important to note: there's a region restriction for (some of) the giveaway(s?), to LATAM. Ends July 5th 11:30 UTC -3. Zero Escape and the easter egg are LV3, all the rest are LV2. Feel free to contribute to the train if you feel like it, no rules other than the end time! :D

I've recently started playing a game series called Zero Escape on the DS and 3DS. I've really been enjoying my time with it so I decided to give the game away for anyone interested in playing it (on Steam), and sweeten the deal with some other games :P

Intro:
One evening, while on a walk, you feel a needle prick the back of your neck. In an instant, you lose consciousness.
Some time later, you wake up in a small room with smooth metallic walls. The 3 things that you notice immediately are: the abundance of different colored pipes coming through the walls, what appears to be a huge heavy machinery contraption (into which all the pipes connect) with a screen in the center, and, a huge, sturdy looking door that's blocking your exit. Suddenly, you're jolted into a defensive stance by a booming voice that comes from the ceiling.

"GREEETIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGSSSSSS, YOU! I'm so glad you made it!! Well... In all honesty, you didn't really have a choice in the matter, but nontheless~ I'm glad to finally meet you!"

While the maniac speaks, you look upwards, seeing 4 speakers in each corner of the ceiling. You manage to scoff before he continues:

"My name is not important, as is yours... There have been many before you and there will be many after you! Whether you manage to escape this room is all up to you! You'll need to use your environment to solve the puzzle of this room! Now, you're probably asking yourself, "mysterious evil guy, what incentive do I have to solve your stupid little mini-game?"... For one, your life... Deadly killing gas that kills you will release into the room on checks watch July 5th, and kill you dead! But, most importantly, if you do manage to escape, you'll get riches far beyond your imagination!!!!... Okay, kidding~... It's a few games on Steam. Anyways, I don't have much more to say, as this game has already begun! Go, my minion! Escape, win!"

You stand up and look around, confused.

Now for the game-play:
You look at the pipes in the room. Each of them is colored and has a large black print featuring one number, followed by a dash and then a character (either number or letter, i.e 2-E or 5-1).
There are 4 sets of pipes, 4 for each category, all in different colors: Red, green, blue and silver. When you take a closer look at the print you can see a crude carving on each of them. The carvings are: Cube, Star, Moon, Sun and Circle (πŸŸ¨β­πŸŒ•β˜€οΈπŸŸ‘).
You write down each of the pipes' prints as well as their markings and separate them into color categories with a / between each print, just to make it easier on the eyes... You note that the number 3 doesn't appear even once in the left side of the dash, prompting you to look for the 3rd character elsewhere. You do, however, notice that all the pipes that have a #5 on their left side were carved into a 3 shape, making it difficult to understand whether the digit is the 3rd or 5th in the code.
Whatever, this probably pertains to something other than the main route so ignore this for now.

RED: 1-TπŸŒ• / 4-2🟨 / 5?-bβ˜€οΈ / 2-2🟑
GREEN: 2-g⭐ / 4-Bβ˜€οΈ / 1-7πŸŒ• / 5?-d🟨
BLUE: 4-5🟨 / 2-t⭐ / 5?-QπŸŒ• / 1-Oβ˜€οΈ
SILVER: 4-1⭐ / 1-yβ˜€οΈ / 2-xπŸŒ• / 5?-N🟑

Below one of the pipes, you spot a shiny glint. You pick up the item which turns out to be a small, wooden, gem adorned box in which you find a folded double sided paper. One side looks to be a scientific document of sorts, with colorful markings on some of the writing, as well as a huge Z in the middle of the page, both of which were probably added after the fact. As opposed to the organized and (somewhat) clean look of the one side, the other is a mess, looking more like the nonsensical satanic mumblings of an old, tired conspiracy nut than anything else (which you personally don't believe in, but don't hold any judgement or ill will towards the conspiracy nut for, as the kindhearted person you are). Upon further examination, the writings look a lot like the crude carvings you saw on the pipes earlier, maybe there's a connection to be made?
In any case, looks like this might be the document to help decrypt the code for the computer-machine-thing. A closer look at the screen reveals that itt has 5 characters that you have to enter for the lock to... give way (wink wink)...

Hint 1: The scientific document with the colors is the main part while the ramblings are the secondary
Hint 2: Each color corresponds with a number in the scientific document, maybe those numbers (along with the colors) reveal which digits are correct? Maybe even their placement? Beware the other colors, they might be red herrings :)

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Have you heard of it? Will you check it out? ;)

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uhh yeah sure
uhh no
hi
absolutely maybe

Hopefully everything works correctly, I've been working at this for a few hours already XD...
If there are any issues let me know by replying to this comment.

2 days ago
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Intrigued bump. Reminds me of another DS game, but I'll have to look up what it was.

2 days ago
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Please lemme know when you find it, I'm a DS enthusiast!

2 days ago
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Hotel Dusk, I think.

2 days ago
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It's on my list! I just got a DSi XL on my trip to Japan so I have lots of games I didn't get to play yet on the backlog :P

2 days ago
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I love the XL. Hotel Dusk isn't the most amazing awesome spectacular game ever, but it was interesting and used the DS in clever ways.

2 days ago
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Games that use the consoles in uncommon and interesting ways are always my favorites. Will check this out soon!

1 day ago
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Oh man, there is so much I could say about ZE... so for now, just a bump :)

2 days ago
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I'm glad to see there are people who like ZE here!
But I guess for you it's a given, as the DS connoiseur XD

1 day ago
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Zero escape? No way, I'm escaping right now. Good luck to all, that stay. Over and out.

2 days ago
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Good luck, Michael Scofield!

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I'm not participating in this puzzle, but I do want to say that this is a great series of games. Very recommended.

2 days ago
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Zero Escape is so good. I remember playing the first one on the DS. I will be attempting to solve later :]

2 days ago
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Awesome game! Highly recommended!
And now I will escape and give zero tries to solving this.

2 days ago
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Cheeky! XD

1 day ago
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Huehue :3

1 day ago
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Hopefully whoever wins plays this, The Nonary Games is so good! More people need to play Zero Escape.

2 days ago
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For damn sure, I'm surprised I got to it this late! Not enough love for it going around.

1 day ago
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Bump for one found, this might take a while

Done, turned out I was overthinking this way too much

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A true detective!
I think you're ready for the real game :)

1 day ago
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No clue.

2 days ago
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Added some hints! It's still a bit of a thinker but I believe it isn't too difficult now :)

1 day ago
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I charged ahead with all my might (ok, a paper and a pencil too). So far, nothing. I made quite a few analysis, at least.

1 day ago
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Rooting for you, you got this!
If you need any hints you're more than welcome to tell me where you're stuck :P

1 day ago
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Welcome back from your trip to JapanπŸ˜Šγ€€βœˆπŸ§³

I'll keep an eye on the puzzle because I don't have time to work on it.πŸ™„

2 days ago
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Thanks KappaK! :)
Added some hints for your convenience! :D
Might add more if I see that not too many people bump for solved :(

1 day ago
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I am finding far too many ways to interpret things, and I am confused on which piece is for the main puzzle and which is for the side quest.
(P.S. I love the Zero Escape series.)

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A bit convoluted, true. The scientific document with the colors is the main part while the ramblings are the secondary.
Hint: Each color corresponds with a number in the scientific document, maybe those numbers (along with the colors) reveal which digits are correct? Maybe even their placement?

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i played the first two and really enjoyed way back when

1 day ago
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Bump!

1 day ago
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<3

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would be interesting to know how your trip went :D
anyway, spent a day touching grass so i dont have the brain left for this bump

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Definitely try when you get the chance, it's quite a bit easier with the hints ;)
My trip was great actually! Went to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto (the over-tourism-ed trifecta) but also branched out a lot! Osaka was the base for most of my day trips such as Kurashiki, Nara, Hiroshima and Miyajima to name a few. One of my favorite days of the trip was going to Enoshima (a small Island relatively near to Tokyo) super early in the morning and chilling on the beach, walking around and exploring what the island has to offer, after which I went to the closest town called Kamakura and had awesome ramen and shopped around and went to attractions / shrines until I got tired.
The aforementioned Hiroshima and Miyajima were a treat, too. Got some coffee soft-serve ice cream after hiking up and down the surrounding area, and while sitting on the ledge looking out at the Floating Torii gate (pictured below) a group of 3-4 deer flocked around me trying to get a lick XD made quite the spectacle for the people around us, too.
I saw lots and lots of wildlife! Monkeys, deer, cats and tons of weird and interesting looking bugs (I love bugs, so it was actually great). I also went to the northern island, Sapporo and Otaru specifically, and during one of my last days in Sapporo I also saw the Yosakoi Soran which is kind of a unique folk dance parade/festival/competition where loads of teams performed. Food stalls, good beer and great, memorable performances. Which reminds me, one of the final things I did on my trip was got a large can of Strong Zero (these puppies pack a punch, they're basically Japanese BuzzBallz), went to the Sanno Matsuri (one of Japan's many summer festivals) in Hie Shrine, Tokyo and watched the beautiful dances from about 6:30pm till when it ended at around 9pm. It was raining pretty hard outside of the small sheltered dance area (May-June is rainy season... -_-) but nobody in the crowd cared one bit. Ended up having half my bag get absolutely soaked and destroyed my kindle sadly, but it was one of the best experiences I had in my life, let alone in Japan. Alcohol made me so hungry I ate about 20 dollar's worth of soy-dipped beef and chicken skewers. Smelled like soy-sauce for 2 days after :,D
Fun times, for sure. The most fun trip I've had to date.

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Yosakoi Soran

:p ...This is a bit non-traditional.

It all started in 1992....
There is a festival originally based on a folk song that has been held in Kochi Prefecture since 1952.
γ€€And there is a kind of creative dance competition based on the one in Kochi Prefecture, derived from the fisherman's work songs of herring fishermen in the coastal areas of Hokkaido since 1992.

I write this as a supplement.
πŸ“:Considerations by Kochi Prefecture Newspaper
Well, it seems that what some people have planned for the lack of events is still going on.

In my opinion, if you are near Shikoku, I would recommend the Awa Odori dance because it has more history, although you have to come back again because it is in August.πŸ˜‰

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Just did some research, very very interesting! I would love to go one day.
One day in the future, for sure. Right now I'm trying to recover financially from this trip XD

P.S: I don't mind going a bit outside the "traditional" path, as long as it's cultural and interesting to see. Though, I do feel that traditional customs, festivals and places have as much value if not more due to rich history and such :P

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Nenbutsu-odori - Japanese Wiki Corpus
https://www.japanesewiki.com/Buddhism/Nenbutsu-odori.html
Awa Odori is a Buddhist prayer dance, and the original is about 800 years old.

Genpei_War - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpei_War#Turning_of_the_tide

The battle between the Genji and Heike clans was also about 800 years ago, so it is the same period.
The Tale of Genji Museum,Uji City | Sightseeing Spots | Another Kyoto Official Travel Guide
https://www.kyototourism.org/en/sightseeing/421/
SHIKOKUMURA
https://www.shikokumura.or.jp/en/
I think that kind of story is better documented there...

It would be interesting to look at some of the old historical lore before thinking about coming back next time.

There are still many cultural aspects of places in Japan that are considered β€œforbiddenγ€€kinsokuti(禁袳地)”.
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I bought all the games during their big sale earlier this year. They are fantastic! The first one is the best.

1 day ago
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Yay! Bump for all solved. Thank you for puzzle :)

1 day ago
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Good job! Have a cookie.

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I'll take it!

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Welcome back! I hope you had a great time traveling in Japan, and I’m glad you made it home safely!
Zero Escape! What a blast from the past!
I absolutely love games like that. Escape games are so much fun because you get to enjoy both puzzles and human drama at the same time!

The puzzle you made also sounded really interesting, but I’m thinking of passing on it because of my English skills… (lol)

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Did have some bumps in the road, had a pretty huge detour getting home, but all is well thankfully! XD
Also, escape games are awesome, I totally agree.

Keep an eye out, I might make it easier if not too many people solve it...

10 hours ago
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Just finished the third game about a month ago. Great series.

1 day ago
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Hope you enjoyed it! I've nearly gotten to it.

10 hours ago
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Bump for first part solved! Wanted to wait until I solved the second part as well before bumping, but I'm starting to think that may never happen lol, though I'm gonna keep on trying.

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You feel a bit stuck trying to complete the super secret secondary objective when a voice calls out to you from a nearby vent:
"There are two 5-#'s mentioned in the note, use one or the other to fill the gap for the missing number..."

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