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

Miakis

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

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!!

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

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!!!

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

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 ^^