If it wasn't clear already, fellow fans, it looks like the days of Viki, Jeane, and "DIE PIG!!!" are truly over. Suikoden: The Woven Tale of a Hundred Years, the recently-announced PSP installment of the series is set in a new setting, with a new story.
As for what the story is, it seems to sound a bit like Final Fantasy X. Every hundred years or so a giant monster comes out to wreck the world. Your guy, an orphaned swordsman from the future, is whisked back in time by someone named Zephos, and must now wreck the monster before it can do its own wrecking. Presumably 108 people will be needed to do the job.
If you'll excuse me, I'm off to replay Suikoden V and cry.
Every Hundred Years a monster rends the world in PSP Suikoden [Siliconera]
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9:30 PM on 10.21.2011 | 
Maybe the portable ones all get their new little fun story, and when we get a proper console game it'll be following in the steps of 1-5.
Maybe? Please?
1,2 are also great, especially 2. But you can skip 3 and 4.
Suikoden 2 and Suikoden 5 are also amazing; but that is fairly common knowledge as both of them get a ton of love.
Suikoden 1 is still a very fun game, but many aspects of the game just haven't held up all that well. That being said, Pahn is awesome.
4 is a horrible game.
They need to finish the series! I need a conclusion! Goddammit Konami, you owe the fans this one!
Many people share your opinion...
I love Suikoden 2 and I understand why some people see it as the pinnacle of the series. However, I just like Suikoden 3 more.
I like the characters more, I like the story more. More importantly, I like how the story really makes you question who was in the right... A perfectly legitimate interpretation would be that your characters are in fact the villains who in the end thwarting the "true" heroes.
Suikoden 2 definitely had some great grey area morality within the story; but Suikoden 3 took it to a whole other level.
Another aspect that I loved was the large amount of character development; much more than half of the cast of playable characters in Suikoden 2 were fairly insignificant story wise, while Suikoden 3 made almost the entire cast feel necessary (or at the very least justified in being there). This is a huge feat and was largely accomplished through having multiple perspectives throughout the game.
So yeah, I understand where you are coming from; I hope this helps you to understand where I am coming from... :)
After that it's a bit of a wash. I think Suikoden III is the better RPG, but the original Suikoden is the better Suikoden, if that makes sense...
Suikoden IV has a few highlights but was mostly a rawful trainwreck.
Loved Suikoden 3. Easily put 110 hours into my first play through. I agree on the it being underrated as I didn't get to play the second one. I feel like 3 is a lot like FF7 is to FF6 except no one played FF7 in this argument. I really did love 3 though.
Had some of the problems with map travel and random battles been handled a bit better, I would have no trouble calling it my favorite Suikoden.
Also... being released on PSP is like a slap in the face and peeing on a new pair of suede shoes. Want another console Suikoden.
@xyuberx
A slap to the face for YOU, maybe. The PSP is still quite vital outside the US and Europe, and Konami has yet to announce any overseas release.
@Zarwid Thwic
They did that on the DS with Suikoden Tierkris. I guess they found the results favorable :(
I loved the ds game
BTW: Suikoden III and V are my favourite rpgs of all time, V more so because of that badassery that is Sialeeds! The Jowy of V. One question remains, why can't they make VI? V was great without the original director...can't they continue?
Using this 'Million Worlds' bullshit as a story is just a lazy man's way of retconning every past story, just to create his own bland jRPG world.
I was lucky enough to play the games in order as they came out. The first was fun, and a different take on the RPG genre. I loved it, but going back now I can beat the game in six hours, and really II took everything it did and made it better. I think II is among one of the greatest video game sequels ever.
The third was a mixed bag. On the one hand it had great characters, and interesting story, but the war battles fell short. I also didn't care for the regular battle system. Controlling characters by rows instead of individually.
The fourth was the weakest of the series. Not because of the concept of island nations, or your HQ being your ship. But mostly because of the bland predictable characters. Lets also face it, the True Rune Of Punishment was just a rip off of the Soul Eater without really capturing the same effect.
I think V came the closet to II. Fantastic characters, and story. War battles done right. Just great pacing throughout the entire game. I really wish we could get a Suikoden VI that built on it...