Suikoden IV (released as Genso Suikoden IV in Japan) is a role-playing game. The game tells the tale of the Birth of the Island Nations and the story of the Rune of Punishment. It is set 150 years before the first Suikoden game. This was the first entry made without any known input from series creator Yoshitaka Murayama. Instead, creative duties were given to his long time collaberator Junko Kawano who took over the series after he left. Suikoden IV was the first entry to use voice acting and was designed to work with Progressive Scan TVs. It was followed up by the side story Suikoden Tactics. __TOC__