• Graphical Improvements
  • Pixel sprites and environment art enhanced with new screen effects including lighting, clouds, and shadow animations Flickering flames, smoldering smoke, the movement of leaves and insects, all add up to a lively in-game atmosphere!
    
  • The effects and direction have been redesigned, bringing memorable scenes back to life in more beautiful ways!
    
• New Character Drawings
  • All character portraits have been updated in HD. Junko Kawano, who designed the characters for the original version of Suikoden released in 1995, has newly re-drawn all the character portraits for Suikoden I HD Remaster: Gate Rune Wars.
    
• Sound Improvements
  • Field Sound – A large number of environmental sounds not found in the original version, such as the sound of running water in the river, wind, insects, and running footsteps, have been added. You can enjoy an immersive experience like never before!
    
  • Battle Sound – All sound effects are now in HD. In addition to the impact of the 3D effects, the realistic sound greatly enhances the dynamism of the battles!
    
• Game System Improvements
  • Many new features have been added, such as dialogue log, auto-battle, double-speed battles, etc.
    

Konami Wrote:

We would like to thank Suikoden fans everywhere for your ongoing passion and support for the Suikoden series.

Regarding the planned release of Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars, we have reached the conclusion that despite the very best efforts of our dedicated development staff to release the Remasters in 2023, additional time is needed to ensure the quality performance and gameplay experience our users deserve.
The entire Suikoden team is renewing our efforts to bring Suikoden I & II HD Remaster to release as soon as is possible.

We will share further release information as soon as it becomes available, on our official social media accounts and official homepage.
We appreciate your understanding and sincerely hope you will continue to lend Suikoden your support.

Thank you,
The Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars Team

(Aug 30th, 2023, 04:54 PM)Dragon Lord Wrote:

The fact that they cannot give even a hint of a new release frame isn't a very good sign. There must be something extremely wrong with the ports that they need to fix.

(Sep 8th, 2023, 01:01 PM)queenzelda Wrote:

The only reason these are even releasing is because the creators of suikoden are releasing new games that are making MONEY. KONAMI certainly seemed content to sit on the ip before the creators started to make a serperate ip from Suikoden and were profiting from it.

• All background art has been redrawn in HD with enhanced visual effects.
  
• Environmental sound effects and footsteps have been added while making sure these new sounds don't get in the way of the original soundtrack.
  
• While the original UI specs have been respected, the UI has also been optimized for ease of use.
  
• The battle system has new support features such as speeding up combat and automating battles with a single button.