History VideoGame / SuikodenIII

The first ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' game on the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], ''Suikoden III'' revolves around several smaller groups of heroes long before the [[Mystical108 Stars of Destiny]] come into play.

* WTHCastingAgency: In-universe. Nadir's Theatre Mode allows you can choose characters to play roles in his plays. [[ScreamingWarrior Hallec]], [[TheStoic Geddoe]] and [[TheDitz Viki]] are some of the least qualified ones to use.

Also, the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame manga adaptation]] is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome incarnate]], as this wiki itself will tell you.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Using Fire and Rage Runes, because their magic attacks are area-based (and the [=AoE=] increases with the stronger spells), making it hard to avoid friendly fire. There are ways to avoid damaging your own tem, like using the few characters that can learn the "Precision" skill or by having everyone wear flame resistant equipment to minimize the collateral damage, but it's more trouble that it worth.

* {{Bishonen}}: A staple in every ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}''. This installment presents [[DarkSkinnedBlonde Hugo]], Nash, Borus, Percival, Jacques, Caesar, Albert, the Flame Champion, [[spoiler:Luc]], [[PsychoForHire Yuber]], Sasarai, Fred, Futch, Tuta, Edge, Juan, and there's likely still more.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Most of the Karayans.

* CharacterDevelopment: One of the major benefits of the GeodesicCast is getting to know more of the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters better.

* FiveManBand: Too many to list. For the leads, we have Chris' Zexen Knights and Geddoe's mercenary company.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: In the William Tell play, if the Son gets hit, the screen will fade black, and Nadir will apologize for that technical difficulty.

** Hugo's griffon has renamed [[UnfortunateNames Fubar]].

* ShoutOut: The child detective Kidd is a rather obvious CaptainErsatz of ''Manga/DetectiveConan''.

* PowerTrio: Hugo, Geddoe and Chris. [[spoiler:Geddoe, Wyatt and the Flame champion]]

%%* AnAxeToGrind: Leo, Hallec.

%%* TheBerserker: Hallec

%%* BigEater: Wan Fu.

%%* BoisterousBruiser: Ace, Dupa, Hallec.

* CloudCuckooLander
%%** Viki, as usual.
** Eike is possibly more subdued case of this. He goes missing for long periods of time, even warranting search parties because he wants to read in a secret shelter. He's not entirely in the same world as the rest of his group to say the least.

%%* DualWielding: Hallec, Yuber.

* EyepatchOfPower

%%* FieryRedhead: Lilly Pendragon and Emily.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble

** [[spoiler:Luc's group -- Luc is Melancholic, Sara is Supine, Yuber is Sanguine and Albert is Phlegmatic.]]

%%* GenkiGirl: Mel and Shabon.

* HeroicBSOD

* HopelessBossFight: Subverted. Other than the duels against Guillaume (as Melville) and Yuber, every boss battle is winnable.

* InexplicableTreasureChests

* JerkAss
** [[spoiler: Luc once more]]

*** Heck, the entire Zexen Council is made of of pompous, self-righteous, money-hungry jerks.

* LargeHam

* LukeIAmYourFather

* MyCountryRightOrWrong

%%* PrettyInMink

* TheQuisling: Franz, a Mantor trainer trying to earn second class citizenship for his hometown, Le Buque. Unlike most examples, he's treated Sympathetically (Foolish, but sympathetic) -- since everyone else in Le Buque just sit on their asses and complain about the conditions. Geddoe pointed that out in his [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome CMOA]].

* TheStrategist

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Luc and Sarah at the end of his path.]]
%%* TricksterMentor: Estella.

The first ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' game on the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], ''Suikoden III'' revolves around several smaller groups of heroes long before the [[OneHundredAndEight Stars of Destiny]] come into play.

* WilliamTelling: William Tell is one of the plays avaiable in "Theater Mode".

''III'' is set fifteen years after the events of ''[[VideoGame/SuikodenII II]]'', during an uneasy cease-fire between the Grassland tribes and the mercantile nation of the Zexen Confederacy. The Holy Kingdom of Harmonia is waiting for the truce to [[LetsYouAndHimFight hurry up and expire]] so they can launch their offensive. When a diplomat is assassinated before peace negotiations are complete, [[WarWasBeginning war is raging]] once again. The first act of ''III'' sounds a lot like the second game. However, the "Trinity Sight" system allows players to switch control between four characters, [[RashomonStyle each with a peculiar view of events:]]

* Geddoe, officer in a ragtag [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores "Frontier Defense Force"]] who perform duties for Harmonia that the Temple would rather not touch. Apart from him, each unit is named for [[PlayingCardMotifs a card suit.]]

The first ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' game on the [=PS2=], ''Suikoden III'' revolves around several smaller groups of heroes long before the [[OneHundredAndEight Stars of Destiny]] come into play.

'''III'' is set fifteen years after the events of ''[[VideoGame/SuikodenII II]]'', during an uneasy cease-fire between the Grassland tribes and the mercantile nation of the Zexen Confederacy. The Holy Kingdom of Harmonia is waiting for the truce to [[LetsYouAndHimFight hurry up and expire]] so they can launch their offensive. When a diplomat is assassinated before peace negotiations are complete, [[WarWasBeginning war is raging]] once again. The first act of ''III'' sounds a lot like the second game. However, the "Trinity Sight" system allows players to switch control between four characters, [[RashomonStyle each with a peculiar view of events:]]

'''III'' is Smset fifteen years after the events of ''[[VideoGame/SuikodenII II]]'', during an uneasy cease-fire between the Grassland tribes and the mercantile nation of the Zexen Confederacy. Meanwhile, the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia is waiting for a secret truce with the Grasslanders to hurry up and expire so they can launch their offensive. This simmering pot of tensions boils over with a single horrific act, and the chain of events is filtered through the eyes -- and guided by the actions of -- several protagonists:

The first ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' game on the [=PS2=], ''Suikoden III'' revolves around several smaller groups of heroes long before the [[OneHundredAndEight Stars of Destiny]] come into play. Set fifteen years after the events of ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', it begins with an uneasy cease-fire between the Grassland tribes and the mercantile nation of the Zexen Confederacy. Meanwhile, the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia is waiting for a secret truce with the Grasslanders to hurry up and expire so they can launch their offensive. This simmering pot of tensions boils over with a single horrific act, and the chain of events is filtered through the eyes -- and guided by the actions of -- several protagonists:

Also, the manga adaptation is [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome incarnate]], as this wiki itself will tell you.