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This game (1 or 2, can't remember) made an impression on <Ciro Santilli> for some reason.

Only many many years after playing it, after Ciro <Ciro Santilli's campaign for freedom of speech in China>[started getting more interested], did he learn that it was actually an adaptation of the <Chinese> mega-classic <Water Margin>.

"Suikoden" is the actual Japenese <transliteration> for the Chinese name of the original <Water Margin> novel.

Yet another case of <Chinese thing better known in the West as Japanese>.

The game puts great emphasis on the concept of the <108 Stars of Destiny>, which never left Ciro's mind: making 108 allies, the main <collectible (video game design)> of the game, allows you to make a more powerful alliance, and unlock better endings.
