Sakura Taisen Brings LIPS And War To North America

By Spencer . December 22, 2008 . 4:30pm

Sakura Taisen Brings LIPS And War To North America Any news you heard about Sakura Taisen or as its known over here, Sakura Wars, coming out in North America is true. A representative from NIS America confirmed to Siliconera they are localizing at least one game in the series, but aren’t sure when the game will be released.

 

In the Sakura Wars games players spend one part of the game interacting with characters via the Live Interactive Picture System (aka LIPS) where conversation choices are selected similar to Persona 4 or a dating sim. The combat phase of Sakura Wars should be more familiar since it’s like a strategy RPG. After releasing a string of Sakura Wars games on the PlayStation 2 Sega moved the series briefly to the PSP for a compilation disc. The most recent Sakura Wars game is on the Nintendo DS.

 

The long running Sakura Wars series has been a project between Sega and Red Entertainment. Since NIS America is taking care of the series here it shows they have a relationship with either Sega, Red Entertainment or, most likely, both companies. Perhaps, we could see NIS America pick up other Sega projects in the future like Hatsune Miku: Project Diva. Nippon Ichi Software worked with the Hatsune Miku license before with Tori no Hoshi: Aerial Planet.

 

Images courtesy of Sega.


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  • Kalvin

    Bad choices, i don’t think Sakura Taisen will sales good at west country.

  • Kalvin

    Bad choices, i don’t think Sakura Taisen will sales good at west country.

  • Lu

    @ Judo

    Read the RPGamer article.

    “A little birdie told us that someone was finally getting brave enough to localize a game in the Sakura Wars series, mainly the fifth game in the main series for the PS2. Would that be NIS America, and what can you tell us about the game?”

    that was the question asked, to which the rep answered “it’s in the works by someone”. Put two and two together (or this article with the RPGamer one), and it’s NIS localizing Sakura Taisen V.

    And honestly, V is a good choice to start out with. Being set in the United States, it may grab more attention than a game set in Japan or Paris. Additionally, it’s the latest and most advanced technologically, which is also a good thing to be localized at this stage of the PS2′s life. This game will be a treat for fans of the franchise here longing to see a main entry game brought over and may be a treat for some new people too, which would be great.

    NIS has my undying respect for having the balls to do this. Especially V, which I’ve *always* wanted to play myself. They can rest assured this is a day 1 preorder from me.

  • Lu

    @ Judo

    Read the RPGamer article.

    “A little birdie told us that someone was finally getting brave enough to localize a game in the Sakura Wars series, mainly the fifth game in the main series for the PS2. Would that be NIS America, and what can you tell us about the game?”

    that was the question asked, to which the rep answered “it’s in the works by someone”. Put two and two together (or this article with the RPGamer one), and it’s NIS localizing Sakura Taisen V.

    And honestly, V is a good choice to start out with. Being set in the United States, it may grab more attention than a game set in Japan or Paris. Additionally, it’s the latest and most advanced technologically, which is also a good thing to be localized at this stage of the PS2′s life. This game will be a treat for fans of the franchise here longing to see a main entry game brought over and may be a treat for some new people too, which would be great.

    NIS has my undying respect for having the balls to do this. Especially V, which I’ve *always* wanted to play myself. They can rest assured this is a day 1 preorder from me.

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