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The long-term silence on the Suikoden video games has mystified us, you, everybody, for over a decade. But Konami strikes in mysterious methods, and final night time on the Tokyo Game Show, the corporate knocked everybody off their chairs by surprise-announcing remasters of the primary two video games, due subsequent yr.
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It’s been ten years since there was final a Suikoden recreation, and that was Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, on the PSP, launched in Japanese solely. A fan-made English translation appeared final yr, however understandably individuals assumed the collection had been deserted.
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This was made additional the case by the crowd-funded success of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a non secular successor to the Suikoden collection, created by the unique builders. It had raised an eye-watering $4.5 million by June final yr, and is already wanting very spectacular.
This certainly needed to be a motivating issue for Konami, who maybe lastly realized they have been sitting on an deserted gold mine. Still, although, they saved schtum and ignored the infinite wails. Until now.
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While these remakes are clearly not being labored on by the likes of designer and author Yoshitaka Murayama, who’s engaged on Eiyuden Chronicle, they’ve introduced again in authentic character artist Junko Kawano. Which is fascinating, as he’s listed as engaged on Eiyuden Chronicle too.
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IGN acquired maintain of some in-game footage from the remakes, the place you’ll be able to see the improved sprites, new sound, up to date UI, and even rewritten English translation—one thing sorely missing within the authentic ‘90s releases. This is a big deal, Suikoden fans!
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Oh boy, the sprite art in the battle sequence is just so good!
At least one former Konami employee has been reacting with shock at this announcement. Yuichi tweeted saying, “While I still worked for Konami at E3 2015, I was told to my face that there will never been another Suikoden game because it just doesn’t promote within the States and Europe.”
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He added, “For those who don’t know there are 27 True Runes in the lore for Suikoden and only 18 have been revealed.” He says he tried to maintain the collection alive for eight years at Konami, with no success, however believes that if these remasters show profitable, there’s hope a sixth recreation shall be made.
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This signifies that, main slips apart, 2023 ought to see the discharge of each Suikoden 1 and a couple of, together with Eiyuden Chronicle. Like buses they’re.