A Story Breakdown of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
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  • @siropallius
    @siropallius Před 6 lety +807

    When your ability to find lore is so strong you can piece together the basic story before the game is out.

  • @Lord_Deimos
    @Lord_Deimos Před 6 lety +714

    Fear the Ancient Blood.

  • @VaatiVidya
    @VaatiVidya  Před 6 lety +1645

    Sleep tight, Shinobo

    • @jake7658
      @jake7658 Před 6 lety +17

      Papa Vidya

    • @psychfan21
      @psychfan21 Před 6 lety +1

      VaatiVidya thanks dude love your vids!! Can’t wait to see all the stuff for this one

    • @dante0707
      @dante0707 Před 6 lety +3

      VaatiVidya yes! New video! :D

    • @ashoethief48
      @ashoethief48 Před 6 lety +4

      Aaahhhhhhh. More loooooreeeee!!

    • @Azaezlle
      @Azaezlle Před 6 lety +3

      Thanks for the videos man!! They are so helpful in getting into the souls series.

  • @marchmelloow
    @marchmelloow Před 6 lety +989

    Considering it's Miyazaki, I'm just going to assume we'll play in Feudal Japan at the start and end up in hell by the end of it

    • @33Isaiah96
      @33Isaiah96 Před 6 lety +107

      wapachowyo considering in bloodborne we went from hunting beasts to alien gods wouldnt be surprised.

    • @blankblank1284
      @blankblank1284 Před 5 lety +7

      You mean Yama, or based on the Buddhas it is possible to go to Naraka.

    • @Sm0k3turt
      @Sm0k3turt Před 5 lety +2

      wapachowyo that would be “fun”

    • @boundary2580
      @boundary2580 Před 5 lety +1

      Is there is difference?

    • @asbestoz1123
      @asbestoz1123 Před 5 lety +7

      Borsalino Kizaru Yea the whole place turns to a burning shit hole

  • @Brando69420
    @Brando69420 Před 6 lety +1135

    Damn I wouldn’t expect you to get the ACTUAL picture of Ashina Isshin

  • @Rhodo
    @Rhodo Před rokem +92

    Vaati is so spot on that it took me half the video to realise he was just predicting stuff and not explaining the plot...

  • @luddsen8314
    @luddsen8314 Před 6 lety +1551

    Obi-Wan Shinobi

    • @Filip6754
      @Filip6754 Před 6 lety +57

      Luddsen Hello there

    • @tristankendrick2582
      @tristankendrick2582 Před 6 lety +30

      But the dark truth is that star wars really was based on japan... Obi Wan Shinobi indeed

    • @JM-vl3cy
      @JM-vl3cy Před 6 lety +27

      Obi-San Kenobi

    • @messergabel
      @messergabel Před 6 lety +15

      Hobo san wasabi

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 Před 6 lety +27

      General Ashina-clan: You fool! I have been trained in your bushido arts by my kensei grandfather! *wields 4 katanas somehow*

  • @Fithrealmhuntsman
    @Fithrealmhuntsman Před 6 lety +248

    History is the greatest lore

  • @tempo7641
    @tempo7641 Před 6 lety +517

    Just want to quickly say something about the translation of the banner. The first part should be "(our) power of loyalty and bravery is unrivaled" 無 means no and 双 means duo, combo, that's correct. But when combined 無双 means, "unmatched, no rivalry" as in you can't find a second that is just as good.

    • @omerdeniz5672
      @omerdeniz5672 Před 6 lety +6

      張中瑋 teach me japanese please !

    • @sleeping.helper
      @sleeping.helper Před 6 lety +55

      Waldzwölfe get off of here then... go buy some dolls and do the make up and wardrobe on them...

    • @KeanuOR
      @KeanuOR Před 6 lety +31

      Waldzwölfe *Irony*

    • @JokkMokkJocke
      @JokkMokkJocke Před 6 lety +20

      And also 剣聖 (kensei) is a master swordsman, not a sword saint. The Chinese characters on the banner are 一死報国 (isshi hōkoku) "to die for one's country" and 忠勇無双 (chūyū musō) "peerless loyalty and bravery".

    • @KeanuOR
      @KeanuOR Před 6 lety

      Waldzwölfe *+1*

  • @robins7730
    @robins7730 Před 6 lety +246

    Oh no our clan is under attack, what should we do?
    HIRE A SAMURAI

    • @ebonslayer3321
      @ebonslayer3321 Před 6 lety +15

      I mean, it is Feudal Japan. Samurai are common warriors around that time period.

    • @AlecEburhard
      @AlecEburhard Před 5 lety +19

      Here's a better idea, hire _seven_ samurai.

    • @potatoboy4913
      @potatoboy4913 Před 5 lety +10

      We can make religion out of this!

    • @RayTheManOli
      @RayTheManOli Před 5 lety +7

      Note: Rich families hired samurais families were not rich did not hire samurais.

    • @WELSHY1297
      @WELSHY1297 Před 5 lety +3

      I heard him sing it in my head

  • @tressa8606
    @tressa8606 Před 6 lety +823

    "the darksouls of japanese culture"

    • @uristboatmurdered6051
      @uristboatmurdered6051 Před 6 lety +112

      "The Dark Souls of Nioh-like Dark Souls games"

    • @adenentertainment7365
      @adenentertainment7365 Před 6 lety +36

      the Japanese souls of anime souls

    • @tristankendrick2582
      @tristankendrick2582 Před 6 lety +3

      If only it really was, but there's no online play! We've had phantoms since demons souls! BURN THE WITCH!!!!!!!!!

    • @kevinfortsch
      @kevinfortsch Před 6 lety

      Carlos Santos bloodborne

    • @justinbang965
      @justinbang965 Před 6 lety +2

      I cant stand nioh... The ki system, general combat and uninspired level designs hasnt clicked with me. Might try it out again though, since I just finished ds3 and bb.

  • @carnationX2
    @carnationX2 Před 6 lety +346

    Already got hit with the facts 0:00 (thought the dude was a girl)

  • @thegodofsoapkekcario1970
    @thegodofsoapkekcario1970 Před 6 lety +121

    Do lore on Cars 2.

  • @SuperDevilDucky
    @SuperDevilDucky Před 6 lety +138

    There is a significance with the Buddha’s only having one arm. I forget the name of the story and a lot of the details. But when Buddhism was traveling east one the main teachers or what ever had a student that wanted to be taught or something but the teacher said when it the snow is red then I will teach you. So he cut off his left arm and wailed it around and because it was cold the blood froze in the air and it snowed red. I know that is so vague and I am on mobile rn but if someone could fund the story it probs has relevance

    • @SuperDevilDucky
      @SuperDevilDucky Před 6 lety +29

      Found it, it’s the story of Bodhidharma

    • @VaatiVidya
      @VaatiVidya  Před 6 lety +41

      That was an interesting read, thanks for mentioning it. I'll keep an eye out for more parallels!

    • @SuperDevilDucky
      @SuperDevilDucky Před 6 lety +19

      VaatiVidya no problem! Can’t believe I actually was some help to maybe finding inspirations for the lore lol

    • @twkidd
      @twkidd Před 2 lety +3

      @@SuperDevilDucky @vaatividya 3 years late but it's actually Bodhidharma who went from India to China, sat in a cave for years and his first student, to show his commitment, chopped off his hand and attained enlightenment in that flash.

  • @Micolashcage1
    @Micolashcage1 Před 5 lety +111

    Interesting watching this after beating the game

    • @abdullahahsan9809
      @abdullahahsan9809 Před 3 lety +2

      how in the fuck did you beat the whole game

    • @TheWinkyGuy
      @TheWinkyGuy Před 3 lety +1

      @@abdullahahsan9809 you having trouble?

    • @abdullahahsan9809
      @abdullahahsan9809 Před 3 lety +6

      @@TheWinkyGuy that was me 4 weeks ago now I have beaten the whole game twice

    • @TheWinkyGuy
      @TheWinkyGuy Před 3 lety +1

      @@abdullahahsan9809 niceeee

    • @AndrewBrownK
      @AndrewBrownK Před 3 lety +1

      @@abdullahahsan9809 excellent work, you can now say you got gud

  • @AndrewBrownK
    @AndrewBrownK Před 3 lety +21

    Watching this in early 2021 makes me realize TRULY how little we know about Elden Ring at all

    • @b9lh188
      @b9lh188 Před 2 lety

      Is this video is. Spoiler ?

  • @uristboatmurdered6051
    @uristboatmurdered6051 Před 6 lety +53

    Maybe the Commander is Shiva of The East taking vengeance?

  • @Kairac112
    @Kairac112 Před 5 lety +16

    The game is excellent, game of the year material if you ask me. It did something not many games did lately for me - it kept me interested and invested in it the entire time, from start to finish. Just when you think you're out, they pull you back in with yet another twist. At first I thought the entire game was up to the Genichiro fight, due to the size of the game being roughly 15gb, but man was I glad to be wrong.

    • @Spider10v
      @Spider10v Před rokem

      It did win GOTY!
      Well deserved

  • @kreep182
    @kreep182 Před 6 lety +50

    This game is not going to be a typical soulsborne game. I think its lore is going to be alot more straight-forward this time. I say that because, for the first time our charecter has a face, and a name which means he has a past that we could be able to uncover. We've never had that in a soulsborne game. Thats unless of course they choose to give us no insight at all, or the game ends up being like bloodborne where the latter 3rd reveils a whole side of the story thats so different from the beginning.

    • @ebonslayer3321
      @ebonslayer3321 Před 6 lety +4

      Likely we'll actually know what we're doing through the "main quest" but we may not know much about the world or what we fight unless we care to look for lore.

    • @kreep182
      @kreep182 Před 6 lety +1

      James Buck knowing trust me, knowing the main quest feels like asking for too much from "from software". I remember playing through the entirety of bb, and then seeing queen yharnam almost at the very end of the game, just standing there looking at the sky under a spot light, and having absolutely no idea what to make of her. So there I was about to finish the game, and there's this very horrific figure infront of me looking like I should know who she is at that point in the game. I couldnt come up with an explanation as to who she was or why she was there. 6 playthroughs later, I still dont know her full story.

    • @ebonslayer3321
      @ebonslayer3321 Před 6 lety +1

      I'm talking "main quest" in that you know what you're doing, what the character's purpose is. Imagine DS1, but Oscar told you you're supposed to Link The Fire. You know what you're trying to do, what you're fighting for, but beyond that you're on your own.

    • @thanoscar1193
      @thanoscar1193 Před 5 lety +3

      Mohammed Kortam I like how it’s more straightforward this time. Souls lore is fun to decipher, but the cryptic stuff and plot holes got really annoying.

  • @YetiCoolBrother
    @YetiCoolBrother Před 6 lety +120

    Have a really good feeling all the normal human enemies we've seen thus far are only the beginning, and later in the game it goes full supernatural with us fighting various Oni and Undead. For one, FromSoft are legendary monster designers so I doubt they make an entire game without utilizing that talent. And 2, if I'm not mistaken the early Bloodborne trailers had no mention of any of the crazy shit you see in that game so there is a precedent for FromSoft misleading us with relatively tame early footage.

    • @Thesaurus_Rex
      @Thesaurus_Rex Před 6 lety +7

      I mean, if you look, you can see an Amygdala in the background at one point in some early Bloodborne trailers, so there was some hints, but I think From likes to keep the full brunt of their insanity hidden.

    • @derekstewart6491
      @derekstewart6491 Před 6 lety

      Young King Kush o yea bud you said that right they will have horrific creature designs in the game can’t wait to see them

    • @fazewanks6086
      @fazewanks6086 Před 6 lety +2

      i agree and all but From Soft copy and pasted the same boss 3 times in darksouls 1

    • @r.tailik8357
      @r.tailik8357 Před 5 lety

      @@fazewanks6086 meh

    • @isokj8847
      @isokj8847 Před 3 lety +1

      This didnt age well 🤣🤣🤣 This is a ninja/samurai game.

  • @patch2792
    @patch2792 Před 6 lety +30

    The clan wanting to sacrifice the child reminds me a lot of the sword of the stranger movie.

    • @blackbeanstew7645
      @blackbeanstew7645 Před 6 lety +1

      patch I didnt notice that. Maybe miyazaki took some inspiration from sword of the stranger. btw its the best movie

    • @Catman-ih3lk
      @Catman-ih3lk Před 6 lety +2

      Greatest animated movie imo. Yutaka nakamura did a damn good job and to think it was released at 2009-ish (correct me if I am wrong) makes it more astonishing. But yeah. The sacrifice of Kotaro for the immortal potion needed for the ming emperor. Kinda ties in with what the leaks had suggested.

    • @moonligjt5870
      @moonligjt5870 Před 6 lety +1

      It's been too long since I've seen that movie. I need to rewatch it.

  • @Squidaniel
    @Squidaniel Před 6 lety +7

    The way Vaati tells a story totally makes this feel like a souls game. I’m so pumped for this.

  • @yoursexualizedgrandparents6929

    1:00 Mmm, look at those leg hairs!
    I think we've found the waifu of Sekiro.

  • @Just4Vid30s
    @Just4Vid30s Před 6 lety +64

    If you get stuck somewhere and you want to respawn, since you don't have the Darksign anymore, will you commit Sudoku?

    • @marchmelloow
      @marchmelloow Před 6 lety +10

      I want this so bad. Imagine having to solve one of those to die

    • @alexeru6154
      @alexeru6154 Před 6 lety +6

      wapachowyo you want to commit Sudoku? You masochist!

    • @Malevolent_FE
      @Malevolent_FE Před 6 lety +15

      I think you meant to say Seppuku.
      But solving a Sudoku puzzle could be kinda fun lol

    • @Just4Vid30s
      @Just4Vid30s Před 6 lety +19

      Hi, you must be new here!
      Ever since Vaati said unironically sudoku instead of seppuku in one of his older videos, it is our proud tradition to keep saying sudoku in place of seppuku. We are never going to let him live it down.

    • @Malevolent_FE
      @Malevolent_FE Před 6 lety +2

      Ah, I see. Makes sense ^^ What a nice community you have here ;) but still having a sudoku puzzle in the game would be kind of fun lol

  • @MpaGaming
    @MpaGaming Před 6 lety +17

    0:35
    If you see this while pausing the video
    You have been visited by
    The Shinobo of Sleepiness

  • @kaycee1076
    @kaycee1076 Před 6 lety +15

    I don't think that was a "Centipede-fusion-man" like you mentioned at about 6:10 but a giant centipede crawling over a Sokushinbutsu, or the self-mummified remains of a Buddhist monk. There was a sect of Buddhist monks who believed that, by spending years exercising and eating a very specific sparse diet and then eventually sealing themselves in a cave and perishing in the seated pose of the Buddha, they could reach true enlightenment if they successfully had their body mummified.
    Also, there is a yokai or evil spirit called the Ōmukade, which is a giant centipede of immense size and venomous breath found around Lake Biwa who was supposed to be so big that even the dragons feared him.
    Edit: Maybe you could do a Collab with Gaijin Goomba. I know your styles are very different but your combined knowledge of Japanese folklore and culture, and From Software's storytelling style could crack this right open.

  • @Samuelvanderloo
    @Samuelvanderloo Před 6 lety +33

    I mean that big Guy embedded his sword with some weird poisonous vomit. I think there are going to be some supernatural elements.

    • @paladinshark2448
      @paladinshark2448 Před 6 lety +13

      samuel van der loo dude, your Ronin fights a giant ass serpent the size of a city block in the trailer, and literally used blood magic resurrection.
      We are going supernatural all right

    • @ghostreflect5940
      @ghostreflect5940 Před 6 lety +8

      Not to mention you get face planted by some dude that is like 12 feet tall. lol

    • @Thesaurus_Rex
      @Thesaurus_Rex Před 6 lety +4

      We also see what appear to be giant snakes and centipedes. There's going to be some kind of supernatural element going on.

  • @trevormacintosh6094
    @trevormacintosh6094 Před 6 lety +24

    "Whether the cult is really evil, or if they're just more informed than the rest of us".
    Mensis?

    • @PunkZombie1300
      @PunkZombie1300 Před 6 lety +2

      Trevor Macintosh Sekiro is Bloodborne 2 but takes place in Feudal Japan instead of Victorian-era Europe confirmed

    • @caseygoddard
      @caseygoddard Před 6 lety +2

      At the very least it has a Cthulhu Mythos vibe.

    • @PunkZombie1300
      @PunkZombie1300 Před 6 lety

      Cherry Dragon I was just joking, however I wouldn't mind it being set in the same world. Since ot's set in a different part of the world during a different time the clothing and technology would be different. They could also focus on different Great Ones and change quite a few things to keep the story fresh without retconning it. I don't think this story will be related to Bloodborne, though.

    • @Thesaurus_Rex
      @Thesaurus_Rex Před 6 lety +2

      Eh, Mensis was rather poorly informed, and rather evil. While they were better informed than most of Bloodborne's populace, they don't seem to have been trying to defend the world, but instead become better informed, potentially at the cost of the world.
      And I really doubt that this cult is Mensis, just throwing it out there.

    • @trevormacintosh6094
      @trevormacintosh6094 Před 6 lety

      Thesaurus Rex The school of Mensis may not have been an outright cult, but the entire school being sacrificed (?) so that Micolash alone could align his dreams on the same plane as the thoughts of the Old Ones seems pretty cult-ish to me.
      Besides, a cult doesn't have to be out for the good of the world or even themselves. Mensis was founded on the idea that we as humans could ascend to enlightenment on par with the gods, but over time it was changed bit by bit, for the same purpose, but led by a man who was losing touch with reality more and more as he became "enlightened".
      And I wasn't outright meaning that this cult in Sekiro is Mensis. I was just drawing parallels.

  • @RIK00O
    @RIK00O Před 7 měsíci +1

    Crazy to see this 5 years later

  • @Sammy-tw6zv
    @Sammy-tw6zv Před 6 lety +33

    I would love to play this, it looks dope and unique. It just needs to be released.

    • @huskytzu7709
      @huskytzu7709 Před 6 lety +1

      Samuel Delgado i hope they it gets released this year

    • @rocketscientist14
      @rocketscientist14 Před 6 lety

      Samuel Delgado i can’t fucking wait for a ninja fromsoft game!! So hype

    • @ArbitraryGravity
      @ArbitraryGravity Před 6 lety

      huskytzu It's confirmed for early 2019. I'm predicting March or April, since Bloodborne and DS3 were also released around that time.

    • @huskytzu7709
      @huskytzu7709 Před 6 lety

      NeonFirefly thanks for the info

  • @moonman8450
    @moonman8450 Před 6 lety +26

    VaatiVidya: known for his lore videos and his remarkable MS Paint skills

  • @drago2210
    @drago2210 Před 6 lety +91

    Sleep tight, Shinobo
    1 frame tho, really?

    • @Fabelaz
      @Fabelaz Před 6 lety +9

      ',' and '.' are quite useful

    • @Gandalor75
      @Gandalor75 Před 6 lety +1

      I used the space bar... my clicking is not fast enough.

  • @FRANKitachi
    @FRANKitachi Před 3 lety +5

    woah woah this is so on point, it's almost frightening how well you described the game before it even came out.

  • @jacoholl180
    @jacoholl180 Před 6 lety +12

    I cannot wait for this masterpiece to be released

    • @LordConstipation
      @LordConstipation Před 6 lety +2

      Levy Don't call it a masterpiece until it's proven itself to be one. That said, I'm also excited as fuck and I hope it does end up being amazing

  • @IAmSippycup
    @IAmSippycup Před 6 lety +9

    If I remember my Japanese history, didn't the Taira clan go extinct after the Genpei war with the Minamoto? The legend is that the matriarch of the clan and the boy-emperor committed suicide by drowning rather than be taken by the enemy. Maybe the boy survived and he's the emperor by right? Don't know if the timelines make sense in that scenario.
    Also, surely this has been discussed already, but the name "Sekiro" is written as 隻狼. The first character meaning "one of a pair" like 隻眼 "One-eyed", or 隻腕 "one-armed". The second character means "wolf". Obviously our protagonist (and several other significant figures, it seems) is one-armed, but the suggestion that he's perhaps "one of a pair of wolves" is interesting. I suppose the prince would be the other "wolf".

  • @NextBeack
    @NextBeack Před 6 lety +4

    Mr Vaati, you are a blessing on this earth.

  • @shakeib693
    @shakeib693 Před 5 lety +10

    “ *Sleep tight,Shinobo* “

  • @thedarkderp2520
    @thedarkderp2520 Před 6 lety +76

    Buddahood

    • @avgvstvs7
      @avgvstvs7 Před 6 lety +5

      The Dark Derp we wuz ascended and shieet nigga

  • @SolidSol69
    @SolidSol69 Před 6 lety

    Dont ever fade away Vaat

  • @Osk42
    @Osk42 Před 6 lety +8

    The game isn't even out yet and Vaati knows the story of the game... VAAATTTIIIII!!?!?!

    • @unholy_kinder675
      @unholy_kinder675 Před 6 lety +1

      He is the ultimate lore master.

    • @KaitN9
      @KaitN9 Před 6 lety +1

      Just need to go on the official website and... tadaaaa!

  • @justcam2259
    @justcam2259 Před 5 lety +8

    when it actually turns out they wanted his bloodline for its revival powers.

  • @SomeGuy-qd3li
    @SomeGuy-qd3li Před 6 lety +159

    Sleep tight, Shinobo
    Vaati I thought its shinobi not shinobo. Unless I'm missing some iq.

    • @SomeGuy-qd3li
      @SomeGuy-qd3li Před 6 lety +1

      Mike Blast gays with tesla's rays Pence Ahh fuck have you seen my iq? I need help finding it

    • @riptidev10
      @riptidev10 Před 6 lety +16

      Mike Blast gays with tesla's rays Pence
      Don't have to tell us who you're fucking smh

    • @SomeGuy-qd3li
      @SomeGuy-qd3li Před 6 lety +2

      RiptideV10 I was so fucking confused by "Mike Blasts gays with tesla's rays Pence"

    • @user-ge3gq8qy3b
      @user-ge3gq8qy3b Před 6 lety

      RiptideV10 😭😭😭😭😭😭💀

    • @SomeGuy-qd3li
      @SomeGuy-qd3li Před 6 lety +1

      ناصر wtf does that even mean???

  • @Dubaikiwi
    @Dubaikiwi Před 5 lety +17

    Man, those leaks were waaay off the point, Vaati had a better guess just before them

    • @AndrewBrownK
      @AndrewBrownK Před 3 lety

      it makes me realize we have NO idea what we are getting into with Elden Ring

  • @IamXhedo
    @IamXhedo Před 6 lety +1

    Vaati's videos kinda remind of Alt X Shift's videos. Relaxing, to the point, easy to watch and understand. I love it.

  • @michaelanderson7420
    @michaelanderson7420 Před 6 lety +12

    1:40 "Ashina Isshin, and he was a Kensei main since beta"

  • @danielelliott95
    @danielelliott95 Před 6 lety +2

    I love how this is going so far. So excited for a feudal Japan setting. And I also like that there’s real history woven in.

  • @buriedandme2
    @buriedandme2 Před 6 lety +4

    You’re the greatest Vaati!

  • @KrayKenshin
    @KrayKenshin Před 6 lety

    I have to say my friend I have been watching your videos for sometime now and they always are very well constructed, and give me joy seeing the passion you put in them. If it weren't for your channel I wouldn't know half the things I do about soul games or the games similar to them. Thank you spending your time for us viewers! I wish you well friend.

  • @nothisispatrick4644
    @nothisispatrick4644 Před 6 lety +291

    Japanese guts

    • @KnightGrimm1988
      @KnightGrimm1988 Před 6 lety +28

      Guts is Japanese

    • @SolidSnake240
      @SolidSnake240 Před 6 lety +30

      No this is Patrick created by Japanese but no he's actually not

    • @shqizo
      @shqizo Před 6 lety +37

      Knight Grimm hell no guts ain't Japanese

    • @KnightGrimm1988
      @KnightGrimm1988 Před 6 lety +21

      Actually, because no one knows where Guts was born or where he came from from he CAN be Japanese. There is no definitive proof on what he actually is. SO no one is wrong.

    • @THExRISER
      @THExRISER Před 6 lety +2

      so we just went full circle.

  • @joevang1
    @joevang1 Před 6 lety

    That quality Ashina Isshin photo. I enjoyed it. Thanks VaatiVidya

  • @kaich369
    @kaich369 Před 6 lety +20

    1:39 Papa Commanda

  • @cdurkinz
    @cdurkinz Před 5 lety +1

    I heard in a video yesterday that it has something to do with the Prince's blood. His blood gives you the ability to resurrect they said, and every time you do it may weaken him or something like that. Which would be a very very interesting mechanic.

  • @IridiumSmelter
    @IridiumSmelter Před 6 lety +17

    I trust from on this game man, it might not be like dark souls, but from always makes fantastic games

    • @crozraven
      @crozraven Před 6 lety +2

      IridiumSmelter well, not really if you're looking at something like "Ninja Blade" ...

    • @jackthereaperblood-sings1733
      @jackthereaperblood-sings1733 Před 6 lety

      IridiumSmelter
      I Could not disagree :)

    • @semvision
      @semvision Před 6 lety +1

      FromSoftware has made a lot of dogshit in the past, so don't be blind.

  • @AvatarOfDiablo
    @AvatarOfDiablo Před 6 lety +1

    My interpretation of the "he'll soon make use of his bloodline" line was a mix of your ordinary and extraordinary reasons. The Japanese website made it clear that The Prince was the prince of a clan that predated the Ashina: my guess is that this clan was of supernatural origin, or that it was straight-up a clan of oni (monsters / demon spirits). My guess is that by controlling The Prince, and using the threat of ritually sacrificing him, the Commander of Ashina hopes to force the spirits / oni to fight for him. This would explain how the supernatural elements of the game tie in with the more historical Japanese setting. It also has some precedent, as other famous Japanese content, such as Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, also portray the spirits and supernatural beings of ancient Japan as following tribes and clans, not unlike the samurai and daimyo of the time.

  • @ohhimark2785
    @ohhimark2785 Před 6 lety +1

    I like how you drew a white beard and eyebrows on the commander to represent his gramps

  • @GmodPlusWoW
    @GmodPlusWoW Před 6 lety +10

    Making use of the Prince's bloodline, eh? I wonder what they hope to achieve through that?
    I wouldn't be disappointed if it turned out that he was actually the child of a Great One, and that this somewhat historical world still shares parallels with the Painted World of Bloodborne.

  • @BewbsOP
    @BewbsOP Před 6 lety

    you, know, I'v never understood the point of posting single frame "secret messages" into videos. They are super easy to see if you just pause and press < or > to go frame by frame.

  • @mikelock4707
    @mikelock4707 Před 6 lety

    As always, good job dude. It's crazy how in depth this breakdown is considering the game hasn't been released yet.

  • @BrobatGaming
    @BrobatGaming Před 6 lety +6

    The reason that the Ashina have kidnapped the prince is because he can help protect the Ashina from an army of BEASTS that was BORN of BLOOD

  • @Ecko1985
    @Ecko1985 Před 6 lety

    Great Job in getting the picture of the Grandfather. The resemblance is amazing.

  • @joshyboy9804
    @joshyboy9804 Před 6 lety

    That MS Paint job is a masterpiece. Just look at all that detail in the eyebrows and beard.

  • @theR1ch
    @theR1ch Před 6 lety

    Stoked that this isn’t 8 min of looped footage of the fan/shield extending like before.

  • @d.n5287
    @d.n5287 Před 5 lety +3

    I'm half expecting there to be a fight against oda nobunaga in a future dlc just because of how from soft loves their time traveling in dlcs

    • @HaggisDruid
      @HaggisDruid Před 5 lety

      I think they're straying away from including any real people in Sekiro but I'd fucking love to fight Nobunaga in this game.

  • @matrix3509
    @matrix3509 Před 6 lety

    Just some trivia, the Taira clan, who the Ashina clan were descended from, were once the clan whom the Emperors of Japan hailed from. They are important because they were the last group of Emperors who held real power (at least until the 1800s) because of the rise of the Minamoto clan in the Genpei War and the establishment of the first shogunate . The most famous battle from this era was the Battle of Dan-No-Ura in which the Imperial Regalia of Japan and the child Emperor were tossed into the sea to prevent the Minamoto from possessing them.
    Also, It says on the wiki page that the Ashina clan were descended from the Taira via the Miura clan...I guess Miyazaki just can't help himself with those Berserk references.

  • @pro-winner-hero
    @pro-winner-hero Před 3 lety +2

    Coming back to this after ng+5 I’m cringing Ik we didn’t know yet but just feels weird

  • @firetarrasque4667
    @firetarrasque4667 Před 6 lety +10

    Could Sekiro fit into the Soulsborne universe?
    Probably, if we shoehorn hard enough.
    But then we'd have to call it the Soulsborneanddied universe.

    • @ebonslayer3321
      @ebonslayer3321 Před 6 lety

      3.14 Dragon There will always be theories, and there will always be arguments countering those theories, and never any definitive proof for either side. It will always depend on what you choose to believe.

    • @zerodollarbird
      @zerodollarbird Před 6 lety +3

      Shit, even Bloodborne isn't part of the Dark Souls universe.

    • @firetarrasque4667
      @firetarrasque4667 Před 6 lety

      Exactly.

    • @Catman-ih3lk
      @Catman-ih3lk Před 6 lety

      That is the most incoherent stupid and outright dumbest thing I've ever read.

    • @AshnSilvercorp
      @AshnSilvercorp Před 6 lety

      to be honest, while there are still plenty of call outs to dark souls, this game will be fundamentally different being able to use a grappling hook. If it's done right, it might be entirely an original in it's genre of action/adventure.
      There've been plenty of grappling hook games, but none with the crazy level designs that Miyazaki and his team come up with. Imagine the painted world, but you can snake everywhere with just a grappling hook.

  • @BrandenburgDawn
    @BrandenburgDawn Před 5 lety +2

    Well, the historic "Ashina" clan is 蘆名, and in Sekiro's "Ashina" clan is 葦名. Although 蘆=葦 and always be combined as 蘆葦 which means reed, they are using different kanji (chinese character) for their clan names. So they are different clans, and the name of clan in Sekiro is possibly inspired by 蘆名 in real history.

  • @deivymaybe7554
    @deivymaybe7554 Před 5 lety +3

    "ordinary reason'' **chuckles in 2019**

  • @pirategaming3215
    @pirategaming3215 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The commander name is genichiro ashina

    • @Schizo_Ty
      @Schizo_Ty Před 9 měsíci +4

      Thanks that was very helpful 😐

    • @pirategaming3215
      @pirategaming3215 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@Schizo_Ty no problem mate 😀

    • @Schizo_Ty
      @Schizo_Ty Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@pirategaming3215 moron

  • @carpemkarzi
    @carpemkarzi Před 6 lety +14

    Is it just me or do those Buddha carvings also look like they are committing seppuku? And it looks like a nice hole for a sword to fit?

    • @VaatiVidya
      @VaatiVidya  Před 6 lety +11

      Yeah I think they might be. Some are holding their arms to their chest instead of stomach tho

    • @subzero_8124
      @subzero_8124 Před 6 lety +1

      Carpe Mkarzi you mean sudoku

    • @carpemkarzi
      @carpemkarzi Před 6 lety +1

      VaatiVidya yeah I noticed but when they have two sets.....it’s interesting

    • @pradeepkumar-qo8lu
      @pradeepkumar-qo8lu Před 6 lety +1

      2 for 2 deaths
      Since shadows die twice....maybe

  • @Guaguadeath
    @Guaguadeath Před 6 lety +2

    Awww *Yeeeet!* New Vaati video in the subbox!

  • @todo9633
    @todo9633 Před 6 lety +3

    Am I the only one who thinks that the field where the protagonist loses his arm is a callback to bloodborne's ending?

  • @arstcreations
    @arstcreations Před 2 lety +1

    Sleep tight, Shinobo
    Okay, now where's my ninjitsu?

  • @nothisispatrick4644
    @nothisispatrick4644 Před 6 lety +119

    Asian berserk

    • @Ropewatch
      @Ropewatch Před 6 lety +13

      No this is Patrick
      Whats so Berserk about it?

    • @alt0799
      @alt0799 Před 6 lety +1

      Lame duplicate comment.

    • @abunchofletters9507
      @abunchofletters9507 Před 6 lety

      Andrew Heard And the “Sleep tight, Shinobi” ones aren’t?

    • @ericwilliams7945
      @ericwilliams7945 Před 6 lety +20

      Berserk is already Japanese dumbass

    • @BaTa-de6jn
      @BaTa-de6jn Před 6 lety +1

      So...basically dororo?

  • @EncryptedDream
    @EncryptedDream Před 6 lety

    Vaati once again saves the day

  • @francisdimaano2350
    @francisdimaano2350 Před 5 lety +4

    We can now confirm, Isshin is indeed, Genichiros GrandDad

  • @ChAkEnEx
    @ChAkEnEx Před 6 lety

    All the left hand references can be for the left hand path of budhism and hinduism, named the Vajrayana or way of the thunder in budhism, and tantra or shaktism in hinduism, and the main topic is the esoteric cult of the goddess Kali(the one in the statue of the trailer), and can be the ancient cult the game is referencing, because at its core, the left hand path is the primitive budhism before the indoaryan invasions, also, the princess is a reference to the goddess Shakti/Kali, because in this ancient tantric cults , they said the blood of this bloodlines of royal families has power that helps in the rituals.

  • @unkeptharoldd9554
    @unkeptharoldd9554 Před 6 lety

    Papa Vaati bless us with another lore video

  • @blackcat-yj9vs
    @blackcat-yj9vs Před 6 lety +11

    Lore on Gwent

  • @sunlightprince3173
    @sunlightprince3173 Před 6 lety +5

    It's kinda weird how this game looks really good visualy in the gameplay segment but the faces of the characters ( especially the prince and his hairs) look so bad

    • @aledg25
      @aledg25 Před 6 lety +4

      It's because From always prioritizes actual gameplay over cutscenes. Not like most developers nowadays that rely on elongated cutscenes to carry over 80% of their games.

  • @KanonMulticraft
    @KanonMulticraft Před 6 lety

    The Goddess (originally God) of Mercy is called Kannon (or Kwannon) and is my namesake! Super cool to see all these "multiple arms/eyes" motifs that have dominated my life for a long time!

  • @lordfarious2215
    @lordfarious2215 Před 6 lety +6

    I didn't know vaati was an artist?

  • @argus8328
    @argus8328 Před 6 lety

    VaatiVidya is totally my favorite CZcamsr

  • @YungMiquella
    @YungMiquella Před 6 lety +4

    0:40 VELKA ! hum wrong game, sorry.

  • @aidsinfinity6159
    @aidsinfinity6159 Před 6 lety

    Why do we not talk about how the scene of the Shinobi getting his arm cut off looks so much like the fight scene of Gehrman?
    The, white(ish) plants, the moon, the environment, the contrasting colors are the same, even the way the weapons are moved is similar to Gehrman's scene.

  • @rendred5442
    @rendred5442 Před 6 lety +4

    Ah we’re so early not a lot of ppl yet ain’t that right vaati?

  • @bm4680
    @bm4680 Před 2 lety

    Omg the white beard and eye brows drawing gave me a good chuckle

  • @kaca8916
    @kaca8916 Před 6 lety +8

    Shinobo tight, Sleep

  • @ymir6843
    @ymir6843 Před 6 lety

    VaatiVidya you are a gem of CZcams

  • @thedarkknight727
    @thedarkknight727 Před 6 lety +8

    Star Wars: Shadows Die Twice.

  • @MrDaiohAzu
    @MrDaiohAzu Před 6 lety +1

    In the French version of the trailer. The old man says "Your master is still alive, but his blood will soon flow" which pretty much indicates that the use of his "blood" is more physical and litteral rather than metaphorical.

  • @TheElectricCheeseProductions22

    HE’S A PRINCE??
    I thought he was a girl

    • @AdoreYouInAshXI
      @AdoreYouInAshXI Před 5 lety +1

      You and everyone else apparently. People must be blind. I mean yeah, his hair looks a little long etc. but he's a kid, he looks male to me.

    • @TheElectricCheeseProductions22
      @TheElectricCheeseProductions22 Před 5 lety

      Ok @@AdoreYouInAshXI

  • @ryanstevens3932
    @ryanstevens3932 Před 6 lety

    Love the grandfather’s scribbled on beard

  • @chilidragon842
    @chilidragon842 Před 5 lety +3

    >Kuro is a guy
    Wait what

  • @danparsons1423
    @danparsons1423 Před 6 lety

    The artist's impression of Ashina Isshin is simply wonderful.

  • @KingZach284
    @KingZach284 Před 6 lety +13

    Welp its time to become a weeb.

  • @spiralcraft8957
    @spiralcraft8957 Před 5 lety

    been watching this while painting so only now noticed the beard drawn onto the commander to make him grandpa commander. so damn funny i almost lost it

  • @unluckycatfish6866
    @unluckycatfish6866 Před 6 lety +9

    It seems that the souls games will always have traps because I thought that that kid was a girl!

    • @ebonslayer3321
      @ebonslayer3321 Před 6 lety

      That goes for Japanese kids in general, imo, especially if they wear a hakama or some other Feudal Japan clothing.

    • @unluckycatfish6866
      @unluckycatfish6866 Před 6 lety

      Explains trap hentai

  • @Strawfoot
    @Strawfoot Před 6 lety

    very cool, thanks Vaati, I'm going to have to check this game out the lore looks fascinating

  • @SkyMushrooms
    @SkyMushrooms Před 6 lety +3

    I'm leaning more on the extraordinary option.
    Fromsoft always gives us a bait and switch on how their new games will play out
    Bloodborne: we thought it was going to be vampires and werewolves but it was actually a cosmic horror story
    DS1: we thought it was going the be a DeS sequel but it was a masterpiece
    DeS: people thought it was going to be a failure but it was a masterpeice
    DS2: People thought it was going to exceed DS1 but it was pretty mediocre
    DSR: People thought we would get a full remaster with good anti-cheat but we only got a new bonfire at vamos