Nanami's world

Super suikoden package!

2012-01-28T09:09:00.000-08:00

This is the biggest suikoden package I ever received. And there's more Im not showing because there are some double things and some stuff im getting for the next suikoden day and I dont want to spoiler xDDD
Its, too, the most expensive so Im going to slow down a bit about collecting because I need to save : ( But I will have another package in 2 months at most with the new suikoden and more stuff XD I just love too much collecting! The promo full games are bought in ebay, and same witrh the konami magazine, but i put it together for making it a pic : ) Now Im only missing the Suikoden IV promo full game^^
I received aswell 4 big japanese magazines with interviews to King (suikoden V) and cool stuff : ) and all suikoden V posters (the triptic ones and the other one). In total 15 kg of suikoden stuff xD

Este es el paquete más grande de Suikoden que haya recibido nunca, y aún hay más que no aparee en la foto porque hay cosas que venían dobles o que ya tenía y algunos de los premios para el siguiente Suikoden day que no muestro para no spoilear xD
Es, también el paquete más aro de todos, así que me temo que tendré que desacelerar on las compras porque necesito ahorrar : ( Aunque dentro de dos meses omo mucho, tendré otro paquete con el suikoden nuevo y más cosas xD ¡Me gusta demasiado coleccionar! Las versiones promo completas del juego y la revista de Konami las ompré por ebay pero las puse ahí para hacer foto conjunta. Ahora sólo me falta el Suikoden IV versión promo ^^
También recibí 4 revistas gordotas japos de playstation con entrevistas a King (Suikoden V) y más cositas chulas, y todos los posters del Suikoden V (los del tríptio y el otro)

Cloth poster of Hugo.
Poster de tela de Hugo.

Suikoden IV mini poster.
Mini poster alargado del Suikoden IV

Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki poster.
Poster del Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki.

Thanks for reading and see you soon!
Graias por leer y hasta pronto!^^

Happy Suikoden Day to everyone!

2011-12-15T02:55:00.000-08:00

Hoy haré una entrada corta, sólo para felicitar a todos los fans de suikoden por este día : )
Y para recordaros que podeis participar aquí: pero rápido, ¡que se agota el plazo pronto!

Today Im making a short post, only for wish a happy suikoden day to all the fans : )
And I wanted to remind you that you can take part here but quick, the deadline is soon!

Suikoden THNT limited edition and new suikopackage

2011-12-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki will have 2 special editions: The one which includes game, ost, drama cd, artbook and some Kawano illustrations; and another one wich also will nclude the big encyclopedia and a poster. The normal game will be around 6000 yens, while the special edition price will be 12000 yens, and the special edition with encyclipedia, 20000.
Since I already have the encyclopedia I pre-orderer the 12000 yens version at konamistyle with Rinkya : ) I cant wait until 9th Feb. to have it! here is the konamistyle link to buy it-

Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no toki tendrá dos ediciones especiales: una que incluye el juego, banda sonora, cd drama, libro de ilustraciones y algín dibujo de Kawano; la otra edición incluirá, además de todo esto, la enciclopedia grandota y un poster. La edición normal del juego costará casi 6000 yenes, mientras que la edición especial 12000 y la que incluye enciclopedia, 20000. Como ya tengo la enciclopedia he reservado la versión de 12000 yenes en Konamistyle através de rinkya. ¡Me muero de ganas de que llegue el 9 de febrero para que salga! Aquí dejo el link de compra en konamistyle.

And here we have my last suikoden package. Basically ost, Im trying to get all them, I have already 10 but there are over 30... :$ all of them but one are used but in good condition, but vocal 2 one lost the color on part of the cover : ( I will have to get another now XD Aaaaaand the cool thing... the suikoden piggybank! *_* I was searching for this one since 2006! yay! I hope my next package will be bigger xD this one was tiny, but I like it anyway ^^

Y aquí tenemos mi último paquete de suikoden. Básicamente ost, ya que intento conseguirla todas (ya tengo 10 pero hay más de 30 :$). Todos los cd son de segunda mano (menos uno que está por llegar) pero en buena condición, aunque el vocal II tiene parte de la portada descolorida... ahora tendré que comprarme otro XD Y lo mejor de toooooooooodo: la hucha suikoden! levaba desde el 2006 buscándola XD Espero que el próximo paquete sea más grande xD este era peque, pero igualmente me encanta^^

Suikoden News!

2011-10-21T02:24:00.000-07:00

La famitsu publicó ayer, 20 de Octubre, algún detalle sobre el nuevo Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki.

El juego toma lugar en un mundo donde cada 100 anyos, un monstruo se despierta, destrozándolo todo a su paso. Un joven del futuro, junto a sus amigos, es enviado por un misterioso personaje llamado Zephon 100 anyos atrás para enfrentarse a dicho monstuo.

Los protagonistas son: el héroe, un huérfano sin nombre (que sorpresa...) de la ciudad de Terube que pierde muy joven a su padre, y posteriormente a su madre a manos de las fuerzas del Imperio. Le acompañarán su amigo de la infancia Jino, la hermana mayor de Jino llamada Myra, que será la maga del grupo y Dyukasu, un soldado de la 4º división del Imperio sagrado de Aionia, en un principio enviado para controlar Terube.
La voz del protagonista la pondrá Hiroshi Kamiya, la de Jino Jun Fukuyama, Marina Inoue se encargará de la voz de Myura, Yuuki Kaji hará de Zephon y Latsuyuki Konishi hará a su vez de Dyukasu. Jino, the magic stones worker

Famitsu has published yesterday (October 20th), some details about new Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki.

The game takes part in a world where a monter wakes up every 100 years, destroying everything. A young lad from the future is sent with his friends 100 years back into the past, by a mysterious girl called Zephon, for beating the monster.

The main characters are: the hero, an orphan without name (what a surprise...!)from the city of Terube, who lost his father very young and after that he lost his mother too by the Empire Forces. He will be accompanied by his childhood friend Jino, Jino's big sister Myura which will be the magician and a soldier from 4th division of the Holly Empire of Aionia called Dyukasu, who was sent to controlate Terube. Main character voice will be done by Hiroshi Kamiya, Jino's by Jun Fukutama, Myura's by Marina Inoue, Sephon's byYuuki Kaji and Dyukasu's by Latsuyuki Konishi.

Y más novedades. El nuevo Frontier Gate incluye una sorpresa suikodenera : ) Al comprar la ost o la edición especial del juego, te darán un código para que puedas descargarte... ¡el traje de Tir Mcdohl! Creo que Tri-Ace está empezando con buen pie en el mundo Suikoden^^And more news. The new Frontier Gate will include a Suikosurprise : ) When you buy the ost or the special edition of the game, you will get a code for downloading Tir mcdohl's outfit! I think Tri-Ace is starting already very well with Suikoden ^^

Fuente/Sources: siliconera, adriasang.com, ngocol forums by user Pierrot.

And soon... Suikoden day 2011!

2011-09-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!
We are making a suikoden day (!december 15th) event at Facebook. There will be contests and tons of prizes!
Please join here if you love the series : ) More info in the description of the event.
Thanks!

¡Hola a todos!
Estamos haciendo un evento para el futuro Dia de Suikoden (15 de diciembre) en facebook.
Habrá concursos y montones de premios ^^
Por favor, únete aquí si eres fan de la serie : ) Más información en la descripción del evento.
¡Gracias!

New Suikoden for PSP announced at TGS

2011-09-17T01:21:00.000-07:00

Less than 2 hours ago, Konami Japan announced by Facebook the news they just announced at the TGS:
a new Suikoden for PSP. It seems to be another spin-off, but not a Tierkreis 2, maybe another world, another time too. But thats all speculation. There is a trailer already, you can see it here:H
Hace menos de dos horas, Konami Japon anunció a través de Facebook las novedades del TGS: un suikoden nuevo para psp. Parece otro spin off, pero no es Tierkreis 2; quizá otro mundo, otro tiempo. Pero todo esto es especulación. Hay un trailer que puedes ver aquí.

The future of Suikoden series is now on our hands. Lets give it a chance! : ) Official Website here.
El futuro de suikoden está ahora en nuestras manos. Démosle una oportunidad! : ) Web oficial aquí.

Encyclopedia images!

2011-09-15T05:08:00.000-07:00

Now I have time, I will post some images from this encyclopedia. I will post all inedit pics in the beggining, a few random pages in the middle like sample and the merchandising guide in the end. I dont hace a scan here so all I can show are pics I took with my cam. Hope you enjoy it!

Ahora que tengo tiempo, subo estas imágenes pertenecientes a la enciclopedia. Se trata de todas las imagenes inéditas que aparecen al principio del libro, un par de páginas intermedias elegidas al azar como muestra y las páginas del final dedicadas al merchandising. No tengo scan así que todas las imágenes están tomadas con mi cámara. ¡Espero que os guste!
Inedit Art:

Sample:

Merchandising:

Si quieres hacerte con la guía, puedes hacerlo a través de Konamistyle aquí. Por desgracia no mandan fuera de Japón, pero mediadores como Rinkya o Celga lo harán por ti : ) El precio es de 9450 yenes, bastante elevado, pero tiene másde 1000 páginas.

If you want to buy this encyclopedia you can make it from Konamistyle here. Sadly, they dont ship outside Japan but you can use intermediates like Rinkya or celga : ) Price is 9,450 yens, quite expensive, but it has over 1000 pags!

Suikoden Encyclopedia and some new stuff

2011-09-13T11:05:00.000-07:00

Finalmente me ha llegado la enciclopedia de Suikoden : ) Ya hablé de ella con anterioridad, así que sólo comentar que es muy bonita, básicamente como todas las guías de suikoden pero juntas; y como novedad un par de imágenes inéditas y una muy interesante guía de merchandising actualizada al final, lo cual ha sido una grata sorpresa para mi. Incluso he descubierto un par de artículos que no sabía que existieran, tales como una caja crunch chocolate pero de Suikoden III y un strap de suikoden I transparente que no había visto nunca.

Además de eso, me he comprado la ost del rhapsodia (a ver si poco a poco voy completando mi colección de música, aún bastante lamentable...) y una caja con los pins de Suikoden III, la edición roja.
Y para variar un poco, un set de doujinshis y fanfics que estaban muy bien de precio. Los doujins son chulísimos, pero los fics no son la gran cosa si no sabes leer japones : P Hay 10 doujins (arriba) y 10 fics (abajo), algunos de los cuales incorporan algún dibujillo estilo novela gráfica.

Finnally I got my Suikoden Encyclopedia. I've already talk about it before, so I only will say its quite nice, very similar to the other guides but just together in the same book. They have a few inedits pics and a littleupdated merchandise guide at the end, which I didnt know and it surprised me greatly. I even found some items I didnt know likea crunch chocolate suikoden III box and a suikoden I strap which is transparent.

Furthermore, I bought Rhapsodia Ost (Im trying, steo by step, finishing my ost collection which is still quite poor) and I got too a Suikoden III badges box (the red one).

And, I got too a doujinshi and fan fic set which were very cheap. Doujinsis are really cool but fics are a little useless if you can read japanese ;P There are 10 doujinshis (on top) and 10 fics (above them). Some of the fics have a few pics like a graphic novel.
PD. Siento no haber escrito antes, básicamente no hubo novedad ni compré nada nuevo, ni konamistyle ha actualizado nada relacionado con suikoden... si quereis haceros oir siempre podeis comentar en el muro de konami en facebook aquí. Podeis pedir Suikoden VI, Suikoden II para psn o lo que vosotros deseeis. Si quereis estar al tanto de lo que pasa y de nuestros planes para no dejar morir esta saga así como así, os invito al foro de suikosource aquí.

PS. Im sorry I didnt write here before, but I just didnt have anything to post since there was no news, I didnt buy anything more, and konamistyle didnt update anything suikoden related... If you want they will hear you you can always post something of your feelings in Konami's wall on Facebook just here. You can ask for Suikoden VI, Suikoden II for PSN or whatever you want. If you want to take part and knowing whats going on about suikoden, and dont let dying the series like that, you can enter in suikosource forums right here.

Last purchase! new suikoden items

2011-07-05T08:56:00.000-07:00

Ayer me llegó el paquete con mi última suikompra : ) abulta poquito pero creo que no está mal. Sigo intentando coleccionar a pesar de que ya perdí la esperanza de ganar a Winds y de que no puedo gastar mucho xD Próximamente, más : )

Yesterday I received the package with my last suikopurchase. Its not big but I think its not bad. I still try to collect even when I lost my hopes of winning Winds and I cant spend very much xD More, coming soon : )

Tutorial para customizar Pinky Street

2011-06-08T12:08:00.000-07:00

Las Pinky Street son unas figuras cuyas partes son desmontables e intercambiables. Existen muchísimos modelos diferentes, de los cuales la mayoría incluyen un cuerpo/traje extra. Las hay risuenyas, serias, atrevidas, tímidas, modernas, colegialas, casuals... ¡las posibilidades son innumerables! Las venden en ebay y en algunas tiendas frikis. Para quienes sean de Barcelona las pueden encontrar principalmente en Chunichi, junto a L3 Les corts; y en Norma Comics, junto a L1 Arc. En el resto de Spain ni idea y fuera de aquí, menos aún, pero en ebay las tienen casi todas : ) El precio va desde 10 hasta 40 en alguna edición especial aunque hay algunas super limitadas que cuestan bastante más. Por lo general cuestan unos 15 si son simples (sólo figura) y unos 20 o 20 y poco si incluyen cuerpo de recambio.
También existen incluso ediciones especiales de anime (como Sawako de Kimi no todoke o Tohru Honda de Fruits Basketo-en foto-), de videojuegos (Chun Li y Sakura de SF, personajes del Wild Arms 3, etc).

Lamentablemente, no hay mucha variedad en cuanto a ediciones especiales y por desgracia... nada de suikoden! Así que mientras esperamos a que decidan hacer un Pinky StreetxSuikoden podemos ir creando nosotros mientras nuestros personajes preferidos.

A la hora de elegir un personaje que queremos crear debemos tener en cuenta varios factores:
Nivel de dificultad: si se trata de un personaje con cuernos, con alas, con barba... será más difícil. Si quieres que tu personaje sea chico, será más difícil también, dado que son todas chicas salvo alguna edición limitada, pero tampoco es imposible si se elige bien ya que algunas de ellas son poco femeninas.

A la hora de elegir un personaje, depende de si quieres un custom básico (modificando solo los colores, intercambiando piezas y pintando por encima) o complejo: modificando o haciendo tu las partes con un tpo de plastilina que seca sola.
Yo de momento he optado por la primera opción en los dos customs que he hecho y me ha ido bien.
La pega es que con una sóla pinky no hago nada y necesito dos o tres para que quede como quiero: la cara de esa con la ropa de ese y el pelo de ese otro.En esta imagen se ve una pinky que customicé para que quedara como un elfo oscuro del juego Lineage II. Como no existen pinkys de color gris, compré una versión Garage Kit no oficial por ebay, cuya cabeza tenía las orejas de elfo que necesitaba. De ese kit solo usé la cabeza. Esos kits son bastante más caros y no están pintados. A mi me costó bastante que los dos ojos me quedasen iguales, no recomiendo a ningún principiante tener que pintar la cara de cero, precisamente porque eso fue lo que yo hice XD
En cuanto a la ropa solo tuve que pintar por encima, y recortar parte de la falda blanca (nada complicado, con unas tijeras) una parte para que pareciese la armadura. Hay que echarle un poco de imaginación y bastante paciencia, pero os aseguro que no es demasiado difícil.

La opción más fácil y barata es mirar todas las pinkys y ver si con una sola de ellas puedes hacer algún personaje. Una vez encontré un set de dos que me valdría para hacer dos personajes de suikoden, lo cual saldría bastante rentable, aunque necesitaría un poco de masilla o plastilina secable al aire para una de las partes.

En mi caso, tengo la "habilidad" de saber que personajes se pueden hacer con segun que pinky o pinkys. Si lo que quieres es hacer un personaje en concreto cueste lo que cueste, tomará mas tiempo y saldrá algo más caro, pero os aseguro que se puede hacer y que es sólo cuestión de práctica y de tiempo libre XDDD

Las pinkys que compre para Viki son estas:Necesitaba la cara y el pelo de la primera pinky, y el cuerpo y ropa que incluia la segunda.
El pelo lo pinte de negro, a la ropa le di varias capas de blanco hasta que no transparentase, y encima pinté el traje de viki. Y así quedó.Otra opción habría sido usar la masilla, pero aún no lo he intentado. Tengo, desde entonces, la otra pinky que no usé, así que podría intentar hacer algo con masilla y así os cuento : ) En cuanto a la masilla recomiendan la Tamiya putty, pero hay varios modelos y yo compré una tan líquida que no sirve para esto... yo creo que la arcilla blanca de la marca jovi con secado al aire es ideal para esto (y más barata)
Las pinturas, si son acrílicos vallejo, mejor. Se extienden fácilmente y no dan mucho problema a la hora de mezclarlos. Secan rápido y bien, y no son demasiado acuosos. Yo los compré por ebay, pero los venden también en tiendas de manualidades y de miniaturas tipo warhammer.

Conviene tener un par de rotrings, anchos y finos para delinear el estampado, etc. Y pinceles buenos de varios grosores. El resto es motivación y paciencia.

Si alguien quiere hacer algún personaje en concreto y no sabe por donde empezar, puedo buscarles las pinky necesarias y explicarle como lo haría yo. Yo estaría encantada.
Este post va por Chiisa : ) Gracias por haberte interesado, me has hecho pasar un buen rato escribiendo este pequenyo tutorial!

Suikoden pachinko demo game with wallpapers

2011-06-01T08:05:00.000-07:00

Hace tiempo que salió la máquina de pachinko basada en Suikoden 4. Aquí se puede encontrar una breve demo. Cada vez que te la pasas, accedes a un wallpaper de suikoden al azar. Me lo pasé 11 veces para conseguir el total de los 6 modelos diferentes que hay. Aquí lo dejo por si alguien los quiere : )
Sobre el juego, son tres pantallas. En la primera tienes que parar la barra de carga justo en la imagen de la runa pulsando la barra espaciadora. En la segunda, tienes que sacar 3 campanas seguidas en un tiempo de 40 segundos. En la tercera tienes que sacar 8 "retry" (botoncito azul) también seguidos en otros 40 segundos. ¡Es cuestión de suerte!

Suikoden Customized Pinky Street

2011-05-27T03:58:00.001-07:00

Hace tiempo que quería hacer un post de estas figuritas customizables, y de lo que un fan con un poco de tiempo y paciencia puede lograr con ellas : ) Espero que os guste.

I wanted to make a post about these customized figures since long time ago, its really nice to see what a fan can make with a bit of time and patience : ) I hope you like it.p

Sierra
No recuerdo el link.
I dont remember the link..

Shigure
Yahoo Japan Auctions

Viki
grassblog.blog50.fc2.com

Lazlo
http://yaplog.jp/mizuki0398/image/235/341

Frey
Yahoo Japan Auctions
Mi preferido. Es el de aspecto más profesional de todos, y alcanzó cifras astronómicas en la puja.

My fav one. Is the most professional I found and that was really expensive in the bidding.

Tir
http://www2.fg-site.net/products/21019

Riou
http://akibatan.net/page/ymgyp/%E5%B9%BB%E6%83%B3%E6%B0%B4%E6%BB%B8%E4%BC%9D%E2%85%A1.gif

Y nuestras propias pinkys!
And our very own pinkys!

Nanami, un regalo que me hizo Winds : )
Nanami, made by Winds like a gift to me : )

Viki
Hecha por mi. ¡Un regalo para Winds!
Made by me. A gift to Winds!

Si encontrais más imágenes de pinkys ya sean hechas por vosotros o encontradas por la web, por favor, ¡mandádmelas! Gracias ^^
If you find more pics of pinkys made by you or just found in the web, please send them to me! Thanks^^

Original VS Fake Suikoden OSTs

2011-04-25T08:14:00.000-07:00

Todos sabemos que existen copias chinas de la mayoría (si no todas) las osts de videojuegos y anime. Hasta ahora no había tenido la posibilidad de comparar lado a lado el mismo cd, así que aprovechando que encontré mi versión falsa por ahí decidí hacer esta humilde guía.
Quería hacer fotos al manual pero no encuentro el de mi versión falsa : ( Aún así diría que son prácticamente iguales, quizá alguna diferencia en la última hoja si mi memoria no me falla.
Otra diferencia aparte de las de la foto es, por supuesto, el precio. Las falsas rondan los 10-15 euros mientras que las originales cuestan 30-40. Yo empecé a comprar osts falsas antes de saber que lo eran, era el único mercha que encontraba de suikoden en mi ciudad hace 10 anyos; cuando me enteré de que eran falsas ya tenía 10, compradas con lo poco que podía ahorrar dada mi edad XD Me puse muy triste y decidí no comprar nada más falso. Ahora ya no me importa porque al menos los puedo usar para escucharlos : ) Y para hacer este post de relleno semi util para el blog ;P
Pronto, el post de las pinky street customizadas.
We all know there are chinese fake copies of most (or all!) videogames and anime ost. Until now I didnt have the chance of seeing the differendces between both of them. Just now I found my fake chinese copy of one of them so Im going to make this little guide. I wanted to make pics of the booklet too but I cant find the fake one : ( I thing theyre practically the same but for the last page which I believe it was a little different.
They have another difference you cant see in the pic and Im obviously talking about the price. Fakes one are about... 15$? while original ones are 40$-50$. I startet buying suikoden fake ost before I knew they were fake, that was 10 years ago. When someone told me they were fake I already had 10 of them, I bought them with the little money I could get being so young xD I was so sad, and I said I wasnt going to buy anything fake again. Now I dont mind too much since at least I can listen them and make this filler-half-useful for the blog ;P
Soon, the costumized pinky street post.

Suikoden Autographs + a surprise item!

2011-03-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
It has been a while. I must apologize for my lack of updates in so very long but unfortunately I had some personal issues to attend to.
I am glad to tell you I have still been actively collecting Suikoden merch in my time off so I have a lot to update you with. I won't show everything I've collected though, as I should keep some things for future posts :P.
Anywho, today we would like to show you some Suikoden autographed merchandise we have seen over the years. There isn't much, however, and unfortunately nothing from the creator himself, Yoshitaka Murayama :(. But we can still hope to see something from him in the future!

The first thing we have is something I have already shown here, the autographed poster of Suikoden V. I have already talked about it here. But i'll give a slight description again :). It was given to 108 lucky winners (6 of them actually received 3 different posters all autographed, but I have yet to see that unfortunately) after entering a draw on King Blog before the release of Suikoden V. They were sent this poster autographed by Takahiro Sakiyama (Director of Suikoden V), Norikazu Miura (Composer/Sound Producer of Suikoden V, Sound Director of Rhapsodia/Suikoden Tactics), and Hideki "King" Tanaka (King Blog author/Art Director of Suikoden V). It also came with a letter of Authenticity to validate it was official.

Up next is an autographed Suikoden Tierkreis postcard set. This was received by someone at an event in 2007 (the seller told me he received it either at E3 2007 or TGS 2007) during an interview with the Tierkreis Team. It is autographed by: Kometa Osamu (Director of Tierkreis), Masayuki Saruta (Producer of Tierkreis), and Hori Mino (Sound Director of Tierkreis). I love how they seem to include the Sound Directors in these autographs! It shows that they also place a lot of focus and passion on the sound design and music of Suikoden, which is an area that can easily be overlooked in video games (and other forms of media) but in my opinion is one of the most essential for creating the mood and atmosphere.

Lastly I saved the best for last, something which both Nan and I cast our eyes on seperately and unknowingly entered a bidding war against each other on (something that has been known to happen in the past :P). Hahaha. It was a bit of a funny story as I came home from work to find that I won the bid by my maximum bid only. One more Euro/Dollar and I would have lost that :P. The even more funny thing was that when I checked my email after that, I saw Nan had emailed me telling me she lost the bid on something very cool. I immediately knew what it was :P. I'm very sorry Nan! At least we know this went to one of us and is in a good home! After we both discovered we were bidding against each other, Nan evily laughed and told me at least she made me spend more money so she can win the next one (since i'll have no money) hahaha. *Evil stare*.
After looking at this though I think it's easy to see why we both really wanted it. It is an autographed Suikoden IV Limited Artbook. It is the limited artbook which came with the Suikoden IV Konamistyle Limited Edition in Japan. The artbook itself isn't all that rare if you know where to look, however something inside of this one is special :). It was autographed by the Suikoden IV director herself, Junko Kawano!! The seller told me he was working at a press conference in Japan where Ms. Junko Kawano was present. He got to interview her (lucky guy!) with a translator. He said she was unbelievably nice and humble. At the end of the interview she pulled out this artbook and drew a picture of Lazlo and autographed it for him, as a gift for the interview. I wish I could draw like this :P.

There was another autographed item that Nan and I have both seen. Unfortunately then I wasn't so into autographed things and none of us purchased it (I think I would now as i'd love to collect more autographed suikoden merch). It was an autographed Suikoden V Hand Mirror, like the one below. I think it was autographed by Takahiro Sakiyama, the Director of Suikoden V, however I can't remember exactly, maybe Nan remembers better! It was on auction for the longest time (at least 6 months) but nobody seemed to purchase it which was strange as it wasn't too expensive either (I think 2000yen). It isn't there anymore however, maybe someone finally did purchase it or the seller gave up. Hopefully we see it again! Unfortunately I can't seem to find the picture of it (i'm sure I saved it :() Maybe Nan has one? For now I'll just give a picture of the original hand mirror item itself without the autograph:

The one last thing I want to show was something I didn't think or know existed until about 2 weeks ago when I saw it for auction (actually I wasn't even searching for Suikoden at the time, this was a complete coincidence that I found it). It isn't anything autographed but I just received it in the mail today and thought i'd share it with you. It is a very interesting item and in fact it even surprised me more when it came in the mail. From the ebay picture I thought it was going to be a normal sized thing but when I saw the package I knew something wasn't right. I took it out and was shocked to see how huge this thing was!! It is a Suikoden III Store display box that was given to stores in the US to promote the game. I pictured the original Suikoden III game beside it just to show the scale of this thing! Hope you like it!

Well that's all for today. As I said I want to show you my updated collection in the near future, I just need time to sort it all out and get some pictures!
Thank you guys!

P.S. I just want to say to everyone in Japan that our hearts are with you after the travesty that happened last week. It was devastating news and we hope your friends and family are safe! My best friend's family lives in Tokyo and I am happy to hear they are safe and well. <333

More Suikoden merchandise : )

2011-03-14T05:32:00.001-07:00

Aquí dejo las fotos del paquete que he recibido hoy, llevaba siglos sin comprar nada y me ha hecho mucha ilusión recibirlo. ¡Espero que os guste!

Here are the pic of my new package I just receive it today, I didnt buy anything from long time ago and I was so happy to receive it! I hope you like it!

Suikoden V manga coffret: limited edition

2011-03-07T05:31:00.000-08:00

France is always bringing a lot of suikoden mangas: first suikoden III by soleil editorial, later suikoden V Castle of dawn 1-4 comics and now the compilation of Rutokoro, Promises of smiles and the dawn of time in a special edition coffret.
Now my mother went into a trip to France and she bought me volumes 8-10 of suikoden III, all 4 castle of dawn and limited edition ones. Since there arent a lot of pics of the last ones I will share the pics my mom took for me : )
Francia siempre está trayendo un montón de mangas de suikoden: primero los del 3 por la editorial soleil, luego castle of dawn 1-4 de suikoden V y por último la compilación de Rutokoro, Promises of smiles y The dawn of time en un cofre de edición especial.
Mi madre vino hace unos días de un viaje a Francia y me compró los tomos 8-10 de Suikoden III, los 2 castle of dawn y la mencionada edición especial. Ya que no hay demasiadas imagenes de esta misma, decidí compartir con vosotros las fotos que mi madre me acaba de enviar : )

Ah, Im waiting for a new package full of suikoden stuff (mostly poscards and so) and my mom is this month coming too and shes going to bring me my new books so Ill make a new pic for upgrade my collection as soon as I have all : )

Ah, y estoy esperando un nuevo paquete lleno de cosas de suikoden (principalmente postales y cosas así) y mi madre viene de visita este mismo mes y me traerá mis nuevos libros, por lo que haré una nueva foto para acualizar mi colección tan pronto como reciba todo : )

Suikoden Korean pc: big box edition!

2011-02-12T02:42:00.000-08:00

El otro día estaba aburrida y estuve buscando "suikoden" en coreano y chino. Tras buscar mucho encontré una versión diferente de la edicion coreana de pc que tengo del suikoden I.
Parece el mismo juego pero con caja grande. Hay incluso capturas del juego. Imagenes tomadas de la web que aparece escrita en las imágenes : )
Ni idea de donde comprarlo, estuve buscando en subastas coreanas pero no encontré nada >.<
Para mi esta edición es de las más bonitas que existen, especialmente el cd, ¡me encanta!
The other day I was bored and I was seaching "suikoden" in korean and chinese. After searching a lot I found another version of the edition I have.
It seems same but with big box. There are some in game pics, too. I found the pics in the web that you can see in the pics : )
Sadly, I dont know where to buy it. I was searching in korean auctions but i didnt find anything cool.
I think this edition is very beautiful, specially the cd... I love it!

Miakis 2

2011-01-30T10:59:00.000-08:00

Ha pasado mucho, mucho tiempo desde que comenté que me llego el garage kit de Miakis, pero entre unas cosas y otras, no me ponía a pintar... (lo siento!)

Estos días he aprovechado qu he montado un pequenyo rincón de manualidaes en casa, y me he puesto y ya está casi terminada.
Falta una segunda mano de pintura y... todos los detalles >.< onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EjaaSg8nMa4/TUW2d--hLUI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/64cEKn3z55Y/s1600/IMGP0281.JPG">

Figura de plastilina de Nanami

2011-01-06T12:54:00.000-08:00

Hoy día de reyes me ha dado por intentar hacer una figura con una plastilina especial que se seca al aire. Como se aprecia por el resultado, es la primera vez que intento algo asi XD Aún así le he puesto muchas ganas y confío en que quede mejor una vez pintada : )
Ya iré poniendo imágenes!
Hasta pronto ^^

Feliz navidad

2010-12-25T00:39:00.000-08:00

Feliz navidad a todos, especialmente a los suiko fans y a mi colaborador Winds : )
Prometo subir cualquier novedad de la cual tenga noticia: no es que haya abandonado suikoden ni el blog, es que no hay nada nuevo -_-
Bueno chicos, hasta pronto y que papa noel/santa o quien sea os haya traido muchas cositas! A los que les traen los regalos los reyes magos (como a mi): paciencia! ^^

Merry christmas to everyone, specially to suiko fans and to my colaborator Winds : )
I promise I´ll update any new I could find; it isnt like I forsaken suikoden or the blog, its just there isnt anything new -_-
Well guys, see you soon, I hope papa noel/santa or whoever broughts you a lot of gifts!

Suikoden Original Soundtrack complete box

2010-11-16T09:20:00.000-08:00

Después de tanto tiempo sin actualizar debido a una mudanza y muchos meses sin internet (además de falta de novedades del mundo suikoden) por fin traigo una noticia. Como supuse, konami no ha olvidado el 15º aniversario de esta saga y ha decidido hacer un item conmemorativo: se trata de la colección de todas las canciones de suikoden, incluyendo spin off. Dice tener una muy buena calidad (comentan algo de blue-ray), incluye 25 discos con más de 650 canciones en total (guau).

El precio es de 25000 yenes, algo que sólo se pueden permitir los bolsillos más llenos, pero realmente es una buena inversión teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de canciones que incluye. Unos míseros 38,4 yenes por canción xD
Incluye además un folleto, y de momento se sabe poco más. No tengo muy claro el sistema pero me ha parecido entender que sólo comercializarán la cantidad que la gente compre antes del día 15 de diciembre, día en que Suikoden cumple 15 anyazos. Por supuesto sólo se puede conseguir en Konamistyle : (
Esperemos que no tengamos que esperar hasta el 20º aniversario para el suikoden VI... pero aún así, me alegra que sigan produciendo y ojalá ojalá pudiese comprarme esto *_*

Konami Net Dx presents... Suikoden Card Collection!

2010-09-12T03:22:00.000-07:00

Al fin una novedad de Suikoden. Se trata de una aplicación descargable al movil por unos 315 yenes al mes. No sé exactamente si es un juego o sólo se trata de coleccionar cartas en el movil. Lo que si es seguro es que cuenta con nuevas ilustraciones de Fumi Ishikawa (SII) y que las cartas que consigas se pueden utilizar como fondo de pantalla para el movil.
Más información aquí (en japonés).

Finally some news about suikoden. Its a downloable aplication for mobile phone. It costs 314 yens per month. I dont know exactly if thats a game or its only for collecting virtual cards in your cellphone. But whats sure its the fact Fumi Ishikawa (SII) did new artwork and you can save the cards you get as wallpapers.
More info here (japanese).

Happy Birthday, Winds! -Flik's fake game-

2010-08-08T06:10:00.000-07:00

Today is a special day because is Wind's birthday, our favorite (and only one!) colaborator.
As a gift, Ill send him this item tomorrow.
Its a game for a crap chinese cheap console, which looks similiar to GBA. The games are all copies, with artworks, music and even the games itself stolen. This way I got him a copy of the game Happy Killer (funny name) which has Flik in the cover, a stolen artwork from the chinese wonderful artist Jo Chen, whis is very well known for her amazing drawings from marvel, street fighter, buffy and suikoden.
I know what they did stealing her artwork is really unfair, but I couldnt help seeing this cool Flik in a videogame *-*
I think I dont need to say but the game has nothing to do with Flik or suikoden, thats the literally description of the game, in a english which is even worse than mine. Enjoy it:

"Recently, treasure un Holy land was beenstealed. Xiaole decided to find them, for he want to prove he has been grown up, become a real man. He took the cowry that his father left and reached a unknown country inwich there were many villains. If Xiaole's identify was been founded, everyone will be Xiaole´s enemy. So Xiaole took one and one furious battles with the enemy during he looking for the treasure inone and unacquainted countries".

Im speechless. Its sad to say but it looks close to my english tests in highschool, haha.

After the 'amazing' description you may be expecting a very cool game. Im sorry, but it looks like crap xD

Well, thats the little gift I got for Winds, maybe Im a little cheap but what you dont know is I have another little gift for him, but shhhhhh dont tell him!
Btw, I offer all you a virtual piece of cake from last year, and...

Happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday, dear Winds
happy birthday to you!

Suikoden V Autographed Posters

2010-07-02T15:16:00.000-07:00

Hello again!, miss me? haha.

I have a special piece of Suikoden V history to share with you all! Up until last week I had no knowledge that these existed, then I saw an auction for it.
I present to you an official autographed Suikoden V Poster:

Suikoden V Autographed Poster

3 Autographs

Letter of authenticity

These posters are pretty rare as they were given only to 108 people (what a coincidence no?? :P) They were announced on the official Japanese King Blog before the release of Suikoden V in Japan. It was announced that when the Blog had 1.08 (another coincidence) million viewers, they would have a contest that people could enter for a special prize. The 108 winners were picked randomly, 6 of them received 3 posters all signed by 3 people, and the other 102 would received 1 poster signed by 3 people. Suffice to say these are very rare and even more limited.
The people who autographed them are:
- The Director of Suikoden V: Takahiro Sakiyama
- The Composer and Sound Producer of Suikoden V: Norikazu Miura (He was also the sound director for Suikoden Tactics and Shadows of Destiny)
- and finally the King himself, the King Blog and also the Art Director of Suikoden V: Hideki "King" Tanaka

I'm fairly certain the 3 posters given to the 6 people would be these ones here, although the ones pictured here are not autographed. And these ones without the autographs aren't too rare.

You can read about it in the original post on Kings Blog here:
http://www.blog.konami.jp/gs/genso_v/2006/02/001172.php

You can also find an english translation of the post on Suikosource here:
http://www.suikosource.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=8098
Just scroll down to where it says 2/22 The Promised "Last Night" and you'll see it :)

I can't wait to receive this beautiful item, I hope I can find the other 2 posters I need some day :D.

Suikoden I manga: The Succeed Crest, vol. 2

2010-06-22T04:47:00.000-07:00

Aunque me he enterado con algo de retraso y no se puede considerar una noticia, ha salido el vol. 2 del manga de Suikoden I (si, sólo del 1, no se sabe nada del 2...)
Ya había perdido la esperanza, tras... 9 meses? XD No sé si Yu Hijikata es realmente tan lenta (ni Kentaro Miura...) o si han tenido problemas. Esperemos que se noralice y que podamos tener más tomos pronto. Go, go, Yu Hijikata!
Se puede conseguir en amazon o en Yesasia.Foto de una web china.I suppose that cant be considered like "news" but I just saw it now. The vol. 2 of suikoden I manga is already out and in sale (without news about suikoden II manga, sadly...).
I really didnt expect that and i lost all my hopes after 9 months waiting haha. I dont know if Yu Hijikata is SO slow (more than Kentaro Miura...) or if they had problems realising that. I hope we can have more mangas soon. Go, go, Yu Hijikata!
You can buy it in Amazon or in Yesasia.

Suikoden II PC Chinese....Alas!!

2010-06-16T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hola a todos!

We're very sorry for the lack of updates but Nan and I have been overly busy as of late, we rarely have time for updating. Especially since there hasn't been much news to tell in the world of Suikoden merchandise. I've managed to buy a few Suikoden things I didn't have in the last couple of months, but nothing that we haven't covered before. However there is one exception :)...I know we've talked about this item once before, but never had any real info for you....until today!

I managed to finally track down a copy of the Chinese version of Suikoden II for the PC!! YAAAY! Behold the beauty in all it's glory :). Unfortunately the auction didn't come in it's original packaging (I still haven't any idea what the original packaging looks like) but it did come with both install discs and the manual. Though, it's really nothing to drool about, the discs are very generic and the manual doesn't have anything we haven't seen before.
This is the first time i've played Suikoden II on the PC so I can't compare it to other PC versions (if there are any?). I can tell you though that everything is in a higher resolution and a little bit more detailed than its playstation counterpart. Simply said, it looks beautiful on the PC. The one thing I was a little dissapointed about was the lack of video and audio options. Why? Because there isn't any :(. The only options you are allowed to adjust are the keyboard and joystick buttons. At least they gave us that though right?

This version is probably right up there near the top on the rarity list for Suikoden merch. I've only ever seen this thing twice, the first time the seller refused to sell it for some reason, and this time I won it. It didn't come cheap either, over $100 :(.
I'll leave you with some pictures of it that I took :)

Suikoden 2 PC Chinese Discs and Manual

Inside the Manual

Back of Manual

Installation Menu

Menu Screen

Name Select

Nanamis Loading Screen!

Jowy and Riou

Captain Rowd

Lucaaaaa!!!

Fighting Highlanders

Unite!!!

Tenzan Pass

Hunter Rune...:P

Going to Ryube for some sugar!

World Map

Rina, Eilie, and Bolgan

Slavery!

Jowy to the rescue!!

Jowy fails to rescue...

Riou. Do you... want my carrots? (in Chinese!)

The escape...looks like Jowy hung himself :(

Save Screen

Miakis

2010-03-11T04:35:00.001-08:00

He recibido mi última gran compra: ¡la figura de Miakis! llevaba anyos tras ella y he podido conseguir este ejemplar con mucha suerte... es la única vez en mi vida que la he visto a la venta, es una joya bastante rara : )
La iré pintando y montando si me atrevo, quizá empiece este domingo : ) Ya iré subiendo fotos.
I just received my last big purchase: Miakis figure! I spent years and years seaching for it and I finnally could get this one, I think I was so lucky... Its the only time Ive ever seen this figure for sale, its a rare treasure : )
Ill paint it and and Ill ensemble it if Im able to, maybe this sunday : ) Ill post pictures soon.

Suikoden Production Items

2010-03-02T17:53:00.001-08:00

Hello again!
We have some interesting items to share with you today. These items are a little bit different in the fact that they were never released to the public. In fact these were all used "during" the production of their respective game. The first thing's are from Suikoden III, they are 2 discs that were used from the production team at Konami before the game was released. They are the actual game of Suikoden III, however they are not the finished versions that were released, they have some things different. I haven't had a chance to play through them completely comparing them to the original Suikoden III game, as I just received them, but I will one day! I'll show you just some early pictures I took.

The gold one is dated 2002/07/15 and the white one is dated 08/09/02. The actual game was released on October 24th, 2002, which shows these versions are earlier betas. The gold one I tested about 10 minutes of Hugos first chapter, but I couldn't see any noticeable difference. I will have to look into it further and play more. The white disc is the more interesting one so far. Loading it up is obvious its different from the retail version, there are a lot of coding and programming on the screen, showing how the game is working. I think there is a chance there could even be some "debug" options, which means there could be cool things like adding items, changing my strength and levels, and some other cool things. That is unsure yet though. Here are some screenshots of the white disc in-game.

The other rare thing that I purchased was a demo version of Suikoden IV. It is dated November, the release of Suikoden IV in the US was January 11th, 2005. Which means this demo was released some months before it. This was a demo given to Embargo press, though i'm unsure of what that is.

There are also some noticeable differences in this demo. It is a short demo starting when you are on your ship fighting the Water Dragon, then you crash at the shore and have to fight the Crab boss to save Chiepoo. This part is very condensed compared to the original, as you don't have to go around collecting wood or spend days there. The mermaid comes to you right away and asks you to beat up the crab. It's been a while since I played Suikoden IV but in this version a random 4th character is in your party instead of Chiepoo, first I had Jeane then I had Mizuki, both as playable characters. Also all your runes are powered up 100%, with level 4 magic already available, and 9 attacks of each. Also, as the game obviously wasn't finished yet, the translation is still a little unfinished as you can see in these pics.

The last item that I got was used by Konami of Japan while making Suikoden Tierkreis. They are 72 colour pages of Suikoden character art. These were actually used in the production of Tierkreis, but I don't know much else about them other than they're so cool!! Take a look ^^

I'm not sure about the character art, but the discs are quite a rare find as they were never supposed to leave the offices of Konami. The seller told me that an employee had taken these during the production, but today there is a lot more security for things like this and it's almost impossible to get away with things like that. Besides their rarity, another reason I love them is that they give us a look into the making and history of our beloved games :) It makes me feel like I was there during the production!

I hope you enjoyed these!
Adios! ^^

Confirmation on a rare item!!

2010-02-27T10:43:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! ¿Como estais? ^^

We have a very cool update! Nan and I have been unsure whether this item actually exists or not, we had heard rumours, but never any facts. The closest we came to seeing it exist was back on a Chinese webpage that had a photoshopped picture of what the box might look like, the webpage has since been taken down :(. If it did indeed exist, not only would it have been one of the rarest Suikoden items, but one of the coolest as well! At least in my opinion :) haha. In fact when Nan and I created our top 10 wish lists of Suikoden merchandise a while back, we probably would have included it in there if it was sure that it existed. Now finally, after all these years, last week we saw it in an auction, but unfortunately the seller was a little weird and decided not to sell it *cries*. However he did have a picture of this item in the auction, proving that the rumours were true and this item was indeed released.....Do you want to know what it is? I'll shut up and show you now :D

Surprise Suikoden item! <-- Click here!

That's right! It's the PC Version of Suikoden 2. I really really wish the seller continued with the auction but I always seem to have bad luck with PC versions of Suikoden....i'm looking at you Nan :P haha. By the time this comes to auction again we'll probably be dead of old age :(. At least we can now confirm that this thing actually does exist! The only question left is what does the outer box looks like....does that exist? :P

The search continues....

Suikoden Encyclopedia & Arrange Collection Vol. 2, new images

2010-02-18T14:55:00.000-08:00

Lo siento, he estado un poco desconectada pero he regresado : )

Im sorry, I was a little away but I just returned : )

No tenía tampoco mucha noticia nueva de Suikoden, pero vengo con algunas imagenes:
El cd Arrange Collection 2

I didnt have new info enough about Suikoden neither, but now I have some new images:
Arrange Collection 2 cdY las imágenes nuevas de la enciclopedia, más de mil páginas dedicadas a nuestra saga preferida:

And some images from the new encyclopedia, more than 1000 pages about pour fav saga!:

Some new Suikoden items from konamistyle!!!

2010-01-11T08:58:00.000-08:00

Hola Everyone!
Finally i'm back with a new PC! And to welcome myself back (haha) we have some new items for you to see! All of these are available to see and purchase from konamistyle.

First is a re-release of Suikoden Tierkreis in a Konami the Best version. There is no changes to the actual game, the only difference is the cover. The price will be 2940yen but if you pre-order it you can get it for 2646yen. It will be released on February 18th.

They are also releasing it in a Konami Style Special Edition, however if you bought the first version of the Tierkreis Konami Style Special Edition, then this will probably dissapoint you :(. Everything is the same, the only difference is instead of the first printing of Suikoden Tierkreis, you get Konami The Best version. This will cost 8246yen and will also be released February 18th.

Next on the list is a NEW CD from Konami!!!
Unfortunately there isn't a picture of the cover yet, but the title will be "Arrange collection Suikoden Celtic and the Asian Vol.2". According to Konamistyle these will be all new recordings :). It will feature 12 songs, 2 each from Suikoden I-V and Tierkreis. It will be released on March 19th for 3000yen.

I was saving my favourite for last :). Konami has also decided to release a new Suikoden Encyclopedia!!. And from the pictures alone it looks amazing. According to konamistyle, this will be compiled with all the info of Suikoden books to date. Incorporating all titles such as Suikoden I-V, Both Suikogaidens, Rhapsodia, and Tierkreis (unfortunately not Card Stories). Apparently they also used Wikipedia for some info too? The book comes with 1080 pages, with colour, and a box. This will also be released on March 19th, for 9450yen. If you purchase the encyclopedia and the Suikoden CD together, you can save on shipping (i'm assuming only for Japan residents unfortunately).

Thanks to Nanami for finding most of the info for us!! She's the master hunter when it comes to Suikoden items :P.

Customize dolls into Suikoden characters

2010-01-06T09:16:00.000-08:00

Hoy es 6 de enero, y como regalo de reyes, me he dedicado a buscar munyecos que se parezcan a algún personaje de suikoden y que sean, por ello, fácilmente customizables. Espero que a quien le gusten los dollfies le pueda servir de ayuda, y a quien no, al menos le entretenga ver los parecidos. Me he guiado por parecido físico, y también por parecido en la expresión, como es el caso de Sheena, que es a la vez muy femenino y muy mujeriego, y creo que el munyeco lo clava ^^
Se aceptan sugerencias, tanto si sabeis de algún otro parecido cómo si quereis munyecos que se parezcan a un personaje en particular (alguno posible, no me pidais un Crowley o un Rulodia que son imposibles xD), yo me encargo de buscarlo que es algo que me fascina ^^

Today is January 6th an its 3 kings day (theyre similar to Santa Claus), so, like gift in this day I spent the day searching for dolls which seem some suikoden character, so you can customize them easily if you want. I hope someone likes dollfies and that would help them, but if not, at least I wish you enjoy watching the similarities between the pics. I was searching for the most similar faces, but also for a similar expression, like Sheena, who is at same time a feminine guy, but a ladies man xD and I think the doll is just the same.
I acept suggestions if you know more dolls which seems some characters or if you want to find them, ill find the ones which seem the character you want (please, something possible, nothing like a Crowley or a Rulodia... XD), I would love to search them for you, I really like doing it ^^

Feliz Navidad!!!

2009-12-23T17:21:00.000-08:00

Hooooola everyone!
Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to be posting new topics on here recently. The reason is because my PC died some weeks ago and I am unable to access any of my suikoden merch pics or anything related to update the site with :(. However I have purchased a new PC and it should be arriving in a week or two, and alas i'll be able to join the community once again! :D. I can't waaaaait, i'm too excited! I miss you all!

Another thing I wanted to say is, to all our readers, and suikoden fans across the world...

FELIZ NAVIDAD Y FELICES FIESTAS!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I hope you all get everything you wanted and have a great time!
Hasta pronto!!

Suikoden II 11th anniversary!

2009-12-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

Bueno, Diciembre es un mes importante para Suikoden xD
¡11 anyos desde que Suikoden II saliera a la venta! Otro de mis dibujos cutres en paint xD
Well december is an important month for Suikoden xD
11 years since Suikoden II came out! Another of my crap drawings at paint xD

Suikoden 14th Anniversary

2009-12-15T14:09:00.000-08:00

Hoy es el 14º aniversario de nuestra saga protagonista, Suikoden. Konami ni lo ha mencionado en su web, pero como ya comenté, hoy han salido a la venta un cd y un calendario, así que no se han olvidado de este día. Además, a los que reservaran las dos cosas, les han regalado una bonita taza promo con imágenes de las runas.
Gracias, Konami, por estos 5 juegos y 5 spin-off.
Gracias por estos 14 anyos.
Gracias por presentarnos a cada una de las 108 estrellas. Por hacernos plantearnos si se puede cambiar el futuro. Por las ruinas sindar. Por el orden y por el caos. Por las 27 runas.
Y por último una petición: Por favor Konami: ¡Suikoden VI para el 15º aniversario!

Today is the 14th anniversary of our main theme, Suikoden Saga. Konami didnt even mentioned it in their web but they didnt forget it since today was released a new compilation cd and 2010 calendar I already talked about. Furthermore, they will give promo mug with the pic of runes in it to the people who pre-order both of them.
Thanks, Konami, for these 5 games and 5 spin-off.
Thanks, for these 14 years.
For introducing us the 108 stars. For make us wonder about if is fate unchangeable. For the Sindar ruins. For the order and chaos. For the 27 true runes.
And now, a petition:
Please, Konami: make Suikoden VI for the 15th anniversary!

Travel

2009-11-28T02:07:00.000-08:00

Estaré ocupada unos días, ¡hasta pronto!
I will be busy these days, see you soon!

Suikoden I & II mangas: Download

2009-11-22T06:58:00.000-08:00

Ya he hablado con antelación sobre estos mangas de Suikoden I: The Succeed Crest y Suikoden II: The Being Torn Spirit. Pues bien: ya los he escaneado y Neclord X de 27runes ya los ha limpiado, ¡gracias por tu estupendo trabajo! :3 Es la primera vez que formo parte dentro de algún "proyecto" y me ha gustado mucho^^ Supongo que es lo mínimo que puedo hacer por Suikoden. Ahora, se buscan traductores, especialmente para el de Suikoden II. Parece ser que Rasmus-kun se encargará de la traducción de S1, pero tiene bastantes proyectos así que no se sabe cuanto tiempo le llevará. Así que si alguien tiene suficientes conocimientos de japo y quiere ayudar, será bienvenido.
De momento aquí están las scans en japo, por si alguien las quiere ver^_^
Suikoden I manga
Suikoden II manga
Ive talk already about these mangas; Suikoden I: The Succeed Crest and Suikoden II: The Being Torn Spirit. I already scanned them and Neclord X from 27runes cleaned them, thanks for your great job! :3 Its the first time I took part in some kind of "project" and I loved it ^^ Now, we are searching translators, specially for suikoden II one. It seems Rasmus-kun will traslate s1, but he has a lot of projects and that will take some time. So, if you know enough about japanese and you want to help, welcome to this project.
There are the scans in japanese, if someone wants to see^_^

More Suikoden figures

2009-11-21T05:29:00.000-08:00

Últimante he ido encontrando más y más figuras de Suikoden, casi por casualidad. En esta ocasión sólo traigo dos nuevas, pero creo que merecen la pena.
Se trata de Nanami sentada y de Sgt. Joe de escala 1/20.
La dirección donde encontré ambas fue aquí.
Buscando 幻想水滸伝 aparece, es la única forma... si quereis ver las imagenes os teneis que registrar, y también podreis puntuar y hacer comentarios. Según google, el de Nanami está hecho por un escultor llamado Maki, y el del sargento por Yukimura. Excelente trabajo ambos.Letely Ive been finding more and more suikoden figures. This time Im only bringing 2, but I think theyre worth. These are sitting Nanami and Sgt. Joe, 1:20 scale figure.
I found the web here. If you search 幻想水滸伝 you will see those, its the only way... if you want to see all the pics you need to register before, and you can give them a score and even comment them. Goggle traductor said Nanami's modeler is called Maki and Joe's one is called Yukimura. Nice job both of them did.

Suikoden 1 PC Chinese....again!

2009-11-19T14:36:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

A new gift arrived in my mail today, but sadly it isn't for me :( haha, especially since it's so cool! Nanami talked about it a little bit already here. It's the Suikoden 1 PC Chinese version. Comparing this to the Japanese version it is actually higher quality in my opinion. The colours seem a little bit more vibrant in the printing, the box is much sturdier, and there is a little bit more included inside! Let's take a look inside! ^^

Front

Back

Side

Box

Inside

Booklet

The blue page seems to be showing a list of games from SOFT WORLD (the chinese developer of the game) while the yellow insert seems to be a list of games from them that were on sale at that time, including Suikoden 1. Also, on the yellow insert and the back of the box are silver stickers that show that this product is official and not copyrighted, which is a welcome addition since China makes a lot of bootlegged games. The artbook seems to be almost identical to the Japanese version, except it has 56 pages in colour while the Japanese version only has 42.
This awesome game belongs to Nanami so I will be shipping it to her soon! I'm so jealous of you!! :**

Last Suikoden purchase: limited Lyon, nobori, aroma set and mangas

2009-11-18T05:10:00.000-08:00

Hoy he recivido el último paquete de cosas de suikode que he comprado.
Se trata del nobori de Suikoden II, muy limitado y nunca comercializado (sólo se uso para promocionar el Suikoden II en eventos), la figura de Lyon edición limitada, el set de aroma de Suikoden III, y los mangas de Suikoden I y II.
No ha sido una compra grande por cantidad pero si por calidad. Dejo unas fotos aquí del nobori, resto de cosas, y de los mangas por dentro. Ya los he mirado y están muy pero que muy bien. El del Suiko I abarca hasta cuando Ted va a ensenyar su runa, y el del Suikoden II justo después de la destrucción de Toto. Hay algunos cambios y ausencia de algunos personajes poco importantes, pero las escenas importantes se mantienen. Especial mencion de la aparición de Luc en en I y de la escena "muere, cerdo" en el II.
Cada manga tiene 164 páginas, y he de decir que Yu Hijikata esta haciendo un trabajo mágnifico. El número de mangas y la fecha de los siguientes tomos son aún desconocidos.
Otro dato sin mucha relevancia pero curioso es el parecido de estos mangas con los de Suikoden III: primeras hojas a color, contraportada con los 108 nombres de las estrellas, y el lateral de cada tomo empieza un dibujo que no podremos ver completados hasta el último tomo. Quizá intente hacerlos tambien en 11 volumenes, pero esto es ya sólo suposición.
Espero que vendan lo suficiente para que se planteen traerlos, al menos en inglés. Se pueden comprar aquí:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/gensou-suikoden-uketsugareshi-monshiyou-1-medeiafuakutori-komitsukusu/1021068470-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/global/genso-suikoden-2-hikisakareshi-shukusei-1/1021068471-0-0-0-en/info.html

Today I received the last suikoden package I ordered.
That contents the Suikoden II nobori (very limited and never comercialized- it was only used for promotion in events), the Lyon limited edition figure, the suikoden III aroma set and suikoden I and II mangas.
That wasnt a big purchase because of the quantity, but for the quality. Here I show pics of the nobori, rest of things and mangas inside. I already saw them and theyre very very well done. Suikoden I one lasts until just before Ted showing his power, and Suikoden II one last until just after Toto is destroyed. There are some different things and they didnt show some secundary charcters, but the important scenes are still there. Like when Luc shows up in Suikoden I or "die pig" scene in Suikoden II.
Each manga has 164 pags and I should say Yu Hijikata is doing a great job. The number of mangas and the date of realese for the new ones are still unknown.
Another date not very important but still curious is these seem alike to suikoden III ones: first pages in color, the back with the names of 108 stars and the books side has a part of a drawing we wont see fully until we had all books. Maybe theyll try to make them in 11 books too, but thats only guessing. I hope they will have enough sales in Japan and they bring that here, at least in english. If you want to buy the books you can buy them here:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/gensou-suikoden-uketsugareshi-monshiyou-1-medeiafuakutori-komitsukusu/1021068470-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/global/genso-suikoden-2-hikisakareshi-shukusei-1/1021068471-0-0-0-en/info.html

Suikoden Arrange Collection Vol.1 cover

2009-11-07T15:52:00.000-08:00

Esta vez no hay muchas novedades, tan sólo una breve noticia: en la web oficial de konami ya han actualizado la portada de este nuevo cd, comentado ya anteriormente aquí.

This time I dont have a lot of news, only this little report: on konami's official website they already updated this cover for the new cd, which I already commented here.

Suikoden I & II manga pics

2009-10-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

Buscando información, hoy encontré unas imágenes de estos mangas, algo así como un mapa de personajes, mostrando la relación que tienen entre ellos. También encontré alguna información: la historia es la misma hasta donde sé, pero han cambiado los nombres de los protagonistas respecto a las novelas: Tir será llamado Ryoi y Riou será llamado Tao. Las imágenes y la información las he sacado de esta web y de varios de los links que aparecen en ella. Cuando tenga los mangas actualizaré de nuevo con los scans, pero tardarán en llegar, así que mientras esto es todo lo que puedo ofrecer^^

Searching info, I found today some pics from the mangas, it seems some map with the relationships between the characters. I found too some new info: the story will be the same as far as I know, but they changed the names from the novels: Tir will be called Ryoi and Riou will be called Tao. The images and the info are taken from this web and some links inside it. When Ill have the mangas ill update again, but that wont be very soon so now thats all I can show! ^^

Suikoden I PC- Chinese

2009-10-30T09:05:00.000-07:00

Hoy, buscando imágenes del suikoden II chino de pc, encontré imágenes de una versión de suikoden que no sabía que existía (comercializada).
El juego es el mismo que la versión japonesa pero en chino, la caja es un poco diferente, igual que el manual y el cd.

Today I was searching images from Suikoden II chinese for pc, and I found pics from a suikoden version I didnt know it even exist.
The game is the same one than the japanese version but obviously in chinese, the box is slighty different, same with booklet and cd.

Suikoden I & II Konami The Best version

2009-10-24T11:13:00.000-07:00

Well, even with the ever increasing amount of new merchandise we've been seeing these past weeks for our beloved series, it still may come as a surprise to you that the Japan-exclusive PSP port of Suikoden 1 and 2 has now been made into a "Konami The Best" or "Konami Besuto" version :P. In stores November 5th, with a price tag of 2,940yen. Apparently sales of the original PSP port weren't so hot in Japan, which makes you wonder why Konami decided to make this version of it. Perhaps it's because they love this serious just as much as we do :) awwwww, isnt it cute? There haven't been any changes in this version from the original port, except for the front cover design, which isnt all that different, but is much uglier, however :). Even though they are re-releasing this in Japan, there is little evidence to support the idea that they will be releasing this anywhere outside of Japan. You can pre-order it here.

Suikoden New Promo Mug

2009-10-23T08:35:00.000-07:00

Ya comenté en los post anteriores que konamistyle pondría a la venta un calendario del 2010 y un cd especial. Pero hay más. Si los reservas conjuntamente no te ahorrarás un yen, pero te llevarás un artículo promo muy especial: una taza de Suikoden con imágenes de las runas.
Se pueden reservar aquí. El precio del set es de 5625 yenes.

I already commented in other posts about konamistyle selling the 2010 calendar and a special cd. But here is some more. If you reservate both them you wont save even 1 yen, but you would receive a special promo item: a suikoden mug with drawings of the runes.
You can reserve it there. The price of the set will be 5625 yens.

Suikoden Arrange Collection Vol. 1 ~Vocal&Piano~

2009-10-23T06:32:00.000-07:00

Como muchos sabreís, este futuro 2010 será el 15 aniversario de la saga Suikoden. Aunque aún no estemos ni en el 14 aniversario, Konami ya esta empezando a celebrarlo con un cd recopilatorio que cuenta con una cancion de cada suikoden 1-5 y Tierkreis en vocal y otra en piano. Incluyendo algunas famosas como Reminiscence o Her sigh (tema de Radat). Este cd se pondrá a la venta el 18 de Diciembre de 2009, 3 días después del 14 aniversario de la saga Suikoden y 1 dia después del aniverario número 11 del Suikoden II. Al llevar el título de Vol. I supongo que saldrán más a lo largo del 2010. La imagen del cd es esta de momento, pero es casi seguro que la modificarán. El precio del cd es de 3000 yenes, y se puede reservar aquí.Like some of you should know, this future 2010 year will be the 15th suikoden anniversary. We didnt have even the 14th anniversary still, but konami is starting to celebrate it with a cd which has 1 song for every suikoden 1-5 and tierkreis in vocal, and another one for each in piano. That includes some famous songs like Reminiscence or Her sigh (Radat's theme). This cd will be on sale on December 18th, 2009 (3 days after suikoden 14th anniversary and 1 day after suikoden II 11st aniversary). Thats called Vol. 1 so I think they would do more in all year 2010. The image of the cd is this one but i think thats only temporary and they will change it in no time. The price will be 3000 yens and you can reserve ir here.

A lost Suikoden II treasure

2009-10-22T14:05:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Nanamis super searching techniques, and my ability to make a very sad and innocent face, I guilted her into letting me win this rare merchandise :D teehee. Neither of us had any knowledge of its existence until now, and there's a good reason for it. From what we can tell, it was made for an event in Tokyo called "Geki" and was presumably designed for this event just before the release of the game in Japan, in 1998. The item itself is called a "Nobori". It is basically a banner designed with hooks to hang it, exactly like this: Nobori Picture. It is over 10 years old now, and there have probably been very very few of these made since it was for this event only. Knowing its rarity and seeing its wonderful design, I think Nan described it best when she said "it is a treasure"

Traducción: Gracias a las super técnicas de búsqueda de Nanami, y a mi habilidad para poner caras tristes e inocentes, he logrado que me deje ganar este mercha tan raro :D jejeje. Ninguno de nosotros tenía conocimiento de esto hasta ahora, y hay una razón para eso. Hasta donde creemos, fue hecho para un evento en Tokyo llamado Geki y seguramente fue hecho justo antes de que el juego saliese, el 1998. Se llama nobori y se trata de un banner disenyado para sel colgado de esta forma: imagen de nobori. Ahora tiene más de 10 anyos y probablemente hay muy pocos de estos dado a que son sólo para eventos. Sabiendo su rareza y viendo su fantaástico disenyo creo que Nan lo describió perfectamente cuando dijo: es un tesoro.

Suikoden 2010 Calendar

2009-10-17T05:52:00.000-07:00

Es bueno saber que se sigue haciendo merchandising de Suikoden. En este caso hablo de un nuevo calendario que saldra a la luz el 18 de diciembre de 2009 a un precio de 2625 yenes. El calendario será muy similar al del 2009, con imagenes de Tierkreis y de otros Suikoden. Información extraida de Konamistyle.

Its good to know Konami is still making Suikoden merchandise. In this case Im talking about a new calendar, which will be released on December 18th, 2009, and the price will be 2625 yens. This calendar will be very similar to 2009 one, with Tierkreis and another Suikoden's images. Information taken from Konamistyle.

Suikoden I & II manga

2009-10-15T03:44:00.000-07:00

Tras la conversión de Suikoden III y Suikoden V (aún en progreso) al manga, Suikoden I y II sacan sus respectivos primeros tomos en venta a la vez. Esta vez, dibujados por Yu Hijikata, quien tiene experiencia en esto, pues se encargó de la adaptación en manga de Valkyrie Profile. Personalmente, prefiero el dibujo de Aki Shimizu, pero no puedo esperar a leerlo. Ojalá se animen a sacarlo fuera de Japón, por lo menos en inglés. El número de tomos es aún desconocido, cuando tenga más información actualizaré.

After the Suikoden III and Suikoden V (still in progress) manga adaptation, Suikoden I and II hagve now their own first manga volumes, which came out on sale at same time. This time, thats drawed by Yu Hijikata, who is experienced in this stuff, since she already did the same with Valkyrie Profile. Personally I rather Aki Shimizu's work, but even with that I cant wait to read it. I wish they sell that outside Japan, at least in english. The number of volumes is still unknown, when Ill have more info Ill updat it.

Suikoden V: comics UPDATED

2009-10-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

Al contrario que con los demas volúmenes de la saga, Suikoden V cuenta con una enorme cantidad de antologías de cómic.
Cómo son bastante parecidos, he hecho un esquema con todos los cómics que existen de momento.
Los nombres son traducidos con google de japonés al inglés, así que es posible que no sean exactos.
Desconozco si los tres últimos libros (Rutokoro, Promises of Smiles y The dawn of time) están relacionados entre sí y forman parte de una antología o no.
Actualización: Nuevos tomos 3 y 4 de Castle of Dawn. Y supongo que seguiré actualizando porque a diferencia de los otros, este cuenta la historia vista en Suiko V, tal y como el manga del III.

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Suikoden V: comics

In contrast to the other volumes of the series, Suikoden V has a large number of comic anthologies.
They are quite similar, so I made a diagram with all the comics that exist now.
The names are translated from Japanese into English with Google, so it may not be 100% perfect.
I dont know if the last three books (Rutokoro, Promises of Smiles and The dawn of time) are interrelated and being part of same anthology or not.
Updated: new books 3 and 4 from Castle of Dawn. And I think I will have to actualize soon again, because this one seems to be telling the story in Suiko V, something like Suikoden III manga.

Suikoden Gifts!

2009-10-06T05:26:00.000-07:00

¡Mi colección sigue en aumento! Aquí pongo la foto de los regalos que Winds me ha hecho, porque todos son de Suikoden :3 Así que los muestro y los comento un poco.

My collection becomes bigger! I post the pic with the gifts Winds made me, because all them are suikodenn related : D

Descripción:
-Peluche de Manaril que Winds mandó hacer para mi aquí.
Ahora ya si que puedo recomendar esta página, son unos profesionales!
-Artbook de Suikoden IV
-Mousepad de Suikoden II
-Bolígrafo de Suikoden II versión Riou
-Folder de Suikoden Cards.
-Suikogaiden I y II precintados.
-Suikoden I versión japonesa en inglés (muy raro)
-Suikoden Crunch chocolate con carta
-Bandera Fuerte Mercenario ( ¡POR FIN!)

Description:
-Manaril plush, Winds order to make it to meee, in this page already commented. I recommend it, theyre so professional!
-Suikoden IV artbook
-Suikoden II Riou pen
-Suikoden Cards Folder
-Suikogaiden I and II sealed
-Suikoden I japanese version in english (very rare)
-Suikoden Crunch chocolate with card
-Suikoden Mercenary Fortress Flag (FINNALLY!)

¡Gracias, Winds! Me has alegrado el dia... bueno, no, ¡me has alegrado toodo el anyo! hahaha
Thanks, Winds! You made my day... well no, you made my yeaaar hahahaha

Y gracias a todos los que os hayais acordado y especialmente a Chemaru por el regalo ^_^
And thanks to all who remembered it and specially to Chemaru because of his gift!^-^

New and Improved Winds Suikoden Room......take 2!

2009-10-04T20:08:00.000-07:00

Hello all again!!!

Since showing you my new suikoden shelves something a little crappy happened....they fell :*(. I came home one day to find all my collection on the floor in ruins, but fear not, miraculously nothing was harmed except one Japanese Suikoden V guide, and even then only one little tear in the cover. Of course I cried louder than Simone did when he lost his rose brooch for a little bit, but Nanami cheered me up! She even suggested a new way of displaying my collection. Not only is it cool, but it's also a little less dangerous! YAY NANAMI TO THE RESCUE!

I present to you my new and improved suikoden room....take 2!

It isn't big enough to house all my collection, but it is sufficient for now until I can buy another! If anyone is interested, you can buy these from ikea for 50 euros! Pretty cheap considering the quality.

Suikoden fanmade dollfies and figures

2009-10-02T08:36:00.000-07:00

Hoy es uno de esos días en que la búsqueda de cosas nuevas de suikoden ha dado sus frutos.
Today is one of the days in which my search for new suikoden stuff is worth.

En primer lugar he encontrado esta preciosa dollfie customizada como Nanami aquí. Yo hace tiempo que estoy haciendo la mía, pero no tengo dinero para el cuerpo. Ya la ensenyaré cuando la acabe^^.
In first place, I found this beautiful customized Nanami dollfie here. I have been making one since long ago but i dont have enough money for the body. I'll show her when Ill finish it^^

Pero eso no es todo, la gente me sorprende positivamente, no sólo por la calidad de los disfraces y los parecidos de los dollfies con los personajes reales. Lo que verdaderamente me gusta es la devoción con la cual la gente homenajea a suikoden. Aquí tenemos un conjunto de tres figuras correspondientes a Tir Mcdohl, Luc (Suikoden II) y sasarai (Suikoden II).
But thats not all... people surpreise me, not only for the quality of the costumes for the dolls and how much they seem the real characters. The thing Im really amazed with is the fact od people's devocation with Suikoden, doingf things like this. Here is this set of 3 figures: Tir Mcdohl, Luc (Suikoden II), and Sasarai (Suikoden II).

También pongo la imagen en detalle de la cara de Luc, excelente trabajo sin lugar a dudas.
La web en dónde he encontrado a estas monadas es ésta.
I add too Luc's face pic so all you can see in detail. Certainly thats an amazing job. The website where I found these cuties is this one.

Después de la sesión de dollfies, hablaré de las figuras, que tan difíciles son de encontrar.
After the dollfies pictures session, ill talk about the figures, which are always so hard to find.

Como es el caso de esta figura de Chris de Suikoden III que me ha encantado también. En esta figura podemos ver a Chris con el pelo suelto y sin armadura, ¡y esta realmente bonita! Aquí está el link.
This is the case of this Suikoden III Chris figure and I looooved it too! In this figure we can see Chris with the hair down and without armor. The link is here.

Miakis: como se hizo. También encontré en esta página el kit de Miakis, la cual ya hemos mostrado en el blog, montada y pintada. El kit incluye un manual muy mono con todas las partes y fotos para saber como pintarla.
Miakis: the making of. I also found Miakis kit in this website, figure which we already saw here before, already painted and assembled. The kid includes a booklet with all the parts of the figure and pics for knowing how to paint it.

Y más noticias buenas: ¡otra figura nueva! Lamentablemente tampoco es oficial, pero merece la pena verla. Hablo de Millie, del Suikoden II: "Bonaparte, ¿dónde estás?"
Imagen de la figura de Millie extraida de aquí.
And more good news: another suikoden figure!
Sadly this one isnt official neither, but its worth so see it. Im talking about Millie from Suikoden II: "Bonaparte, where are you?"
I found Millie figure here.

Y eso es todo por hoy, próximamente: las pinky street customizadas.^^
And thats all for today. Soon, customized pinky street.^^

Suikoden Cloth Posters

2009-09-30T17:25:00.000-07:00

These are all the suikoden clothes posters I could find.
Estos son todos los posters de tela del Suikoden que he podido encontrar.
Starting for the Suikoden III banners. As you can see there are 4 kinds. Theyre quite hard to find, and more if youre searching for all them.

Empezando por los banners del Suikoden III. Como se puede ver aquí, hay 4 modelos. Son bastante dificiles de encontrar y más si los quieres todos.

This one is suikoden IV japanese cloth poster. Its really cool. I owe this one (the piture is from the auction I won).
Este es un poster de tela japonés del Suikoden IV. Es realmente cool. Este lo tengo (la foto es de la puja que gané).

This is the only not-japanese one. Its a promo Konami America Suikoden IV poster. Its easy to see sometimes on ebay.
Este es el único poster de tela que no es de Japón. Es un artículo promo de Suikoden IV, de Konami America. Se puede ver en ebay a veces.

Konami Stand on TGS. You can see some cloth posters but unfortunattely not for sale :(
El stand de Konami en el TGS. Se pueden ver los posters de tela pero por desgracia no estaban a la venta.

New and Improved Suikoden Room!

2009-09-28T14:50:00.000-07:00

Hooooooooola a todos!

Whenever we have an excuse to show off either of our collections, we absolutely jump at the chance! Inspired (or down right stolen :P) by beautiful Nan's awesome display of her collection, I decided to get some shelves for my own collection :D. After a lot of hard work of trying to put those up, its finally finished. While i'm no handyman, I think the end result isnt the worst :D Soon I want to add some posters to the walls as well. Nanami also came up with the greatest idea ever for a Suikoden room, but we'll hold out on ruining that surprise until that's finished :D.

Without further ado:

Suikoden Posters

2009-08-28T12:12:00.000-07:00

Helloooooo all! We're back again with a glorious update on fancy Suikoden wall decorations.....in other words, Posters!! Konami seems to love promoting their beloved series in Japan with promo Posters, so lucky for us there are more things to collect! There are quite a few posters to show, and probably more we haven't discovered or don't have a picture of yet. So this list might be update in the near future as we find them :) I hope you drool as much as we did while looking at these! Enjoy!

Suikoden 1 Poster
Suikoden 1 posters are veeeery hard to find. In fact in all our years of searching we've only ever seen 2 and this is one of them. Even then we only saw this the one time. Well, except for the many times I see it in my room since I was fortunate enough to win this, YAY!

This just happens to be one of my favourite posters of all time. I just love the Suikoden 1 artwork and what better way to display it then on your wall with all 108 SoD's :). This poster was part of a set of 3, each poster contained all the 108 stars for Suikoden 1, 2, and 3. They were only sold at the Tokyo Game Show as far as i'm aware.

Suikoden 2 Posters
This promo poster was given to stores to promote the then upcoming game Suikoden II in Japan. It also promoted the fact that Metal Gear Solid in Japan was released with a playable demo of Suikoden II inside.

The left poster is similar to Nanamis rare suikoden II poster but contains Japanese kanji instead of english text. This one is rare but not nearly as rare as Nanamis.
The one on the right is similar to the promo poster above, but the difference is this one was released after Suikoden II in Japan, and is no longer a promo picture.

The poster on the left is of quite a famous picture of Suikoden II. This picture has quite a few releases on suikoden merch, ie a phone card, a card, post cards etc.

The right poster is one of my favourites and contains the 3 main characters in the foreground and the 108 SoDs in the background.

If you follow this blog i'm sure you've seen this gem quite a few times :). It belongs to our very own Nanami. It was released in Europe/UK to promote the release of Suikoden II. It is seemingly impossible to find unless you ask Nanami nicely for it :)

There is also a Suikoden 2 poster of all the 108 stars similar to the Suikoden 1 and 3 ones featured in this post, but sadly I do not have a picture of it to show you. I promise when I find one, it'll be updated here!

Suikoden 3 Posters
A Suikoden III Poster featuring the heroes.

The third in the set of 3 108 Stars Posters from TGS. Amaaazing.

This poster was 1 of 2 released in the US to promote the release of Suikoden III. These are actually quite hard to find. But every once in a while you'll see them on eBay.

The second of 2 released in the US. Another hard one to find.

Suikoden IV Posters
A double sided Suikoden IV Poster. That is the front and back.

A weirdly shaped Suikoden IV Promo poster. This one is quite rare.

Suikoden V Posters
These posters were released in Japan as a set of 3 with the release of Suikoden V. Obviously they didn't come framed, but what a cool idea! *Pic taken from the suikosource forums.

Another oddly shaped Suikoden poster, similar to the Suikoden IV one above. You'll notice they advertise a DVD in this one. The cover of the DVD is not one we've seen before, but Nanami and I seem to think this poster was created before they knew how the DVD that came with the Limited Edition Suikoden V would look, so they made a sample of it with this pic. I don't think this cover really exists.

Suikogaidens Posters
Suikogaiden Volume 1 Poster

Suikogaiden Volume 2 Poster.

A set of 3 mini posters for Suikogaiden vol 1 released at the 2001 Spring TGS. It even came in a small tube with a preview on it, fancy huh?

Rhapsodia Posters
A double sided Rhapsodia promo poster advertising the released of the game. Pictured are the front and back.

Yet another oddly shaped one similar to the Suikoden IV and V ones. This ones for Rhapsodia, i like it!

A set of 6 mini posters for Rhapsodia. It was released at TGS and is quite rare and expensive. I've seen this for auction twice and both times it was very expensive.

Suikoden Tierkreis Posters
Suikoden Tierkreis promo poster for the release of the game.

Another promo poster for the release of Tierkreis in Japan.

A Tierkreis poster released in the US inside a gaming magazine. You can find these on eBay for very cheap.

Another US Tierkreis poster, releaesd in the same video game magazine.

Suikoden Card Stories Posters
Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 1 Promo Poster

Yet again an oddly shaped one, it's of Suikoden Card Stories: Premium Pack promo Poster

Top left: Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster pack Vol. 1 poster

Top right: Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 4 poster

Bottom left: Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 2 poster

Bottom right: Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 3 poster

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 2 promo poster

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 3 promo poster

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 4 promo poster

Misc. Suikoden Posters
In this picture is the famed Aki Shimizu, artist for the Suikoden 3 manga. Behind her is a huge poster for the first volume in the manga series. I doubt there were very many of these made, in fact maybe this is the only one. Needless to say it's a rare one, possibly impossible to hunt down for purchase :( Cool though, isn't it?

Suikoden Alliance Comic promo poster advertising the suikoden II alliance comic. Very rare.

Suikoden Shinso Vol. 7 promo Poster advertising the shinsos. Very cool and rare!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell *breathes* that was a lot, no? To think there are probably even a few more out there both tires and excites me :D. Some day I will own all these and decorate my room wall to wall, floor to ceiling with these!!!!! YAY!!

Unlicensed but cute Suikoden plushies!

2009-08-27T06:33:00.000-07:00

Hasta donde yo sé, no existen peluches grandes de Suikoden (sólo llaveros), pero existen algunos hechos por fans o particulares.
Desde Japón nos llegan estos preciosos peluches, se pueden ver en esta web.
El autor o autora es el mismo que hizo buena parte de las figuras de suikoden, como las de Luc, Sasarai y Ted. Por desgracia no parecen estar a la venta u_u
As far as I know, there isnt any suikoden big plush (only keychains), but there are some plushies made by fans or particular sellers.
From Japan, we can see these beautiful plushies, in this web.
The autor of them is the same who did a lot of the suikoden figures like Luc, Sasarai and Ted ones. Sadly, they dont seem to be on sale u_u

Pero si quieres comprar algunos peluches de Suikoden, hay una página que se dedica a hacerlos, tienen muchos modelos diferentes y además aceptan encargos. La página es ésta. Tienen además peluches de muchos animes y videojuegos diferentes, por un precio ajustado teniendo en cuenta que son totalmente hechos a mano. La página está aún en activo, aunque aún no nos hemos lanzado a comprar ahí, lo cual es muy tentador^^
But if you want to buy some suikoden plushies, theres a web who sell them, they have a lot of different ones and they can make the one you want too. The web is this one. They have a lot of different anime and videogame plushies, and the price is small if you think they are totally handmade, The web is still working, we didnt buy anything there yet, but thats a big temptation for us^^

Flame Champion prototype figure

2009-08-23T03:32:00.000-07:00

Cuando salió el set de 7 figuras gashapon de todos los héroes de Suikoden, se pensaron si hacer al prota del 4 o al héroe del fuego, cuyo prototipo estaba ya hecho y anunciado. Al final se decantaron por Lazlo, y no se les ocurrió meter a este otro que lo tenían ya hecho como figura secreta o algo. Una pena, porque es una pasada. ¿Quién tendrá el prototipo en su mesita de noche? Y sobretodo... ¿por qué no YO? xD
Imagen sacada de los foros de Suikosource.

When the set of 7 Suikoden heros gashapon figures came out, they didnt know if they should do the suiko 4 hero or the flame champion, which prototype was already done and announced. Finnally, they choose Lazlo, and they didnt think in put Flame Champion like secret figure or something... Thats a shame, since its so cool. Who should have this prototype in his room? And... Why not ME? XD
Image from Suikosource forums.

Petición 1: Imagenes de Nanami

2009-08-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

Debido a la petición de Jose en el comentario anterior, y dado a que es uno de los pocos lectores que este blog tiene (al menos, que yo sepa) y siendo la primera petición que me hacen y de un personaje que me gusta tanto como Nanami, no me puedo negar. Aquí dejo unas imagenes que he podido encontrar, ya que perdí muchas. Sobra decir que si alguien tiene una petición, aunque no tenga que ver con merchandising y siempre que tenga que ver con Suikoden, estaré encantada de hacerlo.
Due to Jose's request in the last post, and because hes one of the few readers this blog has, and thats about a character I love so much; I cant refuse. There is some images I could find, since I lost tons of them. If anyonehas some petition, even if thats not merchandising related but still Suikoden related, it will be my pleasure to do it.

Suikoden Cake and gifts!

2009-08-08T07:32:00.000-07:00

Today is our colaborators birthday!
Even if thats something personal, I had to show the images of the cake!
Just sweeeeet!

Hoy es el cumple de nuestro colaborador Winds.
Incluso si es algo personal, tenía que ensenyar las imágenes de la tarta^^
Coooooooool!
It was as good as it looks ;P Its done by Don Pan, a bakery company :3 its really well done, isnt it? It was sad to swallow Nanami's face :_( XDDDDD

Está tan bueno como aparenta ;P Está hecho por Don Pan, una cadena de panaderias y pastelerias :3 Fue triste masticar la cara de Nanami :_( xDDDDDDDD

And a birthday needs gifts for being perfect, so lets show the new suikoden items that Winds got today!

Y un cumple necesita regalos para ser perfecto, así que aquí están las cosas nuevas de Suikoden que ha conseguido Winds hoy.
Suikoden card stories guidebook, suikoden IV promo cellphone straps (Sasarai, Hugo, Chris and Sierra ones), Lyon figure, Suikogaiden 1 schedule book, suikoden II stamp set, Suikoden II fan.

Suikoden Calenders

2009-08-06T10:39:00.000-07:00

One of the things we always wanted to talk about but have held off for a long time are the Suikoden Calendars. The reason we procrastinated this post for so long is because we didn´t have info and pics, and now we do! (Maybe we are still missing one or two :P)
Let´s go through his chronologically, shall we?

Suikoden II 2001 Schedule Seal Calendar
This was one of the first calendars released from Animate for Suikoden.

Suikogaiden Vol 1 Animate Calendar

Suikogaiden Vol 1 2001 Calendar

Sample Picture

Suikoden 2 2001-2002 School Calendar
This tiny calendar was another one from Animate.

Suikoden 2002 mini-Calendar
This calendar has really cool images from Suikoden 1, 2, and Gaiden. It is a mini stand up calendar. This is very hard to find.

Suikoden 2002 Poster Calendar
This calendar is quite huge, every month is the size of a poster. It has very good and unique images. This is hard to find but not impossible.

Sample Picture

Suikoden 2003 Calendar

Suikoden IV 2005 Calendar
This calendar is the same size as the 2002 one. It is hard to find.

Suikoden Tierkreis 2009 Calendar 1
One of the latest calendars, it is relatively easy to find.

Suikoden Tierkreis 2009 Calendar 2
This other calendar was released when Tierkreis came out, and its part of the Complete Limited Edition, but they sell that separately too. It is still easy to find.

Nanami new items!

2009-07-31T04:21:00.000-07:00

Últimamente no posteo demasiado por esto de las vacaciones, pero intentaré no dejar el blog muy abandonado. Aquí dejo una foto de mis nuevos items, ¡gracias, Winds!

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Lately I havent been posting too much because of the holidays, but Ill try not to leave the blog anymore. There's a pic of my new items, thanks Winds!

Items:
Suikoden II 2002 calendar
Suikoden II necklace strap
Suikoden II NTSC-J sealed!
Suikoden III purse set A
Suikogaiden Vol. 1 place mat and coaster
Suikoden III pamphlet
Suikoden III Chris PostCard

Suikoden III Memory Card Case

2009-07-11T12:50:00.000-07:00

This is an update to an the "Suikoden: las memory card" post by Nanami located here.

Every once in a while Nanami and I are pleasantly surprised by a new piece of Suikoden merchandise that in all of our combined years of searching and collecting, have never seen before. It just goes to show us that even when we think we've seen it all, there are still some hidden gems and surprises left for us to find ^^. It just so happens that recently beautiful Nan and I came upon an item like this, and it turned out to be a Suikoden III memory card case. As you can see its very similar to the original Suikoden 1 memory card case pictured in the other article. It opens like a dvd case and inside houses 7 slots for playstation memory cards to fit in. As a little bit of an upgrade too, this time in each memory card slot is a little bit of artwork to look at. The extremely cool thing about this is I won the auction for it :), nerdy Nan tried to win it, but in the end she was just no match for me :D (actually she let me win it, isn't she the best ever? *kisses!*)

Here are the pictures of the inside and outside of it. Enjoy!

Suikoden CDs

2009-07-04T13:27:00.001-07:00

Aquí dejo una lista de todos los cds de Suikoden que conozco con algunas descargas.
There is the list with all Suikoden cds I know and with some download links.

Suikoden I OST

Suikoden II OST vol. 1

Suikoden II OST vol. 2

Suikogaiden Vol. 1
Download/descarga

Suikogaiden vol. 2
Download/Descarga

Suikoden III OST
Download/Descarga

Suikoden IV OST

Rhapsodia OST
Download/Descarga
(Downloaded in http://bluelaguna.net and redownloaded in .rar by myself)

Suikoden V OST

Suikoden Tierkreis OST
cd1
cd2
Additional disc
(Found on Emuparadise forum)

Suikoden Tierkreis Extra Soundtrack

Suikoden Ongakushu by Hiroyuki Nanba

Suikoden III Ongakushu ~Rustling Wind~
Download/Descarga

Suikoden Vocal Collection ~La passione commuove la storia~

Suikoden Vocal Collection ~Echoes of Love~

Suikoden Sokyu no Koe- Voices best Himekami

Suikoden II Orrizonte
Download/Descarga

Suikoden Asian Collection

Suikoden Celtic Collection vol. 1

Suikoden Celtic Collection vol. 2

Suikoden Celtic Collection vol. 3

Suikoden IV Music Collection: Another World

Suikoden Music Collection- Kentaro Hano

Suikoden Piano Collection I
Download/Descarga

Suikoden Piano Collection II

Winds Suikoden......room?

2009-06-19T21:51:00.000-07:00

Hola everyone!
In light of sweet Nan's recent suikoden room post, I thought i'd share with you my suikoroom as well. This has been several years in the making, and involves lots of blood, sweat, and tears so I hope you are completely jealous ^^
Glorious, no? Okay so I lied, it looks like urine. It isn't so much a room as it is a couple of drawers and bins :(. I haven't had the time or wilpower to build something as nice as Nanamis yet, but I plan to move houses in the not too distant future. Once i'm nice and cozy in this new place, you can be sure i'll be getting out the ol' hammer and nails to build my suikoden collection a nice display area, as well as building lovely Nanami her very own Suikoden castle ^^.
Why did I chose to collect Suikoden you may be wondering? Let's travel back in time to when I was a young scrawny boy vs the body building hunk I am today. I would have been about 15 years old when I first saw Suikoden 2. At the time I considered rpg's to be the most boring types of games imaginable, I was more into games like Resident Evil, Goldeneye, and Mario Kart. I remember I was in my friends basement and he was playing some game that seemed highly outdated, as if it were a port from Super Nintendo. In fact I even remember making fun of the game, calling the graphics horrible and laughing at the sound effects. He told me the game was called Suikoden 2 and that I absolutely HAVE to try this game, even if I didn't like rpg's. Usually I would have told him to go straight to hell :D, but I had recently had my playstation 1 modded to play backup games, and I was copying every game I could get my hands on, so I copied this "suikoden 2" game he raved so much about. I have to admit I was very intrigued from him telling me I could recruit 108 members to build an army. Not more than a few days later I tested the game out based on his recommendation. I tell you, playing this game was one of those sweet moments in life that you'll never forget, like getting married or having a child :). Something about this game was so magical that no one can easily explain without actually playing it for themselves. I literally played this game 15-20 hours a day, I would wake up very early in the morning and play it until very late at night, repeating this schedule until I beat it. I remember even calling my friend at key moments in the game and discussing it with him as we both played. No game has ever touched me in the way Suikoden has. About a month later I was in a flee market when I found the original Suikoden for $20 used. I snatched it up right away and immediately fell in love with that game as well. One of the only games I actually spent money on instead of copying, that says a lot haha.
Now fast forward to not so many years ago in 2005. I was living in England for the better part of a year making tons of cash for school. I came back to Canada with loads of money to spend :). I had never owned an official copy of Suikoden 2, and it was always something I wanted to own. So I looked it up on ebay and saw how much a used copy was selling for (over $100). Then I saw one auction for a brand new sealed copy, at the time I had no idea about people collecting this stuff as a hobby so I figured a sealed copy must be SO rare, thinking this copy might be the only one in the world haha, I decided to buy that for an outrageous price (over $200). From there I researched everything about suikoden merchandise including all the stuff released in Japan. This led me to some wonderful sites which in turn led me to meeting the most beautiful girl in the world, and I think we all know who i'm talking about :).
It really is quite an amazing thing to reflect on after all these years, to think how it all began with a game that I once called a cheap super nintendo port. Suikoden holds a huge place in my heart, and so does the girl I met because of it.

Suikoden room and why I love suiko&mercha

2009-06-15T05:11:00.000-07:00

Desde los 14, (y desde entonces ya ha llovido...) he querido tener un "cuarto suikoden". Incluso antes de saber que existía merchandising, ese era mi suenyo. Cuando tenia 14, lo unico que tenia de suiko era una imagen de Riou y Nanami, sacada de una revista y pegada en un armario, y el Suikoden II grabado. Aún tengo esa imagen, descolorida por el paso de los anyos. ¿Por qué Suikoden? no es el único rpg al que he jugado, ni mucho menos, ni tampoco el primero (el primero fue Alundra). Pues no sé, fue mágico para mí desde el mismo día en que leí la preview en una revista y no paré de repetir "quiero este juego". Cuando lo probé fue el mismo día que cumplí los 14, mi tío lo grabó para mí y lo encontré esa manyana encima de la mesa, y fue la primera vez que jugué a la consola antes de ir al colegio. Sí, allí estaba yo, con mi uniforme, descubriendo un mundo nuevo XD
Y ya suikoden no es sólo un juego. Cuando tenía 15, tuve mi primer pc, y lo primero que hice fue buscar info, y descubrí suikosource, conocí a mucha gente en el chat, fueron los primeros fans de suiko que conoci, por eso aún los recuerdo... Luego vino el irc con el canal #suikoden, tantos días, tantas kdds... fue en donde conocí a la mayoría de mis amigos actuales, y algunos a los que acabé perdiendo la pista. Unos anyos más tarde, a diario buscaba colecciones de Suikoden y un día desccubrí una página muy especial: Post your suikoden collection, en el foro de rpgdreamers. No me lo podía creer XD que hubiese más coleccionistas de algo tan relativamente desconocido como suiko. Allí conoci a Winds, el mejor coleccionista del mundo mundial XD ¡y al que le agradezco que me ayude tanto con el blog! <3>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since I was 14 (long time ago...) I wanted to have a "suikoden room". Even before of knowing there was merchandising, this was my dream. When I was 14 all I had was a Riou and Nanami pic, glued in my closet, and the copy of the game Suikoden II. I have this pic still, amost without colour due to the years... Why Suikoden? of course this isnt the only game I ever played, and it wasnt the first one neither (that was Alundra). I dont know, that was magic for me since I saw it in some preview in a spanish magazine, and I couldnt stop saying I want this game! I played it first time same day I turned 14, my uncle burned it for me and I found it in the table, that was first time I played before going to school. I, with my schoolgirl uniform, was finding a new world (into a world of illusions XD).
Now Suikoden isnt only "a game". When I was 15 I have my first pc, and the first thing I did was search info and I saw Suikosource, I met a lot of people in the chat, they were the first suikoden fans I met, thats what I can remember them even now...Later, #Suikoden channel on IRC, so many days, so many meetings... thats where I met most of my friends I have now still, and some of them which I dont know about them anymore. A few years later I used to search daily suikoden collections, until a day I saw some special forum: Post your Suikoden collection, on rpgdreamers.I couldnt believe there were more suikoden collectors, since it isnt very famous.. I met there Winds, the best collector in all all all the world xD and Im so glad hes helping me with the blog! <3
Well, what I was trying to say is suikoden isnt only a game, is something like... all things I won thanks to it, each game, each friend, each day searching for new merchandising... its ALL that.
And after 9 years finnally I have all my collection together, but some posters^^ I dont like to talk about personal things, but I wanted to explain here why im a suikoden fan and why im collecting, and I thought that was a good time for this.

Shinso Vol 6: merchandise

2009-06-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

He escaneado toda la sección de merchandising del volumen 6 de shinsho, pongo una imagen como ejemplo dónde se puede ver algo del merchandising.
El link de la descarga, aquí.

I scanned all merchandise part from Shinsho vol.6, theres a pic like sample where you can see some merchandise.
The link for downloading is here.

Bemani Pocket - Konamix Video Review

2009-06-05T16:49:00.000-07:00

Hola everyone! We're back again with a special review for you today, the promised Bemani Pocket Konamix review! This one's a little bit different as it's a a youtube video!! In 2 parts!! I'm very sorry to our Spanish guests since I speak in english in the review :( (I promise to get Nan to do a video review only in spanish, deal?? :D). I talk quite a bit about the merch so if you don't care about the nerdy tidbits and just want to hear the song on it, you can skip to about halfway through the second video. I hope you enjoy!

Review Part 1
Review Part 2

Until next time...

Nanami Suikoden Collection!!!!!!! -actualzado/updated-

2009-05-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

Finally I made pics to my suikoden collection^^ I think my collection is now bigger, but still too little if I think in all mercha which exist and I dont own still! XD
Finalmente he hecho fotos a mi colección de Suikoden^^ creo que ahora es más grande, pero aún es peque si la comparo con todo el mercha que existe y que aún no me pertenece XD
Some of my books, magazines and doujinshis!^^
Algunos de mis libros, revistas y doujins^^

More books...
Más libros...

Figures and card related.
Nanami doll is a gift made by talented Winds <3Games and limited editions.
Los juegos y las ediciones limitadas.
Suikoden merchandise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Merchandising de Suikoden!!!!!!!

More merchandise ^_^
Más mercha ^_^

Winds Suikoden Collection!!

2009-05-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
I have a special treat for you today :P, I am going to unleash my Suikoden Collection to you all. I will show pictures of everything and list what each thing is as best I can. First let me tell you a little bit about it, I've been collecting since 2005, mostly through auctions. I also took a trip to Japan in 2006, where I was a little dissapointed with the lack of Suikoden merch I was able to find, but I did find a few things there. I like to collect things sealed as much as I can, but it's not always necessary.
Without further ado, here it is! Enjoy! (Bare with me as there is a lot of pictures in this, I could have condensed them down to one or two pictures, but I really wanted to show everything as best I could, and also to make you think the collection is bigger than beautiful Nanamis :P)

Picture 1
Suikoden IV Wall Scroll, Suikoden Manga (Tokyopop) Vol 1, Suikoden I Card DoCoMo TGS 2007, Suikoden 1 Collectable Cards (These are my doubles), TGS 2003 Cards (6 of 9) Limited Item, Suikoden IV TGS 2004 Cards (Set of 18), Suikoden III Cards (I think from TGS 2002) Suikoden III Limited Card, Suikoden Konami Cards (Set of 7)

Picture 2
Suikoden V Preview DVD, Suikoden Orgel Collection CD (Only 1000 Made), Rhapsodia Preview DVD, Suikoden IV Memory Card Stickets, Flame Champion Plush Doll, Suikoden III Sticker Set, Suikoden III Preview DVD Gold Ed., Suikoden Tactics PAL Full Game (Promo packaging, given only to press), Suikoden IV PAL Full Game (Promo Packaging, given only to press), Suikoden V PAL Full Game (Promo Packaging, given only to press), Suikoden III Promo DVD Silver Ed., Suikoden IV PS2 Memory Card, Suikoden I Memory Card Holder Case (Rare and Old, Holds 4 PS1 memory cards), GBA Suikoden Card Stories Game, Suikoden Card Package, Suikoden III Koroku, Sgt. Joe, Suikoden II Notepad TGS Spring 2000 (Limited Item), Suikoden III Plush Doll Luc, Suikoden II Pins Set of 3 (Animate Red Package), Suikoden II Pins Set of 3 (Animate, Green Packaging), Suikoden IV Keychain, Suikoden II Pins Set of 3 (Animate, Silver Packaging), Gensosuikoden 1 Sega Saturn New, Suikoden II Coin Bank, Suikoden Card Stories Starter Set

Picture 3
Suikoden II TGS Spring 2000 Picture and Frame New in Box (Limited to 300 Copies, numbered on the frame). Metal Gear Solid 1 JP New (Contains Suikoden 1 Demo JP), Suikoden V Store Front Promo DVD, Suikogaiden Vol 2 New, Suikoden Card Packaging.

Picture 4
Suikoden II Hand Towels (Animate), Konami Preview Disc PS2 New (Contains Suikoden IV Demo), Suikoden DVD, Suikoden II Memory Card Holder (Animate), Suikoden III Pins (Set of 5) Suikoden IV Badges (Ted and Lazlp), Suikoden Cell Phone Straps (Riou and Joey, Lazlo x2, Tir), Suikoden II Riou Strap (Animate), Suikoden Cell Phone Strap (Geddoe), Suikoden Cell Phone Strap Riou and Joey, Suikogaiden Book Case (Animate), Suikoden V Faroush Necklace, Suikoden Card Stories Card Set Binder, Suikoden V Bookmark Cards (Toma, Lucretia x2, come with Suikoden V Japanese Guide), Suikoden II Riou Pencil (Animate), Suikoden III Badges Box (Green, comes with 30 unopened packages of green series badges), Suikoden III Red and Blue Badges Box (Both come with 30 unopened packages of badges red and blue series), Suikoden II another 2 sets of hand towels (Animate), Suikoden Cell Phone Strap another Tir

Picture 5
Suikogaiden Vol 2 Poster

Picture 6
Suikogaiden Vol 1 Poster

Picture 7
Suikoden 1 NTSC Used, Suikoden IV Limited OST (Comes with Piano Scores), Suikoden Card Stories Series 1 Cards (Set of 300), Suikogaiden Vol 1 PSOne New, Suikoden IV OST New, Suikoden 1 RARE Japanese English Version (NTSC-J English) New, Suikoden 1 OST New, 1996 Konami Promo 8mm CD Single (one song from Vandal Hearts, One song from Suikoden only played in the commercials for Suikoden 1 in Japan, song is called Premonition sung by Yadoranka). Suikoden II OST Vol 1 New, Suikoden II OST Vol 2 New, Suikoden IV Another World OST New, Rhapsodia OST New, Suikoden 1 Poster, Suikoden 2 Poster, Suikoden 1 NTSC New, Suikoden II NTSC New, Suikogaiden Vol 1 OST New, Suikogaiden Vol 2 New

Picture 8
Suikoden IV NTSC New, Suikoden IV NTSC New, Suikoden Tactics NTSC New, Suikoden III NTSC New, Suikoden IV NTSC New, Suikoden V NTSC New, Suikoden V NTSC New, Suikoden IV NTSC Used, Suikoden V French Manual, Suikoden III Store Front Promo Banner

Picture 9
Suikoden V Lyon Figure (Yujin), Suikoden II OST with Box Used, Suikoden 1 Sega Saturn Used, Suikoden V OST with Box New, Suikoden V Memory Card Hori, Suikoden III NTSC J RARE packaging (only given to konami stockholders), Suikoden Post Card Set, Suikoden II Notepad, Suikoden Rare DVD Case x2 New, Suikoden V Music CD and Art book, Suikoden V DVD, Suikoden IV Music CD

Picture 10
Suikoden IV Art Book, Suikoden 1 Prima Guide, Suikoden II Prima Guide, Suikoden Tactics Bradygames Guide, Suikoden V Bradygames Guide, Suikoden IV Bradygames Guide, Suikoden V Art Cell

Picture 11
Suikoden IV Phone Card, Suikoden II Badges Great Shield and Black Sword Runes, Flame Champion Black Case, Suikoden III Picture, Viktor Flag (Animate), Suikoden III Fan (Animate), Flame Champion Black Case, Flame Champion Dog Tags, Suikoden II Mirror (Animate), Suikoden IV 100 Potch Gold Coin, Suikoden III Japan Style Fan, Suikoden II Cookie Jar in Box (Animate), Suikoden I Souleater Necklace (x2), Suikoden II Badges Great Shield and Black Sword Runes, Suikoden Card Box (Chris is on the other side), Suikoden Yamato Set of 7 Toys, Suikoden II Large Card (Animate), Suikoden III Flame Champion Pencil Case

Picture 12
Suikoden I PC Game for Windows Japanese Used, Suikoden V Limited Edition NTSCJ New, Suikoden IV Limited Edition NTSC J New, Suikoden IV Japanese Game with Rare Box (Only sold in very limited quantities on Amazon.jp), Suikoden V Promo DVD Blue Ed., Suikoden II The Best NTSC J New, Suikoden V DVD, Suikogaiden Vol 1 NTSC J New, Suikoden IV Promo DVD

Picture 13
Suikoden III Pencil Case Binder Sets (Red and Blue Editions. Animate) Suikoden V Japanese Guide, Suikoden II Picture Frame, Suikoden Manga Tokyopop Vol 2-10

Picture 14
Suikoden Cards Binder from Konami

Picture 15
Original Suikoden Cards Set of 153 (Missing special cards 1, 4, 8, and 9)

Picture 16
Suikoden II Jowy Doll made by Volks (i like to call him GI Jowy to make it more manlier)

Picture 17
Tierkreis Store Promo POP Stand, Suikoden III Fan, Suikoden II Hugo and Geddoe Cards, Tierkreis Promo Leaflets, Suikoden 1/2/3 Promo Leaflet, Suikoden 3 Postcards (Chris, Geddoe, Hugo), Suikoden III Sticker, Suikoden III Bookmark set, Suikoden III Pencil Board, Suikoden III Flame Champion Cell Phone Strap, Suikoden III Pin Badges, Suikoden II Mouse pad, Bemani Pocket Konamix w/ Suikoden 1 song, Suikoden Tierkreis TGS Notepad

Picture 18
Suikoden 2 NTSC-J Fake Disc w/ Shin Artwork, Suikoden Tierkreis Digital Artbook/CD, Suikoden Tierkreis NTSC-U, Suikogaiden Mug w/ Box
Suikoden 1 German Walkthrough, Suikoden 1 Mouse pad, Suikoden IV Leaflet, Suikoden III Posters (Chris and Hugo), Suikoden Tierkreis Book Cover, Suikoden II Animate Mug w/ Box, Suikoden Tierkreis Limited Ed. OST, Suikoden Tierkreis NTSC-U, Tierkreis Artbook, Tierkreis Drama CD, Suikoden III Volume 5 French version w/ DVD, Tierkreis Bookmarks, Suikoden III Brown Badge Box

Picture 19
Suikoden IV 2005 Calender, Suikoden 2002 Calender, Suikoden 2003 Calender, Suikoden 2002 Calender, Suikoden III US Poster, Suikoden III US Poster (a different one), Suikoden Card Stories Poster, Suikoden Card Stories 2 Poster, Suikoden III Konami Shareholders Edition Sealed

Alright that's all guys, I hope you enjoyed it. I actually have a few more items that I recently purchased but are currently still being shipped to me :). Also, sorry for the last pic and the pics containing posters, there is a lot of them and I didn't feel like rolling them all out. Rest assured I will get to that eventually in a Posters review that we'll be doing soon :). Also, the Bemani Pocket Konamix in Picture 17 will be reviewed more in depth too, possibly with a video if I ever get good at it (the suikoden song is EXTREMELY hard, not to mention I suck, haha). One final thing I'd like to say is Thank You to our very own sweet Nanami for buying me a few of the items in my collection. Isn't she el numero uno? :*****

Suikoden Card Packs

2009-05-18T17:47:00.000-07:00

Tras mucho buscar, creo que tengo información e imágenes de todos los packs de cartas existentes de Suikoden. Algunos de ellos no los he visto nunca en venta, por lo cual supongo que son difíciles de conseguir.
Los packs de cartas de Suikoden Cards Stories son las siguientes:

I searched a lot and I think I have enough pics an info about all Suikoden card packs. I didnt see never on purchase some of them, so i think theyre hard to get.
Here we can see the Suikoden Card Stories packs:

Suikoden Card Stories: Starter Box

Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 1

Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 2

Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 3
(Imagen del sobre de 300 yenes, puesto que no encontré de la caja).
(Image from 300 yens pack because I couldnt find the box).

Suikoden Card Stories: Booster Pack Vol. 4

Suikoden Card Stories: Premium Pack
(Imagen del sobre de 300 yenes, puesto que no encontré de la caja).
(Image from 300 yens pack because I couldnt find the box).

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Starter Pack

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster pack Vol. 1

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 2
(Imagen del poster promo del juego, puesto que no encontré las cartas).
(Image from this game promotional poster because I couldnt find the cards).

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 3
(Imagen del poster promo del juego, puesto que no encontré las cartas).
(Image from this game promotional poster because I couldnt find the cards).

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Booster Pack Vol. 4

Suikoden Card Stories -chapter II- Remake Booster

Y eso es todo, para más información puedes mirar aquí, dónde HowlingGuild de Suikosource explica muy bien los detalles.
Thats all, for more info you can check here, where HowlingGuild from Suikosource explains very well all details about these cards.

Different cards/Cartas diferentes:
Suikoden: Konami Collection Card
Son las primeras cartas realizadas y no tienen nada que ver con Suikoden Card Stories.
Theyre the first cards realised and they have nothing to do with Suikoden Card Stories.

Konami cards
Cartas de varios juegos de Konami: Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Tokimeki Memorial y Suikoden.
Dejo la foto de un sobre con varias cartas de Suikoden.
Some Konami game's cards: Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill. Tokimeki Memorial and Suikoden.
Here is the pic with a pack with some Suikoden cards.

Winds' Wishlist

2009-05-11T19:04:00.000-07:00

Since beautiful Nan uploaded her top 10 wish list, I thought it was appropriate to show you mine as well! Like hers, mine is constantly changing, since i'm always updating my collection.
Without further ado, here it is, magnificent, no?

1. Suikoden for Windows (Korean Version)
I have never actually seen this for auction. It slipped right passed my vision and evil Nanami won that. That's okay, when I marry her, I will inherit that :).

2. Suikoden III Store Promo Banners
These 4 banners were given to selected stores in Japan to promote the release of Suikoden III. I have the Suikoden III logo one on the far right, but am missing the other 3. They are very rare....but some day!

3. Suikoden 2 US Poster
Western related Suikoden merchandise are very few and far between, so whenever I see something, I must have it! Sadly the only time I have seen this is on Nanamis wall :(... Apparently this was given to the first 1000 buyers of the US version of Suikoden 2, so it is very limited. Just for fun, here is a picture of me stealing that from her wall :D

4. 108 Stars posters
Posters with a portrait of every character from the 108 Stars of Suikoden 1, 2, and 3. The first pic is the box they came in with little thumbnails of the posters inside. The 2nd pic is a bigger one of suikoden III's character portrait poster.

5. Tierkreis CD Single
Yes, I still have yet to find this for auction since the one time I saw it... *cries*. You can find more about it in this post here

6. Suikoden III TGS 2002 Charity Auction CD
Sorry guys, no pic of this as there were only 5 released. A boy can dream though, cant he?
Find out more about it here

7. Suikoden I Card packaging.
My favourite suikoden merchandise are usually from Suikoden I. I find the artwork to be very nostalgic and fantastic. That is why im crazy enough to desire the packaging of the first series of cards (not card stories) of Suikoden I. I own most of the cards, but am missing the box and bag they came in.

8. Suikoden I NTSC-J Sealed
Believe it or not this bad boy is almost impossible to find still sealed. I've seen it only once in my time collecting, and I was stupid enough not to buy it. It wasn't very expensive neither. I hope there is a next time...

9. Suikoden III Konamistyle Premier Set Sealed
As a Suikoden Collector it is a little embarassing for me to say I still do not own this awesome limited edition of Suikoden III. My main excuse is i've been trying to track down a sealed copy of this, but as I have not seen one yet, i'm almost convinced it doesn't exist haha. Soon I will cave and buy an open version :)

10. Suikoden V Rare Book
This little guy eludes me as to the origin or whatss inside. I saw it only one time for auction a couple years ago not long after the release of Suikoden V. I placed a bid of about 6000yen (crazy I know) but sadly that went for closer to 100, 000yen. Without knowing what it was, but seeing it going for such a high price, and not having seen it since, I can only assume this one is a rare hidden gem. And that makes me crave it even more...!!

Nanami's wishlist

2009-05-10T08:36:00.000-07:00

Aquí va la lista de las 10 cosas de suikoden que más me gustaría tener dentro del merchandising oficial o licenciado. La lista suele ir cambiando según voy consiguiendo lo que quiero, pero la mayoría son constantes pues son dificiles de encontrar.

Here is my list with the 10 suikoden things I want the most, all theyre official or licensed merchandising. My list is always changing while im getting new items, but the most of them are always the same because theyre so hard to find.

1. Nanami Volks Doll
Tan difícil de encontrar que esta es la única imagen que tengo gracias a Winds.
Ya hablé sobre esto aquí.

So hard to get this is the only one pic I have thanks to Winds.
I talked about it here.

2. Jowy Volks doll
También muy dificil de encontrar, sólo lo hemos visto en venta 2 veces. Las fotos son del ejemplar que Winds consiguió.
Ya comentado aquí.

Very hard to get too, we only saw it in 2 auctions.
Pics are from the one Winds bought.
Already commented here.

3. Riou Volks doll
Esta es la única foto que tengo, lo vi a la venta junto con Jowy, pero lamentablemente sólo vendían las cabezas (...). Este es el último modelo existente, y es muy raro, al igual que los otros dos.
Ya comentado junto con los otros aquí.

This is the only pic I have, I saw it on sale with Jowy one, but sadly they only were selling the heads (...). This is the last of the three, and its very rare, just like the others,
I already posted about it here.

4. Suikoden Ipod Nano
Ipods de Suikoden, muy limitados y de precio elevado. Hay varios modelos pero el que más me gustaría tener seria el de la Soul Eater o en su defecto la runa Comienzo.
Ya comentado aquí.

Suikoden Ipods, very limited and expensive. There are a few models but the one I want the most is Soul Eater or Beggining rune one.
Already posted here.

5. Lyon Figure Limited Edition
La edición limitada (MUY limitada) de la figura de Lyon.
Sólo la vi una vez, pero perdí la puja. Pagaron mas de 10000 yenes por ella.
Ya comentada aquí junto a su "gemela".

Lyon figure limited edition (VERY limited). I only saw it once, but I lost the auction. They paid for it more than 10000 yens.
Already commented here with her "twin".

6. Suikoden II Picture Frame
Un cuadro de Suikoden muy limitado. Hace poco pujé por el, pero el otro pujador estaba dispuesto a pagar 11000 yenes y yo no, así que no lo gané.

Suikoden limited picture frame. I bid in it recently but another buyer paid 11000 yens and I couldnt afford to bid more, so I lost it.

7. Suikoden Shirt
Otro artículo rarísimo. Yo ni siquiera sabría que existe de no ser porque aparece en el libro Shinsho volumen 6, en un especial de merchandising.
La única información que tengo es que salió a la venta por 2500 yenes.

Another rare article. I didnt know that exists until I saw it in Shinsho book vol. 6, in a merchandise section.
The only info I have about it is it was on sale for 2500 yens.

8. Suikoden II Mercenary Fortress Flag
La bandera del fuerte del mercenario, el oso-león. Siempre he querido tenerla, y no es difícil de conseguir, ni tampoco cara, pero nunca he tenido buena suerte.
Una vez me sobrepujaron, otra se me olvido pujar, otra vez me sobrepujaron de nuevo...

Mercenary fortress flag, with the bear-lion. I always wanted to have it, and its not hard to get and it isnt expensive neither, but I never was very lucky with it.
Once they outbid me, other time I forgot to bid, and last time they outbid me again...

9. Suikoden I Memory Case
Una funda para guardar 4 memory card, es difícil de encontrar, sólo lo vi un par de veces en venta y la última vez costaba 60 euros, lo cual me pareció desorbitado para una caja vacia, pero me encantaría conseguirlo algún día.
Ya comentado aquí.

A case for store 4 memory cards, its hard to get, I only saw it twice on sale and last time it was 60 euros, I found it so much for a empty box, but I wish I get it some day.
Already posted here.

10. Suikoden Crunch Chocolate
Mis dos grandes pasiones: suikoden y chocolate xD
Aunque lleve 5 anyos caducado me sigue pareciendo un artículo dignísimo de tener.
Ya comentado aquí.

My 2 big passions: suikoden and chocolate xD
Even if that expired 5 years ago I think this item is so worth.
Already commented here.

Y los ganadores son...

2009-05-06T06:32:00.000-07:00

Fue dificil, pero hemos tomado una decisión.
It was hard but we finnaly decided.
Los ganadores son:
Mejor colección: Pesmerga- premio: Llavero de peluche de Koroku(Suikoden III)
Prize: Kokoru plush keychain (Suikoden III)-Premio por sorteo: LagunaWannabe- premio: llavero de móvil de la runa comienzo
Prize: Beggining Rune cellphone strap

Felicidades a los ganadores y muchas gracias a todos por participar.
Estamos muy contentos con el nivel de participación para ser el primer concurso, y también con la calidad de las colecciones^_^
Me pondré en contacto con los ganadores.
¡Muchas gracias a todos y os espero en el próximo concurso!

Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone for taking part.
We are very happy with the level of participation especially since this is the first one, and with the quality of collections too.^^
I will contact with the winners.
Thanks again to everyone and I hope you take part in the next contests!