Suikoden V Autographed Posters

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 II PC Chinese....Alas!!

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

Confirmation on a rare item!!

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 I PC- Chinese

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 IV, Rhapsodia, and V PAL promo games

In Europe Konami decided to give away some rare promo versions of Suikoden IV, Tactics, and Suikoden V to the media and press. Certain people reviewing the games for magazines and websites received a special copy that was never for sale or released in stores. In terms of presentation, there wasn't much, it was a disc with no art, released in a slim jewel cd case and a simple front cover. Inside was instructions for the controller setup in the game. As far as I know they we're only released for these 3 games.
In terms of rarity they aren't common but neither are they impossible to find. The best place i've found to find these games are on eBay Germany, and they usually sell for about 10-15 euros each. Good luck!


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En Europa, Konami decidió entregar alunas versiones promo de Suikoden IV, tactics y V a los medios de comunicación y la prensa. Ciertas personas que analizaban los juegos para revistas y páginas web recibieron una copia especial que nunca estuvo a la venta. En cuanto a la presentación, no hay mucho, es sólo un disco sin imagen, en una caja de cd fina y una portada.
Dentro están las intrucciones con los controles del juego. Que yo sepa, sólo realizaron esos tres.
En cuanto a la rareza, no se suelen ver a menudo pero tampoco son imposibles de encontrar. El mejor lugar que conozcopara comprarlos es eBay Alemania, normalmente se venden por un precio de 10-15 euros cada uno.
¡Buena suerte!

Artículo original de Winds
-Traducido por Nanami-

Suikoden II PC versión china

Voy a hablar sobre un juego del que poco se sabe. Desconozco si es oficial, aunque lo parece por el link de konami...
Se trata del Suikoden II de pc, edición china. Ya he hablado antes de los Suikoden I de pc, la diferencia es que nunca lo he visto en venta (Winds si lo vió en eBay.com.hk pero el vendedor no enviaba fuera de China).
Aquí muestro la portada del juego (la portada parece hecha con paint, todo sea dicho), una imagen de la pantalla de selección del nombre, y por último dejo aquí el link de la página ¿oficial? del juego. Si alguien tiene más información sobre este juego, le agradecería que me comentara.
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Suikoden II PC chinese version

I will talk about this game which is so unknown. I dont know if it's official, but the Konami links seems it...
This is the Suikoden II for pc, chinese edition. I have spoken before about Suikoden I pc, the difference is that I have ever seen this one for sale (Winds saw it on eBay.com.hk but the seller didnt ship outside China).
Here I show the game cover (it seems made with paint in my opinion...), a screen for selecting the name, and finally I leave here the link of the official? web. If anyone has more information about this game, I would appreciate if you could comment.