Suikoden Topic

[Vaporeon]

Even though It's not Suikoden VI and we may not get it, I'm just relieved at the moment. The last news on Suikoden we got made it seem the like the series is dead.

[Eusis]

Even though It's not Suikoden VI and we may not get it, I'm just relieved at the moment. The last news on Suikoden we got made it seem the like the series is dead.

Yeah, plus if they get it on Vita or something our chances would dramatically shoot up unless the system crashes and burns out the gate. That probably depends on how big a problem piracy was and if the dramatically raised graphical quality and gigantic screen brings in those who were blowing off the PSP.

[Lard]

Good news! They're actually making a new Suikoden!

Given what Konami has done with other series this gen, I'm surprised it's not totally outsourced.

So - is it a mainline story, or this "million worlds" crap that Tierkreis did?

[Eusis]

So - is it a mainline story, or this "million worlds" crap that Tierkreis did?

Million worlds thing it looks like, but I can hope they try a different approach to make it likeable in the same way the original games were, or perhaps discovering a new angle that retains the spirit of those games (or just stand out period.) Though I guess if chances are low for localization it may be more of a comfort if it were straight up crap.

[Lard]

Sigh.

[Maxximum]

PSP title... Hope they decide to do a PSN version for the PS3, probably not going to happen though.

[Eusis]

PSP title... Hope they decide to do a PSN version for the PS3, probably not going to happen though.

I'd sooner hope for a Vita port, at this point hoping for a PSN version to play on the PS3 is only SLIGHTLY more plausible than Santa existing. We've gotten, uhhh, 1 Japanese game so far, MGS:PW, that has yet to come out? A few more on XBLA, but Half Minute Hero had the other modes fucked up so forget that.

[Maxximum]

The Vita is supposed to be backwards compatible with all PSP digital releases, so no worries there. Sadly I don't own a PSP nor do I plan on getting the Vita any time soon after its release.

[Eusis]

The Vita is supposed to be backwards compatible with all PSP digital releases, so no worries there. Sadly I don't own a PSP nor do I plan on getting the Vita any time soon after its release.

Most releases, not all. And we don't know what does/doesn't qualify yet.

[Hathen]

It's a multi-universe thing again, as well as looking like either time travel is involved (which would be bad), or it's a multi-generational conflict (which would be good). Really, it seems like the former given that it seems the idea is that a century's worth of history becomes tangled because of the interaction between many worlds.

I really don't understand their aversion to making it take place in the original world since the first 5 games didn't have that many mentions of each other anyway.

[Chronix112]

It's a multi-universe thing again, as well as looking like either time travel is involved (which would be bad), or it's a multi-generational conflict (which would be good). Really, it seems like the former given that it seems the idea is that a century's worth of history becomes tangled because of the interaction between many worlds.

I really don't understand their aversion to making it take place in the original world since the first 5 games didn't have that many mentions of each other anyway.

Probably due to the fact that none of the original crew remains, and its most likely the new director/writer of Tierkreis idea. Sad as it I'd rather them have this new continuity/multi-universe bullshit then  completely wrecking the old one, just for the sake of having a new Suikoden.

[Aeolus]

I've never played or care about this series but this might be good news for some of you.

Good news! They're actually making a new Suikoden!

Bad news! It's on a system that's effectively dead in the USA so they probably won't localize it! If it's some Monster Hunter clone that will, in a perverse way, be comforting, but if Konami won't bother bringing new PSP games outside of Japan then I hope they at least bring it over to the Vita.

Worse news! It's still being made by those Tri-Ace fucks. At least it doesn't look like it has anything to do with the previous games.

ADMIN HIJACKING: Nipping misinformation in the bud:

Osamu Komuta, director of Suikoden Tierkreis, is the director of Frontier Gate, but we don’t know if Tri-Ace are developing both games.

[Lard]

:(

[Eusis]

As long as they aren't involved in cutscenes in the ways they can hurt it most (writing, acting) it probably isn't a big deal. Nevermind! I can't believe Aeolus bungled that so badly.

[Prime Mover]

Um... I enjoyed Tierkreis?