Suikoden I & II

Genso Suikoden I & II
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Designer(s)	Yoshitaka Murayama
Artist(s)	Junko Kawano (I) Fumi Ishikawa (II)
Series	Suikoden
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Release	JP: February 23, 2006
Genre(s)	Role-playing video game
Mode(s)	Single player

Genso Suikoden I & II (Japanese: 幻想水滸伝I&II) is a re-release of the PlayStation role-playing video games Suikoden and Suikoden II, ported to the PlayStation Portable. Konami announced the game in the fourth quarter of 2005, and the compilation was released on February 23, 2006. Both games are combined in one Universal Media Disc (UMD), in which the player can choose which Suikoden game they want to play, as well as a third choice which is "Gallery" (ギャラリー).

Story

Suikoden I

Main article: Story of Suikoden I

Suikoden II

Main article: Story of Suikoden II

PlayStation Portable changes

Several changes from the original PlayStation versions of Suikoden and II were done for the PSP:

• The player is now able to move their character diagonally inside places and over the world map.
• Graphics have been slightly enhanced and redone to fit widescreen. This includes an extension of some places which were designed for PAL and NTSC televisions.

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  Fig. 1. Screenshots comparing the different versions. Left: Suikoden II on the PlayStation and Right: Suikoden II on the PSP.

Overseas release

The art director of the Suikoden series discussed in his blog a possible overseas release. However, the possibility was subsequently dismissed as a mistranslation and the blog has since disappeared.

As of 2017, no fan translation has been completed or released for the compilation.

Reception

Genso Suikoden I & II had very low sales in Japan, selling a mere 21,707 copies despite being critically praised. The lack of success may not be entirely attributable to the games; the PlayStation Portable has seen poor sales for most RPGs released early in its history.