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SharkySN
08-05-2009, 11:58
After years of fans asking Sega for the opportunity to play a Sakura Wars title in English, It seems that we finally get what we asked for. NIS America is set to released Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (This is Sakura Wars 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sakura_Wars_titles#Main_series)) in North America. The title will appear on both the Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii.
The game promises 4-5 hours of gameplay for each of its 8 chapters, seven characters to control and bunch of extras. The title will be coming out this fall, so add it to your holiday shopping list!
Hit the jump to see the press release.
[Source NIS America (http://nisamerica.com/pressevent/2009/press/Sakura_release_20090507_support.pdf)]



Santa Ana, Calif. (May 7, 2009) – After years of anticipation by hardcore gamers around the world, “Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love” will finally be released in North America this fall.
Sakura Wars:
Sakura Wars is a Strategy RPG that features a unique sim-based story system. An in-depth storyline exists, much like in any other RPG; however, the player’s destiny in the game is not predetermined. Character interaction plays a major role, and your responses to the various characters in the game can ultimately change the story
content and even the final outcome.
The battle system is divided into two main parts; ground combat and air combat. Ground combat takes place using two-legged mechanized suits, which transform into jet fighters to take the fight to the sky. Every mech unit in the game can transform from battle mech mode to jet fighter mode during combat. Once transformed, weapons and
movement methods will change as well. For example, the hero’s ground mode utilizes a sword as his main weapon, but in jet mode he will use long-range missiles.
©SEGA/RED
©IDEA FACTORY CO., LTD.
Licensed to and Published by
NIS America, Inc.

KEY FEATURES
•8 chapters in total, each with 4-5 hours of gameplay.
•A total of 7 characters to control.
•6 different fully animated endings.
•Bonus features and story after beating the game

http://www.seganerds.com/2009/05/07/sakura-wars-finally-coming-to-north-america/#more-9620

Dr Shaneman
08-05-2009, 12:15
WOO!!! I've been waiting for this, finally. Iris is awesome.

richarddavies
08-05-2009, 12:21
I fancy trying that. I like the premise. Hope it comes out in europe though.

7Force
08-05-2009, 22:11
I'm pretty sure this will be coming out over here as well. Nippon Ichi does have an office in europe though I'm not sure if it will be out on PS2 though as I've seen many game stores dont stock any new PS2 games so it may only be the Wii port we may be getting. Still its good to see something like this finally coming out of Japan.

mazonemayu
08-05-2009, 22:15
man, I'm feeling soo lucky, coz my kid asked a wii for christmas :P