523]

Hey, thats hell you're walking into. Welcome to the endless pit that is Fate.

[@renab.7390]

So it's finally happening. I've been wanting to check out the Fate series for a long time but never came around to it. So now I'm going in 100% blind with you, Nico. This gonna be a fun ride! 😆