The Trails Iceberg Explained

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  • The Legend of Heroes: Trails or Kiseki series, made up of Trails in the Sky, Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure, Trails of Cold Steel, Trails Into Reverie and more, is a long-running JRPG series by Nihon Falcom. Beginning 18 years ago and spanning over 12 games and counting, 14 if you count Akatsuki no Kiseki and The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails, there's quite a lot of interesting things to be discovered. So today, let's take a deep dive into the Trails iceberg, and take a look at all the amazing things the world of Zemuria has to offer.
    If you enjoyed this video and want to see more videos like these, be sure to subscribe! :)
    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    1:23 Chest Messages
    4:06 Black Records
    5:33 Turbo Glitches
    6:32 Kondo
    7:51 Forgotten Kevin
    9:08 Cross Dimensional Towa
    9:50 Female Student
    10:49 Trails in the Database
    11:43 Duvalie Introduction
    12:37 Returning Home
    13:48 The Remote Town of Alster
    14:37 Ring of Judgement
    16:39 Zane
    18:10 Anton and Ricky
    19:08 Evolution Versions
    20:47 Kai Versions
    21:42 Cold Steel 4 Secret Scene
    22:49 Meme Grandmaster
    23:37 Trails in the Sky OVA
    24:50 The Northern War
    26:02 Bruh Moment
    27:51 Cut CS4 Characters
    Layer 2:
    29:25 Mission Funds
    30:24 Sky Advanced Chapter
    31:00 CS3 Vantage Masters Extras
    32:30 Series Plan
    36:14 DOA5 Collab
    36:37 Ys Vs Sora No Kiseki
    37:52 Trails Nendoroids
    39:00 Akatsuki No Kiseki
    42:05 Enforcer Arcana
    44:11 Magical Girl Alisa
    45:14 Azure Kai CS Characters
    46:29 Zero Kai CS Characters
    46:53 Kitty-Talk for Dummies
    47:51 Debug Maps
    48:31 Muse
    49:17 Road To The Future
    50:00 Unused Marquis Hyarms
    51:01 Rare Main Menu Backgrounds
    51:41 New Game Plus Vita
    53:00 Vita in Sky 3rd
    53:59 Lusitania in CS1
    54:08 Nayuta
    57:03 Cold Steel 2 Sky Outfits
    57:31 JP Exclusive CS Costumes
    1:00:43 Super Arrange Versions
    Layer 3:
    1:01:52 Roer Secret Dialogue
    1:02:57 Adaptations
    1:03:28 Alisa Reinford's Cold Steel Crash Course
    1:05:13 Falcom Magazine
    1:06:46 2006 Sky Interviews
    1:08:31 Sky Bandit Hideout Glitch
    1:10:51 Dragon Star Varnir Collab
    1:11:21 Bleublanc Debug
    1:11:47 Loewe Monogatari
    1:13:03 Trails in the Chest
    1:14:22 Phantom Thief B's Backstory
    1:17:41 Playable R&A
    1:19:10 Unused Loewe Scenario
    1:22:25 Hologram Projector
    1:23:13 Luciola in Azure
    1:25:10 Sen III Confidential Materials
    1:26:23 McBurn Theory
    1:28:33 Crossbell Archive
    1:29:20 Sen No Kiseki Magazine
    1:29:52 Cold Steel 2 Mirror Endings
    1:31:04 Cold Steel 3 Alternate Timeline
    1:32:26 Loewe Continue
    1:33:42 Hamilton
    1:34:52 SC Renne Health
    1:35:46 Vantage Master X Sora No Kiseki
    1:37:19 Sen No Kiseki Musical
    1:39:11 Outro
    Further reading materials (Drama CDs, Mangas, etc. mentioned):
    Returning Home/Remote Town of Alster
    www.trailsofcoldsteel.com/cs2/...
    Ring of Judgement
    www.esterior.net/2016/08/tran...
    Sky Advanced Chapter
    eiyuutrans.blogspot.com/2015/1...
    Road To The Future
    geofront.esterior.net/road/
    Loewe Monogatari
    / sora_no_kiseki_gaiden_...
    Magical Girl Alisa
    magicalalisa.weebly.com/
    Video Credits to:
    YFStudios, Black Records
    • Trails of Cold Steel 2...
    Darkstarx, TOCS out of bounds
    • Video
    Sewer56, Softlock
    • Trails of Cold Steel/S...
    TheTwitGamer, Female Student
    • Trails Of Cold Steel |...
    BugFragged, Bruh Moment
    • BRUHBLANC - Let's Play...
    CB Zero, Grandmaster Scene
    • Ouroboros Grandmaster ...
    TheOffOne, Jonah Scott Bruh Moment
    • Jonah Scott says the R...
    Ajira Revani, NG+ Vita
    • Trails of Cold Steel 1...
    Trails to Infinity, Kanone restored
    • Trails in the Sky Seco...
    Coded Gaming, Phantasmal Mirror Endings
    • The Legend of Heroes T...
    Ayane, Roer Escalator
    • [PS4] Trails of Cold S...
    Further reading materials (interviews, sources, etc):
    pastebin.com/GSDpgvwf
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 441

  • @Agent789_0
    @Agent789_0 5 місяців тому +37

    So are we ever getting a part 2 to this? It’s so rare to find quality Trails content like this that isn’t just “Why you should play Trails” or “How to get into Trails” videos.

  • @EVERYWHERE_MAN
    @EVERYWHERE_MAN Рік тому +148

    NGL It’s amazing how Falcom is able to make good quality game at a fast pace
    I only wish the game gets localize on time

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +29

      Yeah once Reverie comes out I honestly think I’m gonna try to play Kuro with the spreadsheet, I just can’t wait anymore 😭

    • @EVERYWHERE_MAN
      @EVERYWHERE_MAN Рік тому +1

      @@HeavenlyM the Ys series is also amazing and their created by Falcom
      And if you have a good pc you can use the English patch mod for pc

    • @natchu96
      @natchu96 Рік тому +8

      Admittedly Falcom is not the best at...graphics.
      It's still far from bad though, really, and Trails' worldbuilding is solid. And I feel like they've hit the sweet spot in customizing combat options lately.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +17

      @@natchu96 For sure, actually there was this one interview I read while researching this that kinda stuck with me. I think it was in the 2006 Sky interviews. One of the devs, maybe Kondo, said something like “we were seeing all these amazing games come out and we were like, damn, we can’t do that, but we knew we could tell a good story, and that’s where we poured our heart into” and I really feel like that holds true. Trails is plenty fun but I know for me it’s the world and the story that really carry it all.

    • @kawashinimon
      @kawashinimon Рік тому +3

      @@natchu96 Graphics is really not a big deal. Maybe it's because I'm just an older gamer when most games didn't have decent graphics by limitation, but subpar graphics is a worthy sacrifice if everything else is high quality.

  • @Hoopryfien
    @Hoopryfien Рік тому +16

    The forgotten Kevin one hurts cause he’s literally one of my favorite characters in the entire series, I miss him

  • @michiyaslana5974
    @michiyaslana5974 Рік тому +152

    On most media icebergs there’s dark stuff like scandals, abuse allegations - and Trails just sits here like „did you hear about this exclusive outfit???”. I’m so proud of this fandom.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +38

      This is only the first 3 layers, we’ll talk about the hell that was localizing these games and more in the last two layers, don’t worry lol

    • @ChaosEater39
      @ChaosEater39 Рік тому +3

      @@HeavenlyM but is that really secret? or is that just dark?

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +10

      @@ChaosEater39 I’d say more secret than dark overall for part 2, things like being able to skip to the final boss in Zero chapter 3, Morse code hidden in music, Arianrhod boss fight in Sky 3rd, skip to Zeiss at the start of FC, obscure Chinese Trails games, lots of untranslated books, drama CDs, etc

    • @ChaosEater39
      @ChaosEater39 Рік тому +1

      @@HeavenlyM I see. I am also proud that every single one of these I know. Can't wait for part 2!

    • @Kalimangard
      @Kalimangard Рік тому +1

      @@HeavenlyM I hope you will not forget Renne's backstory/star door 15 in part 2, though. And that stuff IS dark.

  • @HeavenlyM
    @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +90

    A passion project I’ve been working on all the way since September, I sincerely hope you enjoy :) Trails has easily become my favorite series ever and I’m glad I got this out before the end of the year
    If you want a little director’s commentary, while working on this I thought about my old Persona iceberg a lot. In hindsight, I find it disappointing, I definitely feel like it could’ve been so much more, and with that in mind I went into this one with the goal of completely outdoing myself, and yeah, I’m very happy with the end result, and I hope you are too 😊
    As I mention at the very end, if you have any ideas that should be included in the last two layers or should’ve been included here, definitely let me know. I want to make it the best it can possibly be 😎❤️
    Corrections:
    Ring of Judgement’s last chapter actually came out days before Zero’s release, not the month before
    Also as of 9 hours ago The Northern War is also getting a mobile game tie in
    Sky outfits are actually on sale for PS3 and Vita in the West, just not for PS4
    The subtitles for the Cold Steel musical have been found! Big thanks to Choojermelon for their hard work on these: reddit.com/r/Falcom/comments/zy9gby/trails_of_cold_steel_3d_musical_subtitles/
    Also update 9/22/23, YES part 2 is still being worked on!

    • @PsychologyOK
      @PsychologyOK Рік тому +2

      Haven’t watched yet but you clearly put a lot of work into this because the Trails iceberg is gigantic! Thanks and bookmarked for later

    • @raidenraiden7938
      @raidenraiden7938 Рік тому +2

      I am playing first sky game right now and already thinking it will be my favourite game series number one istead of witcher)
      I haven't had this much fun playing games in a long time. Maybe I am getting old at my 23 y.o.)

    • @GrumpyFelo
      @GrumpyFelo Рік тому

      What games do you cover on this? I dont want to watch it if it covers something that might spoil me of future content

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому

      @@GrumpyFelo Only up to CS4, no spoilers on the unlocalized games

    • @ChaosEater39
      @ChaosEater39 Рік тому

      @@HeavenlyM there ARE multiple references for later games but, I guess its not spoilers.

  • @jmporkbob
    @jmporkbob Рік тому +40

    The illegible grave in the Crossbell cemetery is something I think worth of being on there. The gravekeeper begins to mention it in Zero and kind of trails off. Supposedly in Azure you find out the grave is Ian's family, but I never managed to get that scene myself. I remember the gravekeeper mentioning he was going to clean the grave very close to the end, but apparently I never saw some other prerequisite scene so I didnt quite get the payoff. Or maybe it's hinted some other way, I dunno. I did full NPC crawls in both Crossbell games, so not sure how I missed it, but I think it'd be worth looking into.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +13

      Yeah I believe that whole thing is tied in with the Nielsen quests, I plan to mention Nielsen in the next part and I’ll definitely mention this. It’s like a whole side quest through Azure that if you miss even one part on you miss out on the rest of it, and the whole thing is pretty cool since it ends with the climax you mention, finding the grave and having Lloyd figure out everything with Guy earlier than he would’ve otherwise. And yeah if I wasn’t following a guide I would’ve missed it, at one part you have to talk to someone, talk to someone else, then go back to that first person and then check the grave or something like that, the requirements become VERY precise

    • @jmporkbob
      @jmporkbob Рік тому +5

      @@HeavenlyM Ahhh, so it was Nielsen. Yeah I missed his first quest, and so despite seeing him pretty much every other time he appeared, I wasn't able to do any of his questline lol. Planning to change that with the official release.

  • @ThenosM_
    @ThenosM_ Рік тому +8

    The best analogy for this series I’ve ever heard since I got into the series is that it’s the “One Piece of gaming.” I love this statement since the Kiseki series is one of the longest-running gaming series with a consistent timeline, spanning nearly 20 years at this point.

  • @tokiko_
    @tokiko_ Рік тому +63

    I always wanted to see an Iceberg of the Trails series, thanks for making it, you did a great job

  • @bluedolphina8977
    @bluedolphina8977 5 місяців тому +4

    "Cold Steel anime can't be as bad as the Sky OVA" you sweet summer child...
    (I know this was recorded before but still)

  • @FazPersona
    @FazPersona Рік тому +13

    new heavenly video🙏
    on a trails binge myself, finished zero yesterday and started azure already. Can't wait to continue

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому

      With the Geofront patch? Good shit! Azure might be my #1 tbh

    • @FazPersona
      @FazPersona Рік тому +1

      @@HeavenlyM I coudn't wait for the steam release. just had to continue

  • @TheBigHaloFreak
    @TheBigHaloFreak Рік тому +5

    29:29 This actually reminds me. In Trails from Zero, I think it was when Lloyd and Noel wanted to buy a gift for Antons Quest for Fran, if you don't have enough money right there, Lloyd says something along the lines of
    "Darn it, I don't have enough mira, damn CPD salary" which may be one of the most hilarious hidden lines I could've gotten honestly.

  • @arcanegale285
    @arcanegale285 Рік тому +16

    I've known quite a few of these, however the scene at the end of Cold Steel 4 is news to me so when you mentioned it I immediately went off and booted up my game and saw that scene, that alone is enough for me to thank you for this video
    Seriously great video overall

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +3

      You’re welcome! Seriously that’s one of the best scenes in the entire series

    • @cloudsclutchcorner
      @cloudsclutchcorner 5 місяців тому

      So great right? I had just beat Reverie, & w/ her on the cover....I'd be damned to not see a scene w/ her, lool. Idk🤔cause I need to run ng+ on nm, + get Aurelia & Mcburn as there more daydreams + trophy ish. Rev is So Huge💯😅🤣

  • @JustAnotherUser578
    @JustAnotherUser578 Рік тому +25

    A neat detail about the Sen musical that I didn't see mentioned in the comments yet, the actress for Towa is also her japanese VA in the actual games
    Thanks for the effort, this was really cool

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +5

      Oooo that’s actually super cool, didn’t know that!

  • @peterparker1683
    @peterparker1683 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for making this video! I’m gonna be replaying Kiseki soon so it will be fun trying all these cool Easter eggs out

  • @craftnight2693
    @craftnight2693 Рік тому +5

    I chuckled quite a bit when you mentioned Anton and Ricky. Damn I really loved his adventures and character development ( PS: Anton you damn lucky bastard got a legit waifu for yourself FINALLY after 9 games )

  • @loooolloool
    @loooolloool Рік тому +6

    Finally a Trails video from you! I just have to watch every video about Trails on youtube lol

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +2

      Same, there needs to be more Trails! And yeah it took quite a while hahaha 😅

  • @Pimpgamer101
    @Pimpgamer101 Рік тому +6

    When I was first playing through the Cold Steel arc, and I reached my first shrine in CS2, “Holy Saint, Holy Spirit” washed over me and I knew I was in love with this series.

  • @Adam.C
    @Adam.C Рік тому +7

    I've been a fan of this series since before Trails SC released in the west, but I learned so many fascinating things from this video. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort in making it!

  • @Greenlord075
    @Greenlord075 Рік тому +17

    One of the more interesting things about the Super Arrange versions is that few of them actually play in game. Off the top of my head, Silver Will SAV plays in SC, Atrocious Raid SAV plays in CS4, and a Super Arrange of a track from Zero, retitled as ‘To be continued!’ plays in Azure.

    • @luminous3558
      @luminous3558 Рік тому +2

      To be continued is the super arrange of the track "Omen"

    • @jitensha5231
      @jitensha5231 Рік тому

      The Decisive Collision SAV plays in both CS3 and CS4, while Belief SAV plays in CS4 only.

    • @ChaosEater39
      @ChaosEater39 Рік тому

      holy saint holy spirit plays in cold steel 4

    • @DragonFanatic44
      @DragonFanatic44 Рік тому

      in the dialogue before the last fight with mcburn in CS4 (and maybe the fight? I don't remember) the SAV version of "Enforcer" plays

  • @stormfires
    @stormfires Рік тому +7

    Man, I just HAVE to say thank you. This is amazing work right there. Gave it a like 20 minutes in, hesitated to subscribe, but when you mentioned you planned more Trails content, I subbed right away. We NEED more quality Trails videos on the internet! The Kiseki nut is amazing already, but with you as well? Man we're covered.

  • @baconboss177
    @baconboss177 Рік тому +1

    Really cool to see one of these iceberg videos for trails, thanks for making one it was a fun listen and I learned some things I had no idea about 👌

  • @Batazen
    @Batazen Рік тому +9

    Excellent video. This is getting me hyped for Reverie. Like you, I beat the first 9 trails games and now I'm starved for content. There were a good number of things in here I wasn't aware of even though i ran through the first 9 games. I'll definitely watch the next video.

  • @radianttrails939
    @radianttrails939 Рік тому +4

    Yo those McBurn and the Grandmaster theories blew my mind haha. Incredible work, there was a lot here I didn't catch before!

  • @jesserivera2043
    @jesserivera2043 Рік тому +4

    This video was flipping awesome. I would love to see a segment on how music and light motifs are used between games

  • @ultimadrago
    @ultimadrago 9 місяців тому +5

    I have to give my thanks for this! Thank you for all of the effort behind this video. I've completed all of the English games (aside Nayuta) and always spoke to every NPC multiple times while completing all sidequests.
    Even still, there's a lot of information about the world and the series that I've easily missed. It's great to have a reminder of all of the content the series has out there.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you so much! I love this series so much and it was such a pleasure to make something to share my love of it with all the other fans, its easily my favorite video I've ever done. And this is just the beginning, the second half coming soon will have the real secrets, mark my words. ;)

  • @Aridoburrito
    @Aridoburrito Рік тому +6

    This is an amazing video, thank you so much for making this. I learned quite a lot from this video. Can't wait for the second half!

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it 😊

  • @Acidrain82
    @Acidrain82 Рік тому +13

    Have been a fan of the The Legend of Heroes series since I played Trails of cold steel. Have completed the Liberl & Erebonia arc. Almost completed Trails from Zero

    • @Ghalion666
      @Ghalion666 Рік тому +3

      I always encourage people to play in chronological order, that is starting with sky. But after playing all 3, I have to say that playing cold steel before sky... I can't think there is anything about that that is half as bad as playing zero before sky. I just can't imagine losing the impact of all of Renne's Scenes in Zero without playing sky first. But I can't think of anything in Cold steel that was so heavy for past characters that weren't introduced like Zero does. I did not play cold steel first, but since you have, was there anything you think that was ruined because you didn't play sky first? I mean I know the way it slips in sky's cast would seem weird, or how crossbell is in the game would lose some of its nostalgia points, etc. But do you feel like you missed out on an actual emotionally hard hitting thing because of it?

    • @silentpresence6705
      @silentpresence6705 Рік тому

      @@Ghalion666 as someone who can kind of comment on this besides the sky characters appearing in cold steel and being able to walk in crossbell there isn't anything wrong with playing cold steel before sky outside of not knowing the characters because the only main person from the sky arc is Olivert/Olivier.with addition some other side characters and military people, but the only vocal point for me is Olivert and seeing what he did in the sky arc. Because if you just do the connection from the sky games to the first 2 cold steel games the relationship between those games acts in the prequel and sequel aspect like star wars in a way. But with the addition of the Crossbell games it's VERY on the idea that you played the sky arc first to understand what's going on with the sky cast in that game. It's kind of the only critique that I have personally of Zero, personally the game didn't really hit home for me I'm not saying it was a horrible experience just not groundbreaking as everyone reviews it to be and to my own bias to say I thought that since we have at the time 3 different arcs I thought we would have as the player our own time with the cast without anybody from the other games but again this is my own experience with this. I'm waiting on Azure next year to see what happens next, just for a reference I've played the entire cold steel arc, Zero,and am currently still playing sky fc

    • @Ghalion666
      @Ghalion666 Рік тому

      @@silentpresence6705 ahhh.. playing zero before sky, someone did it! noooo =P

  • @578t7645uyb5
    @578t7645uyb5 Рік тому +2

    This video is pure passion and I'm here for every second of it

  • @gandoulf78
    @gandoulf78 Рік тому +2

    About Duvalie introduction, you now first meet her in Azure thanks to the localization being up to date with the rest of the series

  • @chariothe9013
    @chariothe9013 Рік тому +1

    Nice vid, all these cool info is so new to me, I spent more than 1000hrs+ in games with chest message and didn’t even notice there is a chest message update lol.

  • @TSignature
    @TSignature Рік тому +4

    Musse's granduncle Count Ballad being in the prologue for Sky 3rd was the most shocking easter egg to me, not sure if it was on purpose or not. Also, there is more Alisa 4koma comics for post Cold Steel 4 where she and sometimes Juna make comments on the character popularity polls in the post CS book, not sure about pre-Cold Steel 4. There's quite alot of content about character information that was not translated in the Falcom CS book as well. It's where the source for all the characters official ages comes from.

  • @tija1012
    @tija1012 Рік тому

    Im glad somebody has finally made a video like this.
    Thanks! :)

  • @2000Redred
    @2000Redred Рік тому +3

    I am forever in your debt for showing me Ice Queen Duvalie

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +1

      Duvalie is one of my absolute favorite characters, I got you 😉

  • @dreamwolfnektovich1944
    @dreamwolfnektovich1944 Рік тому +3

    I like how at 27:36 Sean immediately understands what line Jonah is talking about and the severity of the situation. Reddit user once reddit user forever.

  • @yinisyang3419
    @yinisyang3419 Рік тому +4

    I hope you make the follow up to this eventually. I've been looking forward to it for a while

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +2

      Still in the works, the wait will be worth it :)

  • @Mandasai12
    @Mandasai12 Рік тому +1

    Great video! Looking forward to party 2

  • @wvllanner4
    @wvllanner4 Рік тому +2

    Amazing work! Loved watching every minute of it :D Thank you!

  • @billclintonsmagicbeefarm5799
    @billclintonsmagicbeefarm5799 Рік тому +2

    Cool extra lore! Thanks for your hard work :)

  • @mrbumbum6730
    @mrbumbum6730 Рік тому +5

    Fun fact: The lousitania is actually used in cs1, in a smaller scale, you can see it in reinford company showroom on the 1st floor

  • @spotter93r6
    @spotter93r6 Рік тому +1

    Honestly really great job dude. This video was such a treat to watch! I came onto the Trails wagon late (really only getting into and completing the series over the Covid quarantine and recently when CS4 was localized) but it’s cemented itself as my all time favorite hard stop.
    2 comments for something I found funny, with the Renne health I had no idea. But if I saw it I’d have probably thought (even though we had children escort missions before) that they gave her so much health so we COULDN’T fuck it up and get her killed lol
    And in regard to the all the gacha collabs, Rean Rixia Lloyd Juna Swin and Nadia were in a Brave Nine collab a loooong while ago. Pulled for em, got em, single only reason why the game is still on my phone lol I don’t play it either, not that it’s bad I just haven’t gotten into it 😂

  • @lightzthestarz
    @lightzthestarz 14 днів тому +1

    I hope you’re doing well man! One of my favorite trails videos on UA-cam.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  11 днів тому

      @@lightzthestarz Thank you, hope you’re doing well too :)

  • @The_Bi-polar_Express
    @The_Bi-polar_Express Рік тому +2

    16 days until Revarie so im replaying ToCS4, i love the storytelling in this series.

  • @erihitsuki
    @erihitsuki 11 місяців тому

    I love trails and persona, so you got yourself a new sub! :) I am also new to the trails series, so this ice berg is a nice info dump.

  • @agent42q
    @agent42q 4 місяці тому

    Loved this video! Looking forward to the next.

  • @DarknessDpa
    @DarknessDpa Рік тому +5

    I actually just finished the last English released game on my list a few weeks ago to where I am caught up to wait for Reverie so this was quite intersting.

  • @goodthings2life
    @goodthings2life Рік тому +1

    New subscriber thanks to this video, but also in anticipation of Persona 3 and 4 re-releasing in January. Looking forward to watching your videos and what's to come.

  • @waffulsyrup6320
    @waffulsyrup6320 Рік тому +1

    Hooh boy finally, a Trails iceberg. I'll have to do a listen to this once I beat the Cold Steel games though. I've only beaten Sky & Crossbell so far lol.

  • @Letalizz
    @Letalizz Рік тому +4

    Kevin being so criminally underused after Sky 3rd makes me sad, 3rd made him my fav character in the series

    • @kawashinimon
      @kawashinimon Рік тому +2

      I want to hope they're just saving him for a future, larger arc when the ouroboros/church arcs start to tie up.... hopefully...

  • @pokepoon
    @pokepoon Рік тому +1

    Thanks for this, been craving content after finishing off CS4

  • @raionbomber75
    @raionbomber75 Рік тому +1

    Yo this was a great video. I probably spoiled myself like 50 times but it just makes me wanna play these game more lol

  • @Arcueie
    @Arcueie Рік тому +3

    you're not dumb. the way they say marquis in the dub drives me up the wall. for such an incredible localization, i can't believe they went with that pronunciation of the word.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому

      Right? Especially since they say Chevalier the fancier way and not “shev-a-leer” like how some people say it

  • @PrincessTwilightdash
    @PrincessTwilightdash 4 місяці тому +1

    If you really think about the Luciloa thing with Schera is that we never really got a closure to both their arc making me think she will come back at some point

  • @linneasardina5340
    @linneasardina5340 Рік тому +2

    Very nice video! The one thing I would think about adding for the next one is the happiness stone from sky the 3rd. It seems like a strange inclusion but I’m pretty sure it’s been reffrenced in a few of the games after but like I can’t remember exactly when :p

  • @JaxBizarre
    @JaxBizarre Рік тому

    This might be the most fun Iceberg I've watched.

  • @muzhili9512
    @muzhili9512 Рік тому +3

    awesome video and I kinda want to add some level 3 iceberg...okay, I don't know if this counts but this is about Mcburn. There's actually an translation error from Nisa when it comes to Mcburn's true name and it created a failed attempted reference to Kuro no Kiseki would only affect western players.
    NISa translated Mcburn's true name as: 'Mera' Cu Baldugh Ruang, but in reality it's actually 'Mare' Cu Baldugh Ruang[Japanese: メア(Mare)=ク(Cu)=バルウド(Baldugh)=ルアウング(Ruang )], in Kuro no Kiseki, the MC got a special AI called Mare that can help him transform to Grendel, the kamen rider monster in kuro, and Mcburn's true name also has Mare inside can be interpreted as a connection between the two towards the world of beyond. But who knows, this could be just a coincidence....but the translation error is true no matter what.

  • @AerikTakeshi
    @AerikTakeshi Рік тому +2

    Fan of the series since i got the limited edition day 1 of Sky FC on PSP right after I got off work! It's the most amazing series in giving you a living, breathing world full of NPCs with relatable issues that you actually care about. Down to the shopkeepers!
    When I played a Japanese preview of FC before it released it immediately gave me vibes of series I grew up with such as Lunar. Full of charm and hope, themes that are mature but arent full of misery and dread.
    I sincerely hope when Kiseki ends that Falcom (and other companies) continue this trend of building tangible fantasy worlds you feel like you're a part of. Oh, and Team Estelle from day one until the end of time!

  • @laur.33
    @laur.33 Рік тому +1

    "Can't be as bad as the sky OVA"🗿🗿
    Good video mate 👍

  • @chefofthetrash
    @chefofthetrash Рік тому

    you’re definitely right about SC putting Anton on the forefront. I played through CS1-2 first and always found myself doing NPC crawls so it’s not like I never saw him before but as soon as I met him and saw the achievement everything clicked together and I made it my mission to find him in every subsequent game

  • @theashensamuraijiro816
    @theashensamuraijiro816 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for making this really informative

  • @VyraLove
    @VyraLove Рік тому +2

    Also, a bit of a thing about Towa in Xanadu.. it wasn't for fun. She won a character poll. So that's why she's in there. (At least that is what I remember.)

  • @GabbyNoctis
    @GabbyNoctis Рік тому +1

    This video took me for a wild ride. I had no clue about the JP exclusive CS1+2 outfits since I owned the PS4 Kai versions. Neither did I know that XSEED went back to update Sky 3rd after Kuro came out.

  • @KevinLopez-mt3ng
    @KevinLopez-mt3ng Рік тому +2

    Keep up the good work!!

  • @Rexcalibro
    @Rexcalibro Рік тому +2

    One of the great kiseki videos on youtube

  • @MisterMonsterMan
    @MisterMonsterMan 2 місяці тому

    Very well done. I appreciate the effort.

  • @JCDentonCZ
    @JCDentonCZ Рік тому +2

    There's definitely stuff here I wish I was aware of when going through the games chronologically, so it would be interesting if it could be collated into a full list for newcomers that really want the full story, not just the games themselves.

  • @taigaaisaka6305
    @taigaaisaka6305 11 місяців тому +5

    I come from the future. The Northern War anime was indeed way worse than the SC OVAs and by a country mile.

    • @Merguin
      @Merguin 3 місяці тому

      dunno, I watched both and I liked the Nothern War way more then the SC OVAs. It was still not good though :/

  • @cephise4745
    @cephise4745 Рік тому

    Nice video ! idk if someone mentioned it. In sky 3 evolution hardmode, the martial arts tournament mini game add an unique final boss. You get to fight Casius, Arianhold and lowe (tricky fight btw).

  • @sofnof
    @sofnof Рік тому +1

    thanks for the great video, i learned a lot of new cool things! :3

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +1

      Thank YOU for watching, glad you enjoyed :)

  • @kisekiplay7569
    @kisekiplay7569 Рік тому +1

    I had a blast watching this!

  • @2000Redred
    @2000Redred Рік тому +2

    Anton or Ricky being the grandmaster this whole time would be the best possible plot twist Trails could ever come up with.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +1

      They’re always going to where the big Ouroboros plans are happening, there has to be more to it 🤔
      But in all seriousness, I feel like Yun Kafai ending up being evil or in Ouroboros would be a crazy ass twist

    • @zordiark9673
      @zordiark9673 Рік тому

      @@HeavenlyM Well, Kafai´s knowlegde of Reans Imprisonment is something that bothers me. How do he know about that when he is on the other Side of the Kontinent and the Letter (in which he mentioned it) appears right after Reans Escape? Also his knowledge that Rean is going to be a Divine Blade that will end the Great Twilight. How did he know about the Curse of the Empire.. i dont think he got his hand on the Black Records.

  • @twilftw
    @twilftw Рік тому +2

    good video really enjoyed it, one piece of triviva i find funny is that they had to change the name of the godess from "edios" to "adios" cause thats the name of the guys who make tomb raider and they didnt want to get in any legal trouble with that. also they changed "ulster" to "alster" for some reason

  • @Synthpopper
    @Synthpopper 10 місяців тому +1

    Out of all these, the one that stings the most is Kevin forgotten as he's one of my favorite characters in anything

  • @Tchud
    @Tchud Рік тому +1

    The craziest thing: I thought Trails of Cold Steel was your ordinary, run of the mill JRPG- I played it on PS3 back in 2017 without giving it much thought, and stopped midway because all the references to previous games confused me. I thought it would be resolved by the end of the game, but alas...😅
    This kinda upset me because the game was engaging with a great storyline- I just couldn't get into it.
    So eventually I went back and beat the game on PS4, because it looked and performed better- this was in 2019 when I played that and CS2. Saw the bit about Crossbell in the divertissement and figured that storyline would be resolved in CS3.
    When CS3 took me into Crossbell, I had absolutely no connection to the city and its citizens. So I finally decided to do some research. Huh. Found out about Trails in the Sky and Zero/Azure, which at the time was being fan translated by Geofront. I had to wait.
    Played and finished Sky, then got into Zero/Azure in 2021 and... holy shit. Great writing, everything hits you hard in SC/Azure, and when I replayed CS1 and CS2, everything finally clicked. It was perfect. I fell in love. Finished CS3 and played CS4 and the games completely blew me away.
    Waiting for Azure on Switch, Reverie in July, and looking forward to the Calvard arcs. This is a truly special series, nothing like it.

  • @mrp1234
    @mrp1234 Рік тому +1

    Great great video for a great great series!!

  • @planwithelizabeth
    @planwithelizabeth Рік тому +1

    I played all the games through CS4, so this was an amazing find. Thanks for the video.

  • @krishsingh1035
    @krishsingh1035 Рік тому +4

    Great video and I especially loved the McBurn theory as well and could actually be quite plausible. I have a suggestion for a theory or at a starting point of a theory and that would be Campanella’s identity as much isn’t known about other than his affiliation with the society and that apparently he hasn’t aged in the last ten years which could be a foundation for a few theories. Great video nonetheless

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! And yeah Campanella is highly interesting, there are a lot of theories about him out there, especially with his 4th wall break in Sky 3rd. Definitely something I’ll talk about in the next part :)

    • @alexhnot5662
      @alexhnot5662 Рік тому +3

      @@HeavenlyM One thing I know for sure - Campanella is a girl. Also, for some reason, after finishing the Sky arc, it felt like he's(?) nothing but mechanical avatar similar to early Rennes "parents". Especially considering the fact, he's not homunculus.
      I just hope, they wont turn him into another Divergent Laws. Hadn't played Reverie yet, so might be missing something.

    • @zbigbozbboy5245
      @zbigbozbboy5245 Рік тому

      McBurn theory is bit weird for me since C.Epstein face is known especially to his Disciples so it felt weird

  • @eluvianlegion4910
    @eluvianlegion4910 Рік тому +2

    41:36 Crow Arm Blast

  • @PhoenixNoKiseki
    @PhoenixNoKiseki Рік тому +3

    How did you boil it down to an hour and forty minutes??
    This is a nice early Christmas present. Thank you. :)

  • @ChuongDang185
    @ChuongDang185 Рік тому +3

    Not going to fully watch this video as I've yet to get into the Trails series but it's been on my backlog because it always looked like a very interesting series.

  • @jvts8916
    @jvts8916 Рік тому +1

    As someone who started playing Trails after hearing that there are many references to Ys and viceversa, Nayuta sounds like something I'll play.

  • @Evanz111
    @Evanz111 8 місяців тому

    Damn, I had no idea someone would have made a Trails iceberg! UA-cam’s algorithm does the viewer a solid sometime, like recommending me your channel and a chain reaction of videos I’m interested in from your channel!

  • @kensou2k7
    @kensou2k7 Рік тому

    LIKED AND SUBBED. Long time fan here.

  • @frozenwrath1352
    @frozenwrath1352 Рік тому +5

    I don't remember where i read it. Apparently orbal machines stop working after a certain boundary while traveling into the sea beyond Zemuria's edge.
    To me the most interesting aspects of the whole franchise are related to anomalies like the salt pale and the desertification that master Yun Ka-fai is sent to investigate.
    i haven't touched Kuro or Reverie but it'd be interesting if we could get more info about those situations.

    • @agustinruiz9467
      @agustinruiz9467 11 місяців тому

      alisa says it in the fight with Mcburn

  • @rinfurinto2621
    @rinfurinto2621 Рік тому +3

    At the end of CS2 when you return to the title screen on the roof I believe, the ghost of Crow appears and fades away. It only happens once, right after beating the game.

    • @HeavenlyM
      @HeavenlyM  Рік тому +1

      Actually? That’s super sick, I’ve never heard of that. That’ll definitely go in part 2

    • @chefofthetrash
      @chefofthetrash Рік тому +1

      I caught that on my first playthrough and i'd have thought I was just seeing this if I didn't record it it passes pretty quickly

  • @user-cf6yi5yq5i
    @user-cf6yi5yq5i Рік тому

    1:02:00 Heh i remember this dialoges, and also there was something similar in Liberl escalators too.

  • @striker9936
    @striker9936 6 місяців тому +1

    I really hate how they did Kevin (and by extension Ries) dirty. He deserved as much as a cameo in Azure/Zero + Cold Steel series I'd say at least as much as Tita and Agate.
    Didn't realize the full extent of it to where he was omitted from the Graalsritter image. Oof. I can understand minor plotholes and details forgotten, but a whole character forgotten that an entire game in the series starred him as protagonist?

    • @Agent789_0
      @Agent789_0 5 місяців тому +1

      I’d say his role in Azure is a lot bigger than just a cameo. He does take out one of the Aions after all.

  • @sakatrol
    @sakatrol 10 місяців тому +1

    53:59
    yeah so maybe I'm wrong about this but the model of the Lusitania is used in CS1 during the Roer Field Study. It's shrunken down and on display in the Reinford building but when I first saw it I took specific note of it due to the odd amount of detail it had, like trees and such. Honestly I thought it was pulled from 3rd just to be the model but who knows~

  • @DeadP47
    @DeadP47 Рік тому +1

    Good job mate, bless you

  • @Bardguy5623
    @Bardguy5623 10 місяців тому

    On the returning home drama CD, at the end of CS1 I believe, Rean says he’s intermediate level in Eight Leaves One Blade, which I found strange because earlier in the game he said he was beginner level. I only found out after doing some research that in the drama CD, he gets a message from Ka-Fai and ranks up

  • @user-pi7jq1nf4u
    @user-pi7jq1nf4u Рік тому

    1:17:55 Oh yeah, i remember that i buffed him in speed up to the limit or close to it. So he got enough speed to be the first acting even with "enemy advantage". Combine this with his very high damage and recieve a melee death machine(and you can flee outa every no-scripted non-boss fight). That was kinda OP and fun)

  • @shroomoid9403
    @shroomoid9403 Рік тому +1

    "Furry Lloyd here straight outta Gormott" absolutely sent me
    I was not ready for that

  • @sonorousgriffin776
    @sonorousgriffin776 7 місяців тому +2

    Very well made. Will patiently wait for part 2.
    - Sincerely, a Trails addict :D

  • @rianrodrigues8195
    @rianrodrigues8195 Рік тому +1

    Cant wait for part 2

  • @SunLightW
    @SunLightW Рік тому +1

    Holy, I never expected my hometown to be the model for the Liberl. 😂

  • @brysoncaldwell488
    @brysoncaldwell488 3 місяці тому

    Hi just wondering if youre still making more trails? Loved this video

  • @Falroth
    @Falroth Рік тому +2

    You can get CS2 Joshua and Estelle costumes in the original PS3 versions as well. So they did make it to consoles.
    The PS4 version did not include them for some reason

  • @jeremyfusenliu3859
    @jeremyfusenliu3859 Рік тому

    one of my favourite JRPG series, started out with Cold Steel when it localized and since i had to wait for CS 2 i went back starting from Sky and i will recommend this series to anyone looking for JRPG with great story, characters and brilliant OST.
    A thing though, the Black Records is about the true and hidden history of Erebonia in CS2. Am not sure about remakes for Sky because the story and characters are already brilliant, remaster perhaps, also Kloe my favorite girl in Sky

  • @yochitoranaga
    @yochitoranaga 9 місяців тому

    Alisa Reinford's Cold Steel Crash Course can be found in the booklet inside the disc cases of the NISA PS4 ports of CS 1 and 2, the pages are at the end of the leaflet. It's was a surprise to me to find a leaflet in this day and age, very few games bothers to that these days.

  • @Grey_Codex_gaming
    @Grey_Codex_gaming Рік тому +1

    God I would have loved to meet marquis hyarms during the festival and lean in to the differences, you meet the nice affable noble and then at the end see them interact with Patrick and have that moment of realization

  • @drowningin
    @drowningin Рік тому +1

    Omg I've searched trails iceberg several times, and he made it