The game features eight different chapters with each chapter lasting around four or five hours. The game features seven playable character, six fully animated endings, bonuses, and an additional story to complete following the main game. Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love will be released in Fall 2009.
SAKURA WARS ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH AMERICA AT LAST
May 7, 2009
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 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 players 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 heros ground mode utilizes a sword as his main weapon, but in jet mode he will use long-range missiles.
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.
INFORMATION
RELEASE DATE: Fall 2009
PLATFORM: PlayStation® 2, Nintendo Wii
GENRE: SRPG
PLAYER(S): 1
ESRB: RP
PUBLISHER: NIS America
DEVELOPER: Idea Factory
AFAIK this is getting released for the PS2 in the west as well. Yeah, so it's a late port and all that but it's the first time the series has come to the west and I don't think many of us really care that we could have played the game 4 years ago in a language we can't even remotely comprehend.
Famitsu revealed the Top 50 most wanted sequels in the Weekly Famitsu magazine, voted by its readers in Japan. Here are the top 20 games.
4. Gotchaforce (Capcom) - 189 votes
9. Chikyuu Boueigun [Earth Defence Force] (D3 Publisher) - 162 votes
Famitsu revealed the Top 50 most wanted sequels in the Weekly Famitsu magazine, voted by its readers in Japan. Here are the top 20 games.
8. Ogre Battle (Square Enix) - 174
14. Chrono (Square Enix) - 107 votes
16. Mother (Nintendo) - 92 votes
18. Senjou no Valkyria [Valkyria Chronicles] (Sega) - 87 votes
With the mixed reception I hear for Chrono Cross, I imagine that some fans are a bit wary of another sequel.
