Gensō Suikoden Card Stories

Gensō Suikoden Card Stories (Japanese: 幻想水滸伝カードストーリーズ) is a spin-off title of the Suikoden franchise by Konami which includes both a Game Boy Advance game and a physical collectible card game.[1] Both were released in the fall of 2001 in Japan.

Gensō Suikoden Card Stories
Developer(s)Will
Publisher(s)Konami
Artist(s)Fumi Ishikawa
Junko Kawano
SeriesSuikoden
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • JP: September 13, 2001
Genre(s)Strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Unlike other areas of the Suikoden franchise, in which the storyline is a major element of gameplay, Card Stories focuses mainly on the card battles themselves and less on the plot.

Most of the cards feature characters who appear in both Suikoden and Suikoden II of Konami's role-playing video game series. Several cards also feature characters who would later go on to appear in Suikoden III.

The GBA game retells the story of Suikoden II with a few changes. The English fan translation of the game by Pokeytax was released on September 7, 2013.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Matters of Import: Genso Suikoden Card Stories - Konami's Other Trading Card Game". Nintendo Life. July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Walker, Ian (October 12, 2021). "Last Untranslated Suikoden Game Is Finally Playable In English". Retrieved November 17, 2024. Early aughts Game Boy Advance spin-off Genso Suikoden Card Stories, for instance, went untouched for over a decade before finally being translated into English in 2013.