10 Things You Didn't Know About Suikoden 

Just opened YT to take a break from studying and the first video thumbnail is featuring my artwork for Odessa! I was shocked at first haha xD but thank you for the feature Erick! 🌸 Another great video for my beloved series, kudos to Suikoden and its loyal fans ❤

There's a reason Eiyuden Chronicles (spiritual successor to Suikoden series) is the first Kickstarter I've ever backed.

I learned how to pronounce Suikoden when Psycho Mantis read it from my memory card xD. "Ahhhh...so you like Suikoden!?"

Bruh that Odessa thumbnail, She's so beautiful.

This entire series is so beloved in my household. My parents are actually replaying Suikoden II at the moment on their PS3. Personally, my favorite part of the game is how many characters you have access to. And with six party members, you can make any kind of party you feel like. Sure, there was a lot of character forcing in the first, but that was remedied a lot by the second.

The soundtrack in this series is unrivaled. You cannot change my mind

Back in 95, 96, as a child, with no internet, and no other way to know this games pronunciation, it was SOO-KO-DEN to me

Usagi means "rabbit" so Yoshitaka Murayama and his colleagues may have named their new studio after the original Suikoden development team

Thanks for this video... I always thought " in those 20 and more years, i did play this saga so many times that's impossible to count it anymore, but at every gameplay there is always something new I learn about this amazing universe". I already knew some of this stuff, but i do always appreciate you videos because many other things were unknown to me 😊

I love Suikoden especially 2 and 5 but the OG is still gold. Good stuff I never knew it had such a good background and never looked into it.

We’ll never see the end of Yuber and Pesmerga’s story arc. Sad boys.

The Suikoden series is my favorite JRPG series, so I'm always happy to find fellow fans. I think I remember the reason why my brother and I actually got the first Suikoden game back in the day was because our mom recognized the title Water Margin Story on the front cover as referencing and being part of one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. While it's written in Japanese below the American title logo they share some similar or the same characters with Chinese so our mom was able to read it. Since she loves Chinese stories, she got it for us, so I guess I have to partially credit her for my love of the Suikoden games since I was a child.

1:39 Usagi-san means Mr. Rabbit in Japanese.

Awesome video! Suikoden has been my favorite anime for over 20 year. I've collected all of the games in both American and Japanese versions also the graphic novels. I am very happy the games is getting some love again. Super excited about the kickstarter as well.

Omg the auto generated captions replaces Suikoden with suicide. Wow RU-vid get it together. This is my favorite series ever.

I know we're getting eiyuden chronicles but I still hope for suikoden 6 one day

Love these videos. Very informative.

"Number six, the weird Windows version." brother, that's a funny looking 6 you have there.

Haha it will always be SOO-koden for me! I will never change!

Very good, so much research, great work!

Great video my friend! I absolutely adore the Suikoden series. Too think I bought the first game on a whim and that cover didn't fill me with confidence. I remember just beating Beyond The Beyond and wanting a new JRPG to play. At this point in my life I was working and because I lived with my parents (barely in HS) I had money to burn. I would typically buy one to two games a week on average for my PSX or Saturn. Too believe I had buyer's remorse when I got it home is ludicrous. I begrudgingly popped it into my PlayStation and within 20 minutes I was hooked. While I agree Suikoden is a highly influential game it takes a back seat to the second.

I really wanted to see more back story and a showdown between yuber and pesmegra

Loved this video, I've enjoyed your findings.

Outstanding video! nice Erick!

Thanks for amazing video on one of my favorite games ever !

I actually kinda love the original NA box art. It’s what caught my eye as a kid, at least enough to pick up the box and look at the back cover. I’ve been a huge fan of the series ever since I found it in ‘97

I discovered this series in a Blockbuster as a kid. Then proceeded to spend few hundred dollars trying to find the complete and collect them all. Very hard to acquire back then.

I've had a script for this sort of thing sitting on my computer since August 2018 but could never be bothered to go through the games and gather the relevant footage. My scripts is more so on the series itself though. Nice to hear somebody mention the Konami Console too! In the interview Murayama did with John Szczepaniak he goes into detail on how he was working on an RPG for the Konami Handheld, but konami was all over the place, and eventually decided they wanted to make a home console instead. Before things could really get too far with that they got word of what sony was doing and knew they couldn't compete so they dropped all their projects and switched development over to the Playstation instead. Murayama apparently designed the RPG he was working on to be a good handheld experience, but didn't think it would translate well to home console, so he ended up trashing the entire thing and starting development over from the ground up. Though he had intent to come back to the handheld game apparently the time was never right. With that intent in mind however, he designed Suikoden 1 as a prequel to his unreleased game, and even had recurring characters between the two. I'm really hoping someday we see more of that unreleased suikoden pre-cursor.

Suikoden 1 & 2 are by far my favorites JRPG games. Followed By FF7, FF10, Suikoden 5, Secret of Mana, Zelda 3, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and finaly : Soulbazer (insanely rare & great snes game). Theses are the reasons why PSXOne & Supernses are the best console ever !!!

I just finished Suikoden 1-2 couple months ago and I want to replay it again cause of this video 😍🤯

This was awesome. I'm a HUGE Suikoden fan and had NO IDEA about the Sega Saturn directors cut, NOR the manga which continued until 2009, NOR the encylopedia HOLY SHIT. Thank you for making this!!!!!! The Deus Ex tidbit was super interesting too

How time flies, I played suikoden 1 & 2 for god knows how many times ever since I was a kid. Nowadays, RPG just sucks, they aim mainly only for good graphic but bad gameplay and character development. I miss old traditional turn based JRPGs :(

Awesome stuff!!

One of if not my most favorite games released on PS1. I am currently workling on a video (one of my first) about Suikoden, but it includes something I have never seen anyone talk about. This is a great video, Suikoden deserves the love it receives.

Great job. Lots of nice info. I would love a 108 hero movie to come out.

If I had one wish, I would wish to replay all the classic JRPGs (Suikoden, Chrono Cross, etc) as if playing it for the first time!

thank you for the trivias its very noice

Loved your Xenogears video. Loved this 1 too, and realized i was not subbed. Subbed now! Look forward to more great videos like this

Ahh yes that Phyco Mantis scene caught me off guard first time i played MG and also the reason why i will always pronounce Suikoden that way haha

Americans also changed Persona 1, theres a white character in the japanese version that they turned black for some reason. His name is Mark if anyone if interested in looking it up lol

Oh, cool video, I love Suikoden but I knew about almost all of these-- I'm subbed to Resonant Arc on RU-vid. ^^;

What a time to watch this after the remaster announcement~

Oh that suikoden encyclopedia. I still have that book back in my parents house. Only shows how i love the game.

to be honest the north america cover of the first Suikoden game almost made me missed out on a great game, thank goodness I came across a jpn cover in a magazine that me think the looked cool enough to give it a shot lol. Long story i became a fan ever since.......still have to 3 beat and 5

My first and favorite RPG. Love everything about this game.

Greatest RPG ever 💗 I got 1 and 2 when they first came out and they were my personal favorites. I would disappear to my own Suikoden world

Suikoden is one of my favorite series. First game is so great!

I tried so hard to find Suikoden Merchandise in Japan back in 2019 but did not find anything. Going to have to do some digging before I go back to see if I find some better places to look. I really want to play them again now

Had no idea Warren Spector was into this game. Probably one reason Deus Ex is so good

I love suikoden 1. And I'm sooooo glad u covered that horrendous cover art. Iv been wondering for over 20 years who the hell those characters are supposed to be

Always love Suikoden, and the Odessa thumbnail is such a great work and... (Saw the typical drone comments of wishing Konami would go bankrupt and sell their franchises, lamenting the present self of Konami compared to the past, the usual Jim Sterling battle cries, condemnation to pachinko) .... Why do I keep doing this to myself...?

It always surprises me how little people talk about suikoden 3. Maybe it's because it was the first suikoden I played, but it was just such a great game overall and I loved the way they tied the storylines together. It was definitely my favorite one.

Do you have list of the title ofthe movies ispired by the Water Margin novel (Suikoden).

some people like Gensō Suikoden 2 better but not for me and a lot of other players. overall Gensō Suikoden is my fav. from the series. thanks for the video. those 10 things you may not know about the first Suikoden and now i know. looking forward to Gensō Suikoden 1 and 2 HD remasters . looking forward to playing those games again and i hope they remaster the whole series. it needs to do well enough for that. also Vandal Hearts needs a remaster version as well.

Here is two weird facts Permerga and Fu Su Lu are the only characters to have over 1000 hp and the second weird glitch is if you do it right you can get a glitched and invisible viki to transport to the villages that you couldnt access before unless you have done the army vs army fight borders just sharing these tips to anyone who likes or loves SUIKODEN GAMES BTW YOU & CHANNEL ARE #EPIC & #LEGENDARY

The book Water Margin is also called as "All Men are Brothers".

This game is magic. Great inspiration.

doing Suikoden II next on my back log, wondering if game co can do a similar recruiting RPG for Romance of 3 Kingdoms..

Omg I love suikoden I didnt know all of this stuff I gotta play that Saturn verison asap

I’ve only played 1 and 2 but I’m really looking forward to EC and currently looking for a way to play 3, 4, and 5

Windows 95 ports and remakes were a trip. I still remember the multiple window version of Thexder for Win95 and hated every second of it.

Im still hoping to to play game againt to my phone last time i played suikoden 2 its was 2010 im fan of this game for 17 yrs this game is still Best And greatest game ever i played.

My favorite Martial Arts move is The Water Margin!

Hey what is that image in the thumbnail? I have been trying to find it, anybody know? Thanks in Advance.

I've always been curious about the director's cut version, wonder if there is and English patch somewhere on the internet XD.

9:07 that cover tho, i remember when first time found out suikoden my brother was buying the cd with that cover and when i played it, the cover character doesn't look alike with the characted in game like wtf am my bro buy a wrong cd???

Because of Covid 19 i was able to complete Suikoden 1 and 2 in my phone with ps1 emulator. I really love the storyline and characters! 💓 Still one of the best rpg game of all time! G.O.A.T!

More please!

Ayyyy suikoden content in 2020

what a game... bought that one along with vandal hearts.

The characters on the crappy USA cover I’m pretty sure are : left column: Barbarossa, a black haired elf archer that is supposed to be the red haired one, windy. Right column: Tir, and maybe leknat? Or a black haired Odessa. . And Futch on the dragon.

Suikoden 1 and 2 are two of my favorite games.

Never knew about the PC version. Interesting!

3:30 This is land of Manuchria,like in Milenium Actress anime.

I desperately need a PC remake of this whole series :(

That cover is the reason i never picked that game until i played the 2nd game first then backtrack to buy the first one so i can use Tir in Suikoden 2 !

Erick, because you have made so many good recommendations to me, and since you mentioned a film in my list of “best Kung Fu movies ever”, I’ve honed my list down to only the best of the best. I’ve watched and rated hundreds of these things, and they range from amazing to completely horrible. So to save you the time on watching any bad ones, these are the ones I can personally vouch for as being totally awesome and worth your time as a fellow fan of good storytelling in action plots. Enjoy! Top Kung Fu: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin Return to the 36th Chamber Shaolin Prince Challenge of the Masters One-Armed Swordsman Return of the One-Armed Swordsman The New One-Armed Swordsman The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter Rendezvous With Death Dirty Ho Holy Flame of the Martial World Full Moon Scimitar Shaolin Abbot The Avenging Eagle The Assassin (1967) Killer Clans Kid With the Golden Arm Five Superfighters The Flag of Iron Shaolin Wooden Men Five Deadly Venoms Five Shaolin Masters The Flying Dagger Come Drink With Me Golden Swallow The Bells of Death The Battle Wizard All Men Are Brothers The Deadly Breaking Sword Heroes of the East House of Flying Daggers Executioners From Shaolin Temple of the Red Lotus (Film 1 in trilogy) The Twin Swords (Film 2 in trilogy) The Sword & The Lute (Film 3 in trilogy) Ten Tigers of Kwang Tung The Sentimental Swordsman Return of the Sentimental Swordsman Drunken Master (1978) House of Traps Mad Monkey Kung Fu Clan of the White Lotus Opium and the Kung Fu Master 13 Assassins The 14 Amazons The Delightful Forest My Young Auntie Invincible Shaolin Man of Iron Shaolin Mantis The Lady Hermit Lady of the Law Death Duel The Black Tavern The Kung Fu Instructor Heroes Two Heroes Shed No Tears The Ambush Knight of Knights The Dragon Creek Vengeance The Thunderbolt Fist Ong Bak The Lady is the Boss

I make sure I play both suikoden 1 and 2 every year at least once :)

I've got the first 5 games......Don't know if more came out in the US.

suikoden is easily in my top 5 series of all time. no question.

Sometimes I think about learning japanese, as we barely have any rpg series released as a whole in english. I'm brazilian, english is my second language, and not having in portuguese is a standard for me, but I really like how japanese studios release it's games many times, each time with more features, and most times we only got one english release at all.

i loved that wuxia movie fotage erick! :D

I hope this video help newcomers jump into the series. Also i hope Suikoden games get ported to newer consoles, sadly i dont think it will happen because Konami..

I see that Odessa thumbnail. I like.

Please do a review of Thousand Arms.

sadly we never got to know who or what Jeanne really is

I have the romance of the three kingdoms awakening of the dragon for ps1 as well its amazing like to suikoden great game

Those cover art made breath of fire 2 cover art look good

Kind of like how the Dynasty Warriors movie was loosely based off the games. which was loosely based off the books "The Romance of Three Kingdoms", which were loosely based off of history.

we need suikoden that can combine all 5 suikoden timeline

I learned how to pronounce Suikoden from learning Japanese, as Japanese pronunciations are very straightforward. But then Shenmue has to throw a wrench in that: it should be spelled Shenmuu. I suppose they thought that looks too strange for English players.

Why you dont talk about last Suikoden released on PSP? Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki .I know it's translation is VERY bad, but at least it has to be mentioned here.

I love suikoden

How do they know the real name of the main hero???

How do you know what I do or do not know?

Konami was so an amazing developer, it's a tragedy what it have became.

8:48 Ryu looks like Conan The Barbarian

My very first JRPG. My favourite is Suikoden 2.

i love Shawn brothers ,they some great 70s kung-fu films/

No sabía que tenías un canal en inglés xD