“This is my personal guess, but many Western gamers don’t play Japanese games anymore or maybe they never played Japanese games,” Fujii mused during our casual conversation.

Plus more Suikoden equipment for Konami and tri-Ace’s upcoming PSP RPG.

The developers decided to pay homage to the RPG series by creating a costume based on the very first Suikoden game for Frontier Gate.

Frontier Gate still doesn’t have a release date but it does have a new multiplayer trailer and a demo for PSP owners to try.

Frontier Gate takes place in an unknown land where you and your partner are settlers. The game’s story is shown through voiced cutscenes and changes depending on which companion you select.

Frontier Gate’s opening movie has a lot of talking and one really angry dragon.

Not convinced Frontier Gate from tri-Ace is different from other portable hunting games? Then try it first. Konami will release a playable demo on September 15.

Konami released a short video of the town area in their turn-based Monster Hunter-like game today.

Frontier Gate takes place on an unknown land where you play as one of the pioneers

According to Mukaitoge, producer on Frontier Gate, Konami lost their RPG know how and they would have to start from scratch by hiring new staff.

Yes, Frontier Gate looks like yet another hunting game, but tri-Ace’s PSP title is far from Monster Hunter when it comes to gameplay. As seen in the video inside, Frontier Gate is played through menus.

A chimera-like creature is one of the monsters tri-Ace made for Frontier Gate.

Wolves, dragons, dinosaurs… oh my! These are some of the monsters you’ll fight in Frontier Gate, tri-Ace’s upcoming RPG where you’re a pioneer exploring a new territory.

Stylistically speaking, Frontier Gate from Star Ocean developer tri-Ace is the most similar to Capcom’s Monster Hunter series. However, the gameplay in Konami’s title is entirely different since Frontier Gate uses a turn based battle system.