Suikoden: Tierkreis US bound. new screens, videos & IGN hands-on

http://ds.ign.com/articles/910/910474p1.html

hands-on: http://ds.ign.com/articles/910/910389p1.html

"The Suikoden franchise has always been known for its impressive visuals, gigantic roster of playable characters, and slick, speedy battle system. Tierkreis has all of that. Even with just a few minutes of hands-on time with the game we were shocked to see just how visually stunning the game is, how gigantic the world looks, and how much attention to detail has been thrown into what is sure to be one of DS's biggest sleeper hits of the year. "

"In typical Suikoden fashion, players collect new members for their roster as the story goes on, this time again starting off with just a handful of fighters that make up the 108 Stars of Destiny. In the portion we played, we had our own created character, and a group of four others with us as we explored the first two areas of the game. To streamline the experience, Suikoden DS makes use of a similar overworld map as Order of Ecclesia, allowing players to quickly move from section to section of the globe with a quick tap of the stylus or d-pad. In fact, the entire game is optional with its touch control, which is a nice touch, considering players could easily sit down and sink hours upon hours into the game at once."

"Our time with the game was short, but we didn't let Konami leave without giving us a few interesting little tidbits on the game. For starters, you can expect just as many playable characters in Tierkreis as you would any other Suikoden game, which means there's a lot of random quests and challenges to fill out the main game, which is apparently 20+ hours on its own. In addition, the online functionality of Suikoden should be enough to get you frothing at the mouth. Details are slim at the moment, but Konami states that Suikoden will be a one of a kind experience on DS when it comes to online, allowing players to interact in a full Wi-Fi community, leaving and picking up party members for others to take on additional quests and power up when away from their own cart. Once that quest is finished (or, we'd assume, a certain amount of time passes), your character will come back with added levels, skills, items, and equipment. Not too shabby."

screens: http://media.ds.ign.com/media/142/14275824/imgs_1.html
videos: http://media.ds.ign.com/media/142/14275824/vids_1.html

Nice

assuming the artist is the same guy that does Eureka Seven cause that guy looks exactly like thursten with eurekas hair

DS have take over from the PS2.calvinx6

Whoa now, lets not start talking crazy now.

new Famitsu scans: http://www.gamekyo.com/news29014_suikoden-tierkreis-nouvelles-images.html