Grab 108 friends to watch this new Suikoden: Tierkreis trailer

It's a great platform for them. I'm waiting for Chrono and FF to come down in cost before jumping in myself...

yeah, its not like the nintendo ds is japanese right?

Soo-EE-ko-den Tear-krIItz

I think... I can't find my German Dictionary.

Just go with "tear" and then "cry" with a "tz" at the end. Don't forget to roll that tongue a few times.

Didn't know it was a german word. tierkreis = zodiac. Good to know, hard to pronounce.

Actually, don't roll the tounge. See, the letter "R" when speaking English is formed with the front part of your mouth (mostly the tongue), while in German you'd use the back part of your mouth with the sound coming from the throat. Hard to explain but the process is kind of similar to when you gargle after brushing your teeth only it's dry (okay, exaggerating that will make you sound ridiculous).

The first "R" ist "soft" (forget the gargle thing there as you barely even hear the letter there) and the second one is pronounced like I tried to explain.

Also it's not "tz" at the end but more like you would pronounce "ice". Other than that, it's pretty much what the guy before me said. So "tear"-"K"-"German R"-"ice"

Sorry if that confused you guys even more. I usually don't think about how I pronounce words or letters when speaking German. :D

I'm sure you're right on the "ice." My German is slim and I've heard way too many mispronunciations to remember what's right or wrong half the time. Add in the differences between the North and South regions and I'll probably be wrong 3/4's of the time.

Oh I see. Better don't try to pick anything up from the south. Most of the really heavy dialects are from there. I live in the North at the moment and the language spoken where I live is pretty close to what you'd hear on TV or the radio. When you go to some of the rural areas of Bavaria for example I bet, you would find people who butcher "Tierkreis" even worse. (no offense to the people there I just think it makes learning the language so much harder)

Maybe this can help a little :P
(The zodiac - Der Tierkreis)
http://www.leo.org/dict/audio_de/t/der_Tierkreis.mp3

DS iz doomd!!!!

It's quite funny complain, when comparing to other often quoted complains in console flame wars.

Chrono Trigger and Suikoden are stylus only , so no d-pad mashing, just lots of simple little taps. So those two are carpel tunnel friendly(er).

hehe. the trailer already pronounces it wrong: not "teerkreece" but "tearkrice". "ei" in "Kreis" is a diphthong and pronounced as in "rice". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong#German