From the article, "Last week Important Importables discussed DS games North Americans have slim to no chance of ever seeing localized and released. It seems only fair that we look at the other major portable console on the market.
With the recent PSP game drought, many people are likely lamenting the lack of titles. A look at Gamefaqs' release list shows nine NA PSP releases between now and June 24, 2008, compared to 28 NA DS releases in that same time period.
The thing is, there are plenty of viable, Japanese and European PSP games which could be released in North America. For some reason. though, they aren't. So let's look at four games that should have received NA releases, but haven't."
Toby @ FG: The Tales Of series is 25 this year, but are all the retrospectives building up to something?
I would love some collections of older titles. A PC/Console port of Tales of Innocence would also be very nice.
Unfortunately both those games already had official Namco remakes on Playstation 2. They were Japan exclusives. Your talking about a 2nd Remake of the Playstation 2 Remakes? Haha Lol
Tekken 8 please without any of the over the top crazy guest characters. Tekken doesn't need the Walking Dead tv show characters. And it doesn't need Robocop or Terminator lol
When it comes to games, storytellers go out of their way to make excuses for why particular people or groups of people are somehow the chosen ones destined to save a town, kingdom or world. There is McGuffin that explains everything and makes it okay. Suikoden is no different. It has a True Rune mechanic that always offers a plausible excuse for why ingénues are suddenly leading entire armies and deciding the fate of a nation. These True Runes act as an origin story, make ordinary people extraordinary and even provide a reason for entire wars.
Suikoden is a series with more than a few recurring characters. There are many explanations for these recurring cameos. Some of the people are True Rune holders, which essentially grants them a form of immortality. (Though not invincibility.) In the case of Viki, it appears her Blinking Rune frees her from the binds of space and time. And then there's Jeane. Jeane has appeared in all five numbered Suikoden games, as well as Genso Suikogaiden Vol. 1 and Suikoden Tactics. Even though these take place across across a substantial period of time, she is eternal and unchanged. What's going on?
They are too busy with casinos and pachinko slots to bring back Suikoden...
A return of the series would be awesome, but they are like Valve, too busy to bring back what fans really want.
