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Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

Retrograde Amnesia

A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We"ve covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Yes, we will kill god.

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01:19:22

Suikoden II E5: Act Like a Pig [Luca Blight's Attack]

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2022/11/28

I’ve got no time left. And yet we’re admiring shirtless men at work, discovering Joey is an uncle, wondering if knights are cops, staring down the big holiday door, entering the tekken, meeting Pilika and her family, venturing to Muse for an amulet gift, running it, selling Jowy’s signet ring for no reason, scream-crying at the ashes of parents, meeting Apple (of all people), seeking the godfather of all mercenaries, rediscovering Odessa’s legacy, recognizing Tsai as the counter-Mathiu, burning

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01:01:20

Suikoden II E4: Viktor, Get My Nuts Out of The Fire...

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2022/11/21

It looks like your path to success took a detour. As we find our way, we’re stealing heirloom vases for running-away money, reuniting with Rowd, waking up in jail, appealing to an ineffective princess, failing the prophecy of our final sunset, pulling chestnuts out of the fire, speaking to the items, reminiscing at the town exit, interrogating everyone at the Merc Fort, recruiting a hungry samurai, paying a 3000 potch bar tab, looking for a lost pet, debating Man of the Woods vs. Prepper, recruiting

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01:02:24

Suikoden II E3: Ask Your Doctor About Mukumuku [Kyaro]

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2022/11/14

What is homesickness, if not nostalgia? Between adult conversations, we’re getting roped into a knife-throwing exhibition, letting the carnies join us, trading sex for safe passage, slaying the Mist Shade, alienating my hometowns folk, learning Jowy’s got money, hearing I look cool from a blind kid, watching my dad disown me, recruiting a flying squirrel, letting my sister beat the shit out of me, and learning all kinds of secrets about all kinds of characters. You should run away, there’s nothing

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01:09:27

Suikoden II E2: If You Don't Work, You Don't Eat...

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2022/11/07

Wake up, or I’ll throw you in the river again. After we survive a swan dive, we’re opening our eyes to familiar strangers, sleeping in a storeroom jai cell, performing unpaid labor, rainchecking the knowledge of sex and alcohol, meeting a kobold in the first hour of the game, recruiting a child, admiring the world map, pissing pants with fear, conversing with street performers, fetching flour that might be gunpowder, wiping the floor, getting rescued, standing in the principle’s office, bargaining

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01:09:21

Suikoden II E1: Suikoden Means War [Introduction]

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2022/10/31

Welcome to part two of season four of Retrograde Amnesia! As we kick off our coverage of Suikoden II, we’re going over release history, development staff, contemporary reviews, modern reflections, and our personal history & expectations. Then we press start, and we’re loading Suikoden I data, hearing both side’s case about war & peace, running with a dust cloud, putting on main character clothes, exploring at night, running through a massacre, escaping to the north, fighting for our lives, and

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01:45:40

Suikoden E22: Sovereign Right to Be a Dragon [The...

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2022/10/24

Can’t something be wrong, and priceless? On season four, part one’s final episode, we’re investigating bathing dynamics, pretending Sanchez isn’t a rat, allowing Leknaat to lore dump all over us, wasting our only resurrection spell, sending monsters back to hell, executing Ain Gide, engaging in a rooftop showdown, accepting shame from former colleagues, suffering rune rejection, faking indoctrination, performing a murder/suicide, escaping the crumbling castle, reading every ending, creating

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53:08

Suikoden E21: Sanchez, Prepare to Die Edition...

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2022/10/17

This is no time to be distressed, we have a job to do. As we ingest the envy of angels, we’re learning Mathiu and Humphrey were on opposite sides of a massacre, brewing our finest tea, preventing adults from having consensual sex, writing Hix off as a forever dumbass, wishing the old would die instead of the young, making 500 boats out of fucking ice, telling our dad’s girlfriend why he’s dead, tipping the oil pots too early, defiling a human being, listening to the plight of the betrayer, covering

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01:05:32

Suikoden E20: Fury, Chaos, and Anger [Northern...

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2022/10/10

I dislike myself intensely when I am fighting. As we experience classic RP Games, we’re being infiltrated by a spy, realizing it’s not just a drill, rejecting breakfast and surrender, failing an execution, contriving subterfuge, applying a ruse, invading a castle, resting on a guy, busting our boys out of jail, auto-joining man servants, calling upon the city states of Jowston, forcing Kasim into non-violence, utilizing a narcissist, citing Don Quixote’s influence, and telling Mathiu his ideas are

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59:49

Suikoden E19: Another Ted Talk [Seek Valley]

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2022/10/03

We’ve had a rough time getting here, and we’re taking this stuff. Before that caper, we’re romanticizing a studio apartment, wondering if sleeping poison is really poison, foreshadowing the third ingredient, locating the final blacksmith, shattering sentient crystals, obtaining moonlight weed, sorting through another Ted dilemma, fading from existence, picking a big flower, encountering a sober emperor, excommunicating from dragon club, wishing Krin was dead, and deciding exactly one rich guy is

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01:53:39

A Chat with Aidan Moher, author of Fight, Magic,...

Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective ·

2022/09/28

In this special episode, we sit down and chat with Aidan Moher on his upcoming book, Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West. We talk about the writing process, the history of the JRPG genre, and the pioneers and innovators who created the games we love. For more on the book, go to www.fightmagicitems.rocks and follow Aidan on Twitter (@adribbleofink)

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01:02:29

Suikoden E18: Cock and Bull Schemes [Dragon's Den]

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2022/09/26

Wishy washy, aren’t we? As our glorious island fortress levels up for the final time, we’re moving Kimberly in with Tai-Ho, pondering the beef between Mathiu and Leon, explaining Plate Armor, befriending a centenarian cultist, lucking out with Clive’s spawn, suffering a denial of service at the Dragon’s Den, paying for a dine & dash, sneaking into a cave, discovering the secret of sleeping dragons, obliterating our very presence, and poaching everyone cool at the Dragon Knight’s Fortress. There’s

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01:06:44

Suikoden E17: Lord of Necks [Neclord's Castle]

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2022/09/19

What’s wrong? Is there something on my face? After the talking sword sends us to the past, we’re meeting Ted in boy form, damning the damned, charing a village, encountering the enigmatic Yuber, cursing Ted with a sorrowful fate, accepting the Star Dragon Sword, recruiting a librarian, reading Old Books in front of a simulated live audience, impressing recruits with our recruits, installing Window in our castle, observing vampire invitation rules, naming a sword to join a party, dramatically playing

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01:06:19

Suikoden E16: All My Homies Call Me Starmaster...

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2022/09/12

We’ve killed our father. In our slightly-related quest to united rebel factions, we’re tripping over fresh graves, investing in a murderer and executioner, dismissing a bloodsucking vampire lord as a rumor, hearing the word NECLORD, finally recruiting Marco, stacking blacksmiths, faking out a lore flashback, testing exactly one gender norm, losing a fight to a vampire, failing to express warrior-sanctioned masculinity, requiring yet another magic weapon, finding Zen and Morgan at a temple, and

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59:06

Suikoden E15: Machiavellian as Shit [Battle with Teo,...

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2022/09/05

Our father is a loser but we’re still not winners. Before the rematch, we’re wondering how many spears are on fire, entering a town that’s a dungeon, finding trust in eyes, stopping the thieving dipshit network from harassing a tall lady, paying a freelance ninja, required boats for land transport, shaking Kun To down for those boats, burning down armored cavalry, battling father against son, denying decapitation, bludgeoning our father who will soon art in heaven, and receiving hell powers. What do

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24:48

Interview with Arnie Roth, conductor of Distant...

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2022/08/30

A special interview with Arnie Roth, conductor of Distant Worlds. Interview performed by ssdninja. Interview also viewable on our Patreon page (public post) Distant Worlds is a concert series centered around the Final Fantasy franchise. Produced by AWR music and debuting in 2007, Distant Worlds brings the music of Final Fantasy to audiences around the world. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Distant Worlds and the 35th anniversary of Final Fantasy. The concert series premiered in Tokyo, Japan

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01:01:19

Suikoden E14: Dad is The Ultimate Enemy [Battle with...

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2022/08/29

You must not die here, don’t waste the life Gremio gave you. As we determine the logistics of the Soul Eater, we’re receiving intel from Kasumi Ninja, mulling over the ethics of fighting our fathers, falling fast to armored cavalry, letting Pahn take one for the team, beating up our buddy’s dad, hearing there are 27 True Runes, napping some inspiration, dredging up the Fire Spear idea, recruiting more children, observing open raw sewage, trading items around to do the laundry, becoming an idler,

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01:25:53

Suikoden E13: All the Organic Matter [Soniere Prison...

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2022/08/22

I’m prepared to die and I won’t miss this world. While we try to beat the rapids, we’re escalating neighborly beef, kickstarting the industrial revolution, hauling an engine across town, confessing our lack of purpose to raise our death flag, visiting a hermitage, throwing an isolationist in prison, recruiting a secret illiterate, forcing Flik to fill Kimbery’s cup, using Bugs Bunny tactics on a scrivener, cranking an opal out of a Nightmare, breaking Liukan out of jail, finding the right time to

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01:06:20

Suikoden E12: Classic Imperialism [Exploring Milich's...

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2022/08/15

All I'm interested in are boats. Before we brave the rapids, we’re squaring off against some jabronis at Garan, murdering 3000 soliders with the Lepant family, refusing a recon mission, inhaling poisonous pollen, foreshadowing Gremio’s doom, wondering if pharmacists were invented yet, locating a guy who can appraise anything, denying imperialist town reclassification, accessing the Blinking Mirror, not needing old men, dancing on stage with Mina, robbing Antei of its merchants, slaughting feral

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58:57

Suikoden E11: The Hop Pissed [The New Liberation Army]

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2022/08/08

We found our way here, to this mystery. As we pivot from military recruitment to cult assembly, we’re playing Mark’s voicemail, wondering if we’ve slaughtered Kuromimi’s family members, separating choice from destiny, adding a bunch of elfes (elves), paying off a food debt, leaving children unattended in perpetuity, jumping ahead three months, butting heads with Flik, allowing the silent to speak, forcing animal friends to sleep outside, creating an alliance, naming a sword Odessa, and preparing to

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01:07:34

Suikoden E10: The Power of the Science [Dwarf Vault &...

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2022/08/01

God? There is no god in these modern times. As we seek to shatter the Burning Mirror, we’re discovering Kage is working both side’s case, stealing a root to prove our worthiness, getting beat up because we’re poor, solving an incredulous phone number puzzle, slaying Gigantis, commissioning a Firewind Cannon, delaying a proposal for dramatic effect, finally obtaining a map, idiotically submitting to a bounty, recruiting a talking dog, leaping into a full scale war, representing battlefield death with

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