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Konami released Gensou Suikoden: Card Stories for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, a time when the handheld was filling up with ports and spin-offs from bigger console series. This one took the sprawling world and huge cast of Suikoden and condensed it all into a card battler, a pretty common genre shift back then, but it felt like a natural fit for a franchise built on recruiting allies.

You control a new protagonist navigating a world map, triggering story events and challenging other characters to card duels. The main goal is to build a powerful deck and progress through the narrative, which involves recruiting allies from the Suikoden series to add their cards to your collection. The core mechanics are built around assembling three-card rows to attack and defend, managing a limited action point pool each turn, and utilizing character-specific special abilities. The pacing is brisk, with most duels resolved in just a few minutes, though building a synergistic deck requires thoughtful planning against tougher opponents. It feels like solving a compact, satisfying puzzle with every match you play.