A role-playing game gets a remaster after 30 years, suddenly wants to record it with AAA titles

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A cult role-playing game from Japan received a remaster version of the first two parts on Steam and other platforms in March 2025. And although the last part of the main series is already 19 years old, the development team has big plans for the franchise.

Which role play is it about? Konami revived the Suikoden series. This is a video game franchise that is based on the Chinese novel “The Robbers of the Liang-Schan-Moor”.

  • The peculiarity is that the idea of ​​the “108 stars of fate” was taken up. Accordingly, there is the possibility to recruit 108 fighters.
  • The individual games are related to each other. Every part is about bringing an old castle into its possession and let it grow as a headquarters.
  • Political intrigue, revolution and friendship are basic topics in Suikoden. The 27 true runes are also an important part of the franchise.
  • There is a mix of round -based fights, duels and big battles.

    • The first part of the main series was published in 1995, the last in 2006. Since then, only a few spin-offs such as Suikoden zodiac in 2008 or the intellectual successor Eiyuden Chronicles have been published in 2024.

    But the HD remaster of the first two parts have recently been available on Steam. And as Konami reveals, you have much more plans to revive the franchise.

    Suikoden I & II-trailer for the HD remaster for Nintendo Switch

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    Suikoden is supposed to compete with AAA titles

    What are the plans with Suikoden? Series producer Rui Naito revealed in an interview with Bloomberg that Suikoden should be revived. You want to expand the series where it ended. The original Creator Yoshitaka Murayama unfortunately died in February 2024, which is why he is now wanted to make him proud.

    To revive the series, one wants to fall back on the notes of the original creators. Konami kept all papers that were made in the 1990s. On this basis, the series should now build up.

    The ambitions are huge:

    We hope that it will be a big title that can record it with other AAA titles. We hope that we can take one step after another.

    Rui Naito, producer of the series

    In addition, the developers are planning a new anime, a new mobile game, a manga, a concert and a play. Naito even intends to bring Suikoden as a female. He asks the Bloomberg interviewer if he has friends in Hollywood. If so, he should let him know.

    So Konami has a lot with Suikoden and hopes that the series will eventually become a serious competitor for AAA games.

    But with that it is still behind a game that described itself as a “AAAA title”. In the meantime, however, the game is no longer doing so well. Nevertheless, the developer sticks to him: Despite lousy numbers of players on Steam, Ubisoft continues to support his “AAAA game” in year 2 with new content

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