Suikoden 1 and 2 remasters coming to PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One in 2023

After teasing the return of a beloved game series, Konami actually delivered the goods at this year’s Tokyo Game Show: in 2023, it will release remasters of the classic role-playing games SuikodenAnd Suikoden 2.

Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars — yes, that’s the title of this combined release — will launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC and Switch. New lighting, atmospheric effects, shadow animations and updated character portraits were added to the remastered visuals by Junko Kano (original artist). Audio has been improved and will offer some of the same quality-of life improvements as JRPGs from this era, like auto-battle, fast forward, and shadow animations.

More significantly for Suikoden fans, it appears the games’ translation into English has been redone; the localization of these games is famously, if sometimes amusingly, terrible. This fact wasn’t included by Konami in the press release, but is apparent from footage of the game obtained by IGN.

Between 1995 and 2012, the Suikoden series featured five mainline games as well as a few spinoffs. But nothing is known about this game in over ten years. Eiyuden ChronicleThe spiritual successor of several original game creators, “The” is due to be released next year. The project was funded by more than $3 million via Kickstarter. This might have led Konami to reconsider Suikoden’s popularity and approve this rerelease.