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Popped by Nanami's house which is pretty entertaining. I love her sprite work! This game really nails animations in a way that the original doesn't. Her unite attack with Riou is just iconic.

We get captured a little too easily, but thankfully Fliktor are there to save us at the last minute. Rowd (is that his name?)'s portrait doesn't match what seems like a weaselly kinda guy. He looks like a strongman but acts like a midboss at best. Suikoden 1 does his archetype a little better with that dude who tags along with you and takes all the credit at the beginning of the game.

I love that Fliktor are here and that you can control them! They come with some real power and it's too bad that you can't really find anything to beat up with them. We wander back to our fortress and they let me just go wild.. which means recruiting!

Suikoden just isn't Suikoden until you can recruit. I should keep a save in each game just before the real Suikoden-ness gets going. I picked up Millie and her pet, Rikimaru by paying for his meal, and Shiro/Kinnison by rescuing a bird. Why did they join my party because I picked up a bird? Don't ask questions. There's a dude in Suikoden 1 whose entire plot is that he likes to cut off people's heads, and when you recruit him he calls you weird. That's it. Suikoden keeps on winning.

Enjoying this so far.