ESRB rating points to Suikoden on US PSN

by Majed Athab { May 8th 2008 at 5:00PM }

An ESRB rating for Suikoden has surfaced suggesting that the oft-revered RPG could become digital distribution content for the North American PSN. Re-rated as a PS3 and PSP title, it seems that there's something definitely in the works; however, as Siliconera points out, other Konami titles like Castlevania Chronicles have been rated in the past but have yet seen a release. It could be a long time (or never) before we see this classic on anything other than a PS1 disc.

Hopefully this does come into fruition. It was quite disappointing that the PSP pack Suikoden I + II didn't see release outside Japan. So, if the game does come out on the PSN, North American PSP gamers will finally be able to take Suikoden on the go.

Tags: konami, psn, suikoden

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sean jdahsdka @ May 8th 2008 5:21PM

I've never played the orginal (or any other suikodens...) so I'd definitly buy this, that it is, when I get my PSP to work on the PC store again. :/

Sean jdahsdka @ May 8th 2008 5:21PM

I've never played the orginal (or any other suikodens...) so I'd definitly buy this, that it is, when I get my PSP to work on the PC store again. :/

flclmaster777 @ May 8th 2008 5:42PM

that will be so awesome if it does come out.

Kadrom @ May 8th 2008 5:59PM

I still own my original copy of all the Suikodens, but I'm still excited at the prospect of finally getting it portable since I+II never saw an English release. This might also be a precursor to a Suiko 6 announcement, who knows.

nomad @ May 8th 2008 6:03PM

well sony must think we are idiots because they put the socom2 demo on the store. sony you ar all f-up. how old is that demo? man that is it. i am tierd of sonys imcompantance.i bet you will never see castavania there. i quit.lol. no gps,no cam,yea i know play-asia. and other stuff like fix some of the problems the psp has,jesus!

BrigKline @ May 8th 2008 6:15PM

I actually ripped my own copy of Suikoden II, and mounted it as an ISO almost a year ago, complete with its own icon and background. Custom firmwires are awesome, but it's too bad pirates abuse them so much that they get a bad name. Being able to rip and mount any of my PS1 games is just too cool.

Jeremy @ May 8th 2008 6:20PM

Of course, that's the same exact reason Sony doesn't bother to put PS1 games up in the store. There's little point in it for them, except maybe to PS3 owners.

PiemanPieman @ May 8th 2008 6:20PM

Neat, now I won't have to bother with getting this on eBay.

Also, gotta love that US coverart.

koehler83 @ May 8th 2008 8:05PM

Yes! Finally a worthy Classics title!

Well.. one since SOTN anyway. I'd really love some Megaman X 4 action!

eli314 @ May 8th 2008 8:16PM

This is great news...the Suikoden series is definitely one of my favorites!

cafecito @ May 8th 2008 8:46PM

LOL that box art is fugly.

doom saber @ May 9th 2008 5:07AM

I forgot that the PS1 small package era had american drawn covers. l would have thought it died alonged with the giant ps1 boxes.

I find it a bit ironic that before anime was accepted on video game covers over in the state, ppl whined about the ugly american cover art. Nowadays, you see some ppl whine about the anime art on video game covers who wish american artists would drawt the cover instead. Igorant is bliss.

Alien @ May 9th 2008 8:55AM

Great ... now all I have to is what poster #1 has >_

Lovely @ May 9th 2008 2:49PM

AHAHAHA! That horrible cover art. I had almost forgotten its true awfulness. No lie, with my own PS1 copy of the game, I eventually took out the cover and threw it away. Preferring the MUCH more appropriate and "pretty" manual cover. (Which is basically just the Japanese cover.)

Aaaanyhoo, I'm hoping something actually comes from this news. I would simply LOVE to play Suikoden 1 and (and hopefully 2), "on the go" with my PSP. It's something I've always dreamed of doing.

And no, I don't feel like messing with/ going through the trouble of installing custom firmware on my PSP. So having Sui1 become available in the PS store is pretty much my only option here.