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Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia

This is the first volume of the side-story to Konami's RPG series Suikoden. You play as Nash, a special agent of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia's Southern Fringe Security Force. He was sent to the City States of…

21 September 2000

Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia is an adventure developed by Tenky Co., released 21 September 2000 on PlayStation.

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What Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia is

Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia is an adventure game developed by Tenky Co. and released in 2000. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game begins mid-journey with Nash Latkje, a Harmonian agent searching for information on True Runes, escorting Sierra Mikain to Muse. As of the beginning of the game, they are about two days distance away from the city itself. Though unhappy with Sierra's self-centred behaviour and disliking having any company at all, believing the work of a spy to be lonely and alone by nature, Nash has little choice but to take Sierra as Sierra is Nash's only lead as to the nature/presence of True Runes, Nash's assignment from the Harmonian Southern Frontier Defense Force. Along the way, Nash and Sierra meet a Kobold family. The Kobold children fight over a wooden figurine, and it falls in front of…
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Suikoden series

Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia is the third of 13 entries we hold in the Suikoden series. It arrived 2 years after Suikoden II. The next entry was Genso Suikogaiden Volume 2: Duel at the Crystal Valley in 2001.

See all 13 Suikoden games in release order →

What it launched against

Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia launched on 21 September 2000, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2 and Skies of Arcadia.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Skies of Arcadia.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia was released on 21 September 2000 for PlayStation.

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