The folks over at IGN were able to get their hands on Konami's upcoming DS RPG, Suikoden Tierkreis, which was also announced today that it will make its way to American shores.

Suikoden Tierkreis will use 3D sprites on a 2D background, an according to IGN, will have that classic Suikoden battle feel. Characters are also customizable in the sense that whatever equipment you equip on your characters will also change accordingly on the character. The game will also support the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, where players can leave or pick up their party members with other players, allowing them to go strong when away from their original cartridge on additional quests.



You can check out the rest of IGN's screenshots here or their videos here.

Suikoden: Tierkreis is one of those games that simply comes out of nowhere. Konami calls us up, says they're bring a few other titles along with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and we write it off as just another "kill two birds with one stone" game demo. Then the team shows up with Suikoden, a franchise that has been around for 12 years, was an explosive RPG on the original PlayStation, and is now making its handheld debut, and blows us away. Suikoden: Tierkreis is the real deal.

Akira_EX via ds.ign.com »