Nine Sols - The Complete Story Explained | Nine Sols Lore
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Learn the story of Yi and his quest for vengeance in the taupunk metroidvania Nine Sols.
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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Penglai's History
25:49 - Yi's Story
35:16 - Themes and Inspiration
41:30 - Outro
I do not own the rights to any assets used in this video. - Ігри
Hi all, I've had a change of audio equipment and recording venue. Let me know what you think of the voice-over quality and what might need to be tweaked moving forward. Hope you appreciate the video!
sounds great to me, clean and clear
Kind of hard to hear, can you make them clearer
A certain dragon once said “Those who try to hasten the end only delay it, and those who try to delay the end only hasten it”.
counter argument: hospitals exists.
@@greedier-7661 I think the statement mainly applies to trying to alter the laws of nature
@@999lazerman .... and we are taking synthetic medicine, transplanting body parts, radiating ourselves etc.
most things that are done in hospitals are not natural.
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The problem in those cat civilization was not science or faith but them forgetting a balance.
That is why so many current countries have problems, as most African Muslim countries die in faith wars.
West countries self destroy themselves from corruption and lack of morals.
etc.
and her creating that zombie like virus... it is not fault of their civilization.
and saying that fighting against nature is wrong is stupid when so many peoples now fight against global warming, which by your logic would be humanity/earth natural end....
@@999lazerman That’s impossible. Everything is nature. Physics, chemistry, biology do their thing. Living is interacting with the “laws of nature”, no matter if you live as a hermit digging up roots in a cave or if you splice genes.
E.g. nothing you ate in your life is “natural” in the narrow sense: Livestock and crops have been bred for the last 10.000 years, you wouldn’t recognize anything our ancestors ate before that.
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I fell in love with this game. With its story, with its style and mostly its gameplay.
Finally my long awaited lorebrarians fix.
Hope you enjoyed this one! A more obscure game but definitely underrated both in terms of gameplay and story
@@TheLorebrariansAnd now one I’m sold on thanks to you.
Some translation observations in no particular order:
The "Fusang" is a mythological tree, but it's also the name of hibiscus. That's probably why the apemen wear large red flowers.
Eigong is more accurately "Yi Gong". I guess they went with that translation so people didn't think her and Yi are related?
Lear is the strangest change, his original name is Li Er, aka Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.
Tianhuo doesn't feel like what the gene will be initially named as, since it means "heavenly disaster". That name probably started with the disease.
The outline of the plot is a reference to the myth of Hou Yi, who shot down 9 suns out of 10 from the sky
Many other characters are based on Chinese myth, like Shen Nong (who tested herbs on himself), Chi You, Nu Wa, Fu Xi, etc
These are great insights and really add to the depth of the story, it's sometimes unfortunate what can be lost in translation so this is much appreciated!
Your understanding of the translation for Eigong is correct. The official explanation has confirmed this translation.
Great video, but I think you got some stuff wrong on the timeline. I got the impression that Yiis miraculous resurrection was what inspired Engong to research the roots. So the virus outbreak happened later.
Also, the reason Yii didn't come for Heng was because he was knocked out by Engong before new Kunluns lift of.
Eigong's logs have dates attached to them. I may have mixed up some of the entries, but I had the impression she had an interest in Fusang even before she observed Yi or Kanghui. As for Heng, you are absolutely right which makes Yi's character even more tragic.
IMO - Eigong lost her sanity, in endless tries to find out the ways to gain immortality and subsequently the cure, and I think in the first place she was not trying to find immortality for solarians out of her own ideal but rather because of pressure from then ones who financed her research institution (how in one of the memory recordings she is afraid that financing will be pulled out)
Overall she represents the worst in the story, truly evil individual with too much power
Good timing, i just finished the true ending minutes ago and rush to youtube to find the story explain.
Hope you enjoyed!
Finally a video explaining the story of this game.
Hope you enjoyed
LOVE THIS! I haven't figure out the time line of their technology development back in Penglai. Also there are so many details in the background that I haven't noticed LOL Thank you for your explanation!
So glad you enjoyed! Yes, there's quite a depth to this game's setting and of course beautifully illustrated
Yo, id never heard of this game before. Thanks for highlighting it!
Of course! It's a smaller studio that struggled with marketing, but it's a very engaging game with a great narrative
This is definitely the best lore video on Nine Sols I've seen so far, and likely the best I will ever see. Excellent work!
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed!
You’re a very good storyteller. I’m definitely subscribing to your channel.
Appreciate the support!
Thank you for compiling this all in such a nice doku stile format!
I adore the story of this game. Just finished it today for the first time (true ending Eigong kept me busy for almost a week)
One of my favorite little side details that had me pause the game and just sit for a minute was when i realized that Ji was the Kunlun immortal from the painting you give Shuanshuan. As well as the hologram about Lear's decleration of inaction where Ji is always only visible for short moments, hidden behind the speech bubbles.
There was a lot of show, don't tell in general with the backgrounds.
How the heck did I mispronounce Penglai as Pengali the entire time I played 😭
sounds cute tho lol
I did the same😂
This is such a complete and detailed overview of the lore, well done!
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed
I've been waiting for a lore explained for this game for a while. Thank you ,keep up the good work
Appreciate it, glad you enjoyed
been waiting for a lore explanation vid of this 😭😭 thank u for this!! 🙏🙏
Appreciate it, hope you enjoyed!
Been waiting weeks for a detailed nine sols lore video. Thanks
a great lore from a underrated channel and an underrated game BOTH clout wise
Glad to see your channel growing, very cozy videos.
thank you for highlighting this game!
For some reason, this artstyle reminds me of cult of the lamb.
Your channel covers all of the lore I love! Keep slapping
Appreciate it!
The story and lore of this game shows us the harsh reality of what happens when we try to go against our fundamental nature and when we no longer appreciate nor respect the lives that we were given.
Thanks for the upload! So Mr. Kat is a Solarian all along
Ok this was a ton deeper than I was expecting from a side scroller about cat people. Going back for a re-listen.
Thank you! this very good video! Haven't play the game yet but, the lore is very cool!
Appreciate it, definitely worth checking out if you are able! The gameplay was a blast
You said Yi ended his species, but what about Kuafu? we still see him in the post credit scene
He won't be able to reproduce alone in earth and probably will still die of old age or the virus. My headcannon is that he uses his remaining years to help the new human colonies and becomes remembered, together with Yi, in a human pantheon of myths and legends.
Also, it seems Yi is based on a mythology character "Huo Yi". He was a magical archer who shot down 9 out of the 10 original suns in our sky, because they were scorching the planet. So maybe we got to play the origin of this story? :)
@@lucasmurakami216 nice
Greate video!!!
Appreciate it!
Cool vídeo
I don't really buy into the true ending as good ending, with regular ending atleast there is hope for the future for the penglai people, there are options, some more ethical way to save these people without compromising the lives of ape men
"I'll accept death once im dead."
Soooo, they started as humans, had his ww2, raised to the Age of Technology, became the same as the Ealdar, downgraded back to superstitious humans and became the Nechrons...cool, cool cool cool cool...
Watching the true ending I ended thinking in a short comic.
Be careful with spoilers
Frame 1, 2 and 3
Someone is in the verge of death lying on a bed in his last moments, he is surronded by his family and friends and giving his last words he dies in peace. Them everything turns black(There is a cat in the background that looks like Yi )
Frame 3 and 4
Them he wakes up, the old man is walking with his walking cane on a path in a white flower field.
Frame 5, 6 and 7
Slowly he continues to walk, and he remenbers wat was the last thing he writed in his diary, it was like a letter for someone from long ago.
The old man start reading the letter that tells how was his life after landing in the pale blue planet and what he's been doing and how he helped the people arond him until his inevitable death of old age and his return to Tao.
Frame 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
He starts talking about the time when he was a kid, and he tells how it was when Kuafu passed away because of the Tianhuo virus, then Shennong a couple of years later of old age, and he asks how is everyone doing while waiting him since he is the last person who is missing, the last person who originally came from space, at this moment the old man begins to get younger and younger.
Frame 13
Then it's revealed that the old man is Shuanshuan and he is on his path to the afterlife, the wind blows and shakes his hair while he is looking for something far away while he continues with his letter telling that he lived a long life like he said when he was a kid.
Frame 14 and 15
He is a little younger now and can walk without his walking cane. After realizing that he doen't need a walking cane anymore Shuanshuan starts running.
Frame 16, 17 and 18
It's hard in the beginning but step by step it's getting easier, and he seens to be saying something, calling for someone while he reads the letter telling what he wants to do afther see everyone again afther so much time.
Frame 19, 20 and 21
Someone who is holding a green pipe blowing green smoke can be seen by distance, he is talking with his sister and Shuanshuan parents alongside Kuafu, Shennong, Chiyou and abacus who are a little drunk.
Frame 22, 23 and 24
From far away Yi can hear "YI!!" and "BIG BROTHER!!". Kuafu then calls Yi, he points to Shuanshuan announcing his arrival and comments about how old Shuanshuan is. (I dont know, let's put that he lived for almost 120 years)
Frame 25
Shuanshuan can see that Yi is with his family and the friends he met during his journey and they all were waiting for Shuanshuan to start a banquet to welcome him (Chien and Shanhai 9000 are there too).
Frame 26 and 27
Shuanshuan still running, and step by step until he turns into a child again, even exausted he wont stop running.
Frame 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33
They are happy to see each other again, Everyone is having fun. the camera gets more distant and they desapear as they are turning into smoke and returning to the nothingness.
THE END
Now I don't know what each one could do in the last painels, so lets leave this to your imagination
I'm not a native english speaker, so if there is an error with my wrigting let me know
I hope someone with artistc skills will see this comment
What do you think of this concept idea? is it good?
Its a little outdated now, but i think you should check out the game Ashen, its a low poly souls like that came out like 5 years ago to mixed success, so can't expect to see a lore video about it but you might personally enjoy it idk
Appreciate the suggestion, it's not a game I'm familiar with but might have to check it out!
I was very hurt by the true ending and specially how both side stories of Shanghai 9000 and Chiyo ended, it completely ruined the game for me :(
@sacredalmighty here that lore video you wanted
Ah so I see this is a alternative universe where Godcat did not take away his creations limbs. (Don't mind the Epic Battle Fantasy joke)
amazing game.
Noice!
I just discovered your channel and this is great! Have you ever considered doing videos on Hollow Knight? The lore for that game is amazing and is truly endless.
I appreciate it, and the suggestion! Hollow knight has been one of my favorite games since its release and I love its atmosphere. Definitely worth looking into
I saw the manga after finishing the game😢a bit spoiler below
since i don't know who Chien is, in the game when I found her and Shanhai it really wasn't that sad. Then in the first two page of the manga, seeing their relationship I immediately teared up😥
Yes, it's quite tragic and a story I wish got more attention in the game. It was easy to miss
Finally this game came out. It always felt like every new awesome game was just demos but nothing ever released.
Though the ending and message is a little pretentious. Assuming they're "supposed" to just die. When it was basically just her dumb hubris and delusion of immortality that doomed them.
Just don't do stupid stuff and none of this would've happened.
Remember never trust magitech
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27:52 that robot disc yeeeted xD