History Videogame / SuikodenII

** Speaking of time limits... [[spoiler:Preventing Nanami's death]] requires (among quite a few other things) extremely quick selection on a particular dialogue choice. Even if you get it ''right'', the game won't tell you if you got it right until [[spoiler:the scene where doctor Huan declares her dead. If you get it right, there is a short additional dialogue in which Huan asks Shu to follow him inside the infirmary. The nature of why Huan asked Shu inside is only revealed in the GoldenEnding. However, the easiest sign to know that you got it "right" is that Riou will take a fighting stance with Nanami before the arrows come. If he doesn't take a fighting stance and remains standing idle, reset and try again until he does.]]

** Speaking of time limits... [[spoiler:Preventing Nanami's death]] requires (among quite a few other things) extremely quick selection on a particular dialogue choice. Even if you get it ''right'', the game won't tell you if you got it right until [[spoiler:the scene where doctor Huan declares her dead. If you get it right, there is a short additional dialogue in which Huan asks Shu to follow him inside the infirmary. The nature of why Huan asked Shu inside is only revealed in the GoldenEnding.]]

To those who want to play the game but cannot afford to shell out anywhere from $100 to over $500 for a copy, ''UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork'' released the game as a [=PlayStation=] Classic in December 2014 in North America, and January 2015 in Europe. It would be bundled with [[VideoGame/{{Suikoden I}} the first game]] as CompilationRerelease ''Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars'' in 2023.

* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: You have Luca Blight, who quickly cements himself as a monster in all senses of the word and who would gladly see the world burn, and you have Jowy, who betrays Riou and Nanami but ultimately wants to make the world a better place, even if he has to sully his hands to do so. Both work against the rebel army, until Jowy and Riou dispose of Luca, leading Riou to have to continue the war because Jowy is now the king of Highland, and he considers he is in too deep to stop.

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* BoobsOfSteel: Oulan has some of the most impressive physical stats, and her bouncing suggests her chest is equally impressive.

* ObviousBeta: Let's be honest here, while the gameplay and story itself are top notch, the English localization ''reeked'' of this.
** It also retroactively makes the first game look like an ObviousBeta, given how many of the second game's new characters are blatant {{exp|y}}ies of characters from the first game, not to mention the entire game engine is basically an extremely polished version of the engine from the first game.

To those who want to play the game but cannot afford to shell out anywhere from $100 to over $500 for a copy, ''UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork'' released the game as a [=PlayStation=] Classic in December 2014 in North America, and January 2015 in Europe. And should the store have issues in the future, you can get this game bundled with [[VideoGame/{{Suikoden I}} the first game]] with ''[[CompilationRerelease Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars]]'' some time in 2023.

* BoobsOfSteel: Oulan has some of the most impressive physical stats, and her {{Gainaxing}} suggests her chest is equally impressive.

* {{Gainaxing}}:
** The Neclordia enemies jiggle their breasts every few seconds.
** Oulan's breasts jiggle in her normal sprite animation.
** Kasumi does this too, if you look closely for a little.

To those who want to play the game but cannot afford to shell out anywhere from $100 to over $500 for a copy, ''UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork'' released the game as a [=PlayStation=] Classic in December 2014 in North America, and January 2015 in Europe. And should the store have issues in the future, you can get this game bundled with [[VideoGame/{{Suikoden I}} the first game]] with ''[[CompilationRerelease Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars]]''.

* MassOhCrap: Everyone in the waiting room outside Huan's office gets one when the doctor announces that [[spoiler:he wasn't able to save Nanami]].

* ForeShadowing: If you have Richmond investigate Georg, you will learn [[spoiler:about an incident that occurred in the Queendom of Falena]], something that players would not witness until Suikoden V, a game that came about 7 years later. Unless your memory is really good (or you played Suikoden V not long after playing Suikoden II), you likely won't appreciate that bit of information. Gotta hand it to Konami for planning that far ahead with the timeline.