myau56 wrote:In the first Phantasy Star, the soothing Flute (in the japanese version and simply flute in the US and European versions), the first version of the Hidapipe, was found in a small village, at the end of a road (I don't want to spoil it more !!^^) and here you can buy it in any item shop : that is the great difference !
About the horrible sound, I've thought many times about it and that is a possibility ! ;)
That's true. Sooth Flute had the magic Surt (スルト / "Exit" in US) enabling us to escape from dungeon. Sooth Flute also existed in PSGaiden, but was mistranslated by fans into "Escapipe" (I say it is a mistranslation because while "Escapipes" are similar, they have Hinas techniques and "techniques" do not exist in Gaiden, only Magic).
In PSGaiden there was also a magic called Rutashie (ルタシエ) that prevented enemy encounters and that's exactly the same function the Ocarina of Stealth (Shinobi's Ocarina/Hidapipe in US) has. I don't know if there's an exact equivalent technique in PS2, but it should because every discarded item has its corresponding technique power.
The Shinparo technique (Shinb in US) is the nearest thing I remember, because it is supposed to scare monsters away.
It seems that Shinb have some bugs so maybe outside battle it would be intended to prevent monster encounters...? Or maybe it was another technique, I don't know/remember. On the other hand "Stealth" is not the same as scare the monsters, so the technique is not revealed. I still think it is a technique and not a magic because only Espers would be able to create these Hidapipes. In the end -in terms of practical results- Shinparo is the same as the Magic "Rakusuta" ("Bye" in US) -in a inverse way-, but instead of the heroes, the monsters are the ones who run away.