Konami is About to Announce an Unknown Game in a ‘World-Loved’ Series

Konami is about to unveil an unknown game in a “world-loved” franchise at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, which takes place from September 15 to 18.

As reported by Gematsu, Konami’s schedule for the show doesn’t say much about the game itself, only adding that voice actor Yuki Kaji will take to the stage to announce it.

Kaji is a pretty big name in video game voice acting, having appeared in Grand Theft Auto 5, Final Fantasy 13, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and many, many more. He’s only appeared in three Konami games, however, two of which are part of the long-dormant Suikoden franchise and the other a Japanese-only game called Terror of the Stratus on PSP.

TGS speculation: Konami will announce a new title at TGS and it’s a “world-loved title”. According to @gematsu article, Yuki Kaji will be presenting it. Checked his wiki entry and the only game that checks out the boxes “world-loved” and “Yuki Kaji” are 2 Suikoden games.

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Fans of the franchise have already noticed the connection on Twitter, with @SicaSquarepants (above) pointing out that Kaji’s only Konami games of world renown are 2008’s Suikoden Tierkreis and 2012’s Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki – the last two games to be released in the classic RPG series.

Originally released on PlayStation, Suikoden is an RPG series most famous for including over 100 playable characters in its mainline games, as well as stylized 2D art and animations and fortress building aspects. In our review of the original game, we called it “undeniably one of the best RPGs ever made.”

Key members of the Suikoden team have since revealed a spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, which became a huge hit on Kickstarter and is due to arrive next year.

Nothing is confirmed, of course, and Konami reportedly has several other franchises in development that, given his voice acting prestige, could easily involve Kaji.

Silent Hill is another Konami franchise that is heavily rumoured to be making a comeback at some point, with the last of a long line of leaks taking place in May. Four images of an alleged new Silent Hill game appeared on Twitter before the “copyright holder” took them down, leading many to believe they were legitimate.

A Silent Hill reboot has been rumoured since last October and further reports emerged in February, before flaring up once more in March when Konami renewed the series’ trademark.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

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