Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

We're flying across an idyllic vision of unspoiled wilderness. While taking in the sights, we're also flickering torch shadows with rapid texture maps, log rolling on barrels like (?) Donkey Kong, fighting tiki men chest guardians, killing turd transporters, massaging Chris' noodle, squaring off against Zivilyn Bane, turning lava into rocks with water, giving up on weapon colors, using a spine as a bridge, recovering a Moon Crystal, and imagining a problem free society guaranteed by access to nukes. The Valuans are going to have to take it off of my dead body before I hand it over to them.

00:00:00 Arcadia 00:03:23 Intro 00:05:39 Inside the Temple of Pyrynn 00:18:33 Lava Pit 00:27:51 Rokwyrm 00:34:28 Moon Crystal Chamber 00:42:36 Real Net 00:46:26 Outro

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It's been a while since we've had time to relax. Kick back while we're wondering why we have to ride a creature, going forth and seeking our fate, falling asleep right after work, ignoring a map and getting lost in a small sewer, realizing everything takes forever, patronizing a fortune teller, featuring Dr Robotnik's cousin, consuming spicy loqua, examining the dancer archetype, staying to watch the lady dance, conjuring a fake real sympathetic backstory, taking a ride from anyone, and observing a conspicuous pedestal outside the temple. See you around, handsome.

00:00:00 John Wick Simpson Sonic 00:02:53 Intro 00:04:39 Maramba, North Side 00:15:25 Fortune Teller 00:18:42 Tavern / Bellena 00:35:32 Maramba Inn 00:37:55 Departing Nasrad 00:51:08 Arriving at the Temple of Pyrynn 00:57:08 Real Net 01:06:14 Outro

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Young desert traveler, stay a moment and listen to what I have to tell you. We have tales of voyaging through a concept art vision quest, subscribing to a moon science belief system, learning what money does, discovering a wandering bowl of water, saving sand in a bottle, abandoning the party, not drinking today, thinking this town would be bigger, staying hydrated, accounting for ventilation, losing heirlooms in a dry sewer, realizing all shops have names, smelling some sailors, creating strong color contrast, headbanging idly, headbutting the sales counter, doing squats on the roof, and wishing the young people would just listen to us. I'm terribly sorry, I've never seen the rest of the world before. #

00:00:00 The Resurrection of our Lord 00:01:35 Intro 00:03:21 Desert Approach 00:12:31 Discoveries 00:16:29 Ship Battles? 00:18:36 Abandoned 00:24:03 Maramba Port 00:32:06 Maramba, South Side 00:37:10 Maramba, South Side Indoors 00:46:18 Dhabu Access 00:49:09 Real Net 00:55:36 Outro

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A man who lives by the skies? There is nothing more honorable than that. Well, except for breaking up with dad, telling mom goodbye, renewing the spirit of adventure, vowing to find all of the Moon Crystals, starting Fina at level 1, knitting for the whole game, cooking lunch with our eyes closed, being the guy who everyone is talking about, beating Domingo to discoveries, receiving the Black Spot, buying Secondary Cannons for the fighting boat, meeting a goth bounty hunter with awesome hair, recognizing that scar anywhere, and collecting too many little guys. This is my chance to find out what's really out there.

00:00:00 My Hero Christopher 00:04:02 Intro 00:05:32 Goodbye Forever, Sky Pirate Isle 00:17:48 Return to Sky Pirate Isle 00:23:31 Sailors' Island Check In 00:36:40 Piastol 00:48:46 Real Net 00:52:49 Outro

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If you can heal a boat, you can kill a boat. After we realized that, we tried slipping through the door by the skin of our teeth, liberating treasure that could help the needy, asking Fina about her "mission," calling upon 666, interpreting sketches of an ancient civilization, learning of The Rains of Destruction, favoring moon-based lore, setting out on a crystal quest, tolerating an annoying pet, checking in with the kids, loving a lazy bum, realizing Cupil is a Chewbacca situation, eating moonstones, and making sure all pirates are accounted for. I guess this is your chance to see what lies beyond the sunset.

00:00:00 Anime Shoes 00:02:11 Intro 00:04:05 Desperate Escape 00:07:03 Owned. 00:08:41 Lookout Island Lore Dump 00:27:16 Cupil 00:30:37 Sky Pirate Isle Check In 00:35:51 Sky Pirate Hideout Check In 00:44:21 Real Net 00:46:52 Outro

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If the gate closes, we're all dead. To break through, we'll have to practice looking through the looking glass, overselling the aristocracy, commissioning a silver toilet, lying about our family, eating delicious white bread, seeing a train for the first time, face-planting after a bridge leap, considering the Train Level, fighting on top of a moving train, taking off the cape, hard-walking for a fight, kicking down the door, falling over, giving the cops our real name, explaining piracy to fascists, exiting through the entrance, and finally firing the harpoon cannon. You did all this, just for me?

00:00:00 Anime Kid (derogatory) 00:01:35 Intro 00:04:22 Upper City Valua 00:17:35 Galcian Mad 00:19:56 Rail Car 00:29:01 Fina's Car 00:40:13 Little Jack To The Rescue 00:44:46 Little Jack vs Valuan Cruiser 00:49:39 Real Net 00:55:30 Outro

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Why do you not rejoice with us? What's stopping you, and also us, from proceeding through the shitpipe, placating the lower class with public executions, killing the warden of spells, taking no prisoners, entering a secret sewer room, seeing a train for the first time, telling mother this country is wrong, making the empress too mean, expanding the meaning of "impossible," verbally whipping another motherboy, scattering six Moon Crystals across the world, trying to prevent nuclear proliferation, wondering what Ramirez did to Fina, and realizing we have completely ruined the world's only sewage processing plant. Let's lay low for a little while.

00:00:00 Well, At Least He's Dead 00:01:53 Intro 00:04:36 Coliseum Execution 00:07:22 Rescue Operation 00:16:21 Sewer Escape 00:19:05 Secret Sewer Room 00:28:58 Goodbye, Sewers 00:34:01 Fina's at the Imperial Palace 00:50:03 Real Net 00:59:33 Outro

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If you don't like my ship, you can find yourself another one. While you're looking for it, listen to us as we're making dad pay for the hotel room, relaxing after a hard day, finding a dialogue divergence point, making decisions swiftly, clasping hands to boost up a jumper, chasing a pervert across rooftops, pooping straight into hell, completing the countdown to sewer, knowing there's always a way out of a storm, donning dot eyes, narrating the scene, swiping away chalk dust, thinking some poop looks edible, slicing through gelatinous waste, and traveling all the way back to Lower City to see if anyone has anything new to say. I just want you to see something interesting before you die.

00:00:00 Volcano Girls 00:02:19 Intro 00:04:15 Lower Valua Inn 00:14:11 Peeping Thomas 00:17:05 Pervert Interrogation 00:29:50 Lower City 00:33:40 Catacomb Sewers 00:42:06 Bleigock 00:47:39 Better Check On Lower City 00:49:23 Real Net

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Soup or power, take your pick, what do you want? Perhaps, instead, you would prefer meeting the roster of villains, capturing a citizen of the silver civilization, labeling a pervert, imagining more One Piece comparisons, confining the less fortunate to Lower City, smelling like garbage, drawing bold lines between two classes, meeting the local Big Bag Rascal, refusing to collect trash, losing another smile, realizing Valua is a Button Town, coloring on the ground, eating hard black bread, finding comfort in those who are worse off than ourselves, and calmly exchanging reasonable beliefs about toasting bread. Should I fire my big cannon, baby?

00:00:00 Plushie 00:02:51 Intro 00:04:20 Council of Fucked Up Guys 00:24:50 Landing in Valua 00:27:45 Lower City 00:33:30 Marco 00:36:46 Lower City Indoors 00:46:26 Lower Lower City 00:51:57 Real Net 01:01:33 Outro

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Never take your hands off the wheel until we have come to a complete stop. And before you decelerate, listen to us forgetting Blackbeard was a real guy, trying to remember orally recited directions, trying our very best to figure out ship battles, determining what sort of code a black pirate has, applying the Captain's Stripe, forgetting critical game mechanics, ramming the Little Jack into a canyon wall, jamming moonfish into a bird, vomiting eggs, learning Doc and Maria's lore, suffering through outrageous animations, darkening the world map sky, and throwing corpses off the island. Let's rip 'em to shreds, sir.

00:00:00 Radically Dreaming 00:01:57 Intro 00:04:41 World Mapping 00:08:34 Baltor 00:24:02 Nasr Merchant Escort 00:30:10 Moonfish Dump 00:40:49 Approaching Valua 00:47:35 Real Net 00:53:04 Outro

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May the moons guide you in your journey. If that doesn't work, we'll guide you into figuring out Eric is attracted to ladies with green elbow-length gloves, receiving a blown kiss, facing Justice Under God, bestowing merchants with names, learning of the Harpoon Cannon, stealing a guy's money, wearing a dumb guy hat, projecting big dreams on such a little fellow, finding a message in a bottle on a balloon, flipping a mustache, decoding a dirty sock, bargaining with Drachma, seeking a Valuan passport, wondering if Polly is recruitable, cutting a risky deal with a Nasr merchant, and realizing Sailors' Island is just Buc-ee's. All of the stuff from The Temple of Doom is at Hobby Lobby.

00:00:00 Chris Vision 00:01:30 Intro 00:03:55 Sailors' Island Item Shop 00:08:29 Sailors' Island Ship Parts Store 00:13:11 Sailors' Island Armory 00:21:06 Lighthouse 00:23:10 Sailors' Island Inn 00:28:52 Telling Drachma About The Big Gun 00:37:04 Return to Sailors' Guild 00:44:03 Real Net 00:49:17 Outro

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I can already tell, this place is lots of fun. If podcasts can be places, we're consulting the large map, meeting a GameCube doctor without borders, mixing pirate fiction with anime, picking up a game-spanning collection initiative, browsing the list of criminals, leaning like an asshole, rolling on the floor laughing, discovering oddities for money, talking about various things, including background tavern commotion, feasting like there's no tomorrow, feeling welcome in a new community, and realizing the old man hates us. How in the Six Moons am I supposed to catch them?

00:00:00 Nintendo Game 00:02:58 Intro 00:05:19 Doc & Maria 00:20:00 Sailors' Island (outdoors) 00:30:32 Sailors' Guild 00:37:10 Polly's Place 00:45:28 Real Net 00:51:13 Outro

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I pray that the moons watch over you everywhere you go. I also pray that you listen to us talking to the walls that are falling apart, losing Ben the Lookout, making sure we keep knitting, letting Alan fix everything, yearning to topple an empire with a tiny boat, driving my shitboat into danger, dropping in a sky whale, remembering how Chris feels about whales, absorbing a mechanical gut punch, picking up boxes and then putting them back down, and then adding an old man to our party before bringing him home to mom. Stand tall, my son.

00:00:00 Podcaster 00:01:12 Intro 00:02:45 Pirate Island. Again. 00:07:00 Pirate Underground. Again. 00:09:49 Departure Island 00:17:06 World Map / Sudden Storm 00:28:47 Shipwrecked On Another Ship 00:32:54 Moving Boxes 00:46:12 Return to Pirate Island Yet Again 00:48:21 Real net 00:56:05 Outro

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When I die, I want to die in my own home. Ideally while listening to podcasts hosts wondering if piracy is "work," loosening up a little, letting the bodies rot in the sun, measuring a league, donning the quarterback coat, relating Alfonso to Rowd, leaving Granny in the house, polluting vase water, going through Jessica's drawers, thanking the Moons, taking daddies away, punishing piracy with death, fearing Dyne may be a coward, and developing silver moon lore. Mom rarely ever lets this fire go out.

00:00:00 New Studio 00:01:21 Intro 00:03:07 Invasion 00:10:09 The Serpent 00:15:43 Return to Pirate Isle 00:23:49 Pirate Underground 00:38:20 Back at The Serpent 00:45:13 Real Net 00:50:02 Outro

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No one in their right mind would go near the place. This explains why we're climbing a ladder to watch the sunset, aspiring to sail beyond that sunset, debating the moons' effect on brain chemical water, witnessing a shooting star that is also a moon, god blessing the xylophone, wasting Chris' time with crystals, denying ice the color purple, playing with perspective, yearning to shove water out of doors, filling in the map, taking a wild swing with Looper lore, discovering stairs, differing on grinding strategies, and executing a cool hand shake celebration. Be careful, there are all sorts of monsters out there.

00:00:00 The Last Episode (Recorded In This Basement) 00:02:46 Intro 00:04:39 Lookout Island Campfire 00:19:23 Sky Pirate Isle - The Next Day 00:30:22 World Map 00:32:38 Shrine Island 00:44:04 Sentinel 00:53:20 Real Net 01:00:00 Outro

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People will notice how you behave in certain situations, which is why we're slandering Nancy Reagan, rifling through our dad's office, accessing the secret bookshelf, learning how to be a swashbuckler, raiding the emergency supplies, freshening up to reboot the day, yup'n it up, having a Vector-off, playing hide-and-seek, seeking a pervert hole, wondering if we have electricity, consuming pickled turnips, dressing up the set, knitting on the bed upstairs, realizing this kid is granny, eating berries so we can know something, leaving papers all over the place, and drinking alone at the tavern. My dad always takes the good stuff.

00:00:00 Where Did You Come From 00:02:07 Intro 00:03:24 Exploring Dad's/Dyne's Office 00:13:50 Outside on Sky Pirate Isle 00:32:07 Pirate Isle Houses 00:47:28 Mom's House 00:50:08 Dusk 00:56:42 Real net 01:01:31 Outro

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If you believe anything that I say, please believe these topics of discussion: stomping in through the dirt door, admiring all of our booty, coming to count and value belts, sliding down the pole, yearning for the home port, turning that bottle upside down, being a good-for-nothing husband, buying crystals from a crystal lady, seeking dad's back door, having night-water on standby, realizing Mom has no name, forcing the mystery woman to meet my dad, and "just testing" someone with the threat of death. There's nothing wrong with drinking with friends after a hard day's work.

00:00:00 Trade In Value 00:01:55 Intro 00:03:01 Pirate Isle Underground 00:14:26 Pirate Isle Underground - Second Level 00:17:43 Tavern 00:28:41 The Rest Of Pirate Isle Underground 00:33:44 Dyne's Office 00:43:31 Real Net 00:47:23 Outro

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You don't have to worry about us, we're Blue Rogues. Free yourself from your anxieties as we're disconnecting our sleeves at the elbow, further refining the Codes of the Blue Rogues, telling a lady her name sucks, wearing weirdass clothes, waking up in Solaris, experiencing a concussed vision, connecting advanced texture patterns to apocalyptic scenarios, sucking in the year 2000, explaining Air Pirate factions, utilizing the speaking tube, calling dad "dad," yearning for Deep Sky's embrace, charting territory in real time, yearning to nap on the ship, and touching fish for numbers. That's what separates us Blue Rogues from the Black Pirate.

00:00:00 Life's About Having Things 00:03:55 Intro 00:06:35 Alfonso's Escape 00:13:28 Mystery Flashback Scene 00:16:57 Wake Up, Fina 00:29:55 Exploring the Albatross 00:32:52 Albatross Bridge 00:37:09 World Map 00:47:52 Approaching Sky Pirate Isle 00:52:19 Real Net 01:00:38 Outro

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Where there's treasure, there will be Air Pirates. And there we'll be, loading boot screens, gathering the juggalos, indicating the implications of mismatched beard and hair, propelling an airship with magic, dramatically floofing hair, issuing a concussive blast, swinging across ships like Tarzan, changing weapon colors, bringing a gun to a sword fight, taking inventory or JRPG Dynes, roping in from off screen, hating the cherished son, misusing a ladder (non-pervert), killing a guy to cover our tracks, and looking straight into Antonio's eyeballs. To keep my glorious reputation from being tarnished, you must be sacrificed. #

00:00:00 Lizard Man 00:03:15 Intro 00:05:00 Power On 00:13:13 Title Screen 00:15:00 Air Pirates To The Rescue 00:35:10 Standoff 00:38:39 Dungeon of Military Facilities 00:47:40 Alfonso: Motherboy 00:53:24 Real Net 01:00:35 Outro

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Hi. For our third and final Background Information Episode, Ty and Aidan, the hosts of Fun Factor, join us for an hour to flip through magazine reviews of Skies of Arcadia! All four of us are capping out RPG visuals at 8/10, receiving Golden Man location information, misunderstanding Duke Nukem's wants and needs, running the triple negative olympics, borrowing ideas from Final Fantasy, gibbering like mad fools, doing british accents, lamenting 128 bits, harkening back to early days, forecasting typos signaling prestige, disenchanting sourpusses, teetering on magnificence, creating Scott Steiner, and wondering if Nintendo Power was on the take. The remainder of the episode features your normal hosts hacking out random battles, cameoing in other games, teasing a modern release, learning some optimization tricks, sharing memories, laying out expectations, counting stuff, and wondering if Nintendo Power was on the take. Skies of Arcadia was easily the best RPG in the year 2000 for Dreamcast. Please check out Ty and Aidan's podcast Fun Factor, either here (https://funfactorpod.com) or wherever fine podcasts can be downloaded to the telephone.

00:00:00 Meeting New People 00:02:52 Intro 00:04:30 Contemporary Reviews (Featuring Fun Factor) 01:04:48 Modern Takes 01:07:11 Fan Fiction 01:08:23 MODS 01:12:17 Sequels & Cameos 01:21:44 Memories 01:23:53 Expectations 01:26:32 How Are We Playing This In 2026? 01:30:32 What Are We Counting? 01:34:09 Acknowledgements 01:34:38 Real Net 01:43:38 Outro

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