I can’t be any more excited than when I hear the announcement for a new Suikoden game. Suikoden 2 is one of the greatest games ever made. With 108 great characters, a fantastic story and a villain rivaling the best of them, it truly is just one of those games that everyone should play.
Now, a new Suikoden game - Suikoden Tierkreis - with graphics harkening back to the glory days of the series. I really can’t be any more excited!
Taken from duefiumi.com
CharactersThe main character has no name, but apparently will be voiced by Takashi Hiroshi. It is unknown if this will just be in ‘grunts’ a la Lazlo and Freyjadour in Suikoden IV and V or like Kyril in Suikoden Tactics.
The character Jail (ジェイル) will be voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu. The female character Marika (マリカ) will be voiced by Sakamoto Maya. Ryu (リウ) will be voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara and finally, Dirk (ディルク) will be voiced by Konishi Katsuyuki who is also voicing Viktor in the Suikoden radio drama detailed on this site.
A porpoise race (I mean a species, not an athletic competition) has been confirmed for the game. All together now; grrrroan!
Actual character information; The hero is a youth from an idyllic village, Sidro. Jail is a quite, but sometimes brash young man who cares about the hero and others within the town guard. The character Dirk is the leader of the Sidro town guard, he teaches the others to fight and is very strong, etc. Marika is a friend of the hero from childhood and daughter of the village chief as well as a member of the town guard, while Ryu is a vagabound who arrived in the village some time ago. He doesn’t like to fight very often.
Other characters shown include Yula (ユラ), a brown haired girl who appears in battle screenshots and Misrach (ミズラック), a tanned man with a small beard in the same battle shots.
Gameplay
The gameplay takes advantage of the Nintendo DS’s touch screen. The top screen shows character status information. HP, MP, status effects and the like. Meanwhile, you can use the DS stylus to enter commands in battle on the touch screen.
Other observations include: The battle system is four person battle system, like Suikoden IV. As such, it is a traditional RPG, not a strategy RPG like Suikoden Tactics. Unite/Combo attacks are confirmed to be in.
Looking at the status screen it appears traditional Suikoden MP is OUT, to be replaced with standard MP numbers comparable to HP. Like in Final Fantasy VII, for example (and 90% of every RPG ever).
Setting
The game is set in the Kingdom of Salsaville. However, the hero’s home village appears to be called Sidro Village (シトロ村). Other locations include; the town of Saad, Freseria Forest, the Marcina Plains, Septaflos (the home of the porpoise-based race) and El Kalaal, the palace of a nation (not Salsaville) ruled by Danash VIII.
Plot
Supposedly the game OPENS with the defeat of the 108 Stars of Destiny at the hands of the game’s villain with only four survivors (not including the hero). The quest involves reassembling the 108 Stars of Destiny.
In the movie scene screenshots it shows the 108 Stars of Destiny in their “final battle” and being decimated by the enemy except for 4 remaining warriors that are still standing. The main character leading the stars in the video looks a lot like the main character, but maybe older and in proper armor. It could well be that the entire game is a flashback leading up to that event, rather than you being an unrelated character after the fact getting drawn into the web of affairs.
A group called the Swordsmen of the Night (or possibly Swordsmen of Hell) are stated to be involved in the game somehow.
I’ll keep blogging on this game as and when I find more info, if not for anyone that ever reads this, but for me to remember it! 
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