Black Myth: Wukong | Trailer LORE Breakdown and Predictions
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Video Sponsored by Black Myth: Wukong but the analysis is my own and does not represent the 'official' lore of the game.
In this video I break down all the trailers for the game, and compare them to the Source Material; Journey to the West and the character of Sun Wukong. In doing so I hope to introduce people to the story of Sun Wukong and try and predict how the story will play out.
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Intro: 0:00
Sun Wukong: 2:47
Journey to the West: 17:25
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References
Screen Rant Article on translations: screenrant.com/black-myth-wuk...
Journey to the West Translation: 'Monkey King' - Julia Lovell
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Soundtrack is Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Sekiro, King's Field and Elden Ring
#Blackmythwukong #Wukong #Monkeyking - เกม
Destined Ones, Confront your destiny on the journey westward now!
Check out Black Myth: Wukong here: c.heishenhua.com/s/x1hsk3
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Thanks Enlightened one, 🙇♂️
So happy the devs reached out to one of the lore goats to cover their game🙏🏻
Cheers Ross - enjoyed working with them on it
the dev been doing journey to the west related game MMO before they already expert on the lore.
I think the lore is actually after the story of Journey to the west
There are alot of monkeys Wukong trained
"The journey to the west" also briefly touches on the existence of 3 equally special monkey's that existed alongside Sun Wukong on Mount Huaguo and while each of those are significantly different from Wukong not even being of the same species.
it does kinda prove that Celestial Monkeys are not a unique phenomenon so i personally theorize that the protagonist of the game is an entirely separate younger Celestial Monkey that essentially came into being when Wukong ascended as a buddha.
essentially my belief is that due to the absence of 1 of the celestial monkeys from the mortal world or the jade emperor's palace caused the birth of a new Celestial stone Monkey to fill that gap left behind by wokong's ascension.
That's a good theory
Hi, a Chinese viewer here, just wanted to point out. 72 forms don't mean he can only do 72 transformation. In ancient literature of my culture, numbers don't have a literal meaning. 72 simply means 'a lot'. Another example from the poem about Mulan: 'A decree was issued yesterday night of a conscription from the general. In all the twelve scrolls of the parchment with enlisted names, Father’s name appeared in all.' That's a wrong English translation, because 'twelve' here simply means 'many'.
Really appreciate the clarification - that makes more sense! Thank you!
But how do we know you’re really Chinese?
@@illogik Actually, 72 means 72 forms, like, animal is a form of 72 transformations.
@@floxshuilee1760 why are you tagging me?
@@floxshuilee1760 不要进行错误科普，根据原著，就只是地煞七十二变而已，七十二是地煞数，具体多少变化和名字里的七十二没有关系。至于流传甚广的七十二种神通的说法，那是清代才提出的地煞七十二术，和西游记地煞七十二变没关系，二者都只是用到了地煞数七十二。
What if the protagonist is the Six-Eared Macaque?
He could've been spared by Buddha after Wukong killed him, and given his own chance to reach enlightenment.
Now instead of impersonating Wukong, he tries to re-live his journey to achieve Buddhahood.
If this is the case, the plot will be greatly reduced, very corny and boring.
@@hjhghj462 Yes, because i've given a initial idea for the character. What matters is how you use that to create a story around it.
Even the theory of the main character being a clone of Wukong sounds boring without any story around it.
The macaque is almost as powerful as wukong. He transformed himself as wukong and in the book only Buddha himself was able to tell the difference. Monkey here is likely a clone of wukong transformed from a hair
The white dragon that the destined one (player) fought in the UE5 trailer is very likely to be the Kang Jin Long, represented by its unique horn, not the white dragon horse.
Also, in the original script, Tang San Zang is the reincarnation of the golden cicada, so it is a bit weird for the destined one to transform into a golden cicada. But I'm sure it has something to do with the story.
In the first 13-min gameplay trailer, the wolf boss said "Why don't you let go of the stick and learn Dharma (Buddha's teaching) with me", which is very unlikely to happen in the original story. In the original story, Yao Guai (monsters) are very "inhuman" and their only goal is to eat human's flesh, especially Tang Sang Zang's, because they believe by doing so they would become immortals. There was never a case for a Yao Guai to practice Buddha's teaching.
In the UE5 trailer where the Red Butted Monkey sit on the roof of a temple, the decorations on the roof were rats, which represent dirtiness and bad omens. In traditional culture, heavenly horses and immortal creatures are the things often used. In addition, the Tu Di (local god) who turned the destined one into a bat was a bird with a human head, which is also not a common appearance for a Tu Di. This type of combination was for Yao Guai (monsters).
So it is very likely that the story of this game happened at a time point after the original story, where Buddism shatterred, no human is around, and monsters took the world. And player as the destined one could have a central quest of re-glorifying the Buddism (my guess).
There are many other evidences like the wall painting including Da Peng, which is not a common worship in Buddism, but I'm not an expert so I'd better say nothing.
Good video!
Honestly, this video made me realise perhaps you will do a good job covering mythology in general .Maybe during dry periods between games you can release 'the lore of greek mythology' or something like that? i'd definitely watch it.
Thanks my friend - yeh tbh I have wondered about doing a mythology series or something. Really appreciate the support and idea
This is a great Idea. I would definitely watch if you turned this into a series.
I second that! Am a bit of a mythology nerd myself, so I'd really look forward to these vids, should they be made in the future.
That would be amazing
The written version of wukong is 悟空 (pronounced as Goku in Japanese), it's consists of 悟 and 空，here 悟 means to comprehend or to become aware, 空means empty or emptiness.悟空wukong is a Buddhist concept，Buddhism believes that "emptiness" is the essence of all things in the universe, and "color" is the illusion of the instantaneous birth and death of the essence of all things (emptiness).so 悟空 generally means ‘’to understand that all things are created by the combination of various conditions, all is illusory and all is constantly changing, don't be bewitched/fooled by the world's appearances‘’
who asked ？
Return to monke
True. Reject modernism, return to monke
Monkey dies twice
It's funny because Wukong is also a monk. So monk-e.
I was just thinking how i missed this meme.
GxK, Monkey Man, Kingdom of the Planet of Apes, Dragonball’s new anime coming out in fall, and now this? This truly is the year of the monkey!
Ive always loved the idea that Wukong being so mischievous in his early years, he ended becomin multiple times immortal. And then goes on to become super OP until the heaven manages to "seal" him under a mountain.
Hearing the stories about Sun Wukong, I love the fact that he was such a chaotic nuisance that the forces of Heaven gave him all sorts of boons and benefits in an effort to make him behave himself...but no, he just had to be the biggest troll in Chinese mythology.
In fact he was so chaotic Buddha had to bury him under a mountain for 500 years just to calm him down.
Amazing just how dense the mythology around this old tale is.
he was just aNor bellion kid until a compassion person buddha wish him to realize powerful magic don't mean anything.
However, don't worry, you won't be locked up forever, someone will come and save you.
quite different from western religion ideology, no forever burn in hell despite the wrong doing. Nor go to heaven even you repent. You have to pay what you had done.
26:17 Funny thing is, in one of the Boss Fight Demos with the Tiger Vanguard, the player character is defeated, and they actually do revert into a strand of hair, so the Destined One could be a clone after all.
However, the strand of hair in the death animation is a shiny gold color, while the player and Wukong's fur is more light grayish. This could mean that the Destined One could possibly be an upgraded, specifically-designed clone created from one of Wukong's three Golden "Special" hairs given to him by the Bodhisattva Guanyin before he set off on the journey.
Seeing you get sponsored by Game Science for Black Myth Wukong is wild. I was interested in the game because it looked to delve into Journey to the West few other adaptations would do. I even liked the fact that a couple of the trailers teased us with the 80s series' theme song. Beyond the fact that for certain the monkey we play as will not be Wukong himself, I'm not gonna speculate much. I will let others do that instead and just watch
The Ruyi Golden Cudgel（ruyijingubang） mentioned at 24:48 is Sun Wukong’s exclusive weapon. Meaning, the weapon is a stick that can be used however you want. The material of this weapon can be simply understood as the vibranium in Marvel, which is not available in the mortal world. It can become larger or smaller, lighter or heavier, and cannot be destroyed, making it an extremely powerful weapon.
This Ruyi Golden Cudgel was first used by the Dragon King of the Sea to stabilize the sea. When Sun Wukong shrank the Ruyi Golden Cudgel and turned it into his weapon, the sea began to become no longer calm and became rough.
the weight is not variable，一万三千五百斤，按明朝的市斤 its roughly 8t
I hope it's an achievable upgrade in-game. Like a max upgrade really high-level staff or a gimmick or special perk/ability that's really strong.
I remember in the most recent gameplay footage against the bear, the frog, and the giant bronze baby the player character had a unique staff with the ends opening up in a swirling pattern. I noticed that if the player ran around for a second or two without attacking the ends of the staff would glow. I have no idea what it does, if anything, but it looks cool.
It always weighs 108 thousand pounds if I’m not mistaken
Im glad you're also getting into the lore of this game. So far it seems great!
Hey brother - great to see you here!
Likewise my man!
I thought Wukong's clones could also make copies of themselves. But it could also be he six eared Macaque who has made himself to be just like wukong.
I thought I was excited for this game BEFORE this video, now I just can't wait. Stunning cover, thank you!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!
A Potential GOTY coming up?!
Sign me up!!!!!!!!
I’m sorry my man, it’s gotta go up against Shadows of the Erdtree. I know, it’s a dlc, but it will still have that compared against it.
@@Chopzi11a Shadow of the Erdtree literally would not be allowed for such an award at the official TGA’s. On a technicality, it would be omitted as a GOTY contender due to it being an Expansion - even if it may still be better than a lot of the games on that final list lol.
@@Chopzi11aShadow Of Erdtree can not win a goty maybe they could win the award best DLC/Expansion
Goty?
@@Bikash_1001game of the year
It looks incredible i really can't wait to explore more about Wukong power and abilities
I don't think I have been more excited about a game since Elden Ring tbh. August Can't come soon enough
Yeh game is looking real good!
Doesn't it come out in august?
@@welby4296 oh yeah even better!
I feel like most of the soulsborne community has pointed at this one and said "yes, you are the chosen one." I never preorder but I'll def be picking up day one unless it reviews super bad for some reason
Unusual to see a sponsorship on point with a channel and its community. Congrats on having a big impact when it comes to gaming story telling. I wouldn't be surprised that some of the developers were already subscribers to your channel before the offer as you've been producing excellent content for years now.
Appreciate that my friend - super kind of you
15:09 i think you’re right because you can see him turn into stone when he braces himself
7:30 the dialogue isn’t the guard, the Chinese subtitles say the voice is coming from underground, which could be 土地公, a ground god wukong can summon in the journey to the west story.
Excited for this. Glad you're getting sponsors!
Appreciate that my friend ❤️
Great video man! im glad you're also getting into the lore of this game. So far the game looks great!
Hmm... Very well. You... Join the Monkey King, as family...
Soo “Journey to the West” is one of the Greatest Novels ever written. Give me those battles, with souls mechanics… this might be saying a lot but if this is a hit(which I think it will be) this should open the doors for a lot of Chinese developers going forward
4:00 Holy smokes look at that snow graphics, this game is goanna be EPIC.
so so hyped for this game my eyes went big when i seen smoughtown did a vid on it, nice!
Thanks bud!
Congratulations on the sponsorship 🎉🎉 well deserved
Thank you so much
So glad your getting noticed Geoff, and you did a fantastic job setting out the lore. I'm very excited for this game!
Thank you my friend! Really pleased you enjoyed my take on it!
Zhu Bājiè(Pigsy)actually appears in one of the trailers for a very brief moment, the Pigman is my favorite character from Journey to the West
V Rising PS5 in June, Darkest Dungeon 2 in July, and Black Myth in August. Oh boy!
LOVE to see you doing other things too! this is awesome!!
Oooh! This is a cool sponsorship and very creative and way to integrate a creator’s strengths into the marketing in a natural way!
Been looking forward to this game for a while, and awesome to know there’s not going to be any MTX
Love the vid smough, love that souls and souls like games are getting the love they deserve, keep it up bud
This game is the whole reason I went and bought a PS5 my hype level is been broke when I seen you get to fight on the clouds like in the movie an some of them boss fights omg
Great video and research and effort.
Looking forward to more 👍
I love that they came to you for a lore dive. Your unpacking of Elden Ring lore has been feckin wonderful and I can't wait for more. Been looking forward to this game a lot!
Dude you have such great videos, like I was gonna check this game out but I’m definitely gonna be checking this one out. Thanks for the great vid man
My pleasure bud and I really appreciate the kind words
Great video, thank you for all the effort you put into bringing it to us.
Yes! You’re absolutely my favorite Lore guy and this game looks fantastic! Keep it up brother!
Thanks my friend!
So imagine you are a Chinese guy growing up in China, Journey to the West TV show is aired EVERY year multiple time. You imitated Sun WuKong’s monkey moments as a kid, swing a stick like his staff, all your friends are the same. Everybody in China has watch it every year since first aired in 1983 as long as you have a TV. Chinese people have been filming Journey to the west since 1927 盘丝洞 （Cave of the Silken Web) by director 但杜宇. I can not stress how much people love journey to the west.
Now you’re a 30 years old gamer and you see this.
8:31 I see Borealis got a glow up
I am glad the devs reach out for you. Thanks for enlightening us about the background story behind sunwukong
Being a fan of God Of War this game is a must-have 4 me the mythology games with all of the characters/monsters will always hold a special place in my ❤️ I can't wait til it comes out...👍🏾
Appointing a monkey to guard the peach garden is a genius idea, obviously nothing could go wrong there😂
Awesome video!!! This is my personal must play game for this year (Metroid Prime 4 would be the other but it’s likely Switch 2 bound). The lore is astounding. I hope to read the novel before the game hits.
Excellent analysis!🎉
Thank you!
One of my favourite tales. I'm wildly excited for this!
Great to know that the dev is supporting creators to promote their games
Great work, i've been reading Journey to the West these days again (Chinese oringinal version) and i have almaost the same conclusion as you. The story of black myth happens after the "journey", and something really dark happened during this time, some gods and Buddhas have died, fallen, been usurped, evene blasphemed. And that's what the "BLACK" in the titile means. Well it‘s also the theory that we many Chinese players currently believe in.
Kind of a pity this work missed that video of May 20, there's something extremely crucial in the original lore that comes up, 紧箍，the golden ring/crown/tiara thing（some called it eldenring lol）.This is almost as important and representative as the 如意金箍棒 for Sun Wukong. Although its appearance does not indicate directly that the old monkey is THE Sun Wukong, I believe that this object is a good example of the character's inherent contradiction - powerful but beastly in nature (even the original sometimes used the word "demon" to describe him). It would be great if someone could research it and introduce it to players.
Thank you. - Please keep up the good work.
I think your interpretation is quite spot on. Well done. Wukong is one of the most beloved characters that almost everyone in China is familiar with. Really excited to see his story presented in this way to a broader audience. There has been widespread speculation about who the player character really is, but I guess we can only wait for the myth to be enveiled in August. One thing is confirmed by the developer that the game is based on the original Journey to the West, not any of the sequels.
Like the other guy said, return to monke
The dev team has some guts to reject SBI's $7M extortion. The more support we give to them, the more we can show gaming companies out there that no one gives a F about SBI!
I'm so pumped for this game.
Honestly, I think the destined one is actually Wukong’s son. There is a trailer of an old man telling a child that his destiny is to “cleanse the world in blood and grow lotuses in it.” This would explain why you go through the game as someone so similar to Sun Wukong. You’re literally following in your father’s footsteps to become just like him.
Great shout tbh
I don't think Wukong can have children. He is technically a Buddhist monk.
@@natn41r
Didn’t stop them from making a story where he has a son in the American Born Chinese series. Keep in mind that Wukong is a much bigger free spirit than just any monk. He steals, swindles, harasses, tricks and fights people on a daily basis in his story. Not to mention his ego is bigger than heaven itself. I’m pretty sure he’d have no problem reproducing in one way or another. Maybe even through magical means if possible.
Not likely,the monkey introduced himself to his master:"having no parents,just a monkey out of stone motivated by the QI of sky and land",his kind don't have the ability to reproduction.
在中国道教传说中。神可以无性生子。
Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions has put together some humorous animated videos outlining the story of Journey to the West.
omg，nice and complete video
FYI , in the original TV series Journey to the west- there’s a episode where a magical money with similar powers like original Sun Wukong , try to imitate Sun Wukong.
Definitely waiting for this game..
This video deserves more audience who wants to play Black Myth Wukong ❤❤
i like your video ，very clearly。In three months, we will all become the Monkey King。
You are really amazing. Your inference is very similar to the argument of the Chinese TH-camr (龙崎棒棒糖). Another reference is that the predecessor of the Game Science Production Group, Quantum Studio, had a Chinese online game called "斗战神", which was also adapted from Journey to the West. There are many reused concepts and characters in Black Myth.
It’s quite nice that the developers asked you to give a sort of in depth breakdown and analysis of the lore. It’s also very nice of them to be upfront and say there’s no micro transactions involved in the game : )
I would like to point out that the player character in the early demo is most likely TANG SANZANG the buddist monk disciple who i believe is the only one referred to as 'golden cicada' in the novel. And since he was accompanied by Sun Wukong to retrieve the sutras it would make sense having what we thought in the gameplay was 2 monkey kings
I've been using the quote my whole life and only now do I know it's from Journey to the West!
Cheers.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. Awesome. August 20 th will be epic
This looks interesting. It reminds me of a korean drama from a couple years back that was also based on Sun Wukong that plays on the idea of him having to protect someone special from demons. I am looking forward to seeing howbthisbgame handles the story.
Only SmoughTown to make a 30 minutes advertising, and I loved it!
GOTY!!! Ive been waiting for this game for yearssss
The Later Journey of the West is a sequel to Journey to the West set 200 years later. The main character is the spiritual descendant of Sun Wukong, Sun Luzhan.
In Pinyin, zh usually makes a J sound so Nezha is pronounced more like "Neh-Jah" than like "Nez-hah."
Developers knew what they were doing when they approached SmoughTown. Thank you for bringing the myth closer, I am mostly familiar with the old movie.
So hype for this. Lies of P and Black Myth seem like absolute classics.
There is a theory about the game storyline is that journey to the west is a destined cycle by Buddha or Heaven, while Sun Wukong had accomplished his destined fate by reaching to the journey's end years ago, the destined one in the game now players will play, is in the next cycle and who will encounter Sun Wukong at some point in the game as those previous destined one who accomplished their journey would become the enemies of the next destined one.
Another theory about those spider demons is that the old spider matriarch actually is Chang'e, who was a heavenly maiden and Bajie's lover back in the days when Bajie was a celestial general, both of them were published by Heaven for their forbidden relationship and hence they were turned into monsters so as to suffer from killing each other and therefore the captured groom in the game display is very possibly Bajie himself.
My only problem is I hear it's mission based like Nioh. Don't get me wrong I loved the Nioh games that's why I have the Platinum for them, but I feel as though this game should've tried to be on the scale of Elden Ring. I mean this is Wukong it should be more free and open to explore and run into all types of creatures and secret boss fight's. Hopefully the game delivers I'll definitely be getting it, but that's just my opinion though.
i saw another video said we might be playing a version of "the later journey to the west" making us Sun Luzhen a decedent of wu kong
I think the main character "Chosen One" is a reincarnation of Wukong.. before he has reached Buddhahood. Pretty sure he hasn't finished the journey, but has somehow had to reloop due to reincarnation and/or time travel.
I can't wait to play game starring monke
IIRC at the end of journey to the west when wukong ascends he leaves his mortal flesh behind. I feel like the chosen one could be his mortal flesh given life again
The majority of my historical Eastern knowledge comes from the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors games. That being said, my favorite character from the Orochi series was Sun Wukong, so im super excit d to play as him or someone similar in a Soulslike!!
I wonder, if there will be bosses where they have 2 phases/ 2 HP bars.
Game looks so good, i love Journey To The West
Black myth wukong is my first soulsborne. Hopefully, I don't die a lot, lol
I heard he might be Sun luzhen. You can see the Constrictive Band in the newer trailers. I think Sun Wukong puts it on Sun luzhen.
That dragon is not the bai long ma. It's jin Kang long, one of the other dragons in the lore. You can recognize it with his signature unicorn horn.
I believe the game is just wukongs journey to becoming the great sage equal to the heavens
Great idea and great video, my boy @KaptainKuba will surely want to check this out! cheers
"Journey to the West" is a well-known story in China, and Black Myth Wukong will tell an unknown dark mysterious story based on "Journey to the West". So far, Chinese players are also speculating what kind of story this will be.
There is a theory that the character players play as, isnt Sun Wukong nor are they Six-Eared Macaque but instead is his spiritual descendant Sun Luzhen (Monkey Who Walks Reality) from the novel Later Journey to the West whixh takes place 200 years after the initial Journey to the West. Already i can see similarities with that and BM:W
I wonder if the Master Sanzang and the other two disciples will be in the game. Wuneng and Wujing were quite a comical duo 😂😂
Hope we get collect edition
I am absolutely shite at souls like games but just have to experience this game.
Oogway: Hmmmmmmmm. Monke.
I wish if they didn’t reveal the real sun wukong. That would have been amazing reveal during gameplay
七十二变不是简单的
72 different forms he can transform to, 而更接近是72种技能
There'sa manhwa/manhua simply called "Journey to the West" that I think will do well in a theory for the story. We are at a time after Tang Sanzang brought the Sutra from India. As heavens didn't use it well, the Sutra took life and a physical form before going on to live a human life (if I remember well). As heaven spends all of its forces searching for it, demons run rampant, the world descends into chaos and the lowly, isolated gods lament on heaven and earth fate.
Tang Sangzan is then tasked to reform his old team, find the Sutra and Bring it back to India, But eveything went awry as the demons wreak havoc everywhere. In the game, it would mean that since Sun Wukon ascended & Tand Sanzang went on his life/Died, the other demons went back to their old habits. Since there's no one fit enough (wether by strength or righteousness), Sun Wunkong Tasked one of his aspects to wait for another monkey to rise from stone.
It would give sense to the repeat of the original story without following it to the letter, as in the manhua, Tang Sanzang reforms his team (through a bit of fatherly "love"), add new companions and escort the Sutra toward India while fending off demons and maybe heavely soldiers. In the game, we could be that new stone monkey who is tasked to bring as much order as he can while following the steps of his predecessor.
I don't think ther will be much of it in the game, but I love the idea, and it would fit with the examples you showcase in the video (the old monk-ey, the survivor matriarch spider or the dragon-horse being wild again)
Hey smoughtown!!!!! Where is your live reaction to the new Elden ring dlc story trailer???????