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master-gaia-tetron-crystalblue · 2 months

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Updated information on the Soul Trilogy and its connections with other games from the same universe.

⚠️This little information may contain spoilers.

The Quintet Trilogy.

There are a few connections between Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma:

Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma deal with world regeneration and all three games deal with the concept of reincarnation.

Blazer and Will (in form of Shadow) have the technique of launching the spirit of the Firebird/Phoenix and apparently in Terranigma the weapons of the Hero, Ark, are shaped like a phoenix, too.

In both the Japanese and PAL versions the Soul Armor of Soul Blazer, appears in Terranigma.

In Illusion of Gaia, Will uses his powers to attract "Gems" like Blazer.

In Watermia, from Illusion of Gaia, Kara says: "Freejia was the same way, but beautiful. Things always have another side to them" in Japanese version: "As was the case with the City of Flowers, I wonder if beautiful things always have a back face." In Terranigma, when Ark reaches the sewers of Neotokio, has a similar line: "The more fancy a town, the more dirty at the back". In Japanese: "The more glittering the city is the more messy it is to look behind the scenes."

In Angkor Wat temple, which appears in Illusion of Gaia, there is a room containing crystals that strongly resemble those in the Shrine of the Master from Soul Blazer.

In Neotokio, the most advanced city in the world, Ark fights a ghost hidden in a garbage can, there by reviving the Quintet programmers, including a chicken, who are creating the game Illusion of Time 2 that is Terranigma. In the Japanese version the game, he is developing 天地創造 (Tenchi Sōzō), they were literally making Terranigma. Also, in that version, you could answer a questionnaire (Quintet Quiz) if you were an expert in the games of the company, among them Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia.

Some characters and locations seem to appear in more than one game with different names:

All three games feature a dog named Turbo: in Soul Blazer, he appears in Greenwood; in Illusion of Gaia, he's at the Diamond Coast; in Terranigma, he's Meilin's dog.

In Illusion of Gaia, "The Moon tribe" people, are in the form of a Soul Blazer enemy: Ghost.

The enemies of Illusion of Gaia, Dinapedes and Nitropedes are similar to Metapedes of Dr. Leo's Lab in Soul Blazer.

Both Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma deal with Dark and Light Gaia.

In Illusion of Gaia the secret boss is Metal Mantis, who was the first boss of Soul Blazer.

Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma share a painter in their story.

The "Tulip" that appears in Illusion of Gaia in the of Edward's Castle Prison, is the same as those that appear in Soul Blazer.

Terranigma has Capetown in South Africa (though it can't be visited) and Illusion of Gaia begins in South Cape.

Mu exists in Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma.

In Soul Blazer there is a place called St. Elle's Seabed, which is "Palace of St. Ells" (セントエルズの宮殿) in Japanese. Elle (エル) of Terranigma has a similar name, both in English and in Japanese.

In Terranigma, before entering Great Lakes Cavern, Ark speaks with a man named Servas, who is awaiting the return of his fiancée, Nana. When she died, she became a mermaid, which is a reference to a mermaid's dolphin in Soul Blazer, Servas, who is the reincarnation of a child who died with his father in the a shipwreck and also is mentioned on Illusion of Gaia in Larai Cliff.

Some characters and places are equivalent to the same ones from Soul Blazer:

Guardian of the Forest = Ra Tree (Terranigma)

King Magridd = King Henri (Terranigma)

Queen Magridd = Bloody Mary (Terranigma)

Magridd Castle = Sylvain Castle (Terranigma)

*Dr. Leo = Beruga (Terranigma). In Soul Blazer, Dr. Leo says, "I am not passing away, rather, I am going to sleep. When a scientist with my knowledge is needed, I will be back." In Terranigma, Beruga was alive in the ancient world before it was revived by Ark.

Connection of the Quintet classic games between Quintet Trilogy

ActRaiser and ActRaiser 2: For being the beginning of the Quintet Trilogy and their complementary games (Robotrek and The Granstream Saga), there are different references in these:

In Soul Blazer, The Master (a non-playable character this time) is represented as a serious, kind, understandable, positive, and pious deity. He forgave King Magridd and never gave up hope that Blazer would triumph against Deatholl.

In ActRaiser 2 The Master has the power to turn into the spirit of the of Firebird/Phoenix for a few moments to attack the enemy.

There is a child named Teddy in Soul Blazer, and he tries to sell the Goat's Food to Blazer. He is a reference to the boy of the same name from ActRaiser.

In the Japanese version of the ActRaier 2, "Tower of Souls" is the "Tower of Babel" (バベルの塔戦]), which appears in Illusion of Gaia.

In Angel Village, appear enemies similar to Ramskulls which are from ActRaiser.

The outside of Angkor Wat temple is very similar to ActRaiser's Marahna temple. Also, in this level, The Master uses the Earthquake and in Illusion of Gaia, Will (in Freedan's form) get the "Earthquaker."

On Illusion of Gaia, the boss on the Great Wall of China is very similar to the boss of the Kasandora's desert boss from ActRaiser.

In Terranigma, you can see two paintings: The Master of ActRaiser 2 painted by Matis and located in Mati's, which is in Loire, and the other in Britain in Sir Rich's mansion. Like some statues of one of three angels that help him in ActRaiser 2, specifically The Warrior Angel in Loire Castle.

ActRaiser and ActRaiser 2 are of the games that appears in the Quintet Quiz of Neotokio in Terranigma in the Japanese version.

In Terranigma the virus created by Beruga, "Asmodeus" is a reference of ActRaiser 2 the boss: Deception, in Japanese version: 欲望|Lust. Deception, apart from his attacks, sludge spit, fireball and bomb; he teleports to escape and uses his "Teleportation orb" to take The Master to another site on the same battlefield. Unlike "Asmodeus", that demon teleports the combatant, but doesn't erase him forever.

Although in interview of Koji Yokota by John Szczepaniak of his book The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1, he revealed that The Master is part of the games Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia. It's believed that he is also Light Gaia and Tanzra is Dark Gaia. This is believed because of the opening of Terranigma, (both in the original and the European version) which says, "They came to be called 'God' and 'Devil'."

The damaged sound effect of Blazer is the same of the ActRaiser when The Master is damaged.

The sound effect when defeating an enemy can be heard in ActRaiser, Soul Blazer, and Illusion of Gaia.

Sound effect of the enemies attacks bullet firing can heard in ActRaiser and Soul Blazer.

Robotrek: It's a relatively comical game where we can find again themes; such as is creation and destruction, human ambition, the use of science for good and evil, the theme of immortality that is implicit in Nagisa an assistant android with the resemblance to the deceased mother of the protagonist, problems between neighbors and among others. In addition to having some elements found in the ActRaiser and Quintet Trilogy, Robotrek would be the complement of those games:

The "Blade 4", in the Japanese version is called "SoulBlade" (ソウルブレイド), which could be the replica of the legendary weapon of the hero of Soul Blazer, "Soul Blade", with the technique of launching bullets shaped Firebird/Phoenix.

There are two ways to create "Blade 4", combining "Seed" with "Blade 3". The other way is combining "Smoke" with "Scrap 8", nonetheless the first combination is a hidden reference to the Kingdom of Freil from Soul Blazer, which in Japanese is フレイル王国|Fureiru ōkoku, where フレイmeans Freyr, reference to the name of the Norse god of fertility, which comes from Old Norse name Freyr ("lord"), meaning 'fertile'. Both in form and meaning, fraiwa ("seed").

The form of Tetron (bipyramid) resembles the "Shrine of the Master" from Soul Blazer and the crystals of Angkor Wat from Illusion of Gaia.

Inside the Count Polinky's mansion you can see knight's armors similar to the enemies of Stormrook from ActRaiser 2, but without the axe and shield. However, in this stage you can learn create Axe 1 (Inventor's Friend Lv 9).

In the Clock Tower of Count Polinky's mansion where there is an enmity of some dolls with the mice of the place, this part of the game could be a reference to Soul Blazer in parody form.

On the South Isle, a native scares the main character with a joke similar to that made by the dog from GreenWood's Restaurant in Soul Blazer.

In the Japanese version, the chicken on the farm of Robotrek is called "Catherine" (カトリーヌ), which is mentioned in Terranigma by a boy watching the chicken race, also are the only Quintet Super Nintendo Entertainment System games where chickens appear and the main character can talk to them.

On Robotrek "Rococo Town" (ロココ町) is a reference of the art style that originated in Paris in the late 17th and early 18th century. In Terranigma, Ark buys for 800 Gems: "Rococo Apartment" (ロココアパート).

In the computer of the main character (Hero's house) and that of his father, mentions ActRaiser 2 and Illusion of Gaia (in the Japanese and American version).

With the CyberJack, the player can enter the computer in dad's house and meet the Development staff of Quintet. This secret is present in Actraiser 2 and Terranigma, too.

The outside of Gateau's space fortress is shaped similar to that of the Tower of Babel.

In Rococo Town, The Master is mentioned in one diary where it narrates the preparation of a wedding: "From the bottom of my heart, to the God who brought us together I can't help but get excited." ("ふたりをめぐりあわせてくれた神様に心の底からかんしゃせずにはいられない"), doesn't seem to refer to the God (神様) of South Isle. In addition to the fact that the main character of the game learned to create replicas of The Soul Blade. It is possible that people in another part of the universe believe in The Master from ActRaiser and ActRaiser 2, but it has not been confirmed.

Robotrek is one of the games that appears in the Quintet Quiz of Neotokio from Terranigma in the Japanese version.

In the Japanese manual of Robotrek, the story section compare technological advancement of Rococo Town to that of Japan: "The civilization of Rococo Town is a little more advanced than the present Japan."(ロココ町の文明は今の日本より少しだけ進んでいますが). It's possible can be seen this mention of Japan in Neotokio from Terranigma.

On Terranigma, in one of the houses in Crysta there is a footboard from the one bed a generic cat's face carved in wood that is later seen again in a mini game in Liotto, however the cat face is similar to the official art of Kurogane the cat from Robotrek.

In both the Japanese and American versions, a girl's dog and her grandmother's have the name Turbo (ターボ), a name given to the Turbo that appear in Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma.

In one video "Brute Press" VHS Vol.24 July 1995 (【非売品】ブルートプレス Vol.24 1995年7月号) published Terranigma Beta version.The sound effects can heard is the same of the Robotrek.

The Granstream Saga: It's not certain if the story takes place on Earth or in another planet in a distant future. In American version the story of manual tells us:"One hundred years ago, on the planet of Granstream, a great war devastated the land"; while the Japanese mention "the world" (世界) and "land" (地表) or "above ground (地上): "Going back in time, 100 years ago. The war that divides the world broke out, and humankind was on the verge of extinction. Based on different magical powers as the basis of civilization, the two opposing forces "Magical Empire Army" and "Spirit Alliance Army" do not yield to each other, and finally the empire destroys the enemy's center with forbidden super magic weapons Executed the operation. It shattered the earth's veins and caused cataclysms. The earth's axis tilted greatly and the surface of the earth was completely submerged. And all life and civilization rooted on the earth have perished".

"今より時をさかのぼること、百年前。世界を二分する戦争が勃発し、人類は滅亡の危機に瀕した。異なる魔法の力を文明の基盤とし、対立する二つの軍勢「魔導帝国軍」と「精霊同盟軍」は互いにあい譲らず、ついに帝国は禁断の超・魔導兵器で敵の中枢を破壊する作戦を実行した。それは、大地の地脈を粉砕し、大変動を引き起こした。地軸は大きく傾き、地表は完全に水没した。そして、地上に根差したあらゆる生命と文明は、滅びた。"

Although in an interview Koji Yokota, identifies Terranigma and The Granstream Saga different from ActRaiser, Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia,these two games from different consoles, presented various themes related to the company's previous games, for these that suggest to be possible sequel of Terranigma. Due to the fact that the connection with the others isn't official, it could be considered as another complement to ActRaiser and Quintet Trilogy:

In the game Eon and Arcia make it a goal to raise the other continents to restore the world.

The level of Stalagmite Castle just like Dr. Leo's Painting of Soul Blazer.

A stone appears named: Star Stone.

Among Eon's weapons we find a sword called: "Arc Blazer" that increases damage to enemies that are weak against ice.And the axe of the Spirit King: "Gaia Edge."

The stained glass window of the church is very similar to the one that appears in Terranigma in Litz's church, but not the colours.

Outside of Airlim, the magic control Tower, it's similar to the form of Tower of Babel.

The background of Curio Shop, you can find a vase with two handle, just like Illusion of Gaia.

Appears the enemy "Mimic", like in Soul Blazer.

Eon use"Dried herb" and "Special herb" to heal like the herbs from Illusion of Gaia.

The original form of the Demon King Demaar (Digol) looks like the final form of Dark Gaia of Terranigma.

In The Granstream Saga, if Eon decides to sacrifice Arcia using her pure soul for defeat demon Demaar. In the end, "Deity" appears, sitting on a throne in the Palace of the Heaven, talking to her. This is possibly The Master from ActRaiser, but it has not been confirmed.

https://quintet.fandom.com/wiki/Similarities_between_Quintet_games

*https://quintet.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Leo

#actraiser #soul blazer #illusion of gaia #robotrek #terranigma #granstream saga #天地創造 #quintet #square enix

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buriedaliens-art · 2 years

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Enjoy your final happy time in Crysta in peace... 天地創造

Terranigma comic I did last year using the script of the final dialogue between Ark and Elle

#Terranigma #tenchi souzou #ark #elle #Enix #quintet #天地創造

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90sfantasyanimestuff · 2 years

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#terranigma #elle

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clairefable · 4 years

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Do you like obscure 90s 16-bit action-adventure-rpg type games? Sure you do. Terranigma was one of the very few games that was released in Japan and PAL territories but not the US for some reason... which is a shame because it’s very very good!! America peeps should play it if you get the chance! (All I can draw recently are character portraits help TT_TT)

#terranigma #tenchi souzou #soul blazer #enix #snes #super famicom #16 bit #90s rpgs #elle

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kahran042 · 4 years

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Terranigma headcanon: The Mermaid Tower is the same structure as the Seabed Sanctuary in Soul Blazer.

#terranigma #tenchi souzou #soul blazer #soul blader #mermaid tower #seabed sanctuary #st. elles

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zapnir · 5 years

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It's been 24 years now and yet there are so many peoples who upload new awesome art on this day. You can feel the love in all the fanarts. please, fans of terranigma around the world, dont let this fade away. Everything is returning somehow, some day.

#anime #terranigma #tenchisozo #princess #elle #retrogames #snesgames #super nintendo #jrpg games #games #manga #shoujo manga #mangaart #digital art

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posthumanwanderings · 4 years

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Relaxing Video Game Music (SNES Part 2)

tracklist: 00:00 Forest Interlude - Donkey Kong Country 2 04:28 Home Sweet Home - Earthbound 06:23 Call at Port - Terranigma 09:00 Wind Scene - Chrono Trigger 12:23 Magitek Research Facility - Final Fantasy 6 14:55 Crime of the Heart - Rudra no Hihou 18:15 Flight 2 - Bahamut Lagoon 20:30 Yokko Kanno Theme - Uncharted Waters, New Horizons 22:42 Prehistoric Night - Live a Live 26:31 Bonus Blitz Room - Donkey Kong Country 27:31 Delightful Spekkio - Chrono Trigger 30:20 Little Sweet Cafe - Seiken Denestu 3 33:28 Stage Four - Blazeon 35:55 Metropolis Waltz - Shadowrun 38:11 Hospital - Earthbound 40:14 Holiday in the Village - Rudra no Hihou 43:04 Aqui-Land Mahaaru - Bahamut Lagoon 45:31 Elle's Theme - Terranigma 47:56 Beladum - Tales of Phantasia 51:02 Casino Theme - Dragon Quest V, Hand of the Heavenly Bride 53:58 Good Night, See You Soon - Sim City (SNES) 55:36 The Symphony of Elem - Arcana

#mimrock #snes #super nintendo #relaxing vgm #vgm playlist

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fyeah-terranigma · 4 years

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Some quick notes about Actraiser, Soulblader and Illusion of Gaia in Japanese

I’m currently playing through all of the Quintet games in Japanese, and found some things in Soulblazer that I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else, so I’m posting them here for whoever is interested.

Soulblazer-IoG-Terranigma are usually called a trilogy because of a few common elements, like the basic story and especially the dog named Turbo who appears in each game, but there are a few more characters like that that show up in more than one game. I think the implication for these is that they are reincarnations of characters of the previous games, since the Japanese version especially brings up the point of life after death repeatedly.

1. In St Elle’s Seabed there’s a dolphin called Sabas, whose name was transliterated as “Servas” in the English version, but in Japanese the name is the same as the boy in Watermia who is waiting for his dad.

2. Rue the dolphin’s name could also be read as “Lou”, he’s also locked in jail. This seems like it’s repeated in Terranigma, where there’s a character called Louis who has a friend called White Wind who is found in jail as well. There’s something generally similar about the two jail scenes that seems like an intentional callback.

3. Teddy, the son of the shopkeeper in the first area, has the same name as the kid in Bloodpool in Actraiser.

4. This one’s a bit more speculative, but since Shadow has the phoenix power at the end of IoG, is it possible that he’s actually the hero from Soulblazer? Similarly, Freedan kind of looks like the Master’s avatar in Actraiser and has a similar fighting style.

People usually think of the three rpg’s as a trilogy, but if you look at all of the little loose connections between the games, then Actraiser is surely the first game in the series, even if it’s a different kind of game. I haven’t played Granstream Saga or Brightis or any of the other later Quintet games, but perhaps they also contain some elements like this. Perhaps it makes more sense to not think of them as a trilogy at all, but as a series of games that tried to convey the same themes (rebirth, duality and so forth) in different stories and gameplay types.

Another thing I never realized, but which is kind of obvious, is that Leo and Lisa are references to Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona Lisa.

#submission #zisspeth

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mrslittletall · 3 years

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Ok, it’s time for that Terranigma theory I was waiting to talk about:

Do you remember that scene that played right after Ark defeats the boss of Eklemata? It is a very strange scene, where we see how life started to grow and how the monster’s destroyed it. Ark is then shown to defeat the monsters and in the end, collapses. I think this scene portrays that the hero was supposed to die at that moment. What happens once the humans return to earth? Ark collapses. He eventually wakes up again, but I think that it was all the Elder’s (Dark Gaia’s plan). You see, after Ark wakes, he doesn’t really have a goal. He is wandering around and only goes to Louran because Meihou asked him to. After Louran’s secret is broken, he crosses the desert out of curiosity. He is just wandering aimlessly, going wherever there is something that piques his interest. His quest is over, what should he do now? That is when he arrives in Loire and meets the person that he shouldn’t have met. Elle from the surface. That is when he wants to investigate. He goes to Storkolm and sees a village identical to his Crysta. Ark doesn’t do this because someone told him to, but because he was interested in finding out the secret about Elle, that looked so much like the Elle he knows. Once you are done with the whole Storkolm quest, the game forces you to go to sleep (because Meilin had an eating contest with Ark) and then we see a scene of the Elder, who tells Ark to find the geniuses of the world. Why do we get this message only after Ark has seen Elle and Storkolm? Why didn’t the Elder contact Ark right away and told him what to do? I think that the Elder had trouble contacting Ark. He had been in a coma and the Elder probably couldn’t send his message through his dreams. He must have given up and planned to send the message later again and he only send it long after Ark had awoken, so after Ark had seen all the stuff he shouldn’t have learned. So, where I am going with this? Under Ark’s influence, the world grows rapidly fast. It has to be, because Dark Gaia wants for Ark to get to Beruga and for this a plane is needed. Ark is told to help the world growing by finding the geniuses and he does it, thinking it is all in good will. The thing is... I don’t think that Ark’s involvement was necessary. If he wouldn’t have been around, the world would have come to its current state anyway. It would have taken longer, sure. And that is the problem that Dark Gaia had. If nobody would force the world to grow, it could have very well been, that Beruga never would have been discovered and nobody would have gotten to him. His followers in Mosque simply waited for his arrival, it never felt like they wanted to take action. So without Ark around, Beruga would probably never gotten awakened and the world had slowly grown in its own pace. So, I think Dark Gaia kinda made it so, that Ark would be able to survive the exhaustion after the battle on Eklemata, so that he could manipulate him into continuing a quest that never should have been done. Why do I also think this? Because the Hero of Light is dead in a grave! How did he die? Maybe because he... finished his duties?!

#terranigma #terranigma spoilers #theory

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zombie-lili · 7 years

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Day 11: something different from Final Fantasy. The two Elles from Terranigma. One of my all time favourite games ever.

#inktober #inktober2017 #terranigma

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painted-soldier · 2 years

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From the Japanese Terranigma guidebook

#terranigma #elle terranigma #quintet #enix #official art

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master-gaia-tetron-crystalblue · 3 years

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Similarities between Quintet games

The Quintet Trilogy

There are a few connections between Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma:

Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma deal with world regeneration and all three games deal with the concept of reincarnation.