Suikoden V
| Suikoden V | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Konami Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Director | Takahiro Sakiyama |
| Artists | Kaori Fujita Kizaki Sub-zero Mikisato Riya Hozumi |
| Writer | Kazuyoshi Tsugawa |
| Composers | Yoshihiro Tsukahara Takashi Watanabe Kuniyuki Takahashi Chiharu Mukaiyama |
| Series | Suikoden |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Release | |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
Suikoden V (Japanese: 幻想水滸伝V, Hepburn: Gensō Suikoden Faibu; ⓘ) is a role-playing video game developed by Konami and Hudson Soft and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and the fifth and final main installment of the Suikoden video game series. It was released in 2006, and has sold around 200,000 copies in Japan.
Loosely based on a classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan by Shi Nai'an, Suikoden V centers on the political struggles of the Queendom of Falena, and takes place 6 in-universe years before the events of the first Suikoden. The player controls the Prince of Falena and travels the world, acquiring allies and dealing with the problems of the nation. The game features a vast array of characters, with over sixty characters usable in combat and many more able to help or hinder the Prince in a variety of ways.