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"Suikoden (幻想水滸伝, Gensō Suikoden?) EN-us-Suikode.ogg (help·info) is the first installment of the Suikoden series by Konami. It is a console role-playing game developed and published by Konami that was released initially in 1995 for the Sony PlayStation. A North American release followed one year later, and a European release came the following March. The game was also released for the Sega Saturn in 1998 only in Japan. On December 22, 2008, Suikoden was made available on the PlayStation Store for use on the Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles.
The game centers around the political struggles of the Scarlet Moon Empire. The player controls the son of a Scarlet Moon Empire general who is destined to seek out 108 warriors (referred to as the 108 Stars of Destiny) in order to revolt against the corrupt sovereign state and bring peace to a war-torn land.[1] The game is loosely based on the Chinese novel Shui Hu Zhuan.
The game features a vast array of characters both controllable and not, with over ninety characters usable in combat and many more able to help or hinder the hero in a variety of ways."
