Suikoden Tierkreis getting localized with a quickness

Posted by Mister-X on October 17th, 2008 at 02:15pm

Konami is wasting no time in bringing us grateful westerners Genso Suikoden Tierkreis. Siliconera’s Spencer was informed by a representative of Konami’s North American arm that localization was already underway, and that the U.S. would see the difficult-to-pronounce RPG in “early 2009,″ which Spencer took to mean Q1 2009. We should have all wrapped up Chrono Trigger by then, right?

What we probably won’t get are the incredibly expensive two special editions of the game, which will be available from Konami’s Japanese online store. For ¥10,550 ($104), the Konami Style special edition (as seen here) will include the game, an artbook, the original soundtrack, a book cover, a bookmark, and a drama CD. The second bundle will throw in all of that and Genso Suikoden Volume 1 and Volume 2 drama CDs, a 2009 calendar, and a set of four cards, and will set you back ¥19,200 ($190!). Two for the fans, we think.

Gallery: Genso Suikoden: Tierkreis