B-Man
Joined: July 2003
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2018
- Location
- The Twilight Zone
It actually is Grandmaster Feng that first tells Ryo that the photo is of Iwao and Zhao Sunming when they were young.I agree that it was necessary to point it out, but it would've been nice if there was more to it than that, especially considering that we hear it from Shenhua's father of all people and not, say, Yuanda Zhu or Grandmaster Feng. I'm legitimately concerned about the reveal that they were actually good friends because technically, that's never been stated. I could easily see someone who knew them both giving a spiel about how "Sunming and Iwao trained together until Zhao died. No I don't know how but I don't believe your father was capable of murdering Zhao because Iwao and Sunming Zhao were great friends. Also Zhao's son is Lan Di." And Ryo acting like that's earth-shattering news.
I feel like the complaints about Ryo relearning information in this game are overblown. He doesn't really act that surprised when he hears that Zhao's son is Lan Di in my opinion. And the other characters weren't there for Ryo's conversation with Zhu so they don't know how much Ryo knows.
Yeah, it's pretty cool. If you never pick it up yourself, there is a cutscene at the end of the game in which Fuku-san enters Ryo's room and gives it to him. Ryo asks him where he found it, and he says in the basement of the dojo.I knew it wasn't optional (since it's in the inventory in S2) but I didn't know that Fuku-san gave it to you at the end. Cool.