The next suikoden what platform should it be on?

[david the great]

i say it should go on the ps2 cuz why put it on the ps3 when not a lot is know about it. all we know is that it is coming out someday and that they are making one. so really it would be safer to put it on the ps2 i think.

[Vincent Chase]

First they should definently remake the first four for the PSP. Release them simulteniously, so people can be exposed to these rare games.

Then they need to get to work on the PS3 version of Suikoden III. From what I've heard the graphics will be better than virtual reality and the discs will be double sided, allowing for greater media storage. Bear in mind that not a day goes by without a new PS3 rumor getting posted somewhere on the net, and I'm aware of this, but I think that this means that we can expect bigger environments, voice acting, characters with real-time facial expressions and movements and more environmental detail.

Hopefully this will also mean an improvement in the enemies. I've only played III as I mention almost every post, but the enemy variety in that game is terrible, and one of the few negative points for it. I hear similar things about IV as well, and I have it waiting at home for me to play this summer.

I can't wait for the new systems and the next generation of gaming.

[Spus]

I conisder Arc the Lad Collection minor in the sense, it's far, far, far, VERY far from the popularity of say, Final Fantasy X, or the GTA series...

Probably better word would be no more "Major" games. In the mainstream, Arc the Lad is fairly minor, and I don't find Suikoden major enough for a remake, although it certainly does suck with 1 and 2's rarity.

[Eggith Cyrene]

Suiko 1 and 2 would be great for a release with extra shit thrown in . or nothing at all hell id buy it regardless. What it doesent need is it to be f**ked up by changing things around and/or remaking them in 3d.



As for suikoden 5. Well logically it will most likely be on the playstation 3. As that is slated to launch near the end of 2k5 or probablly 2006. And since 5 hasent (that we know of) been started that would be the logical assumption. Hopefully they pick up the ball with 5.

As for a psp release? well that would suck i like my suiko at home. Hopefully they will have a ps2/ps3 adapter so you can play psp games on that if suiko 5 should go to psp
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Suikoden 5 didnt make me less of a fan; it restored my faith after the abomination that was suikoden 4.

[Elc]

"Major" doesn't have to mean mainstream, all you need to do is look at the Arc the Lad Collection release and you can see it was a fairly major release. Four games released in a deluxe collector's pack, faux-leather hardbound 100+ page manual, omake box with some extras (whether they are considered useless or not.) As far as I can tell, most mainstream games such as Final Fantasy don't get this type of treatment.
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[Spus]

It's a delusion to think Arc the Lad is anywhere near as popular as Final Fantasy.

If you go outside, and ask someone on the street about Arc the Lad, 9/10 says they will respond... "What the heck are you talking about? Arc the what?"

To put it frankly, Square doesn't pack Final Fantasy X with all those neat little extras because it isn't needed- the game in a DVD case with a manual sells itself. They used to in a way, Final Fantasy III for SNES came with a world map and a few little extras.

But because the average casual gamer doesn't know about Arc the Lad, seeing a box with a bunch of listed goodies might make them consider buying it, while if it was packaged like FFX, they would just pass it by.

It may be major to you, but it's minor to everyone else- the people who are the Halo, GTA, FF, MGS fanboys and such. They outnumber us, the Suikoden Fans by a exponential margin.

[Elc]

I didn't say anything about Arc the Lad being as popular as Final Fantasy, hell I didn't even know anything about it until I saw it mentioned on IGN. The extras which came with the game weren't a deciding factor for me when I decided to get the game, they are just Working Design's style when releasing a major project. (what caught my interest with the Arc the Lad Collection was that it was a 2D RPG.) The only games I know of which Working Designs has done such presentations with are:

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Arc the Lad Collection
Growlanser Generations

I don't think the addition of a world map and such could be considered an "extra" for games on the SNES, it was almost standard fare. Granted, I don't have many SNES RPGs, but both Lufia and Lufia II included a world map, which also contained info about spell, items, armor and weapons.

If you don't consider AtL to be a major release, that's fine, but I don't see a company going all-out on a project which took them several years to localize if it was just any other game. They must have done a good job and succeeded in getting the interest out there, since Sony didn't waste any time bringing Twilight of the Spirits to North America.
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[Viktor2008]

I think it should be on the PS2, because some people dont have the money to get a PS3 when they come out. (Like me) Even if it did come out for PS2 you cjould still play it on the PS3 if they made it compatible with the PS2.

[ShuTheLord]

My vote goes to the PS2. That is simply because I know for myself that I probably won't be buying a PS3 and I want to play it :D. Also the fact is that suikoden was never mainstream as final fantasy, and thus it should go on PS2 simply because I have no other argument and I want myself to feel better.
Take that Konami!
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