Suikoden V Autographed Posters

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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 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-