Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:03 pmGoing back a bit: -
Vaguely on the subject of this: did anyone notice the four fountain-like objects (don't know the exact name, but they look somewhat like a tap-and-sink) in Kowloon Walled City? They depict the Heavenly Beasts, and each one seems to be placed roughly near each entrance to the Yellow Head Bldg - the Tiger near the West Gate (Thousand White Qr), the Phoenix near the South Gate (Dimsum Qr), the Snake-Tortoise near the North Gate (Stand Qr) and the Dragon where the East Gate would be (Dimsum Qr).
On the subject of the Four Leaders: although the theory of a "Ten-Tei" is a logical one, I very much hope that the storyline doesn't have Ryo picking off four equally skilled "sub-bosses" before challenging an as-yet-unseen "big boss" with little or no bearing on the previous events of the game. Lan Di is the only Chiyoumen member Ryo really has cause to oppose; shouldn't he be the final opponent fought at the climax of the series?
BTW, ancient capitals in China and Japan usually had four gates to guard the city.
Modern Chinatowns still follow that custom. There's some information about the gates:
http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=gojap ... t1020.html
Vaguely on the subject of this: did anyone notice the four fountain-like objects (don't know the exact name, but they look somewhat like a tap-and-sink) in Kowloon Walled City? They depict the Heavenly Beasts, and each one seems to be placed roughly near each entrance to the Yellow Head Bldg - the Tiger near the West Gate (Thousand White Qr), the Phoenix near the South Gate (Dimsum Qr), the Snake-Tortoise near the North Gate (Stand Qr) and the Dragon where the East Gate would be (Dimsum Qr).
On the subject of the Four Leaders: although the theory of a "Ten-Tei" is a logical one, I very much hope that the storyline doesn't have Ryo picking off four equally skilled "sub-bosses" before challenging an as-yet-unseen "big boss" with little or no bearing on the previous events of the game. Lan Di is the only Chiyoumen member Ryo really has cause to oppose; shouldn't he be the final opponent fought at the climax of the series?
) at the south. Just an interesting tie-in.
