
If the player decides to wait for Jowy, Riou will also be present for the scene. If the player, in Suikoden II, decides to not wait for Jowy, Nash Latkje will only see Nanami and Pilika welcoming him. The choice of waiting for Jowy at Muse alongside Nanami and Pilika is also transferred.The name of the player Army in Suikoden II is transferred.The player's name for Riou is transferred.Loading a save file from Suikoden II grant you the ability to affect some parts of the plot: The player's name for McDohl, barring the name glitch, will appear in Old Book Vol.If the old save contains data of collecting all 108 Stars of Destiny, then Gremio will appear in the game alive and traveling with Tir, this also nets the player Recipe #39 which is for Gremio's signature Special Stew.Runes were also meant to transfer but a glitch prevents this from working.Tir can transfer most of his armor and some of his headgear, Humphrey can transfer the Windspun Armor if it was given to him. Tir and Humphrey can transfer some equipment between games.Weapon Levels are also altered based on the old save with returning characters gaining higher starting weapons levels if their old save counterparts have weapon levels between 12-16.60 the character was in Suikoden I's save file. The bonus is based on every ten levels over Lv.

Characters will get a level bonus for every returning character from Suikoden I.Note: the Suikoden I savefile must be at the last save point of the game ( Gregminster Palace, before Barbarossa) in order to be recognized and transferred in Suikoden II. The game confers up several bonuses for a Suikoden I file.
