New Suikoden game announced for NDS

Nintendo DS has been getting a really big slice of cake in terms of the numbers of Rpg appearing on this platform. Now, there will be another RPG that is going to pave its way to Nintendo DS.

As the title suggests, Nintendo DS will be seeing a latest entry in Suikoden series, which is Suikoden Tierkreis DS. This game is just like the Dragon Quest series, where the company decides to release the latest iteration on portable gaming console instead of the current next gen home consoles. I guess that is because Nintendo DS is currently the king of the gaming market and marketing a game on it may have a greater chance of selling more copies? Anyway, it is another great news for us, the Nintendo DS owners.

Looking at the scans of the latest Famitsu here, it seems like the game is similar to FF 3 and FF4 in terms of graphics style(developed by a same company? Who knows?). The battles scenes are just reminiscent of what I saw in FF3, it might be a good news for those who like cutting edge graphics on Nintendo DS. But I am not sure whether this game is related to the previous entries because I cant read japanese, so we will have to wait for someone to translate it later.

Even though the only Suikoden game that I ever played was Suikoden 2 on Play Station(and never managed to complete it), I am still excited for it as this game is famous for its grand storyline and 108 characters whom you can recruit(if not mistaken). Hopefully this game can make it to USA. Release date for this title in Japan still hasnt been announced yet.

PS. Wow, not long after I posted this, it appears that the info of this game has already popped up at neogaf. I will be listing out the additional info here for those who are interested.

- 50% complete
- Characters are 3d
- Backgrounds 2d
- Traditional rpg it looks like
- You tap the touch screen, making battles move at a fast pace
- The main headline of the article is "The Chosen 108 heroes have been destroyed?!" so maybe this game will be different from other Suikoden games in that regard?
- Only 4 party members in battle? Support characters return.
- New race. They're a race of porpoises.
- Apparently the game begins with the 108 heroes engaged in their final battle with the villain, and all the heroes being taken down except for four. This game's hero is not one of them, and his quest involves reassembling the 108, as opposed to discovering them.