2006-01-17, 15:36 | Link #1 |
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Fate/ Series Q&A
This thread is for those with questions about the Fate/stay night anime or game. Please keep discussion about episodes in the relevant threads, the purpose of this thread is to ask questions that can actually be answered as facts from the anime or game.
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2006-01-18, 14:49 | Link #2 |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
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What is "Fate/stay night"?
"Fate/stay night" (or simply: Fate, f/sn, 笛, etc.) is an anime based on an ero-game (gasp!) released by the softhouse TYPE-MOON back in early 2004. The covers for the original (limited first-press edition version) game are shown below: You may recall TYPE-MOON as the original creators of "Tsukihime," who at the time were merely amateur doujin game creators. I recall I posted something a quite a time ago about how TYPE-MOON started out, but all I could find was this: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...9&postcount=30 Following their crowning achievement in the doujin market, TYPE-MOON decided to go pro. Their first game release as pros was "Fate/stay night." The game sold an unprecedented +100,000 copies (which is a very high number for an ero-game) and was a massive hit. Dozens of official merchandise and multi-media enterprises spawned. It was a matter of time that rumors about this going to be animated started being heard. In October 2005, TYPE-MOON released a fun/fan-disc called "Fate/hollow ataraxia" show below (limited edition first release packaging): Once again, they made headlines as they were able to reach an estimated sales of over 150,000 copies on the first week alone. Although regarded to be a "fan" disc, several new characters are shown for the first time that relate to the story in "Fate/stay night." It is speculated that some characters here will make cameos in the anime (this speculation was later backed up when Hotaruzuka Neko made a small appearance in the anime). And now, starting January 2006, the much anticipated anime version of "Fate/stay night" started airing across various UHF stations. |
2006-01-18, 17:09 | Link #4 | |
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There is however, confirmations that Fate/stay night will be ported over to the Playstation 2. |
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2006-01-18, 21:55 | Link #7 | |
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I tried my best without spoiling anything. My intro did Fate zero justice. |
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2006-01-19, 18:55 | Link #10 |
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Look, I've never played the game, nor had anything to do with FSN before the anime release, and I can tell that I liked both the first two episodes. The first one, like all the introductions, was kinda slow, while the second one showed the real potential of FSN. Just give it a try. I bet you won't regret it.
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2006-01-19, 19:57 | Link #11 |
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Hmm. Fate/stay newbie here.
Since I know nothing about the game, I was wondering if Fate/stay night and the fandisk Fate/hollow ataraxia shared the same main character, or if Fate/hollow ataraxia continued a scenario from the Fate/stay night game? |
2006-01-19, 20:19 | Link #12 | |
Unlimited Blade Works...
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2006-01-19, 20:20 | Link #13 | |
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Sushi-dono and kj-dono should be able to elaborate better than I ever could. |
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2006-01-19, 21:46 | Link #14 |
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Fate/hollow ataraxia takes place half a year after the end of the 5th Holy Grail war (in other words, half a year after the end of Fate/stay night). The premise is that someone has restarted the Holy Grail war, and you have to find out the truth within the "promised 4 days". The entire game of hollow ataraxia takes place within these 4 days, at the end of the last day, you will be sent back to the main menu, but all the events you have already seen remains "checked". Slowly, through the repeating 4 days, you will uncover the truth behind the reopened war and the looping days.
Mechanics wise, hollow ataraxia is comprised of hundreds of "scenes", which you can pick freely from an overworld map of Fuyuki city throughout the 4 days. Each day is split into Morning, Afternoon, and Night, which all contains different events. The events are represented with clickable character icons that float over the location (for example, a Saber icon floating over the dock represents an event dealing with Saber at the dock. Most events are lighthearted and fun to watch, where we get to see all the servants living out a normal life after the last war. At the same time, some events are important "key" events that pushes the main story on. So depending on your preference, you can leave the "everyday" events and pick only the "key" events to push the main story on, or you can loop the days as many time as you want and watch all the events available before moving on with the story (which opens up more events). As for the question "does hollow ataraxia continue after a scenario in Fate?" I'd say yes and no. hollow ataraxia contains references to all three routes of Fate/stay night, but it doesn't follow any route in particular. For one, even though some, if not most, servants died in all the scenarios from Fate/stay night, all the servants are alive and well in hollow ataraxia. You can probably think of it this way "the story of hollow ataraxia assumes that all three routes from Fate/stay night has occured, but regardless of the actual ending, everyone is alive and well with memories from all three routes". |
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Damn hackers for ruining kj's indepth post on ero games. kj > Wiki Quote:
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2006-01-20, 18:00 | Link #20 | |
Gomen asobase desuwa!
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http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=169 http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=170 http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=173 http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=175 http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=176 Anyhow, "Fate/stay night" is based on a Japanese visual-novel game. Let's leave it at that. |
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