One of the few things that get me excited nowdays is a annoucement of a new Sakura Taisen Game. It just so happens the Nippon Ichi of America have made this the most exciting year since 2005 for me.
Basically I came in my pants when I heard this. I've been waiting so long for an english localisation of ANY Sakura Taisen game I have up hope a long, long time ago. There were hopes and rumors when Sakura Taisen ~Atsuki Chishio ni~ came out in Japan, not that I waited. I just buy up the special limited edition versions or any ST game released and horde them like a madman.
Sakura Taisen 5 was one of the best PS2 import games that I played. Graphics were good, story was excellent (easy to follow even though I don't know Japanese) gameplay was outstanding. For those of you that don't know Sakura Taisen games blend Strategy, Dating Sim, Anime Storybook and Action games togother in one magnificent gameplay experience. The basis of the games are that you go around sweet talking chicks to make the battles easier against the Steam Punk evil Robots that you have to lay smack down on. Epic Boss fights thrown in for good measure and Combination moves are abundant. The more the girls like you the better there fighting abilites are. If your super nice to one girl in particular you get her special lovey dovey ending, that's well worth the effort for replay. With some clever saving, resetting and strategy you can see all the ending in about 2 full sittings.
It's also interesteing to note that a Wii version is going to be released as well, of course I'll get both, that's just what I do when it comes to Sakura Taisen stuff. Wii Controls + Sakura Taisen might even be enough to warrant me purchasing a US Wii... cause I don't think my region hack is going to last forever. Region encoding is so 2005.
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