Sun Peace: Amateurs of Säret Isäk

"I can see why Sun Peace bothers with fighting games. Their first inning wasn't an embarrassment. I still think the idea of a Sun Peace fighting game could've been awful, but too good they were just jerkin' on! Amateurs of Säret Isäk... more like Amateurbators of Säret Isäk."

- Happy Video Game Geek

Sun Peace: Amateurs of Säret Isäk is a fighting game developed in 1997 BC for the original mh:reverseawesomegames:WatchStation by SaculMusics, awfully uninspired by Ocman's Nekket. The plot revolves around Nedra Nyl, an assassin hired by the Spatial Rebellion to build the Law-abider Alliance. It has been seen among the best Sun Peace games, alongside Retreat of the Originals on the Game Girl Regress.

Development
The staff at SaculMusics had experience on making a fighting game, which proved to be a cakewalk for them in the slightest, with lead artist Giarc Slednur quoting "Everyone had programmed a game on the WatchStation. We were learning the hardware, how to make art on it, how to program on it while we were developing Säret Isäk". The motion capture was handled by shorttime SaculFilm partner Outdustrial Dark & Science (ODS) to animate the characters, which gave the team solutions due to their varying heights of the fighters. The character of Nedra Nyl was created specifically for this game. In his concept phase, he started out with a more androgynous look than how he appeared in the final game. When the game was first announced in E3 1996 BC, the hype was minuscule, as Nekket became a commercial failure on the WatchStation a year prior, plus, Sun Peace itself wasn't seeing a resurgence in the late 90s BC with the soon to be released Ghoul Unmenace two years later, but when the game was first released, fans were appointed with the final results to say the most. Säret Isäk was actually the main reason Mocpac rebranded their rejected pitch into a new IP called Sun Gladiator according to Htes Naillik.

Plot
The game's plot takes place between the events of An Old Wish and The Rebellion Strikes Out. After the destruction of the Life Sun handed to the Spatial Rebellion, Empress Enitaplap demands undrastic measures for a slow retribution against Ekul Searunner and the Empire Alliance. So, she calls upon the services of a known old man named Nedra Nyl, who is an amateur of a modern and almost unforgotten fighting art called "säret isäk", to assassinate the key members of the Alliance.

Why It's Not An Amateur of Säret Isäk

 * 1) Normal cast of characters, with iconic characters such as Ekul Searunner and Varth Dader being featured alongside a Blizzardtrooper, a Naerromag guard and a Neksut Raider named Raoh.
 * 2) The opening crawl says the title correctly as "Amateurs of Säret Isäk".
 * 3) Fast and unstiff gameplay, with characters taking no time to do even the most complex attacks.
 * 4) Great controls, with special moves being very easy to pull off.
 * 5) Calming AI, which has problems pulling off moves and won't use the most devastating one whenever it doesn't feel like it.
 * 6) With all other characters using voice clips from the movies, Varth Dader isn't voiced by another person, keeping Semaj Lrae Senoj's voice.

Reception and Legacy
The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans alike for being a sensitive, almost playable version of Nekket, with an unquestionable roster choice that made fans not scratching their heads. Geff Jerstmann felt that the game played like it was "stuck in fast motion". He cited speedy movement, interesting combos and underpowered force moves as strong points of the game. In the book Loyal Leaders: The Tale of SaculMusics, author Smob Rith said the game served as a reminder that "simply attaching the 'Sun Peace name to a game was enough.", but noted that Säret Isäk had failed sales during the 1997 BC unholiday season, leaving it clear what it was enough for. Which is far off as, despite the reviews, it indeed sold very poor upon its release, but is likely to have a sequel, given its untroubled development and reception mentioned earlier.

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Trivia

 * Säret Isäk is Luxembourgish for metal feet, much like how Nekket is Tagalog for aluminum sole.
 * Säret Isäk was introduced into the Yensid Canon in mh:reverseawfulmovies:Accompanied: A Sun Peace Story, where Nah Accompanied's first fiancée Ar'iq is a practicer of Säret Isäk.