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So, I appear with Madou findings I forgot to give. And Yokai Watch updates.
I was supposed to show this in my last post but forgot to make a section for it, so I'm deciding to do it here, alongside other stuff.
Check it, a popularity poll around the time Saturn released. (The Schezo and Witch artwork.)
It's quite literally a popularity poll. There's the usual, Arle and Schezo being top 2, Witch and Draco in top 5, Satan being 6th, that nonsense. However, as we go down the list gets more interesting. Notably, Kikimora ranked 10 over Lagnus, who ranked 11th.
A few more notable placement is Momomo outplacing Suke (15th to 19th), Skeleton-T being 14th, and 20th being Honey Bee.
Waku Puyo Stuff:
So, a pal (@kirstenonic05 ) and I decided to go through some old Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon manuals we found online, and honestly? Yielded interesting results.
Waku Puyo Translations takes a super long time. Believe me, I'm working on them.
But with that, here's some of what we found.
Photo of Serilly inside one of these manuals. If you notice, there's some text next to her, so I decided to quickly run through these. The result is:
Serilly: A Rather Timid Mermaid
17 years old
210 CM (so about 6'10 in Ft.)
B: 93 W: 58 H: N/A (all in CM)
Undefined Weight, but likes round things.
A slightly naive girl with a complex due to being legless. She's paranoid that people are out to get her, but is actually lonely and wants friends.
Then after this, we have Harpy.
This stuff is partly in Korean, mostly because the best quality image I could find of this (The ones we had weren't the best,) came from Puyo Chatterbox, so the Japanese text could be easier to read.
Harpy: A Self-Proclaimed "Diva"
14 years old
147 CM (About 4'8 Ft)
B: 75 W: 58 H: 79 All CM
38 KG (About 83 pounds), and likes singing.
A young girl with wings who loves to sing more than anything else. But the heavens never bestow things to one person, and she's frankly bad at it. She's so bad at it, you can complain at the top of your lungs and she won't hear you. No offense given.
And then we got Incubus.
It reads as follows:
Incubus: The Invincible Narcissist
Unknown Age
181 CM (About 5'9)
71 KG (156 pounds)
B, H, and H: I don't want to tell you. (AKA. Undefined.)
Likes cute girls and himself.
A narcissistic Demon who loves any cute girls, no questions asked. Despite being confident in his looks, rumor has it that he wears makeup. According to Arle, he's a pervert like Satan and Schezo. There's really no serious men in this world.
And now, Draco.
So what does her bio say? Well:
Draco: The Energetic Dragon Girl (You could add Kung Fu if wanted...?)
16 years old
162 CM (5'3-ish. Are YOU taller than Draco?)
B and W: 78, with her H being undefined.
She chose to not tell her weight, and likes beauty contests.
A high-spirited half dragon, half human girl in a Chinese dress. She's a fighter of many techniques, has a variety of special moves, and can even breathe fire. Rumor has it, she's gets stronger depending on her popularity. (Or yours.)
And finally, Witch.
Ah, here we go.
Witch: The Tomboy Who Runs Her Own Path (directly doing translations gave me the tomboy of the Witch clan, which is...correct too? Your choice.)
15 years old
158 CM (5'1. Wow. She's short.)
B and H: 81 W: 58
45 KG (99 pounds)
Likes clean clothing and brooms.
A magical girl whose tone is influenced by The Drifters (a Japanese comedy band), with phrases such as "Oops!" and "That won't work!" She has a rivalry with Arle, but for some reason, she has a soft spot for Schezo. (You can also say she's very friendly to him.) She tends to be nosy.
Quick Yokai Stuff:
A while back, I posted the 3D models of the Yokai Watch collab finally being unearthed, so I decided to just quickly find some neat looking stuff.
This thing.
First thing I wanna say about it: Arle is legit part of the metagame. She's unironically amazing.
Second, just some promotional artwork I found of the game. I couldn't find more stuff for Witch for some... unexplainable reason.
(Thank goodness for my friend finding the last image. And also the watermark being noticeable enough.)
And honestly? That'll be all for now. Thanks for reading.
Adios.
#madou saturn#madou monogatari#puyo#puyo puyo#witch puyo puyo#draco puyo puyo#arle puyo puyo#arle nadja#schezo puyo puyo#schezo wegey#satan puyo puyo#puyoposting#japanese translation#yokai watch#Typing all of these individually instead of clicking a button wasnt the best feeling in the world.
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Madou Monogatari (1998) in a Nutshell (6/8)
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oh yeah, here's the intro scroll background from madou saturn
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In order to defeat the Yogs, Ragnus must take hold of the Dark Mage's body. It was a heroic act of good using a vessel of darkness.
However, Ragnus did not expect the mental trials and tribulations that came part and parcel with controlling another's body. And now, he starts to wonder:
Was this really the best option?
#wasn't originally gonna put this on tumblr but people really liked it so here we are jukujhgfdfghj#ragnus fans enjoy!!!#ragnus bishasi#lagnus bishasi#schezo wegey#madou monogatari#madou monogatari saturn#puyo puyo#kirsten writes#fic#ao3
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I made a pendant that appeared in "Mado Monogatari". Satan gave it to Lagnus in this story.
By holding this pendant, Lagnus is able to come to Satan's world at any time☺️
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SCHEZO WEGEY
So anyway I really like schezos madou saturn design. Have I mentioned that.
#puyo puyo#schezo wegey#schezo puyo puyo#madou monogatari#madou monogatari saturn#drawing with fiery
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Going fucking nuts doing a lot of wiki cleanup so I am begging for help in identifying the source of this image which was posted on TCRF
It was on the madou saturn page but they didn’t leave a source for it. I’m just wondering where it’s from because this is a pic doesn’t resemble the world map in madou saturn at all, and it’s actually a pic of a region from true madou vol. 8:
i believe this region is also shown in vol. 1 but it wasn’t this picture
#ramblings#puyo puyo#madou monogatari#im just gathering info/sources on things bc someone mentioned this and after doing research i was like#this doesnt line up w the actual saturn map as far as i can tell
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like the madou games were pretty fucking dark like. in the first one arle is six and she’s trying to graduate magic kindergarten so she has to take this intense test where she has to navigate her way through a dark tower and fight the monsters in there and there are several versions because they literally had to tone it down but it’s fucked up because in both the final boss literally gives this six year old a vision of all her six year old friends’ skin melting off. in the original the final boss himself was a fucked up melty flesh man but when they ported it to different consoles they made him just a bird guy. the second one is when she beheads schezo but she’s 16 in that one.
the third one starts with rulue trying to kill her because satan likes arle more and arle uses ice storm so much trying to defend herself she gets such severe frost bite her hands start bleeding but the local pharmacist didn’t have the ingredients he needed to help her so she had to fight her way through a monster labyrinth to fix her fucking hands and has to fight a minotaur but at least at the end of that one rulue decides shes not going to try and kill arle anymore she’s going to hone her own skills and magic to try and like. one-up her instead to try and steal satan’s attention and arle is like yeah thats fine i dont even WANT his attention. yea
#🌀.txt#long post#described gore#<- both just in case#schezo doesn’t stop trying to kill her until it changes to puyo but also he’s kind of possessed in madou so. not his fault really.#schezo is easy to possess apparently because rangus possesses him too in madou saturn#there’s a cave entirely made of living breathing flesh in that one!
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#365DaysOfVGM Day 15:
Fiend Empire (Madou Monogatari ARS; Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon version [1998])
It makes me think of flying into the night sky. Synth Bass melody preserves the “cool” feel of the original!
(Length before loop: Nearly 1.5 minutes)
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god. rulue.
one more set of alts ft. rulue! two of them are quest alts, and then one's from madou saturn because oh my god. I am not immune to legs
there's just something about her that makes me want to draw pretty ladies even more than I already do, and I spent the whole time on this in a fugue state. but it looks pretty so who's going to stop me
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ringo | arle | amitie | ally | rulue | maguro | lidelle | ?
#puyo puyo#rulue#my stuff#after emerging from whatever trance made me draw saturn and martial ball i had to give myself a break#which is why gorgeous rulue is just kinda squanched in there#but like she still looks beautiful im convinced rulue can just never look bad so its ok!#it gave me an excuse to mess with gradient maps so all's well that ends well
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Update: 31 October 2023
(Links in the pinned post)
Happy Halloween!
Our trick on this holiday is making an update.
First off:
Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon Disc extras.
Includes:
- Two screensavers
- Voiceclips
Found in: WWPPD (Saturn) Sounds & Omake
Thank you to @kirstenonic05!
Some Magazine adverts.
Found in: Unassorted.
Provided by DaEgg123. Thank you again!
and finally:
Some tangentially Puyo/Madou-related Magazines.
Some magazines that just happened to cover Puyo Puyo in some way. Like with many things in the archive, it was found on Archive(dot)org.
- Famitsu DC Dreamcast March 1999
- Saturn Fan 1997 10
- Saturn Fan 1997 11
- Saturn Fan 1997 14
- Saturn Fan 1997 15
- Saturn Fan 1998 11
- Saturn Fan 1998 12
- Saturn Fan 1998 16
Originally uploaded by: Comfort Food Video Games
- Beep! Megadrive 1993 01
- Beep! Megadrive 1994 08
- Sega Saturn Magazine 1998 special
Originally uploaded by: Bultro
- Arcadia 0049
- Arcadia 0050
Originally uploaded by: JapaneseMagazinesScans
- Dengeki PlayStation 123
- Dengeki PlayStation 131
Originally uploaded by: kitsunebi_
Which is by no means all of them.
Found in: (Puyo Puyo Scans) -> Tangentially Puyo-Madou related Magazines
Until next update. I am ripping and scanning books again.
#puyo puyo#archive update#puyo preservation#madou monogatari#waku waku puyo puyo dungeon#waku waku puyo dungeon#scans#disc extras#magazines
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Folks, one and all, Welcome to Episode 4 of (Waku) Puyo Extras, along with some fairly big announcements again.
(There's no real context for these images. They're basically title cards and the table of contents.)
Hello everyone, and welcome to the fourth installment of Waku Puyo Extras, the filler series before I start Arle's route where I post things about this game, what I can find, and maybe even another game sometimes if I really feel like it. The more lore, the better, eh? After getting verified into the English Puyo Puyo Community Discord, I've been speaking there while doing this sort of stuff.
I'll start off with a quick announcement, a time change, if you will.
Yes. I will translate Arle's route. WHEN though is a bit...in the air. I know I said in a week or so, but... School is starting soon, and obviously, I won't be having as much time as I usually do making this stuff, so I decided ahead of time to prepare.
It's basically certain that I won't be posting every week. Maybe sometimes, but there might be a post every 2 weeks, or longer if needed. School and home life is more important after all. Even in a rare case of me not posting for a while, I'll still be quietly working. In that scenario, I'll again mostly, if only, post on weekends. I don't want this stressing me out, after all.
There's a chance I may be taking a hiatus during that time. Even I need breaks sometimes, and I also want to make time for my friends, family, and my education.
Basically, expect my schedule to be fucked up from now on. Hope you'll understand. I'll try to keep a schedule though.
So with this, what're we covering today? Simple, really.
A new video. About the latter half since I've done the first half on Episode 1 of Extras.
This really won't be factual stuff, but me talking about Lagnus as a whole. (Madou Saturn, Puyo Chronicles, etc) Consider the 2nd parts of these to be...random trivia, games, etc. Spices things up. The manga section will be for next time...didn't have enough time.
With that, let's talk about what'll happen today.
Whole new video.
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Thing is about this video, I did...half of it already. It's the first Extra episode actually, the one where Witch sees Schezo and blasts him and me with the ♡'s. The latter half is with the OTHER 2 protags, which is the part I'm properly translating.
(Also the song for the Battle Castle is actually alluding me to an annoying degree, I'm still trying to find the song.)
Timestamps:
Satan 1 (Rulue): (22:13)
Battle Castle Explanation (Rulue): (22:44)
Succubus Boss 1 (Rulue): (23:12)
Witch Trade (Rulue): 25:25)
Satan 2 (Arle): (26:03)
Battle Castle Explanation 2 (Arle): (26:32)
Succubus Boss 2 (Arle): (27:05)
Witch Trade 2 (30:15)
God, Witch acting normal is gonna be so uncanny to me now after like 6 months of working on Schezo Story. I'm used to her being a menace to society.
With that little remark, hope you enjoy.
Satan 1 (Rulue): (22:13)
Rulue:
What the!?
Minotauros:
Umo!? (God I still do not like this bozo)
Satan:
Well...there's the last tower.
Rulue:
Oh, Satan!? (Here I believe she says the one honorific with someone who's highly respected/they like. San? Kun? Don't fully know.)
Satan:
The magical item is in that tower.
Rulue:
Is that so?
Satan:
W-well, I think so...
Rulue:
...?
Satan:
No, hahaha...it must be in there! (Can also be interpreted as "Must've been the wind!")
Rulue:
If I can get my hands on that magical item, I'll finally be able to have magical powers...
Minotauros:
Master Rulue?
Rulue:
Darling Satan... ♡♡ (And thus, they return...)
I'll certainly come back with the magic item!
Satan:
Oh, you're motivated. Keep it up, and do your best.
Rulue:
Yes, Satan. ♡ (again an honorific here. I think San?)
Minotauros:
...
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Battle Castle Explanation (Rulue): (22:44)
Succubus:
Welcome. Nice to meet you in such a place.
Rulue:
Oh...who are you? Are you the boss of this place?
Succubus:
I'm a Succubus. I guess I'm the boss of this place here.
I'm not trying to lure in people...I'm an usher.
Rulue:
Well...let me ask you this, what is this place?
Succubus:
Huh? You haven't heard? Eh, I'll explain.
This is a special attraction where many of the bosses you've fought wait.
The guys there are at least level 50, and at their very best, well over level 100.
If you're good, you'll make it halfway through, but if you're not confident, don't go.
Rulue
Heh...do you really think that'll stop me?
Succubus:
If you want to go in, be my guest. Do as you please. ♡ (With Succubus it feels much more normal because...she's a Succubus.)
Rulue:
(Who is this woman...?)
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Succubus Boss 1 (Rulue): (23:12)
Rulue:
Oh? You're here this time?
Succubus:
Fufufu...♡ Yes, I'm surprised you made it this far.
Rulue:
Heh? Who do you think I am? It was easy.
Succubus:
Heh~ I really don't care... (Man she's different compared to her talks to Schezo.)
Rulue:
You don't care? What is there not to care for!?
Succubus:
Your face, your voice, the way you talk, everything!
Rulue:
Oh, now you've done it!
Now that you've said all that, you ready for this? It's far too late to apologize...
Succubus:
Hm...you seem rather ready.
Rulue:
Oh, you're unforgivable!
[Putting these here, I've translated Succubus loss quote too many times for my own good, and when Rulue gets to the chest at 22:10, it says Rulue got a book.]
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Witch Trade 1 (Rulue): (25:25)
Rulue:
Oh my goodness! All of that hassle for a book. (She can also say my god.)
And I got no clue how to use it! (...By reading it, genius. Granted it's Meteor but still.)
Minotauros:
Master Rulue...
Rulue:
Ugh! What do I do with this junk!?
Witch:
Hey!!
Rulue:
What do you want!?
Witch:
It's outrageous that you would try to destroy my grimoire!
Rulue:
"Your Grimoire," you must be joking! It's mine.
Witch:
What're you talking about? Aren't you unable to use magic? (Harsh, but true.)
It's like giving a pearl to a pig, so give it to me! (The Pearl to a Pig thing is something I'm a lil unsure about but yea.)
Rulue:
What the hell!
(Either way she gives it.)
Witch:
...Finally, I got my hands on the "Meteor Grimoire" I've been searching for.
...yes, in return, I'll give you the "Ultimate Queen's Secret Manual".
Rulue:
Huh...
Witch:
Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go.
Rulue:
I see. Even with that special manual, that girl wouldn't be able to use it.
That's her "Pearl's to Pigs".
Minotauros:
Good for you, Master Rulue.
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Satan 2 (Arle): (26:03)
Arle:
W-what!?
Carbuncle:
Guu!?
Satan:
Oh...that's the final tower.
Arle:
Eh!?
Satan:
There's a great magical item in that tower.
Arle:
What? I thought you didn't know about any item.
Satan:
What's so funny? I was upset at the time...
Arle:
...This place is weird. You sure you're the owner?
Satan:
I'm for sure the owner of "Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Land."
Arle:
Then why...
Satan:
Well, I've been busy with a lot of things.
A person like me can't check every single attraction.
Arle:
You...I guess you really don't know anything about this, do you?
Satan:
N-no, that's...
Arle:
Guess I have no choice...Let's go, Carbuncle!
Carbuncle;
Guu!
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Battle Castle Explanation 2 (Arle): (26:32)
Arle:
Huh? What's a castle doing here... seems like a new attraction.
Let's go for now, shall we?
Carbuncle:
Gugu!
Succbus:
Welcome. Pleasure to meet you.
Arle:
Hello...who are you anyways?
Succubus:
Im a Succubus. (Hm...haha...) [I wasn't able to find the parentheses text out. Sorry.]
I'm not here to lure you in... I'm an usher.
Arle:
Hm...my goodness...
Succubus:
Why don't you go into this place without sounding so harsh?
Arle:
Well? Can I enter?
Succubus:
Yes, you can. ♡
Arle:
So, is this a new attraction?
Succubus:
Huh? You haven't heard? Well, let me make this easy for you.
[She then explains the same thing she told Rulue.]
Arle:
What? I didn't know enemies could get that strong...
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Succubus Boss 2 (Arle) (27:05)
Arle:
I met you outside...
Succubus:
Fufufu...well, we're finally here...
Arle:
Err...
If we're talking now, by any chance, are you the boss here?
Succubus:
Well, you're right, I am the boss here.
But don't talk to me like I'm just a boss, talk to me like I'm a queen.
Arle:
Queen?
(Her and Rulue share a lot in common...)
Succubus:
Did you say something?
Arle:
Uhh, it's nothing...
Succubus:
Then I'll make you my special servant.
You should be honored, I usually only take very good looking men. (THAT explains Schezo's Route...)
Arle:
A servant!? I don't want that!
Succubus:
Oh...you're a funny girl. You're missing out on a lot.
Arle:
Are you...is your head okay? I think you need to see a doctor...
Succubus:
Shut up!
I think people with your attitude need to be taught a lesson...prepare yourself!
Arle:
Ugh, what a mess!
[Once again at 30:05 it says "Arle got a book."]
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Witch Trade 2 (Arle): (30:15)
Arle:
That was fun, Carby!
Carbuncle;
Guu!
Arle;
...But I don't understand what this grimoire is for.
Witch:
Hey!
Arle:
Ah! Don't just appear like that randomly!
Witch:
Oh, sorry about that. (WITCH? The horrors beyond my comprehension? Apologizing? I'm too used to Schezo's Route...)
But I'd like to ask, may I have that grimoire that you have right now?
Arle:
W-Well...
(They give it.)
Witch:
Finally...I got my hands on the "Meteor Grimoire" I've been looking for.
...Yes, in return, I'll give you the "Jugem's Grimoire." (Idk what Jugem means...Probably just call it the Great Mage Grimoire.)
Arle:
Huh...
Witch:
Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go.
Arle:
I'll do my best to use "The Jugem Grimoire"!
Carbuncle:
Gugu!
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And that's translations. I won't deny, I delayed them a good bit, but they're done. Expect Part 1 of Arle's Route within'...maybe a week or two depending on how long the first episode is. Might split it in half like Schezo's.
And with that...We're on Random Puyo Extras. Filler INSIDE of filler where I speak about a Random Puyo thing very unprofessionally.
Today, it'll be on Lagnus/Ragnus Bishasi.
So, my boy Lagnus. Top 3 character in Puyo/Madou IMO, and I'm just kinda here to talk about the man, and how different he is COMPILE vs SEGA Era Puyo, least personality wise. And since I don't want this to JUST walls of text...I'll throw in a few images.
Let's start with SEGA Era, shall we?
Let's begin with Puyo Sun, his first introduction.
(Concept art of Lagnus, along the Puyo Sun cast as a whole.)
In Sun, he's portrayed as a bit of a fool. He's trying to become stronger and all that, which power to him, powerscaling in Puyo seems mad fun, and you see him in Arle's route first killing a Puyo to transform into his teenage self. He then challenges Arle...only for his pants to fall down. This is why we wear belts.
You then see him in Schezo's route next, fresh off his loss against Arle. He notices Schezo is a Dark Mage, and rushes in to attack, only to fall down when Schezo dodges, reverting back to a kid, before throwing a temper tantrum...Not the best showcasing of the man. However, in the novels, it IS said that he only turns into a kid due to Satan being a bit of a jerk.
Minna De Puyo Puyo has a similar beat with SUN Lagnus. Here, he offers to help out Arle out with her journey, but unfortunately, guy is still a kid, so Arle assumes he's joking. Guy can't catch a break.
Oh. But Chronicles got you covered, right?
No. It doesn't.
He appears in Purplune Aqueduct, basically gaslighting himself into thinking he's The Great Hero, when it's Arle...and he's stupid pissy about it. He challenges Arle, loses, and runs into the final dungeon alone. Arle sees him again, is still annoyed with him, and beats him again, before joining your team.
I genuinely don't like how he's portrayed here at all, probably my least favorite version of him ever.
But COMPILE got you covered. For real this time.
(Concept Art of Lagnus and art showing the major characters...and Witch/Draco.)
In Madou Saturn, he's basically the 3rd protagonist of the game, next to Arle and Rulue. You start off the game playing as the man, who's kinda cracked, before he uses all of his power to slay Yoggus, the main antagonist, before he realizes that a portal opened up and that the Yogs (Main villain group) are in other dimensions, before the portal sucks him in. Thankfully, Satan saves the guy and traps him in a crystal to prevent the man from dying.
However, not all was lost. He's able to transfer his soul into Schezo's body, and be able to control it for a small period of time, though he does get removed due to the large amount of darkness in Schezo. It's the reason why Arle and Rulue were so confused when Schezo decided to help them sometimes. He even fights Satan with you in Schezo's body.
When Arle finally meets the guy fairly late into the game, he's turned to a child due to his curse, before telling Schezo that he had to keep controlling him for his own good, annoying Schezo. He starts to tell Arle and Co. about what went down in his world.
(This happens after, but it's always fun to throw in.)
After tons of trials and tribulations, they finally reach Yoggus, and...win the first time around, and Lagnus gets his Reactor Blade back, turning him back into his teenage self, and he fights Yoggus as his full power with Arle and Rulue, and slay Yoggus.
As the place they fought in begins to collapse, Arle and Rulue run off, and Lagnus and Satan...stay behind. Least for a bit with Satan. At that moment, Arle wonders where Lagnus is, and Satan breaks the news: He went back to his own world.
However, what went on was slightly different. Lagnus decides to stay in the collapsing area, saying he'll go back home, as he thinks he was one of the main causes for the problem, and risks being sent to another dimension just for a chance to get home. Satan says otherwise though, as not only did he remove the curse, but indeed was helping Lagnus, pulling things behind the scenes, like deliberately putting important things in obvious spaces.
Satan did this...mostly because we wanted to show the people of his world a reason to defend it. That and he was bored. After that, he gives Lagnus the Azorecrack, a pendant that allows him to transfer between his and Arle's world, saying he was intentionally hiding it. Lagnus, quietly cursing Satan, thanks him, and says he'll be back another day.
With the plot synopsis of SATURN for Lagnus, it shows that not only is he fairly smart and has a strong sense of justice, but he's pragmatic to boot, never going too far with everything, besides the start of the game. He develops a good friendship with Arle and even Rulue, and Schezo kinda hates the guy. He even develops a small acquaintanceship with Satan, thanking him for a lot but also cursing him for not stopping everything. In a game like Saturn, where a lot of characters are hit or miss, Lagnus stands out as probably the best written one out there...until Chronicles kinda messed him up badly.
With this little image, I think I did the man a tad bit of justice.
That'll be all. Thanks for reading.
#Youtube#madou monogatari#schezo puyo puyo#waku waku puyo puyo dungeon#japanese translation#puyo puyo#sega#sega saturn#arle nadja#rulue puyo puyo#Lagnus Bishasi#Lagnus puyo puyo#ragnus puyo puyo#satan puyo puyo#witch puyo puyo#Madou Monogatari Saturn#madou saturn#schezo wegey
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Madou Saturn: PICK.
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helpful advice for madou saturn if you can't read japanese but your autism demands that you absorb everything on the disc into your genome
courtesy of a guy who's beaten the game multiple times and is now attempting to datamine it
heads up: this is a work in progress. I’ll be updating as i replay the game. currently i’m writing from memory or copying from other sources (linked at the bottom)
first off
sleeping in arle’s bed refills the entire party’s health
press the right shoulder button to show enemy health bars. doesn't work on bosses
beating the game adds a star to the save file, which increases the difficulty and adds some extra content. you have to play it at least twice if you want all the cgs because of draco and witch’s routes having two exclusives each
immediately after the falling star cutscene light the fireplace in arle’s house, then interact with it from the right-front. that’ll open the basement, which has good items behind doors that can be opened by specific party members
炎- Arle
動- Minotauros
打- Rulue
闇- Schezo
水- Suketoudara
音- Harpy
飛- Draco
時- Witch
商- Momomo
光- Lagnus
if you don’t want to keep referring back to this then just remember to go back every time someone joins your party, even if they’ve already opened a door. schezo and tara have multiples
random tips
there’s items hidden behind almost every house
certain enemies can be one-shotted automatically by specific attacks. for instance, sword of darkness OHKOs star puyos, and haganshou OHKOs rock puyos. omae ga hoshii also has a chance to OHKO non-boss enemies
in kokochoi there's a shopkeeper that sells powerful gloves for less than he buys them back for. momomo hangs out in the same town and sells some good shit so take advantage
when momomo joins your party backtrack and have him talk to every traveling merchant you can find. they'll give you free items
also with momomo in the party toss gold into the fountain in refresh town for some armor/weapon stars
there’s a few objects that rulue can punch for extra items. list to be added
code 1608FB26 0F00 disables encounters
overworld abilities
Arle: burns things and melts ice
Mino: can push heavy objects
Rulue: punches things with her big fucking fists
Schezo: dispels ghosts and those weird doors with the runes
Tara: cleans things
Harpy: rings the bells over incubus’s mansion
Draco: can grab things from high ledges
Witch: repairs rusty/dented objects
Momomo: opens a shop menu
Lagnus: refills the party’s special meters
also the plant in arle’s house reacts to most abilities. i dont think there’s a reason for it but it’s kinda funny
optional story events:
most of these really just boil down to ‘talk to a particular npc as a particular character’
21: Mino and the Girl (ミノと少女)
talk to the girl with pigtails in relax town as minotauros
22: Lullaby ( 子守り歌 )
sing to the crying baby in kutsurogi as harpy
23A: Magic Pro ( 魔法のプロ )
tba
23B: Actress Draco ( 女優ドラコ )
tba
24: Creeper!? ( ヘンタイ！ ？)
cut the ropes tying a kid to the side of a house in kokochoi as schezo
25: Let’s Dance ( レッツダンス )
dance for a girl in ando as suketoudara
there’s also few other events with no associated CGs
-before rulue joins the party, raid her room (the locked door in her mansion) as mino and take the star knuckles and sun dress
-a cool friendly nice friend buddy guy is hiding behind the bar in refresh town
-after beating the game once, sleep in arle’s bed with lagnus in the party
-the a.b.g has a bunch of dialogue. idk what it says tho
secret items
in hott village look behind the signpost, then search around the well for a magic crystal
once baby lagnus is freed, go to satan’s tower and look under the throne for some goodies for rulue
in kaiso use draco’s jump behind one of the houses for an onion earring
after beating the game once, bonk one of the rocks in kaiso five times as rulue and a secret room will open
puzzles that don’t translate
during the detective event go to the house in the middle. i encourage you to get it wrong at least once tho because schezo getting beat up is funny
after the detective event when ladies are giving you riddles, pick the middle option for the first (the one with the 3s in the text), the top for the second, and the top again for the third
when CG#13 is shown (the one where schezo is being interrogated near a cave exit) pick the first option, the third twice, the middle once, then the first again.
during the recap in the crystal prison, pick the last option. though there’s no punishment for getting it wrong aside from rulue chewing you out
sources and useful links:
translated item list
translated location list
maps
enemy list
enemy stats/resistances
hidden item locations
other tips
cheat codes
VERY outdated english walkthrough
#madou monogatari#sega saturn#魔導物語#魔導物語ss#madou saturn#walkthrough#posting this as-is for now since idk when I'm replaying the game again#i might split this into separate posts later. depends on how detailed each section gets
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Compile Hagiography Through Reading the Hyperdimension Neptunia Wiki
12 Days of Aniblogging 2023, Day 4
When I’m really bored on the computer, one of the things I'll occasionally do is explore the Hyperdimension Neptunia wiki. Neptunia is a role-playing series whose main distinction is being centered around moe anthropomorphizations of video game companies and consoles, which fascinates me. These are textbook trashy 6/10 anime RPGs, and release at a pace that suggests both a low budget and a pretty dedicated fanbase. I don’t mean to patronize, though. I’m not above this kind of stuff, I just can’t let a bunch of mid 30-hour JRPGs into my life at this moment in time. Rather, my angle of interest here is the origins of the Neptunia developer, Compile Heart.
listening and learning
You see, back in the late 80s and early 90s, a company called Compile was one of the greats in Japanese home PC gaming. Most of their early output was shmups for the MSX, although they dabbled in a bit of everything, including running a disc magazine to distribute games. Compile’s first hit was Madou Monogatari in 1990, a numberless first-person dungeon crawler with a focus on voice samples. It features a lovable cast, starring young magician Arle Nadja as she attempts to graduate kindergarten, viscerally decapitate an evil sorcerer, and fend off Satan and the girl who’s down bad for Satan. Plenty of remakes and sequels followed, and eventually Compile struck gold with Puyo Puyo, the platonic ideal of competitive falling-block games. To set it apart from the more faceless puzzle games of the era, they reused the Madou Monogatari cast, resulting in a cutesy aesthetic with occasional lingering bits of fucked-up lore.
After porting Puyo Puyo and its sequel to everything imaginable, Compile spent their mid-90s rapidly scaling the company, ultimately biting off more than they could chew. This was an era of serious change as developers moved towards 3D, and consumer preferences moved too fast for Compile to adapt. Some high-profile failures like Madou Monogatari Saturn and Puyo Puyo Dungeon sent the company into a fiscal downward spiral, leading frequent business partner Sega to bail them out by buying the rights to Puyo Puyo. Compile got to finish their in-progress work, including the gorgeous yet frustrating Puyo Puyo 4, but the writing was on the wall. Compile declared bankruptcy in 2003 after throwing all of their hopes and dreams into one last little game, Pochi and Nyaa. It’s a puzzle game with simple yet strategic mechanics that feels like something of a return to infancy for the developers. Also, it was released on the Neo-Geo in 2003! If you know anything about arcade hardware, that’s nuts.
The late 90's pre-rendered backgrounds combined with Sunaho Tobe's character artwork give Puyo Puyo 4 such a special look. Shame it's unplayable unless you're very good at chaining.
So Compile scatters to the winds and a lot of the non-shmup devs regroup at the newly formed Compile Heart, where they eventually hit the jackpot with Hyperdimension Neptunia and crank one of those out per year ad infinitum.
That was a pretty tumultuous history! And Neptunia seems like a way to process this? After all, the protagonist is named after and personifies the Sega Neptune, a cancelled 90’s console. Compile and Sega have intertwined histories and faced a similar trajectory. Rapid success in the early 90s was followed up by bad business decisions later in the decade, leading to a tragic exit from the industry that nobody wanted to see. Hyperdimension Neptunia wants to convey these scars to an audience who weren't necessarily around for it.
The first Neptunia game opens with the anime girl manifestations of Nintendo, Sony, and Xbox deciding that in order to break the sixth-generation console war stalemate, they need to team up against the one who poses the biggest threat. So, they get together and betray Neptunia, casting her out of the heavens. Obviously, this isn’t how it happened in the real world. The Dreamcast may have been awesome, but Sega was operating at a loss trying to support it, and the release of the all-consuming PS2 spelled doom. But this intro is closer to how it felt to Sega fans. It’s a mythical retelling of the fall, one that slots right in with the endless glowing retrospectives of Sega’s glorious but doomed last breath (My favorite is calling the console a “small, square, white plastic JFK”).
I’m no industry expert or historian, but I was around to see the Japanese game industry flounder during the PS3 era, when high definition brought with it new expectations and inflated development cycles. Obviously juggernauts like Capcom and Square Enix got out fine, but a lot of smaller studios went under at some point in the past 15 years. Hudson, T&E Soft, ASCII, Clover Studio, Imageepoch. In another world, beloved FromSoft could have fallen to the wayside just as easily.
That’s why Neptunia is really important, I think. It serves as a way to self-mythologize, to keep fragments of these studios alive no matter what happens to them later. It’s a snapshot of all the B-tier Japanese game companies at any given point, written by one such company. When some of them inevitably fold, the Neptunia series will act as one more eulogy. As a huge fan of Compile-era Puyo Puyo, it’s a strange but relieving afterlife to witness. I may never play these games, but I’m grateful for what they do, and it’s a very entertaining series to rummage through the wiki of, especially as someone with a known appreciation of OS-tans.
The second Hyperdimension Neptunia game appears to introduce the Gamindustri Graveyard, a burial ground for defunct game companies. Resting there alongside all the other fallen studios is 1st-Gen Compa, the spirit of Compile. She’s wearing an outfit adorned with Puyos, with ears resembling those of beloved mascot Carbuncle. What is just a random horny anime girl for one person is a loving tribute for another. It’s a meaningful way to send off the old.
…and so is raising the dead! In October, Compile Heart announced a new Madou Monogatari game, with Sega giving them the rights to use classic Puyo Puyo characters on the project. According to the press release, the development team includes many staff members who were part of the original incarnation of Compile. Hope springs eternal, somehow.
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