<s>
is	O
a	O
two	O
volume	O
series	O
of	O
spin-offs	O
from	O
the	O
Suikoden	B-Application
series	O
of	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
volumes	O
are	O
visual	O
novels	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
role-playing	O
games	O
the	O
other	O
Suikodens	B-Application
are	O
known	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
intersect	O
with	O
those	O
of	O
Suikoden	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
but	O
are	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
side	O
story	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
gaiden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
he	O
soon	O
becomes	O
entangled	O
in	O
the	O
larger	O
conflict	O
involving	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Suikoden	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
Dunan	O
Unification	O
Wars	O
(	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Suikoden	B-Application
II	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Nash	O
intends	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
capital	O
of	O
Holy	O
Harmonia	O
,	O
the	O
Crystal	O
Valley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Volume	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
roughly	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
Suikoden	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
it	O
presumably	O
helped	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
introduce	O
the	O
Grasslands	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
Suikoden	B-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nash	O
also	O
returns	O
in	O
Suikoden	B-Application
III	I-Application
;	O
outside	O
Japan	O
,	O
Suikoden	B-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
Nash	O
's	O
first	O
appearance	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Suikogaiden	B-Application
games	O
were	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
separate	O
development	O
group	O
at	O
Konami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Duel	O
at	O
Crystal	O
Valley	O
was	O
completed	O
,	O
the	O
Suikoden	B-Application
III	I-Application
team	O
and	O
the	O
Suikogaiden	B-Application
team	O
merged	O
and	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
both	O
Suikoden	B-Application
IV	I-Application
and	O
Suikoden	B-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
and	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
fan	O
translations	O
of	O
both	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
Suikoden	B-Application
fans	O
led	O
by	O
RinUzuki	O
.	O
</s>
