Tecmo Super JRPG! Let's Play Secret of the Stars! Blind!

I'm still not entirely sure which of these two is Bingo and which is Leach, but one of them seems to play football for Colorado University?



We probably want to focus-fire one of these two to take them out of the fight ASAP, and since I'm a jerk we're going to be picking on the small one.



Tina starts with her self-buff, as per usual, although I'm still unclear if this is worth a turn or not.



The one on the right flashed before this exchange, so it seems that is indeed Leach.



Uh oh. This is never good. Let's just hope that Bingo doesn't hollow out Leach to wear as a hat.



Yikes, that bolt attack is scary!



Although it doesn't seem to hit Tina very hard? This may have just been a high roll paired with a low roll, though, and anything that strikes our whole party is bad news regardless.



Tina punches back hard for Round 2, though!



At least Leach doesn't seem to hit very hard.




They can feel free to stop doing that every turn, though.



Alright, time to switch out of full aggro mode.

Not exactly what I meant when I asked them to stop Bolting!



Fortunately, Tina seems to consistently be acting first, but I don't want to rely on that, lest we have another incident.



Also fortunate is that, unlike us, they don't seem particularly inclined to focus-fire.



That said, we still need to take a full dedicated recovery round.



Hey guys, I figured out why Leach doesn't hit very hard.



Right after healing to full, Tina takes both enemy attacks and a poison tick to boot.



Operation stall is go!



Ow!



We're bailing water here with Tina while JBEAR chips in for damage every turn. I hope that Leach goes down soon!



They both hit JBEAR instead on the next turn, leaving us in almost the exact reverse situation.



The following turn goes much better, though! Things should hopefully be easier from here.

Let's hope that this isn't one of those games where killing one boss in a two-boss fight enrages the remaining one!

We really come out of the gate swinging hard against Bingo, getting a record-high Freeze damage roll from Tina, followed by a critical hit from JBEAR.



Let's hope that round of attacks wasn't too greedy, though!



Nah, we're fine.

As it turns out, Bingo doesn't do anything special in phase 2 other than stop working together to cast Bolt, so let's just skip to the end!




Elderly grandmothers everywhere are going to be crushed.



O_o Wow! That's a big chunk of experience!



I assume that Repel mimics the effect of a Magic Leaf, an item that I have yet to try using because I am a bad Let's Player.



Speaking of things that I probably won't remember to use!



After the battle, no sign of the brothers remain. Finally, an antagonist that we're not going to sit and watch as they escape!

Wait, could you kids have climbed out of those tubes on your own whenever you wanted?



How the heck do you know that, kid? Where is this kid getting their info, and can I please have the hook-up?



If we start a school in Old Hill, Moby Dick is going to be the first piece of assigned reading.



Suddenly, a cut-scene? This is new!



I know, right?



The camera moves around as each of these four talk in turn.



Yeah, probably.



Oh no, they have Pokemon at their disposal! We can't handle a Hyper Beam!



It's nice that the enemy generals(?) have an office Santa.



I guess we're done. Enjoy your conspicuously vacant throne!

When the camera fades back in, we're back in Old Hill. I'm not sure if this is a good way to start a new town or not, but apparently all of the kids have moved here? I wonder how their parents in Wind and Beegees feel about that?



As we walk around to talk to the kids, a flash of red serves as a quick reminder that Tina is still poisoned. Whoops!



These kids have blessedly low standards.



So, wait, did a bunch of people get killed? And if so, by whom? Badbad? The Ringo Brothers? Homncruse?





Operation child labour is go!



No, piss off, you little ankle-biters. JBEAR refuses to be tied down.



For a game with zero actual choice, this game sure likes to give us a lot of YES/NO prompts!



Fine.



You've got two hands, don't you?



As the one adult who actually stays here, I think that makes Uncle Save here the de facto guardian of a town full of kids.



So apparently a bunch of folks did in fact die? Seems like a weird a thing to gloss over!



[QUEST LOG: Find skilled labourers for our new town.]



Is... is Uncle Save telling us to grind? Better folks than you have tried, old man.

Before we start up our recruitment drive in earnest, we still have a bit more tower that we didn't check out. I wasn't expecting to get suddenly warped back home, so hopefully the Kustera that we left behind can access whatever is left.



We teleport outside and then immediately head back in.



Oh. Well that was fast! Apparently all that was to the right was an empty dead-end room.



We don't have to worry about conserving resources at this point, and David & Ryu here are both sturdier than Tina, so let's see if we can't finally take a pair of these jerk plants out.



A few turns of trading blows leaves us pretty beat up, but we manage to take out one of them, and with only one attack each turn this fight is much less scary, so it's just clean-up from here.



After all of that, it turns out that Man-Traps aren't worth much more EP or GP than anything else in here!



Let's leave our Kustera parked in the Kustera waiting room and see about building a town, shall we?



A pair of Goblins on the way to Winds drop a Lethsuit. This would have been quite a find if it had dropped when we first started encountering them in the volcano, but at this point it's just vendor trash.



A quick trip through Winds doesn't turn up any potential recruits, although this fellow (possibly the Mayor, given that he shares a sprite with the Mayor of Beegees?) at least had something new to say.



We could just warp to Beegees from here, but it turns out that Repel is cheaper, and it's a pretty short walk. Also, I want to test it out/show it off!



Defense shields activate!



Sure enough, we make it the whole way without a single encounter.



I immediately make a bee-line for Mr. Plow here, convinced that he'd be our first recruit, but, disappointingly, he does not seem inclined to go plow land for a bunch of jerk kids. I guess we'll have to keep looking!



In fact, no one in town seems interested in joining the hip new settlement on the grow.



At least the Mayor seems happy to see us?



Well, I think we all know what comes next. Let's go recruit an edgy architect!

Oh no! He seems to be gone, and, even worse, his barrels are still here!



Let's ask Bun what's up.



Listen, Bun, that sounds great, really. If you just want to contact our HR person and leave a resume, I promise that we'll get back to you in 6 to 8 weeks. Now can you point us towards your boss?



You're really fucking up this job interview, Bun.



Our next town is apparently named "Giant". I have questions.



Oh, maybe it's not the next town after all?

[QUEST LOG: Decatas is a town to the west of the edgy architect's house, and strangers are not welcome there.]

(Fun note: My spellchecker keeps trying to fix this to "Defecates".)



The town of "Giant" is small? That's flagrant false advertising. We don't abide that sort of thing in Old Hill.

[QUEST LOG: Giant is a town to the south of Decatas, and there's a farmer named Baz there.]



I can't help but notice that both Bun and the barrels are still here. I guess we should head inside?



I'm not sure if this is supposed to read as incredulous/sarcastic or not, but that's how I'm choosing to read it.



Do... do you want us to suit him up for battle?



Okay, first off, Tina is offended, and second, we're both clearly still kids.



Kid, I am going to work you to the bone.



Builder Bun get!



It... it might be a while.



Success! We're off to new lands!

Thanks to our previous findings, we know to carefully step around the snow here as we make our way to the west.



Wow. Okay, so Repel apparently lasts a long time. I'd forgotten that I'd cast it!



Now here's some classic JRPG naming that you can set your watch by. I think we all know what led to both of these enemy names. Perfect.



The new spider scared me, but it goes down without a fuss after a single attack from JBEAR and a high-damage Freeze from Tina. It doesn't seem to be much stronger than its predecessor.



This fight lasted only two turns and yet provided greater rewards than the Man-Trap fight.



A town quickly sneaks into view. Is that Decatas?



Every :clap: Hill :clap: Must :clap: Be :clap: Searched.



This Rock Bird looks pretty cool, albeit not much like a bird!



The first round went pretty well! Maybe this will be okay?



At the time, I thought for sure that these two attacks were going to be enough to take Tina out, but I guess not. I certainly tensed up, though!



lol

Let's hope that Tina gets to go first, or that the eagle decides to attack JBEAR. We managed to take out the Rock Bird in two turns, so we'll be fine if we can get out the heal in time.



Whelp.



We may as well finish the battle at this point. This exact scenario seems to happen more often than I'd like!



This is actually a pretty tense back-and-forth over several rounds, as we need to spend every other round stopping to heal. JBEAR's HP dipped as low as 10 at one point!



The rewards are absolutely not worth the effort.

They tease us with this town early, but I guess we're taking the long way around to get there.



We might be able to force out a win here, but with the promise of better gear and/or fresh blood literally on the horizon, let's just run from these difficult encounters for now.



So many mountain ranges to check.

I'm never going to be rewarded for this, am I?



I decide to try this battle on for size, since it has a new enemy.



I am no longer convinced that the enemies prefer to target the front character.



Screw you, Caterpie!



Phew, we're finally here. Let's hope we can get some new gear to take the edge off of these random encounters.



...We're not getting inside, are we?



Yeah, it sounds great. So if you could just scoot over a smidge...?



Dammit.



Since I've played a JRPG before, I try sneaking around the edge of town.



But all we get for our trouble is a tantalizing glimpse of shops that we can't actually reach.

[QUEST LOG: Find a way inside the city of Decatas.]



At least it got added to our Fly By list, so returning later should be a snap.



I guess we'd better set of in search of the town of Giant instead, which we were told is to the south.

Sad to see athletes resort to thievery during a pandemic.



These guys hit too hard for us to hang, so we high tail it out of there after a single experimental turn.



Oh hey. Probably not Giant, but something to keep in mind.



lol, look at these very good dragons. They're just, like, so happy to be here.



We, however, are not. Like everything else around here, they're too difficult for us to fight safely.



Man, we're really in over our heads here, huh?



After a bit of meandering to make sure we haven't missed anything, a town finally comes into view.



And this one will actually let us in! Huzzah!



I love how every town insists on having That One NPC even though this game clearly labels each town the moment that you step inside.



Alright, so not just a name.



It... looks normal-sized to me?



The game continues to struggle with verb tenses... I think.



Dang, it looks like Golan beat us to the punch. That's supposed to be our farming conscript!



On it, chief!

[QUEST LOG: Liberate Baz the farmer from Golan's clutches and make him work for us instead.]



Ohhh, that large house. Is our next enemy here in town for real this time, instead of just implied to be by misleading translation?

You and me both, bud.



Why do all of these people choose to live here, I wonder?



*squints* We can do better than that.



Don't think I don't see you there, mysterious hole.



It doesn't look like the Inn prices in this game are going up any time soon.

Note that this seems to be the only business enterprise in town, so no new gear for us, I guess.



Before we check out the Casa De Golan, let's investigate the other, normal-sized houses.




Is Golan stomping around?



...at Krispy Kreme.

How many giants does this town have, anyway?



Do I, though?



I mean, that tracks. If only we'd seen some way to get underground...

[QUEST LOG: We've "got" to meet Morgan the digger.]



Sounds convenient!

[QUEST LOG: Get shrink ray in Decatas to defeat Golan.]



Oh no! Uncle Save is bed-ridden! Golan, you've gone too far!



Crisis averted!



Well, since we just dropped a save, I guess it couldn't hurt to peek inside.



Dungeon music immediately starts playing, dispelling any doubt of what exactly we're in for here.



OMG, I love it! I love games that let you be tiny like this. It was cool in Final Fantasy Legend, it was cool in Super Mario Bros 3, and it's cool here.



We find these stairs without a single enemy encounter. No idea if there aren't any, or if this was just good luck on our part.

It looks like we've found the dungeon.



Why's that?



Golan sure knows how to make an entrance. You can viscerally feel the smash of that landing even without audio.



I feel seen.



This is probably fine.



I mean, I guess that makes sense. His legs are certainly longer than ours.



Oh good.



That seems like a lot. Is that a lot?



Our second round of attempting to run goes just as well as the first.



Hahaha, eat shit, Golan! JBEAR doesn't know the meaning of "no-win fight".



I feel like we can conclude pretty decisively at this point that it's not possible to flee from this encounter.



!



We lived!



Oh heck, let's go down swinging.



I think we've got him on the ropes.



*checks his math*

I think that's enough.

So, we learned something here (something besides the meaning of "no-win fight", that is): It does indeed halve our Gold total when we die!



One reload later...

(For those playing along at home, you can insert the entirety of my behind-the-scenes update here.)



Much better!

Alright, so if we're not ready to confront Golan yet, then what the heck are we supposed to do now?



Maybe we can get to that hole? Will Morgan be able to dig Baz out of giant jail?



No way out here...



Or here...



We can sneak out through the treeline here, but it just exits the town.



A-ha.



Pay-dirt!



I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this is Morgan.

For some reason, we jump into the hole and fall to the bottom, despite the clearly visible ladder. But wait... did I just see what I think I saw? Computer, enhance:



Hahaha, blink and you'll miss it (I almost did), but for some reason our falling sprite is a tent. It makes no sense, and I love it more than words can say.



I'm... not actually sure? Listen, folks around town seemed very insistent that we meet.



Please!



So, I guess not "anywhere" then, huh?



I only know his name, but I love him already.



I'll take "text boxes that read very differently without context" for $1000, Alex.



Would if I could, sir!



Wait, does it want yes or no here?



Crap.

Yes, we have no bananas.





I try not to lean on Frinkiac too heavily in my Let's Plays, but sometimes it's just too perfect.



The town of Old Hill will remember this extortion.



One screen-wipe later and we're at a familiar hidden corner outside Decatas.




That was a pretty cute digging animation, so I guess we got our money's worth.



Interesting. Apparently we now have a digger on retainer.

[QUEST LOG: Morgan the digger, hiding in the NE corner of Giant, will dig for money.]



Hey, give Uncle Save back his catchphrase!



*hacker voice* We're in.

This town really is massive, and there's a lot of cool, unique buildings here. I think we're going to be here for a while!



Yes, yes it is. Which we know, because we live here, and are not strangers.



Um?



Wait, does this mean that we can't trust what he's telling us right now? I'm getting flashbacks to that town from Phantasy Star where one half of the town only lies and the other only tells the truth.



But if we can't go there, how can we eat them?



We don't talk about the east side.



We have a lead!



Well, now that's not what I wanted to hear.



Capitalism fixes everything.



Huh. It's not often that town NPCs get names. Maybe we'd better remember this guy for later.



Well, we now have both bread and circuses.



Doesn't seem all that secret, does it?



Maybe finding Dynamite won't be as easy as it seemed.

[QUEST LOG: There is an inaccessible secret lab in the centre of Decatas.]

Alright, let's start hitting up some of these buildings.



Okay, yikes. I guess we're not wanted!



I'm not sure exactly what kind of building we've stumbled into, but it has only Uncle Save and that other jerk. My first guess would be "pub", but there's at least two more of those around town already.



I thank the jerk for his courtesy by looting his storeroom.



See? Pubs!



Maybe this is what they mean by "Adult's town"?



Even the fancy giant hotel in the largest city in the land charges only pennies a night.



Let's check out the other rooms.



I'm starting to get that impression!



I don't know what we said here, but apparently it outed us as hicks. I'm going to assume it was "Ya'll sure do have some big barns here, I tell you what."



This cat has an entire room to itself, but does not seem inclined to transform and then attack us.



Uh... I guess?



No, lady, I think you're the most sensible person we've met in this entire town thus far.



Well said, Charlie.

The next pub is just as welcoming as the others were, but I can't help but notice a costume that stands out at the end of the bar...



...Is that an adjective, or a title? Either way, he doesn't have anything more to say to us.



The hospital is massive.



Ahaha, look at this great bug-eyed sprite.



Oh, maybe those are glasses?



Yeah, we pieced that puzzle together on our own, somehow.



I hate that I can already empathize with this.



This is the first indication we've ever had that anyone else in this world has to deal with the roving bands of monsters.





Socialized medicine has yet to come to Decatas. Come to Old Hill, where we don't have any health care bills, or any health care at all!



I'm not sure what exactly these expressions are meant to convey, but this fellow is conveying a lot of it.



Because...?



The doctor here still functions as a regular clinic.

Alright, let's find out how bad this is going to be. Hopefully we'll be able to afford something, at least, but even if not, there should be plenty of new items to have EXPLAINed.



! It's even better than I thought! The very first merchant that we talk to offers to explain anything in our inventory for us!

That said... is Harry a name or a title? Is this rare power only given to this man and three other clerks named Harry at this store?



As we long suspected, this does what is says on the tin.



Now our Starcrest's tweets will never be official!



"Some or all", huh? Interesting! That might explain some odd numbers that I witnessed previously. It certainly makes Plum-plums more useful than they might at first seem.



These also both work as expected.



The moon drops are more potent than I thought, though!



Well, the mark-up doesn't seem too bad in the item shops, at least.



This is our first opportunity to buy Anti-Stop, so we pick up a pair, just in case.



This Longsword is pricey, but looking at the other prices here, I get the feeling that nothing here actually costs more than it would anywhere else.



Does... does this mean that the Holy Cane is guaranteed to crit? That's exciting news, if so. I hope that the Kustera team find someone to give their spare to!



I wonder if there's any appreciable difference between a Longsword and a Hammer. Something for us to investigate later, I guess.



Still feeling like Hardsuits are the better buy here.



None of this armour does anything special either, but, notably, they seem like the smart buy here, given how cheap it all is.

Still, let's hold off for now, since I want to finish exploring the town first, and there could still be more things that we'll need our money for.

[QUEST LOG: Remember to do our shopping!]

Given the description of the town quadrants, there's still quite a lot of town left to explore!



Not much of a rumour then, is it?



Say what?



Circuses are great before you're old enough to realize why they suck.



Don't worry, though-- I'm sure we can trust a name like that to treat their animals humanely.

(If you’ve been paying attention, that name should sound familiar. I didn’t actually pick up on it myself until I was preparing this update, since this mention was hours later for me.)



This dog is absolutely flummoxed.



Even in Decatas, your local polling station is likely to be a church.



Enough folks have mentioned this that this feels like a safe bet:

[QUEST LOG: We need a ticket to see the circus?]



Man, folks here really seem unhappy! If only there was some other, smaller town, with a young, vibrant population that was looking to grow...



Oh wow, the barns really are bigger here!



Ooo. Have we found an item storage warehouse?



We have not! But maybe it's a good thing that we didn't spend all of our money right away.



Huh. Okay, I'm listening...



As a matter of fact, we do!



I mean, we did just find out that they're more useful that they appeared, but on the other hand, money...



Um, seems good! Neat!



I search all of the crates and barrels thoroughly, of course, but everything seems to be sealed up tight.



So he bought a single plum for 500 gold pieces and then closed up shop indefinitely. Seems like a sustainable business model!

Is this some kind of criminal front? Are we money laundering? What's in all of those containers?



We will!

[QUEST LOG: The antique collector in SE Decatas can pay off big.]

Well, this guy seems to have a solid electoral platform.



Hrm. I dunno. Your opponent seems to have the more appropriate sprite for the job...



I think this adorable little building is the polling station?



Ahaha, they have cute little voting boxes!



This stuff all seems to be important, so Imma dump it in the log, just in case:

[QUEST LOG: Decatas has both a mayoral election and a circus coming soon.]



Let's ask God who we should vote for.



Uh, are you sure that we didn't rescue this kid already? We have quite a lot of little brats meeting that description, if you'd care to browse...



Okay... anything else for us to go on?



It sounds like we finally have a lead on our next Aqutallion. Or, well, "lead".

[QUEST LOG: Help Cody, I guess?]



Sure enough, as we were told earlier, we can't seem to enter the rich part of town. This city has quite a lot of gates!

[QUEST LOG: We haven't been able to enter the rich quarter of Decatas.]



This gate, however, is wide open!



And there are yet more shops here!



These shops have seen better days.



The item shop sells the bare necessities, but honestly that's probably a good thing? Seems like food and medicine is more important for the poor district than magic leaves and rat parts.



Not quite sure what to make of this warning.



The armour shop sells our starting armour and something even worse, so maybe that guy was just telling us not to buy this?



The weapon shop next door sells this interesting little number, though. Maybe this is a lie?



I mean, still, for 14 bucks we have to at least try, right?

The houses in this part of town haven't fared much better than the shops.



Well, it good that they're finding stuff to laugh about, I guess.



Yikes. I think this one line of text sells this town's apparent "Capitalism sucks" mission statement better than anything else.



...I feel genuinely bad about this one.



...Real bad.



Oh god, and now I stole his last loaf of bread. JBEAR, stop clicking on things!



Strangely, this next door doesn't respond at all, as if it's not even there. We can clearly see an empty room there from the neighbouring doors...

[QUEST LOG: There is a seemingly locked door second-from-left in the poor district of Decatas.]



The next door opens just fine.



Help, my husband spends all of his time at the ""cafe"". God bless western censorship.

(Drac, did the pubs have the same cup of coffee icon above their doors in the Japanese version?)



I dunno, lady, it sounds like he's living my best life over there.



Now we're talking!



. . .

Listen, don't judge me!



There might be, like a secret artifact in one of these!



We have to check! We're saving the world here!

(...I think?)



Well, since we robbed her of her literal last 2 cents, the least we can do is what she asked of us, so let's go talk to her husband.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say "you".



Well that was a quick turn.



!

Wait, does this imply that the Kustera are a religious group?



I think so? Honestly, this could all stand to be a lot clearer.



Wait, are we literal reincarnations, or is that just a turn of phrase? Could you fill us in, maybe?



Ben, if you want to join this crew, it is important that you accept that there is always time for eating.



Goof-Off get!



...I do not trust you, friend.

(Presumably he'll warp to join the Kustera in the same fashion that Ryu did previously.)



I'd love to say that I left this building for last because I knew it was our goal, but I honestly completely forgot about it earlier and only noticed it now on our way back from recruiting Ben. In my defense, there were quite a lot of buildings in this town, and I was looking to explore them in a specific order that I might not otherwise in order to help with LP readability.



Wait, does this city have two labs?



"In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"



Okay, so it sounds like we're dealing with a real Jimmy Neutron here.



...Dr. Ash's what?



Hrm. So the door is open to us meeting Dr. Ash later.



Seems like a lot expectations to lay on a kid!



The basement has... a rocket?

I smell our ticket to a second continent.



Yes yes, we're all familiar with oil executives.



Calm down, poindexter, you can go back to staring at your rocket as soon as we leave.



Well that clears that right up!

[QUEST LOG: A monster in a mysterious cove can be used to fuel a rocket in the Decatas lab basement that will take us to a mysterious land.]

Our quest log is filling up pretty fast here!



I think it's time to meet our boy genius.



! Robits!



That seemed pretty likely, but it's good to have confirmation.



I know exactly how you feel.



Well, that would make you the first NPC in this game to do so!



Y-you're welcome?



It seems like none of these scientists are the sociable sort.




I'm starting to think that the special power of Aqutallion is actually explosion immunity.



Well, if you hated that robot, then I have good news? It doesn't seem to be here anymore.



You don't say.



"Alright, well, I was on an island and looking for a cave, but the NPC hints weren't very helpful and there wasn't a single cave mouth in evidence..."

At least we gave him the Old Hill sales pitch.



*looks at robot rubble*

You know, on second thought, I think we're good?



Not really, no, but weapons sound good. Make with the guns!



[QUEST LOG: Point the "Graviton" at Golan's dumb face.]



I can think of just the intern to do that for you.



Listen, kid, we're not babysitters.



No, our gun!



You got it, little buddy.

[QUEST LOG: Dynamite = Afraid]

*underlines twice*



Well, that was an easy escort quest.



Big mood.



Nerd get!



It looks like Bun has been busy!



I didn't intend to stop here, but we have our fingers in a dozen pies and this update is running extra long again, so this seems like a good spot to take a break. Hopefully I can remember everything! (Hah, as if. Fortunately, I take detailed notes!) See ya next time on Let's Play Tecmo Secret of the Stars.

QUEST LOG:

• There is a flooded room in the Aris Shrine on Heart Island.
• Impassable "Victory" bridge south of Winds requires a key.
• Star Shrine south-east of Winds has an optional Fire boss that kicked our ass.
• We have some Iridium now?
• A monster in a mysterious cove can be used to fuel a rocket in the Decatas lab basement that will take us to a mysterious land.
• Morgan the digger, hiding in the NE corner of Giant, will dig for money.
• Liberate Baz the farmer from Golan's clutches and make him work for us instead.
• Point the "Graviton" at Golan's dumb face.
• Decatas has both a mayoral election and a circus coming soon, but we need a ticket to see the circus.
• There is an inaccessible secret lab in the centre of Decatas.
• There is a seemingly locked door second-from-left in the poor district of Decatas.
• We haven't been able to enter the rich quarter of Decatas.
• Remember to do our shopping!
• The antique collector in SE Decatas can pay off big.
• Help Cody, I guess?

"Make sure nobody is happy before then... by any means necessary."

This game continues to live up to my expectations. CHAINMALE indeed.

CHAINMALE is my new Judas Priest cover band

These two are adorable. They deserve their own spinoff.

I need to know Bingo and Leach's backstory

I hope it explains why they have yellow lightsabers.

I accidentally fought the Ringo siblings before Jbear got to this update. "Bingo Ringo" stayed intact, but I'm left wondering what they intended with the other sibling's name. It's been long enough since I've played that I don't remember the kana, but I'm pretty sure it was リーチ, which yes, would come out as "Leach." I thought maybe it was a fruit pun (since Ringo = apple), and they were going for a name based on "lychee," but the kana for that word is different.

I'm stumped!

But I'm also looking forward to exploring these bountiful cities of Golans and Dynamites.