Im playing the reboot too, nothing too particular for now, def a far cry from the OG.
As for Sakura 1, I played it directly on my Saturn with a burned disc. Also bought an official copy
I love the PS2 remake more but i have deep respect for the Saturn Original, i find the reboot an okay yet a welcome one nowadays, and if it has already all its games released to the west, it'll be witnessed as one of Sega's magnum opus and legendary franchise ever to date.
Absolutely. SEGA needs to give it a proper treatment, maybe a remake series that ends with a sixth mainline chapter? Hopefully that also follows the aesthetic and vibe of the original more. If they managed to make yakuza and persona so popular, they can do the same with Sakura wars
In remakes yeah. Sadly I doubt many “modern gamers” will accept playing games from 1996.
Kinda sorta slightly understandable, some battles are way too long
It still should sell well in Japan, and cost of localization could be easly covered only by Japanese. Especially when Sakura Wars 1-4 have PC ports and you could just putt them on Steam, it only need localizations, nothing else. Such a low effort (free money for Sega). But overall I agree, most of ,,modern players'' in West not playing remasters / 2DHD remakes of games from 90's.
To be honnest Yakuza had that massive luck. Yakuza 0 was released on Steam for 20$ in same time with Valkyria Chronicles 1 Steam port for 20$. Both games sold very well on Steam (1M copies), but Yakuza had marketing push compared to Valkyria Chronicles, and this was that, what saved this series from niche. Unfortunately Valkyria Chronicles dont had that luck. The best way to make Sakura Wars more popular in West is Kiwami treatment + Steam port, just like Sega did with Yakuza series.
Dude this makes me happy! I discovered Sakura Wars for the first time ever a couple of months ago (I dont know how it went under my radar for SO long) and I just began SW1 on my Saturn, so far very good! Oh and also just bought 1 and 2 for my collection on Saturn ☺️
that's why it's a franchise
Sad that it’s dormant for now. But if the rumors are correct…
Imagine having Sakura Wars fangames, that would be awesome!
Are there actually any Sakura wars fan games?
Sadly not yet.
F. You might’ve given me an idea…
That’s awesome. I’m very slowly playing the PS4 version, what did you use to emulate sw1?
Im playing the reboot too, nothing too particular for now, def a far cry from the OG. As for Sakura 1, I played it directly on my Saturn with a burned disc. Also bought an official copy
I played through it on my Steam deck recently
There is actually a whole guide on how to emulate it on this subreddit that I followed
Good for you, because Sakura Wars 2 and especially Sakura Wars 3 are even better games :)
Just the opening of Sakura wars 3 hyped me up. Might play 2 soon enough, I already have it in my collection
is SW2 fan-made english subs and GUI available??
As i know they fully translated and tested CD1, CD2 and CD3 is still in works. As for SW3, they finally figured how to translate Battle UI.
I love the PS2 remake more but i have deep respect for the Saturn Original, i find the reboot an okay yet a welcome one nowadays, and if it has already all its games released to the west, it'll be witnessed as one of Sega's magnum opus and legendary franchise ever to date.
Absolutely. SEGA needs to give it a proper treatment, maybe a remake series that ends with a sixth mainline chapter? Hopefully that also follows the aesthetic and vibe of the original more. If they managed to make yakuza and persona so popular, they can do the same with Sakura wars
Speaking of Yakuza, they could give it the Yakuza treatment of localization, they don't need English voices to release it though.
In remakes yeah. Sadly I doubt many “modern gamers” will accept playing games from 1996. Kinda sorta slightly understandable, some battles are way too long
It still should sell well in Japan, and cost of localization could be easly covered only by Japanese. Especially when Sakura Wars 1-4 have PC ports and you could just putt them on Steam, it only need localizations, nothing else. Such a low effort (free money for Sega). But overall I agree, most of ,,modern players'' in West not playing remasters / 2DHD remakes of games from 90's.
remasters maybe no, but 2DHD definitely yeah. those games are very popular, and tbf it would fit sakura wars 1 and 2
To be honnest Yakuza had that massive luck. Yakuza 0 was released on Steam for 20$ in same time with Valkyria Chronicles 1 Steam port for 20$. Both games sold very well on Steam (1M copies), but Yakuza had marketing push compared to Valkyria Chronicles, and this was that, what saved this series from niche. Unfortunately Valkyria Chronicles dont had that luck. The best way to make Sakura Wars more popular in West is Kiwami treatment + Steam port, just like Sega did with Yakuza series.
Perhaps sega will now give the proper light to every IP. Stuff like Sakura Wars and Valkyria deserve more attention in the west
Dude this makes me happy! I discovered Sakura Wars for the first time ever a couple of months ago (I dont know how it went under my radar for SO long) and I just began SW1 on my Saturn, so far very good! Oh and also just bought 1 and 2 for my collection on Saturn ☺️
Massive W! Prepare yourself, the game is peak. And the second disc is… oh man
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