About 3 days after uploading my video, I realized my omission/mistake. Well made video man!! Keep it up

Patches does kick you off a ledge in elden ring its completely optional for his quest. I think most people miss it

"I had friends, but everyone died", "Beware the one guarding the door". Those lines are really clever though. The player gives him money to becoming his "friend", the same thing probably happened to all those people in the locked room, hence all of his friends being dead. Also "Patches" has the key, so he is technically the one guarding the door. You can't say the devs didn't warn us. I do think the fan-translation does get the point across.

Hey Blinge there's some more information on Patches it's just at the bottom of this cliff, go on av a look....

I think it's suspicious that Patch in armored core master of arena has an eagle emblem and changes moods in combat, and patches in dark souls has an eagle shield and turns into an apologetic beggar as soon as you mean to fight him.

Good ole' trusty Patches. Little known fact, but his presence was in King's Field as well; he was the lead game designer. He transcended time and fiction to place all of the traps in those games just so he could loot everyone who fell for them.

I can never truly hate the chap. Even if I'm now covered in burns and bomb ashes thanks to him.

Neat how Patches' first battle mirrors his last one, engaging in a group fight on a vast sea of sand, and running off before it's over.

Yes, in the Japanese version his name is "Patch" and he often says no-count, as in the English word. Also interesting that the man in the first game was looking for a spear (although he died trying) and later Patch(es) is using a spear

Just to point out, the emblem for Patch in AC:MOA is a spread eagle, just like the one that is normally displayed on his tower shield in Dark Souls

Patches has a trap-chest for you in Elden Ring, similar to Shadow Tower, it doesn't explode but teleports you to a dangerous area

He's not "Patches" per se, but i think the first appearance of the trope might happen in Dragon Quest IV. There's a quest where the player character is competing with NPCs to recover an item, and at one point an NPC tells you to look at some treasure below the ledge you are on, and then he kicks you down. Blew my mind when it happened! I know Miyazaki is a Dragon Quest fan, so maybe that's why he has been so adament on keeping the trend alive, even if he didn't necessarily introduce it to the from repertoire

So Pate and the exploding chests of DS2 were a Shadow Tower reference

"It's water under the bridge" Is dumped into the water under the bridge

Patches kicks you in Elden Ring, too. There is a spot on Mt. Gelmir where, at a certain point in Patches' quest, you will find rainbow stones leading you to a ledge. When you look over the edge he kicks you down and tells you to stay away from Volcano Manor.

Patches always seemed like your only real friend. It’s only through him that you get access to some of the best weapons and armor sets in the souls games. He’s just got a strange way of showing affection. He gives you access to unreachable areas and items that can get you through the rough spots.

It´s worth mentioning that his kick in DS 3 Ringed City actually helps you if you followed his questline. Giving you a short cut to where you need to go. As for Elden Ring, you can find him multiple times through out the game.

One of the central themes of the Shadow Tower games is conflict. In the first Shadow Tower, your character is a mercenary. He returns home after his battles only to find his hometown desolate and sunken into the Shadow Tower. Inside, he faces monsters, but among them are soldiers and kings of long-lost conquests to claim the tower and its crown. In Shadow Tower Abyss, it retains this theme in the modern era. Your character is once again a mercenary, and is hired for a job. But it's a trick and he was only meant to be sacrificed and left for dead. The villagers have performed this rite many times, seemingly for centuries. Relics of battles from every era can be found littered throughout the tower's layers. Our "Patches" in Abyss seems to be a war veteran, a man sacrificed to the Shadow Tower before your character. His mind never truly left the battlefield, and he has turned on friend and foe alike, using his cunning and vicious traps to survive. He's lived that long in the tower for a reason. He's clever enough to get the upper hand on Rurufon. He's the perfect kind of person to succumb to the spear's allure. He doesn't want to escape like the protagonist does. He is far more at home in the endless battle of the Shadow Tower than he is in a civilian life.

Shadow Tower is more Pate/Creighton in my opinion. Explosive chest being the main link.

"No Harm, No Foul" would be a good localization of the "No Count" thing.

Got your video in my recommended, and I really enjoy your style of dry, underplayed humor and the thoroughness of your explanations. Definitely subbing.

Worth noting that both of Patch's mechs have reverse leg joints, perhaps an indication of his nature of seeming to do one thing while intending the opposite.

This def counts as patches for me. The bridge part seals the deal. Patch ps1 armored core, Dude in Shadow Tower, Patch Armored Core For Answer, finally the souls games.

Interesting that you mention that in shadow tower our "patches" is questing for the spear Since a spear is the weapon patches always uses in the souls games

Great video mate! According to my Japanese dictionary No Count ノーカウント is an obscure sporting term which indicates that a goal or point did not count. You can say パッチ or 継ぎ in Japanese for patch, both are in common use but it may depend on what kind of garment the patch is on as to which one you use. The money is called クーン in Japanese so they could have written it as Kuun but I see why they didn't. I imagine the Shadow Tower fan translation is very accurate because the sentences are very short. Some of the lines look tricksy to translate because they end in ellipses and are up to the reader to guess the meaning...

I'd say the guy in Abyss is like Pate, where he's *spiritually* patches even if not literally

funny how we in chilean spanish say "no vale" wich can be intepretaded as "not valid" in a game or sport context, also you could say "no cuenta" wich is the direct translation to "no count" . cant remember what patches says in the spanish versions of the games. ... he is in elden ring and you have to do his signature emote (that he gives you when you forgive his life) to have him stop atacking you if you decided to have a little spar with him . he sells stuf this time around so you can always visit him to get some items and slap him a bit.

Nice video its great to see someone even make mention of his Japanese voice actor being the same from FA and the Japanese dub for later souls games in a video and I guess I would count Patch's 1st showcase in Master of arena his AC emblem even is a Eagle Shield also the Parsac thing was just the name of his AC in MoA.

This is really cool. You can see the development of the character across all these games. Man, From really is an interesting developer, even before Miyazaki. I used to really hate Patches in Souls but once you find out how the Clerics abused him I felt a lot more empathy for his character. Truly complex - he's not really good or bad - he's like a Ying Yang hurricane. And like someone else said, surviving on the Souls universe would be absolute hell. So he embodies the trauma, much like Crestfallen Knight, would really inflict on a regular person's mind. And if you don't think it's possible to turn into someone like him, Lautrec, or Crestfallen, just read accounts sailors lost at sea. Even the toughest people turn into psychotic cannibals when left without water and food for weeks. And although they're not locked an actual island, the characters in Souls are stuck in purgatory with monsters that's a lot like an island.

Excellent work, man! I think the first true Patches started from Shadow Abyss.

The hesitation to say cune had me laughing hard asf

I think it's worth pointing out that the Patches mecha's flag in Master of Arena is really similar in shape and colors to the one in the Champion's Bones icon, obtained at DS3's Lapp's quest ending One noticable difference though is that the first one shows a bird, maybe an eagle, and the second one a lion

2:40 CUNNY MUNNY 😭

patches is the literal god of deception in the souls universe

God this Armored Core stuff looks so freakin cool! No clue what it was but looks like a new one is coming out soon! Excited to see

Not only is the video informative, but your voice is calm and soothing, yet hilarious when you want to be. Amazing work 👍

The Shadow Tower Abyss version is certainly the most punishing one, but then again that's the most punishing From game I've played.

loved the jokes on this one, also cool to know the "it didn't count" origins of Patches

Took me a minute to understand this wasn’t a video about the first patch ever added to a videogame

THANK YOU. Digging into older from games made me see this.

Fear the haired Patches

I would say the original idea of Patches though was Gill Baccas from Kings Field 1. He acted as a merchant to hide the fact that he was a thief kinda like patches often has a shop. He also stole a cross from another NPC to sell just like Patches would your belongings after he pried them of your corpse.

I believe iron pineapple mentions it briefly in his review of it, we love to see some patches love

You got a new subscriber! Keep up the good work! i love it !

I think the fact he keeps popping up, going as far back as the OG ps1, says a lot about how much of an impact he made. He's akin to Gilgamesh in Final Fantasy, he has his OG appearance in FF5 and he clicks with not only the playerbase, but also the devs, so he keeps returning, to the chagrin of newcomers and the delight of old players. It's beautiful, really, I can't wait to get got by the weasel bastard in each new game.

IronPinehead actually did a video on Shadow Tower Abyss and even dedicated a small segment to Patches. Though since he was talking how weird STA was, I think it was sadly gloss over.

Please do more videos like this one. Your voice is perfect for that

In Dark Souls 3, his kick actually allows you to find the way to the end. He ends up helping you.

Funny thing, there's another Next Pilot in For Answer called Starka, who I swear is voiced by Patches' VA William Vanderpuye, but I can't find credits for the character.

Interesting, i wouldve expected that patches originated from the kings field series or maybe eternal ring but thats a game i havent heard about so far.

Patches' entire existence brings pain, misery, and curiosity. I love patches

There is indeed a place in Elden Ring where Patches kicks you down a perilous cliff by distracting you with shiny treasure. He appears in several different places and even has a boss fight where he begs to be spared at the end, after which he becomes a merchant (but can still fool you with a trap chest)

Remembers me when Iron Pineapple looked at the game and noticed that character.

One thing I think you overlooked. Hes looking for "the spear", and what does Patches wield in Souls games and Elden Ring?

its amazing how still we find new things

He like the moonlight greatsword. Transcends game series.

The guy who Patch voiced is also the same guy who does Dogis voice in YS, pretty funny that I recently played YS 8 and hear him here as well. Looked up his voice work, he did tons and tons of memorable characters.

Patches first appears by name in the Master Arena in Armored Core MOA (which you unlock by 100 percenting the game). He appears as Patch. He’s a middleweight, reverse joint AC with arm mounted machine guns, a rather powerful automatic slug gun, and a shoulder mounted chain gun.

I like how in AC you can damage him and he'll surrender and he does the same thing in Elden Ring when you find him in the cave

Top shelf vid. The camera work at 7:30 is great 👌

I would call the character in Shadow Tower Abyss not the first Patches, but a prototype of Patches. Similarly Biorr of Demon's Souls is not the first Onion Knight, but is certainly a prototype of the Onion Knight as he has similar behavior: A joyful mood, the tendency to throw himself into danger to help the player while in his body form, and going to sleep after each encounter.

'Iron Pineapple' mentions patches in his video on Shadow Tower, but ya it's just a small tidbit and doesn't go into it much

theres possibly an even older one in the first shadow tower game, a dwarf looking guy tries to trick you into walking into a poison area

This is such a fresh look at old material. OP I hope you continue to make interesting vids like this. Liking and subscribing and wishing you the best!

Patches is in a cave at pretty much the start of Elden Ring. You can get Margits shackle from him.

Him using a spear throughout the series because that is what he desired as unnamed patches is such a cool callback I didn’t know existed thank you for this cool video!

I originally read the title as if you meant video game patches XD gg good video

"find the perfect angle" HAH it is a nice angle 😌

Certified Patches Classic

super cool to see aspects of From Soft's quest system that they would go on to use in the souls games here in this game. Stuff like interacting with the guy at various points only for certain triggers to move him along. Very very cool, I would love to see From Soft revisit the first person dungeon crawler genre at some point, a new Shadow Tower game would be sick.

I'm just convinced there is a huge lab of patches clones in the fromsoft basement that's been running since the 2000s ready to make another cameo

I think the best way to look at it is they combine both characters, the trickery of the human from shadow tower and the cowardice from Patch the mech pilot

I thought this was about the patches you apply to videogames to fix bugs or update the code. I've never been so bamboozled in my entire life.

He really wanted that spear, finally got it in Dark Souls!

In the ringed city he only ever helps you, even when he kicks you down it's actually knocking you onto the right path to progress forward.

I love how Patches at this point has passed novelty to be almost a sisyphean effort... yet it shows a kind of joy in fate. Doing something you know will be bad simply because it means interacting with someone else in these bleak empty worlds. Of course being the "protagonist" of these games is a shield a bit, must be much more frightening for someone who is not functionally immortal like the player is in these games but still. It's fascinating gaming design, very archetypical.

Amazing. Didn't know about the origin even though I had a vague memory of playing through Shadow Tower. That said, Patches' appearance in Elden Ring has to be my favorite. It's quite ... unique.

man cant wait to meet him again in AC6 i bet he still running the reverse joint setup

This video assploded. Good work, man.

Patches is my favorite character. He has somehow found a way to move between worlds. Whether he keeps his memory, only he knows, but he is undoubtedly untethered. Who else has been so resourceful?

I think they all count and I’m always happy to see more instances of our favorite troublesome traitor

i hope that Shadow of Erdtree finishes up Patches' questline. it just kinda, ends.

Would be hype as hell if Patches become an actual boss in a future FromSoft game that has memories of every game that he was in.

I need some Rurufon in my life

"Beware the one who guards the door." I think he's talking about himself lol

Patches keeping those same old tricks in any form or era. And yeah the one in Master of Arena is a bit strenuous since its just an arena fight, the only thing you can link to future iterations is that his Emblem is a shield with an Eagle Crest which was Patches' shield in the Souls titles.

In DS3 Patches kicks you off in a benign way and tells you to have a happy dark souls. The only time there was genuine fanservice in a game where it ends happily and not slug food or dead.

I know in one of the AC games he runs and you have to chase him down as well. I’m pretty sure it’s in For Answer if you choose to go for him first. He runs if you come near him and snipes you while you fight the other guy if you choose to ignore him

that is the og patches no doubt. He tricks you into opening a chest that is a trap. Classic patches.

Hold on, OG Patches looks for a spear. *In all the other games his weapon of choice is a spear*

I havent gotten around to playing shadow tower yet so when he pulled out a gun and shot the proto patches i laughed out loud

The Unnamed The Good Luck The Hynea Good o'l Trusty Patches The Spider Unbreakable/Lapp

Another fromsoft staple i noticed besides major ones is people turning into monsters or usually dragon's eternal ring has this. but also technically started in king's field 1 (jp) cuz of the final boss.

Hey, this was pretty interesting. I liked your editing and your voicework. I was surprised to see your channel is still small. Time to sub and gamble with the gods of the algorithm

Did I click on this video thinking it was the history of patches for video games: yes. Am I glad it ended up being obscure from software lore: also yes

The Mickey Mouse of From Software.

I love that someone mentioned Armored Core, props dude. Well researched vid

I like the theory that patches was sent across all these universes from an FTL experiment in the AC universe

Yes the perfect angle that's what I've been waiting for plus you sound slightly like vaati

They did the exploding chest in Dark Souls 2. But Patches was split into two characters there, Creighton and Pete.