Thread 720364467

Jesus new fucking game when???
And yes, I want actual turn base jrpg, xcom-style, not whatever the fuck they were doing in the recent game

Ohji Hiroi is 71. Shin bombed. I seriously doubt he has any pull to get more money to make a new game.

So your answer is never.

Sadly

>>720365986
Yes, truly sad news, he is like the peak of 80s 90s anime vibe
Could he just give the series to, idk, atlus or sth?

>>720364467 (OP)
No sorry, instead of a real game we just got all the characters you like will forever be stuck in the pocket dimension where they're raped 24/7 by demons.

>>720364467 (OP)
>I've never played a Sakura Wars game
We know, OP.

>>720364467 (OP)
Unfortunately the mainstream audiences don't want that and don't care

>>720366307
Hot, if only we could actually see that

>>720366369
Exp33 said otherwise

>>720364467 (OP)
I just want more Gemini tbqh.

>>720364467 (OP)
>>720365986
Wasn't it already confirmed or leaked that Sega was making a new Sakura Wars game? I remember reading an article about that a while back.

>>720366307
Why do you guys turn everything into cuckoldry?

I want to play Erica's game more than anything else. Only just not enough to learn Japanese for it.

>>720366496
Sorry but if it's anything but the original cast with the original voice actresses (resurrected through necromancy I guess) the autistic japanese fans (and a few western ones) will throw a huge bitchfit

>>720364467 (OP)
I played and completed the PS2 version of Sakura Wars 3 using a gamefaqs script translation back in 2008 and I came to the conclusion the franchise sucks unless you're a hardcore waifu otaku.

No idea why /v/ claims to be some hidden ultimate X-Com style masterpiece; those games are just interactive romance anime with a token turn based minigame between chapters.

>>720366158
>peak of 80s 90s anime vibe

What do you mean?

>>720367309
Yeah.
I do like the idea of steampunk robot xcom, and it could be just that if a new game came out. But the game's routes in harem VNs are so strong there's no way it'd do well outside japan. Western otaku has been proven incapable of carrying a franchise, unless you appeal to coomers as well, and I feel that'd be the real death of the Sakura Wars franchise. Death of the soul.

>>720366596
I'll believe it when there's an official announcement.

You can feel free to keep a bowl of crow ready for me to eat if you like, but I doubt I'm going to have to pick up a spoon ever.

>>720364467 (OP)
I think they have a bigger issue where no zoomer knows of this series. The last game they realized sold like shit.

They need to remake the animes and then remake the old games so new fans can get into the series before making anything new.

>>720364467 (OP)
WTF is even Sakura Wars? All the videos I've seen of it show nothing but dating mechanics. But is it supposed to be a xcom-style game??

>>720369696
Its a dating sim with isometric turn based battles every once in awhile and some other minigames. Its like persona, people don't play it for the combat.

>>720364467 (OP)
>jesus new fucking game when???
sooner than you think, anon

Baba will rise from the ashes and revive the IP

>>720369823
Someone post the Sakura Revolucion post from /vm/

>>720369823
>revive the IP
b-but you killed the IP, Baba
remember pic related?

>>720369869
>Revolucion
pablo...

>>720369823
>Make a new Sakura Wars
>Not everyone likes it (but I do)
>Immediately decide the best decision is not to do Shin Sakura Wars 2 but a FUCKING GACHA
>Pump millions into a gacha that ended up spectacularly failing
>Never ever will you hear or see anything about Sakura Wars, classic or new.
Why the fuck are Sega such retards?

>>720370615
>Immediately decide the best decision is not to do Shin Sakura Wars 2 but a FUCKING GACHA
the gacha was released shortly after the game
it was obviously just part of a big franchise push along with the ps4 game and TWO animes
this shit is decided years in advance you tard

>>720370615
You forgot
>the gacha is mecha musume instead of mecha like the entire rest of the franchise

HASHIRE~
KOSUKO NO~
TEIKOKU KAGEKI-DAN~

>>720370939
How the hell else are you going to show off the girls during gameplay?
off all the retarded decisions this was not one of them, if anything the problem was taking half-measures by trying to make the armors resemble the bulky mechs to please old fans which made them really ugly, instead of going full mecha musumue

>>720369769
it definitely made a big impact tho even the sales of the reboot and how much people complained about the change to action combat. They should've looked to fire emblem 3 houses for inspiration instead

>>720371272
show off the girls..? You should've been rolling for cool mechs instead.

>>720371272
>How the hell else are you going to show off the girls during gameplay?
Ask the Code Geass gacha
Or the SD Gundam gacha
Or the Iron Saga gacha
Or the Final Gear gacha
Or any of the other mecha gachas that didn't have this problem

>>720371390
It's time to let go, gramps
Almost nobody gives a shit about mechs anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73e3LjFwUo

At least the SW franchise is being acknowledged in Sonic Crossworlds. Probably the nicest thing Sega has done for the series in a while.

>>720371736
Lmao okay, i guess pairing up with Sonic is the best we could do for now

>>720371503
SRW would beg to differ sonny

>>720370615
The gacha was unironically better than the absolute dogshit console title. It just failed utterly because they gave it to fucking DelightWorks and Baba.

>>720371272
The problem was that the gacha was literally just FGO, so why wouldn't you just play FGO with way more content?

>>720371781
>i guess pairing up with Sonic is the best we could do for now
Hey, compared to the gacha or reboot situations, possibly having a SW character show up in a good kart racer is a way better spot to be in.

>>720372123
because FGO is mega gay

I like Azami :3

>>720364467 (OP)
I had a full collection of Sakura Wars games for Saturn, Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Playstation 4, including some merchandise. Then one day a few years ago robbers broke into my house while I was at work and took everything. Not just my Sakura Wars collection, but my entire physical games collection, including my imported Japanese Dreamcast console itself. Police said they can't do anything because it's not important enough. It was important to me.

Erica is mai waifu.

>>720372445
her chapter was the only part of the story that was well written so it's no wonder
plus she always has your back

>>720372445
cute

>>720366596
I'm still mad that game didn't have the option to hook up with Anri, but gave you tons of moments to flirt with her.

>>720372614
It was alright until the ending where "lol she actually was a ninja all along", because god forbid they actually give even one of their characters an ST-like backstory.

>>720372981
>he didn't believe her all along
you're no better than everyone who looked down on her

>>720372821
>7

>>720364467 (OP)
based swchad keeping the threads alive

im hoping 3 gets a translation by the end of the fucking year!

>>720372826
isnt she literally a lesbian whore?

>>720364467 (OP)
You pervert. You just want to see Sakura Shinguji mummified and gagged, don't you? And no, I will not give you the pleasure of posting an example. It's 9/11, have a soul.

It's time to bring it back.

>>720366496
Gemini is so sexy.

I'll take Ratchet or Erica too tho.

>>720373295
I miss when anime character designs weren't afraid to look more like ordinary clothes
everyone has to have something unique that stands out nowadays

>>720373183
>no lipstick
Nope, just a lesbian.

>>720372981
Making her just a delusional tragic character for cheap tears would have been very easy, but it's extremely lazy and a shit overdone story
Everyone thinks she's a fraud, everyone thinks she's a spy.. etc
The reason her story is great is because she is someone who always believed in herself because if she didn't, absolutely nobody else would, not even (You), all people have to offer is cheap patronizing pity, thinking she is just a dumb naive child, they're just looking down on her
She doesn't want your sympathy, she wants you to believe her
Of course the reveal has to be that she was telling the truth, she told you over and over with utmost conviction
And you didn't believe in her
But she did

>>720374049
How can I believe in myself the way Azami believed in herself

Sega should have Atlus make a new one if they can't

>>720374802
atlus is already doing a sakura wars style game, it's called persona

>>720374886
Persona is an SRPG with mechs?

>>720374802
we dont get enough exposed shoulders these days

>>720374802
I wouldn't want an Atlus made Sakura Wars because it would inherit all of their writing style and tropes.

>>720374049
thank you anon
Azami is perfect and too pure for this world

>>720374802
Atlus already has an SRPG/VN hybrid that runs on a clock, it's called Devil Survivor which hasn't had a new entry in over a decade so I guess them making a new SW would be okay

>>720370615
Ceos only care about money and know nothing about anything else that's always the answer

>>720366496
I still love her name.
>Gemini Sunrise
Something about her last name was always quintessential, "Japanese trying really hard to come up with something American sounding"

>>720371781
Id settle for a sonicxsakurawars Mario tactics type game at this point

>>720374275
>>720370791
>>720370615
>>720369984
It's still honestly incredible how much SEGA fumbled the ball with their Sakura Wars revival. It's obvious how much money they pumped into the reboot with even the flop of the mobile game having an insanely well animated full 20+ minute OVA. The fact that no videos on the western side of the world have seemingly been made on this failed reboot also goes to show how irrelevant the franchise is in the west. It's honestly a real shame.

>>720371736
Has that even been confirmed or is it just a rumor? I'll take anything at this point.

>>720366596
Yeah, here's the article for anyone curious
>https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-3-more-sega-classics-are-set-to-make-their-return/
For those that don't wanna bother reading. This is essentially it
>Article is from Jan 11, 2024
>Goes into detail about the then month old announcements of SEGA revivals at the 2023 Game Awards
>Apparently 10 SEGA classics were greenlit for production between
>2020 and 2021
>5 of them were revealed during the awards show
>3 more were
>Panzer Dragoon
>Sakura Wars
>Neon Genesis Evangelion (cause I guess they still have the license to make games about them????)
>All are in early stages of development though
>Meaning we likely won't see them for a year or more from here.

It's been almost 2 years since the article so unless they announce something again at the upcoming TGS or GA It might be even longer of a wait. That's assuming the article is even accurate.

>>720364467 (OP)
>not whatever the fuck they were doing in the recent game
I mean they got fucking Kubo on board the fucking trainwreck that's gotta be something.

>>720374802
>>720374987
>This design was considered too much exposure back then
If only they could see what modern designs are like. Although I guess given this is Steampunk old Japan it would probably be daring for the time.

>>720372524
Damn anon that's sad. Hope you can rebuild the collection one day.

>>720369984
I don't the only SEGA mobile game to flop harder would be that Chain Chronicle sequel that they hyped up ahead of a TGS once. People were so made lmao.

>>720377734
>so unless they announce something again at the upcoming TGS
well we know VF6 is gonna be there and SEGA said there would be "surprises" so it's not completely impossible that we'll see one of those unnanounced games

>>720372445
I don't know what she's like as a character but her design is hideous.

>>720379181
What's a good design?

Sumire best girl

>>720378020
I'll never buy physical again. I learned my lesson.