Round Up: Everything Announced At Konami's Suikoden "Special Program" Broadcast

A whole special broadcast just for one re-release? They didn't do this for Dominus Collection or any of their previous recent games. ... are they planning to reveal actual new Suikoden content?
Or at the very least new remasters or ports?

"All the latest news" implies some news beyond the existing game coming out, yeah?

Unless the latest news is that its going to be delayed again 😅

I'm happy the release will be celebrated. They're both stone cold classics.

It’s going to be great revisiting that first game, and playing the sequel for the first time! I just ordered a Famitsu “perfect guide” book from Japan to really savor the games and learn a little about the hundreds of recruitable characters. I’ll happily tune in for this preview event next week.

And can I just say, Kudos to Konami for bringing back these classics! They’ve really done a good job in the Switch era, with the Cowabunga Collection, the Castlevania and Contra compilations, and also granting us many arcade titles via Arcade Archives. 👍🏼
I hope this Suikoden release measures up, too!

@Teksette hmmm...I just preordered the switch copy. I might need to grab that guide too. I bet there's one on Archive too. Thanks for the idea.

Best case news: new Suikoden game (probably mid-budget HD-2D style) announced.
Second-best case news: Suikoden 3 & 5 remasters announced.
Worst case news: Suikoden 4 remaster announced.

@Teksette I am happy for you that you will be able to enjoy Suikoden II for the first time. If you loved the first game, you will LOVE the next one. Find a way to play III afterwards. Their stories loosely connect, from I to III.

@Kestrel If they remaster 3 and 5, they will also remaster 4. And I would argue it is the one most in need of a remaster. 3 was pretty, 5 was pretty, 4 looked lacklustre but the story was fine. And I personally liked how they wrapped up a very confusing thing in the game in Tactics afterwards.

@Kestrel Word!

@Teksette The sequel is far better than the first one.

@Tetsuro Respectfully disagree. Yes, rose tinted glasses, but they are both great. In way different ways, mind you, but both great. II has a more evolved, more fleshed out story, but I has some truly amazing moments as well. Also, II is great because there is a lot of pay-off from things set up in I.

But yeah, II is more impactful in many ways.

My favourite games ever, and probably the last games I will buy for the original Switch.

I get the feeling the video will just show why these games are so loved by its fans, and the only people who will watch it will be those fans.

I think I ordered this more than a year ago? 😆

Oh this is exciting, definitely feels like there be more it than just the remasters dropping next week. 3 , 4 and 5 on modern consoles would be an absolute dream, I've been dying to replay the latter two for ages, and finally play the former as well. And port Tierkreis while you're at it, that was great too. Of course a brand new Suikoden would be amazing news as well.

@Daniel36 @Tetsuro
Thank you both, now I'm EXTRA hyped! A friend leant me his PS1 copy of Suikoden I and forced me to play it, back in our college days in the mid-90s. He insisted I drop everything and play it, because the game was that good. And I'm glad he did! I don't remember if I had time to play it through to completion back then, but I remember liking it a lot. I've been meaning to return to the game for years now.
It's great to think I'll get another shot, soon. If only this release hadn't been delayed, though - at the moment I'm neck deep into Freedom Wars Remastered, and Xenoblade Chronicles X DE is looming just 2 weeks after Suikoden.

As usual, too many games, too little time!

@Teksette It will get worse with time, because of Nintendo Switch 2 and a tons of new games to come! 😆

If you liked the first, you'll say "wow" at the second. It's in another league. 2 > 3 > 1.

3 possibilities:

• An entire meeting dedicated to the remaster and perhaps a symbolic tribute to Murayama (RIP). His story is truly extraordinary. As a new joiner in a hierarchical society and company, he was allowed to design a game that became one of Konami's icons. An incredible achievement.
• A meeting dedicated to the remaster and the announcement of the Suikoden III remaster
• The announcement of Suikoden VI...
  The 2nd and 3rd possibilities would mean that pre-order sales exceeded all scenarios (I hope so!) I'm specifically buying after the premiere to increase the numbers.

@Kestrel Suikoden IV isn't that bad, they honored Ted and Rune of Punishment. The ability to disable or manipulate the frequency of fights along with the option to speed them up would greatly enhance the experience of this game

@Suikoden_1986

I played Suikoden IV last year. I wrote an extremely extensive blog post about my opinions on it if you are interested in hearing a newcomer perspective.
Overall I enjoyed my time with the game, but I had a LOT of problems with it.

https://benjysgames.blogspot.com/2024/07/suikoden-iv.html

@EarthboundBenjy I agree with your points.

It definitely is the weakest of the mainline series. I do not consider the DS and PSP games a Suikoden games, so this one is the weakest, but I enjoyed it greatly. Not sure I liked some of the implications made about the world, though.

... a free-to-play mobile game is probably not the grand return fans were hoping for. :/

I was expecting more game related news, but while I don't particularly care about either the mobile title or the anime it's very exciting to see a long dormant series get "revived" like this. Surely Konami wouldn't be doing all this if there weren't more Suikoden games in the pipeline.

Yep. That's Konami

@EarthboundBenjy "First time?" - Breath of Fire

Not a Suikoden pachinko?

I hope the remaster is good. The second game in particular really deserves it.

Call me when Castlevania is up. 😆

Frankly, this special program made me happy. Yes, this was not the new game announcement that we Suikoden fans were waiting for. But a game that tells the time period between the 5th game and the 1st game and has the Eiyuden style is coming. The Suikoden 2 anime, which is completely in-house and everyone has been asking for years, is coming. Regular streams. On top of that, a manga and musical adaptation and new merch. We haven't received anything related to Suikoden for almost 20 years. This is a big deal. I'm sure there will be 3-4-5 remakes and the expected 6th game after this. Thank you Murayama-San for making Eiyuden Chronicles and reminding Konami of Suikoden.

i wish they would have made the graphics as good as in the mobile game for the remaster

The Suikoden animé news made me squeel with glee! I was just about to learn animation simply to create one myself, that's how much I have always wanted to have one. Not that that would ever materialise, but you catch my drift.

I hope it will be animated in the same vein as Grimgar, which is a really good animé (aside from the awful fan-service) with an amazing art style. When I have some more time I will see what credentials these guys have, to see if I can glean what type of style they usually employ.

The mobile game though... It looks a lot like the Octopath Traveler mobile game, and while I love the console games, the whole gatcha concept ruins it. It also looks closer to Eiyuden in terms of character and world design and... well... that doesn't exactly spark confidence either. For all its beauty, because it does have its charm, it somehow seems to lack the charm of the originals. I would love to stand corrected, though. Maybe it's just my past experiences that are colouring my thoughts right now.

I haven't had the chance to see the entire broadcast but I was lucky enough to find out about the removal of the timed events.

For those not in the know, there is an event in the original game that you can only access if you basically speedrun the entire game, which pretty much means you cannot properly enjoy the game if you wish to see this event. And you really pretty much cannot make a mistake either, or you will miss it. At the same time, the event is pretty cool, so it sucks... So I am immensely happy they removed it.

Now... anyways... I hope they will translate and release the Suikogaiden games as well as remaster the other games, because those two games 100% deserve to be enjoyed by us as well, and well... we deserve them too!

I never got to play these. I had heard about them for so many years, and then I heard they were on the PSN store only to discover, after I had bought a PS4, that they were only on PS3 for some bizarre reason. Seems like a better match for the Switch anyway. Might have to pick this up!

Gonna be waiting for the maillady. Gimme my game!

@wollywoo Obviously I have some rose tinted glasses on, but these games are WELL worth your time. The stories are amazing and they don't overstay their welcome. The first game can be beaten in well under 20 hours.

Konami: Announced Suikoden Star Leap.
Me as a die-hard Suikoden fan: Excited, graphics look great, gameplay feels stunning.
Konami: It's coming to mobile as a free-to-play live service gatcha game.
Me: Okay I'm not looking forward to it anymore, it's just Breath of Fire 6 all over again.

Imagine making a brand new great looking RPGs for a beloved franchise that the two remastered games should had been and then immediately mention that it was going to be garbage (mobile, free-to-play, live service, gatcha) before its release. What a way to ruin your new game Konami.