Suikoden & Eiyuden Chronicle: Battle of the 伝s

Опубликовано: 16 Май 2026
на канале: Alex Fraioli

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If you're a Suikoden fan like me, you were probably excited for Eiyuden Chronicle! I dig through the early Suikoden games to pinpoint what made them strong narrative experiences, all the while wondering aloud: “Why wasn’t Eiyuden Chronicle interested in doing this?”

0:00 Intro
0:44 Suikoden overview
3:24 Yoshitaka Murayama
4:40 The Unavoidable Comparison
6:34 Miscellaneous Elements
11:26 Themes & Nuance
13:23 Lore: There Should Be Some
17:25 Our Protagonists
21:14 Silent Protagonist Sidebar
27:25 The Antagonists
33:39 Depth & Detail
40:46 Stakes & Tragedy
42:53 Death & Sacrifice
48:19 Betrayal
53:14 The Human Element
55:14 Endings
1:05:10 Conclusion

SOURCES

GAME FOOTAGE

・ Suikoden (1995) - Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
・ Suikoden II (1998) - Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
・ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) - Nintendo
・ Eiyuden Chronicle (2024) - Rabbit & Bear
・ Like a Dragon (2020) - Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
・ Chrono Trigger - Square Enix
・ Final Fantasy VI (1994) - Square Enix
・ Final Fantasy VII (1997) - Square Enix
・ Final Fantasy XII (2006) - Square Enix
・ Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (2024) - Square Enix Creative Studio III

・ Stills and box art from The Dragon and Princess taken from The J-RPG Wiki:
https://j-rpgs.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dr...
・ Octopath Traveller II and Live A Live footage from official trailers.
・ All other game footage recorded locally.

VIDEO SOURCES

・ Documentary of Alliance Alive #4 | Scenario writer Yoshitaka Murayama (Japanese)
   • RPG好き必見『アライアンス・アライブ』開発ドキュメンタリー #4 群像劇シナリオが...
・ Rabbit & Bear: Eiyuden Chronicle Kickstarter trailer
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
・ Schoo: Yoshitaka Murayama Livestream and Q&A about game scenario writing (Japanese)
https://schoo.jp/class/8647/archive/

TEXT SOURCES

・ Krabbe, Esra: The development team behind “Hundred Heroes,” its “crazy level of detail,” the Switch version, and time to complete (Japanese)
https://jp.ign.com/hyakueiyuden/70650...
・ Nowakowski, Kasper; Kudo, Takashi (August 2009). “I goda vänners lag”. LEVEL #41 (translated by Suikosource message board user Raww Le Klueze)
https://www.suikosource.com/phpBB3/vi...
・ Shmuplations: Suikoden II - 1998 Developer Interviews
https://shmuplations.com/suikodenii/
・ The Suikoden Revival Movement: Yoshitaka Murayama Community Interview (2014)
  / 381181856591272
・ The Suikoden Revival Movement: Yoshitaka Murayama Community Interview (2016)
  / 2659956947654687

All bedding music by TrackTribe: https://tracktribe.com/
Tracks used:
・ Walk Through the Park
・ Night on the Town
・ Sunday
・ Think it Through

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