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Suikoden, Valkyria Chronicles III, & More Need Localization Help

David-D--Nelson 14 Comments

There's still some hope for fans of Japanese games that want to see more localizations.

Tales of Xillia is finally coming to North America this summer and we recently heard that Tales of Xillia 2 will be coming as well. That's all we want right? The chance to give a little love to the games that have a hard time getting out of Japan? Well, now some more games have a chance of making it to foreign shores.

The website Operation Rainfall has partnered with video game localization company Language Automation, Inc. to offer a poll for gauging interest in bringing certain titles to Western audiences. If Konami and/or SEGA agree to localize the winners of the Operation Rainfall polls LAI will offer them a discount on their services.

The games in the poll from Konami are Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (PSP) and Beyond the Labyrinth (3DS). The games from SEGA are Valkyria Chronicles III (PSP), Yakuza 5 (PS3), Yakuza 1 & 2 HD (PS3), and Shining Hearts (PSP).

Let's show them we still love and need Japanese games by voting in the poll.

Related Game(s): Yakuza 5 , Valkyria Chronicles III

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Suikoden Revival Movement’s “Small Conversations” With Konami

David-Nelson 7 Comments

The Suikoden Revival Movement carries on.

If you somehow missed this great series on Playstation consoles it was the only JRPG franchise one could reasonably stack up against Final Fantasy. They had great stories, plenty of content, well-developed characters, and strategic turn-based battles. Then after Suikoden V on PS2 things went quiet. There is a new title for PSP in Japan as of last year but that's not really a revival is it?

It just so happens that Final Fantasy has left a swath of gamers in the dust lately so could Suikoden be primed for a return in the next generation? Maybe Konami is hoping to grab that demographic? Well, probably not at this point but it's nice to know that the Suikoden Revival Movement has not been forgotten by Konami.

I recently inquired with Chris Holmes, the brains behind the Facebook campaign and asked him if the movement was engaged in any conversations with the folks at Konami recently. I received the following response:

“Contact with Konami has been very limited. I can not go into too much details about contact we have had, however. But we have had small conversations with Konami Japan and continue to reach out to Konami on all avenues.”

Console generations have consequences and things change quickly so I'll always hold out hope that efforts like these will one day prevail. As of this report the movement's Facebook page has 11,202 Likes including one by Yours truly.