Suikoden World

Map of Suikoden

Story:

The games are based loosely on a classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan( Outlaw Of Marsh), by Shi Nai'an. They take the Idea of the "108 Star of Destiny" From this novel and this first game 's story and character are loosely based on the novel. The story lines of the first three games are based around revolution, politics, intrigue, and capacity of an extraordinary, good hearted hero to overcome any struggle with the right amount of allies and willpower.




The games are unique within the RPG genre, as they allow the dozens playable characters-most of the 108 Stars Of Destiny in each game can be in the playable partly. It does use features standards to most RPG, such as random overworld & dungeon battles, saving the game at inns, a turn-based combat systemin which you input the commands via command menu, but also introduces several unusual featuressuch as turn-nased strategic pitched battles as well as one-on-one battles, headquarters that grow asthe story progress ( and only developed fulli if obscure characters are recruited) and several mini-games and side quests.



Another unigue aspect of Suikoden is that the entires series takes place within the same world and the histories are connected, so much so that some characters appear in more than one installation.

Creation Of 27 True Runes

In the beginning, there was " darkness."
Then, the " darkness shed a "tear."
From that "tear," the brothers
Sword and Shield were born.
Shield claimed it could defend against any attack.
Sword claimed it could slice through anything.
At the end, both Sword and Sield shattered.
Sword became the sky, Shield became the earth ,
and the sparks from the battle became the stars.
As for the jewels, they fell to the ground and became
the True Runes-- The rune that all other runes
were born from.

• Being the backbone of the Suikoden World that allows the existence of the universe, True Runes are the Gods of the suikoden world.

• No one knows for certain where True Runes came from, but legend tells that the 27 True Runes were created when the brothers, "Sword" and "Shield" fought against each other, shattering itself into 27 pieces.

• All True Runes represent a certain power and bring both benefits and curses to its bearer, such as immotality , which could be a great benefit and a great curse.

• All True Runes hold purpose, and this purpose tends to be pursued with no moral consideration due to the fact the True Runesare forces of nature.

• True Runes could be quite fickle, and could abandon its bearer dies, it tends to vanish and remain hidden (within the earth or at the bottom of the ocean) until it feels reappearing.

List Of 27 True Runes:

• Rune of Life and Death ( Soul Eater)
• Rune of the Beginning (1) Bright Shield Rune (2) Black Sword Rune
  
• True Fire Rune
• True Water Rune
• True Lightning Rune
• True Wind Rune
• True Earth Rune
• Rune of Punishment
• Sun Rune (1)Dawn Rune (2) Twilight Rune
  
• Gate Rune (1)Front Gate Rune (2) Back Gate Rune
• Dragon Rune
• Night Rune
• Circle Rune
• Sovereign Rune
• Beast Rune
• Yafusa(Eightfold) Rune
• Rune of Change
• Blue Moon Rune
  

Battle Royale I & Battle Royale II

Story:

Battle Royale is a set in a dystopian future Japan(now called Th Republic of Greater East Asia) in which a group of middle school students are chosen to participate in a death game after the government has passed an act to deal with overpopulation and unmotivated students.

Shiroiwa Junior High School Class 3-B
Battle Royale 1

A randomly-selected class of ninth- grade students(in the film version two are "transfer students", described by the instructor of the game as " a little dangerous") are taken unwillingly to a small isolated island. Each students give a map, bread of water and a randomly allocated weapon. Some student get"weapons" such as binocularsand frying pans, but others get sword, guns and grenades. The student are forced to kill each other untill only one survivor remains. Each student is forced to wear a special collar which will explode when they break a rule. Friends and lovers to are forced set their emotions aside the bloody battle ensues

Battle Royale 2
Wild Seven

The Program begins with 42 teengers competing. Two are killed as exmples before the game begins : one boy and for challenging the man supervisng the Program, one girl for talking out of turn. The novel follows the remaining 40 teens as they react to their situation in varying ways.Some commit suicide, while others obey the rules and begin killing each other.

Shikanotoride Jr. High Class 3-B (Students)
Battle Toyale 2

Three groups of students take neither route. One group of girls takes refuge in a lighthouse and decides not to take part in killing, but the end up killing each other anyway; a group of boys, led by a computer whiz whose uncle was an architect, tries to hack the Program' computer system and destroy the control center the explosives, and a boy and a girl joined up with an older boy who was the sole survivor of previous Program. This last group eventually becomes the focus of the story, and they are only one who end up surviving ( although the older boy dies of injuries afterwards). The story of Shuya, the young male survivor, continues in the film Battle Royale II: Requiem

Manga/Novels:

Suikoden I & Suikoden II

Anouncement Suikoden Fan:

Suikoden One and Suikoden Two Anounced For PSP

Konami is on a roll. They have just anounced on their official site that "Suikoden1 and Suikoden 2 " will be released in PSP as one game. Details on whether this will be remake or a simple port to a different console is unknown at this moment, but the game will be showcased during TGS that is going on as we speak. The future of the series is bright!

Follow Me

Lyrics:

Follow me
Baby, I won't let you leave if you believe in me
And I always set you free from all those
yesteryears
But you don't know how much
I got believe in you

*

I was staring at your shoulder shivering
In such a coldest summer breeze
MeanwhileI wonder why we're here
Look for the line betweenlove and friends
We'll be twisting ourselves again

*

I was standing at the corner on the street
Watching the wheels are turning free
Waiting to back up on my feet
Reading a line between night and day
I'll be twisting myself again

* Follow Me( Ost: " Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad")*
Song By: Beat Crusaders

Suikoden V And Rhapsodia: Suikoden Tactics

Konami release an official site and trailer Of Rhapsodia: Suikoden Tactics and Suikoden V in their Japanese Site:

English Translated : Rhapsodia: Suikoden Tactics(Trailer)

Suikoden V Theme Song:Wind of Phantom

Exodus '04

Lyrics:

With you these streets are heaven
Now home seems so foreign
They told me I was mistaken, infatuated
And I was afraid to trust my hunches
Now I am ready
Daddy don't be mad that I'm leaving
Please let me worry about me
Mama don't you worry about me
This is my story

*

Through mountais high and valley low
The ocean, through the dessert, snow
We'll say goodbye to the friends we know
This is our Exodus '04
Through traffic jams in Tokyo
New music on the radio
We'll say goodbye to the world we know
This is our Exodus '04

*

Landscapes keep changing
History teaches something
I know I could mistaken, but my heart has
spoken
I cannot redirect my feelings
Daddy don't be mad that I'm leaving
Please let me worry about me
Mommy don't you worry about me
This my story

*

Through mountains high and valley low
The ocean, through the desert, snow
We'll say goodbye to the friends we know
This is our Exodus '04
Through traffic jams in Tokyo
New music on the radio
We'll say goodbye to the world we know
This our Exodus '04

*

I'm listening to a music never ending
My baby don't you know I'll never let you down
You've opened me to so many different endings
But baby I know that you'll always be around

*

Through mountains high and valleys low
The ocean, through dessert, snow
We'll say goodbye to the friends we know
This is our Exodus '04
Through traffic jams in Tokyo
New music on the radio
We'll say goodbye to the world we know
This is our Exodus '04



*Exodus '04 *
Song by : Utada Hikaru

Bleach(Soul Society)

Spirit World

the Spirit World, or Soul Society, correspond to heaven in human belief systems. It consist of a giant walled city in the center, known as Sereitei (lit. Court of Pure Soul), and 80 districts outside of it. The district of Sereitei are known as the Rukongai and are the place where non-shinigami and non-noble live. The district number of the Rukongai alsoa gives a measure of how bad it is. District 1 is peaceful and lawdul, while District 80 is filled with criminals and poor conditions. The Sereitei is completely surrounded by a wall made of special material that completely repels all spirit energy. This barrier extends in all directions, including down in the ground and up in the sky. The only entrances are four huge gates, each guarded by a Gate Guardian , an elite od soul society. Shinigami generally don't interact with the citizens of the Rukongai.

Shinigami Guide:

• A Shinigami is a spiritual entity tahat works for Soul Society. The Shinigami cannot be seen by those of the " Human " World, even those who can see ghosts cannot always see Shinigami, its rare gifts to be able to see them beforeyou're dead.

• The Shinigami most commonly wear black robes for every day wear, Captain and Vice Captain have special arm bands and robes which they wearon special occasionsto signify rank.

• Each Shinigami has Zanpaku-to which they do not carry while in Soul Society. Its useis eliminating Hollows and other threats.

The Shinigami have three duties:

1. To perform the ' soul burial ' and send ghosts to Soul Society or Hell.
2. To defeat and cleanse hollows.
3. To be balancers and regulate the amount of souls in each world.

Bleach Shinigami Division

1st Division
Captain: Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni
Vice Captain: Chōjirō Sasakibe
2nd Division
Captain: Soi Fong
Vice Captain: Ohmaeda Marechiyo

3rd Division
Captain: Ichimaru Gin
Vice-Capatin: Kira Izuru

4th Division
Captain: Unohana Retsu
Vice- Captain: Kotetsu Isane
3rd Seat: Iemuro Yasochika (Squad#1 Leader)
7th Seat: Yamada Hanataro ( Squad #14 Leader)
8th Seat: Ogida Harunobu (Squad#1 Lieutenant)

5th Divison
Captain: Aizen Sousuke
Vice-Captain: Hinamori Momo

6th Division
Captain: Kuchiki Byakuya
Vice-captain: Abarai Renji
9th Seat: Mihane Shirogane
Misc: Rikichi

7th Division
Captain: Komamura Sajin
Vice-Captain: Iba Testsuzaemon
4th Seat: Ikkanzaka Jiroubou

8th Division
Captain: Kyouraku Shunsui
Vice-Captain: Ise Nanao
3rd Seat: Enchouji Tachikusa

9th Division
Captain: Tousen Kaname
Vice- Captain: Hisagi Shuuhei
20th Seat(15 way tie): Umesada Toshimori

10th Division
Captain: Hitsugaya Toushiro
Vice- Captain: Matsumoto Rangiku
7th Seat: Takezoe Koukichiro

11th Division
Capatain: Zaraki Kenpachi
Vice-Captain: Kusajishi Yachiru
3rd Seat: Madrame Ikkaku
5th Seat: Ayasega Yumichika
Misc: Aramaki Makizou
Former Member of 11th Division:
Maki Ichinose

12th Division
Captain: Kurotsuchi Mayuri
Former Captain: Kisuke Urahara
Vice-Captain: Kurotsuchi Nemo
Former Member of 12th Division:
Hiyosu, Akon and Rin Tsubokura


13th Division
Captain: Ukitake Juushiro
Vice-Captain: Shiba Kaien ( deceased)
3rd Seat (former) Miyako Shiba
3rd Seat (tie): Kotetsu Kiyone
3rd Seat (tie):Kotsubaki Sentaro
Misc: Kuchiki Rukai

Gate Watchers:












The Gate Watchers are giants (each is over 50 feet tall) that guard the four gates into Sereitei. They are elites of Soul Society, although not as strong as a captain or lieutenant.

Jidanbō [West Gate - Hakutōmon]
Kaiwan [East Gate - Shōryūmon]
Danzōmaru [North Gate - Kokuryōmon]
Hiku Nyuudou [South Gate - Shūwaimon]

Other Soul Society Dwellers:

Kūkaku Shiba - is an ill-tempered, one-armed fireworks expert who is particularly known for her ridiculously themed houses. Like Orihime Inoue and Rangiku Matsumoto, she has a rather large bust. Her birthday is October 1. She wears a prosthetic arm in the anime, which is at odds with her scenes in the manga, where she is illustrated with just a stump. She assists Ichigo and company by launching them via a special cannon so they can enter Sereitei. Kūkaku is part of the former-noble clan Shiba. A hollow fused with her brother Kaien, which forced Rukia Kuchiki to kill him. She doesn't seem to be a shinigami, but she knows high level kidō, and she carries a short-bladed sword on her back.

Ganju Shiba - Leader of a boar-mounted group. He is the younger brother of Kūkaku Shiba and Kaien Shiba, the deceased lieutenant of the Gotei 13's 13th Division.

Hisana Kuchiki - Hisana was Byakuya's wife who died of a disease fifty years before the main storyline. As she was a commoner, Byakuya was prohibited from marrying her, but did so out of love, thus disobeying the rules of the Kuchiki noble house. She was the older sister of Rukia Kuchiki in their past lives, and both were sent to Inuzuri (a poor district of Rukongai) where Hisana abandoned Rukia, unable to support both herself and Rukia. Hisana later greatly regretted this decision, even in her final moments, and as a result Byakuya adopted Rukia as his sister, in accordance with Hisana's dying wish, disobeying the rules a second time. She and Rukia are very similar in appearance.

Zennosuke Kurumadani - is a shinigami assigned to replace Rukia after her arrest. To his chagrin, he has little to do while in Karakura, since either the Karakura Superheroes or Ichigo tend to destroy the few hollows that attack. He is confused by the fact that so many people in the town are capable of seeing him. He has an afro hair style, which results in Keigo Asano nicknaming him "Afro Old Man" (Afro-oji-san). Tatsuki Arisawa spots him and accuses him of being a stalker when he first spies on the Karakura Superheroes. In one of the omake chapters, he calls Soul Society to complain about his working conditions, but is merely brushed off and told not to interfere with Ichigo. It is not known what division of the Gotei 13 he is a part of. His zanpakutō is Tsuchinamazu and is activated by the phrase "good morning."

Eikichirō Saidō - Eikichirō is two years Rukia's senior and a low- or mid-level shinigami (supported by the fact that he never activates his zanpakutō) in service with the special forces. He finds himself pressed into service assisting Rukia and Ichigo against the hollow Grand Fisher. After being wounded by Grand Fisher, he fell asleep to heal himself. Upon waking up, he abandoned his mission to bring Rukia back to the Soul Society, having come to appreciate her reasons for staying on Earth.

Kanisawa and Aoga - are two students who were in the same year as Shūhei Hisagi when studying in the Shinigami Academy. They were killed by Huge Hollows that showed up during a training session which they acted as facilitators. Aoga is a large male and Kanisawa is a female.

Ran'Tao - A Shinigami and Leader of the research team that created the Bount race.

Baishin - A Shinigami and was once a member of the Gotei 13, but went mad and killed 63 seated officers before escaping to the human world.

Amazing Race 8: Family Edition

CBS reveal the identities of 'The Amazing Race: Family Edition' teams, confirmed shorter race

coerce.

CBS anounced today the identities of the ten-four person teams who will compete on its upcoming The Amazing Race: Family Edition series will premier on tuesday, September 2 7 at 9PM ET/EP with a special two -hour broadcast.

Family Teams:

* Godlewski Family as contestants
* Gaghan Family as contestants
* Weaver Family as contestants
* Black Family as contestants
* Linz Family as contestants
* Aiello Family as contestants
* Paolo Family as contestants
* Schroeder Family as contestants
* Bransen Family as contestants

Rival Schools

Story:

Rival School

The first game in the series, Rival Schools: United By Fate
( Shiritsu justice Gauken: Legion of Heroes in Japan), was released in arcades and on the PlayStation in 1998. The game feature 2 -on-2 fight, where characters could be switched out between rounds, and the second character could be called out during the fight to the team up attacks like in the Marvel vs. Capcom series.

The Japanese version of the game also include a second disc with several minigame, including a date-sim like game where a player could create a character who went through normal school life, interacting with characters from the main game and could be later used a as a playable character in the main fighting modes. Shiritsu Justice Gauken: Nekketsu Seisyun Gauken(translate into Private Justice High School: Diary of a hot-blooded youth), an update of the game released only in Japan (which was mistaken as sequel), included a more elaborate version of this date-sim game and two new characters.


The story focused around the investigations by several schools of mysterious attacks and kidnapping on their schools. Initially suspecting, and then fighting among each other, the students found that all of the assaults were orchestrated by Justice High School and it's top student. Hyo Imawano. Jutice's goal is to collect as many students for the school in a plan to take over Japan. However, the schools manage to put their grudge and fights aside to defeat Hyo, ultimately foiling his plans.


Project Jutice

The true sequel , Project Jutice ( Moero! Justice Gauken in Japan, translated as" BURNING ! JUSTICE HIGH SCHOOLS"), was released in 2000 in Japan and 2001 in the United States and Europe for arcades an the Sega Dreamcast. In comparison to Rival Schools, Project Justice featured teams of 3 , adding three-person team-up attacks abd the ability to interrupt and stop 2-person team-ups. Like the previous game, Project Jutice included a character-creation mode that came in the form of a virtual board game.

Schools And Their Sites:

Quote:"Defeating evils and building a better world throughthe power of education."

Justice HS













Taiyo HS








Gorin HS/Gorin University










Gedo HS






Pacific HS