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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · Oct 27

I've uploaded a comprehensive document that contains all the text in Skies of Arcadia. It includes all languages (Japanese, English, French, German, Spanish), Dreamcast and GameCube, all dialogue, all onscreen text, and almost all available versions of the game! What might you find?!
t.co/vDS0bXtHKd

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 1d

I messaged them on how they obtained it and it was part of a lot of 4 Dreamcasts and this was one of them. I tried asking the person if I could try buying it off them, although I have not received a response to my offer, so for now the assumption is that it's not for sale.

Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 1d

Interestingly, I recently found out this custom Dreamcast illustrated by Itsuki Hoshi (@yumyum7.bsky.social) is owned by someone probably in Italy. This was featured as a giveaway in Dreamcast Magazine 2000/11/17. It's neat to see it's in someone's possession after all these years!

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 3d

I've temporarily uploaded it here. Pretty simple directory, it'll be in the diary folder.
drive.google.com/file/d/1efGC...

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Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️🎃🦇 @retrogameart.bsky.social · 4d

Skies of Arcadia ad (2001)

#retro #art #gaming #SkiesofArcadia

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 4d

Second is that she kept a developer diary on the old Eternal Arcadia website, but that website is defunct. Maybe the internet archive has them but I have them locally saved, you'd have to wait for me to get home before I can send them in any capacity

Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 4d

Nice article so far! I follow Skies of Arcadia pretty closely, so perhaps these might be resources you are unaware of. First is an interview on the defunct Skies of Arcadia American website at about 5:37
youtu.be/bRQYNCeDbp4?...

Skies of Arcadia American Flash Website

YouTube video by GunyenTony

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Sylenis Crafts 🪡🐮 🛸 @syleniscrafts.bsky.social · 6d

Skies of Arcadia's 25th anniversary - a game I've loved for 24 years. It shaped my art, my story telling, my taste in music and games, I bored everyone half to death talking about it nonstop in my tweens. Raise a tankard of Loqua~

#skiesofarcadia
#エターナルアルカディア

a cartoon of Aika from Skies of arcadia dressed in a sailor fuku uniform that looks like Sailor Venus' with her hair down and holding up a mini boomerang. She says "I am Sailor Red-Moon! Protector of the Moon Princess!"

Next to her, Fina from skies of arcadia is dressed in the Princess Serenity dress from sailor moon - ivory with puffy off the shoulder sleeves. She is saying "Aika, where did you get that outfit? ...and Osman's cat for that matter?"

A night sky art piece of Aika from Skies of Arcadia sitting on the crow's nest of a ship, staring up at the red moon in the sky. There is a blue jacket around her shoulders.

A plush of Vyse from Skies of Arcadia and his dog Pow on a blue background, circa 2013

a plush of a Looper, a monster from skies of arcadia, floating on a blue backdrop with clouds.

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Sylenis Crafts 🪡🐮 🛸 @syleniscrafts.bsky.social · 6d

the "Do It For Her" board from the Simpsons but it's Aika Skies of Arcadia
a collage of clips of doodles of the character Aika from Skies of Arcadia

#skiesofarcadia

a collage of art of Aika from Skies of Arcadia

a silly doodle of Aika from Skies of Arcadia looking perplexed

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Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · 6d

Skies of Arcadia released 25 years ago today in Japan, gracing the Sega Dreamcast with a remarkable adventure!

A game which changed my life. And it really holds up even today! Earnest swashbuckling with a great cast of characters.

I'm still slowly novelizing the game. Read at the link below.

Harper Jay @dreamcastaway.bsky.social · May 6

I've never actually posted about this on Bluesky but over the last few years I've been novelizing the now-retro JRPG 'Skies of Arcadia," a game very dear to my heart.

The process has been gradual but I think it's a very fun read for folks looking for some adventure.

Read at: tinyurl.com/skiesao3!

An image of the three heroes of the year 2000 Dreamcast RPG Skies of Arcadia. They all gaze out at a brilliant amber sunset. From left to right: Fina, the white-garbbed mage watches the display with a soft curiousity. The fiery red-headed pirate-gal Aika sits down beside her. To her other side is the game's protagonist Vyse, a young swashbuckler with a distinctive eyepatch (actually a goggle lens) as he admires the ever-expanding horizon.

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.zelda//MOMO🎃🍂 @zeldamomoe.bsky.social · 6d

HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY TO SKIES OF ARCADIA!🎉
I really need to bring my Aika cosplay back out. But similarly to BlackRose and Kai, the comically large weapon props that I made are a bit hard to travel with since they aren't collapsible🙈
#skiesofarcadia #cosplay #aika #エターナルアルカディア #dreamcast #gamecube

Two photos of my Aika from Skies of Arcadia cosplay

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 6d

NP! Glad someone appreciates my research!

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たけぽんFX @takeponfx.bsky.social · May 20

海外のコスプレイヤーの人も結構居たり。もう腰の高さが、等身が違います。てかドリキャスのRPG「エターナルアルカディア」のコスプレとかチョイスが渋過ぎる。

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GunyenTony @gunyentony.bsky.social · 7d

Happy 25th Anniversary Skies of Arcadia!
#エタアル
#エターナルアルカディア
#skiesofarcadia

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Low Poly Videogame Foods @lowpolyfoods.bsky.social · 8d

Assorted dishes from Skies of Arcadia (2000)

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 11d

On September 10, Figgyz posted this on their Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 13d

trying to manifest a Skies of Arcadia re-release #doodlemancyart #artistsonbluesky

sketch of Aika from Skies of Arcadia with a gremlin smile, striking a pose with a v-for-victory hand gesture

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Orchid the Mantis @theeorchidmantis.bsky.social · 20d

They have an inter-GENRE-ational friendship, I like to say 😄
#SpaceChannel5 #JetSetRadio #SkiesOfArcadia #SEGA

A digital sketch of Ulala, Beat, and Vyse. Ulala looks annoyed, has her arms folded, and is holding her Tension Blaster—a gun. Beat has his hands in his pockets and is smiling humorously. Vyse is just curious and the most neutral in expression. There are speech bubbles, but no text yet.

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Mana @manaccino.bsky.social · 21d

My Skies of Arcadia collection once again! 🩵 I split it up so I could display all the charms from Sylenis! I really wish I knew how to make it look better, but it looks better than it did messily squeezed into one shelf. I'll figure it out when the new Vyse shows up lmao

A shelf with a lot of Skies of Arcadia merchandise. A majority of it is fanmade, so if you have any specific items you're curious about let me know, I can usually tell you where I got them!

A shelf with a lot of handmade loopers and Cupils from Skies of Arcadia! Most of these are charms from Sylenis Crafts (so is the big looper!). The Wayo soundtrack, a 3D printed Cupil, and a standee featuring the main trio are also here!

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PageCartoons @pagecartoons.bsky.social · 22d

I remember I drew this.

Kermit the Frog dressed up as Enriqure from Skies of Arcadia

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 25d

blue rogues #art

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SEGA City @segacity.bsky.social · 27d

DC-UK #18, Jan 2001 - 'Skies Of Arcadia' cover.

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 27d

Correction: That Japanese Montesuma character was something I copy and pasted from the Japanese wiki of Moctezuma, which is why it incorrectly says モクテスマ instead of モンテスマ.

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · 27d

Isapa is likely named after Izapa, a pre-Columbian archaeological site in Mexico. The Japanese transcription for Izapa is "イサパ (Isapa)", similar to how Ixa'taka's Japanese name, Montezuma, has the Japanese transcription モクテスマ(Montesuma).
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%...

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Ares Arcadia @aresarcadia.bsky.social · Sep 3

Regarding the term "mounting" in the message in the image, in Japanese, the term mount has a different usage than how it's used in English. マウンティング is a loanword which means something like asserting oneself as superior to another.