Suikoden | E66: War Touches Everyone [The Legacy, the Remaster, and Aidan Moher's New Book]

Surprise! We’re back to season four with a very special 66th episode. We’re joined by Aidan Moher to discuss his upcoming book on Suikoden and Suikoden II and listen to some of Aidan’s thoughts on Suikoden I&II HD Remaster. In finer detail, that includes: accepting Suikoden pronunciations, measuring Suikoden’s place in RPG history, wondering if RPG sequels have a place in today’s game space, exiting battles in five seconds, filling a world with life and activity, totaling the cost of violence, interpreting Suikoden differently as adults, comfortably adjusting to sprite changes, making questionable decisions about what to remaster and what to leave behind, failing a background check, experiencing existential dread in a remastered Pizza Hut, smoothing out some legends of localization, and remaining true to piss. You must still Determine or Cancel.

Find Aidan and his work at:

• Bluesky

• Astrolabe

• Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:50 Suikoden’s Beating Heart
00:15:36 Suikoden’s Stellar Moments
00:24:02 Let’s Make a Water Margin RPG
00:39:29 Favorite Stars of Destiny
00:46:42 Pronouncing Jowy
00:48:00 Bespoke Animation Preservation
00:51:23 Remaster? Remake?
01:02:16 Localization: Adjustment or Replacement?
01:10:05 New Features
01:15:16 Bonus Questions
01:21:46 Outro