Legendary JRPGs Suikoden I & II will be released in remastered form next March

Konami has announced that two iconic JRPGs from the annals of time are to be remastered and released next March. The remastered versions of Suikoden I & II will bring these two absolute classics from the late 1990s to a whole new generation of gamers.

Suikoden I&II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars is available to pre-order from today on Steam, as well as PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

What is Suikoden?

Created by Yoshitaka Murayama the Suikoden series achieved global success, mainly on the original PlayStation 1 and 2, but was also popular on Nintendo handheld consoles and the Sega Saturn.

The series is loosely based on the Chinese novel, Water Margin. The two games are described by Konami as follows:

The Story of Suikoden I

A once-renowned hero turns into a violent tyrant, and an empire falls into decline.
A Liberation Army is rising up in an act of rebellion against an oppressive rule.
One by one the 108 stars of Destiny gather to shape the course of history.

The Story of Suikoden II

Our story’s hero and his friend Jowy are members of the Unicorn Youth Brigade, which participated in a drawn-out border dispute between the Highland Kingdom and the City-States of Jowston. A few months earlier, a truce agreement was signed between the two forces, both of which were happy to see an end to the fighting. However, hidden under the momentary peace the fires of a new war continued to smolder…