Comments on: Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love Sold As A Two Disc Box Set

By: srkelley

srkelley — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:47:19 +0000

Will the same save be useable across both discs? In example if I start playing the game in english and decide I want to swap to Japanese will I be able to just swap discs or will the save data be affected at all? It'd be nice to assume it wouldn't, but it's always best to know.

By: srkelley

srkelley — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:47:19 +0000

By: Dan Citriniti

Dan Citriniti — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:09:32 +0000

I'm sure the game would have been $39.99 anyway. Also, I'm sure the english cast is as competent as the japanese cast.

By: Dan Citriniti

Dan Citriniti — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:51:26 +0000

I'm pretty sure that would just cause more confusion and it would also be pretty weird. I usually prefer the english voices, but it is always nice to switch over to the japanese dub to hear the original voices just to get a feel for their tone and delivery against the english speaking cast. This way people can always do that. As long a save file for one works with the other everyone should be fine.

By: Dan Citriniti

Dan Citriniti — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:47:43 +0000

I like the idea, I just hope they come through with English voice actors like they have before.

By: Mauru

Mauru — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:45:01 +0000

It will be better if they sold the Japanese version and English version separately, in that way they please the fans and the issue of selling the other copy or giving it away will be solved. The sales will be much better.

By: Titanis

Titanis — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:32:48 +0000

Think of it more like “getting two copies of the game for the price of one”…

By: annonymous

annonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:16:42 +0000

Fuck yes! NIS, you are amazing!

By: Hraesvelgr

Hraesvelgr — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:48:35 +0000

My issue isn't with typos or whatever minor errors they make. I don't care about that. Hell, I wouldn't even say anything about name changes from something completely stupid (unless they change it into something equally stupid) or having to change jokes/whatever that wouldn't make sense outside of Japan. But you know, when you turn a character into a lame, walking stereotype, then I have an issue with it.

Oh, and btw, Claude is the better name. Mostly because Claude is an actual name and Crawd just seems like Engrish.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:06:26 +0000

When I wrote that post I somehow had a foreshadowing that some guy would try to turn it upside down and thought about writing a preventive-arguement against that, but then I figured that nobody would be stupid enough. I guess I'm too optimistic.

Hint: The original voice actors already got their full pay years ago when nobody thought about a US release. Their performance is now owned by SEGA. Japanese voice acting is therefore at most a question of higher or lower royalties. The English cast however might not even be hired yet, and in the end their salary alone will surely add a lot onto the single US release's price tag, which everyone has to pay.

If they released the two discs as to independent versions of the game, the one with the original Japanese voices would be cheaper (or have a larger profit margin). It would also be interesting for NISA to watch which version would have ended up selling more copies. And from the fan perspective, it could have become a powerful sign to the industry if the Japanese voiced version outsold the one with Englishified voices.

Also, think about the extra time the dubbing takes. Wasn't the game first announced for fall? The people prefering Japanese voices not only pay for the additional English dub with their money, but also with their time. If two versions were to be released, the one with original voices could be sold months earlier, like it already happens with anime in the US (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann) and PC games in Europe (TES3: Morrowind).

Selling both in one package is probably a cheap move to prevent one version being sold out too soon because of bad prognosis on the first production run. I guess they don't really trust themselves on this project, but I'm still happy that they picked it up. It will definitely be something new over here and be a big step into the right direction for the many fans of such games living in overseas.

By: Rorg

Rorg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:23:22 +0000

“Sad for the people who only wanted the original voices, as they have to pay for the English cast whether they want or not.”

You could say the same for anyone who is not interested in the Japanese voices… it's definitely an interesting decision on NISA's part. I guess they must have some pretty decent sales expectations for it, maybe over 100,000? I find it a little surprising, considering the average sales of a non-Disgaea NISA game is not very high… I hope it pays off for them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:23:18 +0000

Sad for the people who only wanted the original voices, as they have to pay for the English cast whether they want or not.

Also: What if people start selling the disc they don't use on ebay? Sales could be affected. I hope every fan who has been waiting for this for years buys both the Wii and the PS2 release. Also don't forget preordering to show demand.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:02:27 +0000

Thanks for helping BlackFreefall out :)

The short way of describing Sakura Wars is it's one part dating sim and one part strategy RPG, shake, add cowboys.

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:03:36 +0000

Y'know, I sort of wonder if Sega/NIS are considering doing a Japanese Wii release for this?

By: ReturnOfSomeDude

ReturnOfSomeDude — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:57:04 +0000

While generally I'm ok with name changes for localization purposes, NIS does some stuff that doesn't make any sense. Like changing “Hiro” from the Idea Factory games to “Hillo”.