Suikoden Card Stories

Infobox VG| title = Suikoden Card Stories


developer = Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
publisher = Konami
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released = vgrelease|Japan|JPN|Autumn, 2001
genre = Strategy
modes = Single player
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platforms = Game Boy Advance
media = 128-megabit cartridge
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nihongo|"Suikoden Card Stories"|幻想水滸伝カードストーリーズ|Gensō Suikoden Card Stories is a section of the "Suikoden" franchise by Konamiwhich includes both a Game Boy Advance game and a physical collectible card game. Both were released in the fall of 2001 in Japan, neither have been translated into otherlanguages.

Unlike other areas of the "Suikoden" franchise, in which the storyline is a majorelement of gameplay, "Suikoden Card Stories" focuses mainly on the card battles themselvesand less on the plot.Most of the cards feature characters who appear in both "Suikoden" and "Suikoden II" of Konami's role-playing game series.Several cards also feature characters who would later go on to appear in "Suikoden III".

"Suikoden Card Stories" takes place three in-universe years after the events of the original "Suikoden", and centers around an invasion by the Kingdom of Highland of the City States of Jowston. The player controls a silent protagonist whose name is chosen by the player; he is the adopted son of Genkaku, a hero who saved the City-State of Jowston in a war against Highland years ago. The game plays through the exact same storyline that was featured in "Suikoden II", with a few minor non-canon differences. However, card battles are now used instead of real battles.

External links

* [http://www.suikosource.com/games/card/list/ Card lists and images]
* [http://www.suikosource.com/games/card/descriptions/ Card packages and descriptions]