Genso Suikoden Card Stories cover art

Suikoden series

Genso Suikoden Card Stories

Set in the Suikoden universe, the game closely follows the story of Suikoden II. The hero is a young member of the Unicorn Brigade of the Highland Army. One night, your camp is attacked. You and your best…

13 September 2001

Genso Suikoden Card Stories is a card & board game developed by Will, released 13 September 2001 on Game Boy Advance.

Verified Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Genso Suikoden Card Stories is

Genso Suikoden Card Stories is a card & board game game developed by Will and released in 2001. It was published by Konami. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the Suikoden universe, the game closely follows the story of Suikoden II. The hero is a young member of the Unicorn Brigade of the Highland Army. One night, your camp is attacked. You and your best friend Jowy escape, and the fate takes you into different directions, when you get involved in a war between several nations. Unlike the main Suikoden games, Gensō Suikoden Card Stories is a card-based RPG. Most of the game is spent playing a special card game with your opponents. The complex card game is not unlike a strategy battle: you have three types of cards, some of which take you to a specific "mission" (you open the game with such cards), while others represent various characters…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Suikoden series

Genso Suikoden Card Stories is the fifth of 13 entries we hold in the Suikoden series. The next entry was Suikoden III in 2002.

See all 13 Suikoden games in release order →

What it launched against

Genso Suikoden Card Stories launched on 13 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico and Advance Wars.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Genso Suikoden Card Stories — frequently asked questions

When did Genso Suikoden Card Stories come out?
Genso Suikoden Card Stories was released on 13 September 2001 for Game Boy Advance.

If you like this

Games like Genso Suikoden Card Stories

See all