

Fans of Suikoden IV will recognize Local Boy and Snowe as the main character and his best friend from that game, respectively, although because the first level of Suikoden Tactics is set years before the events of Suikoden IV, both of them are children at this point.

The benefits of having a Suikoden IV save game on your memory card won't be apparent immediately, but we assure you that doing so will give you an opportunity to add the characters Local Boy and Snowe (who you control in the game's first level) to your party later in the game. We recently received a near-finished version of the game, and have played through the first handful of missions to bring you our impressions.Īfter opting for a regular- or progressive-scan display mode the first time you play Suikoden Tactics, you'll be given the option to import data from a Suikoden IV save game. Scheduled to arrive in North American stores next week, Suikoden Tactics is a turn-based strategy game set in the same universe as (and featuring a number of familiar characters from) Konami's Suikoden series of role-playing games.
