Sega held on January 29 the 11th Sakura Taisen Imperial Communication Department’s Broadcast stream. You can find the full stream here. As usual, it featured MC Mami Yamashita, Yohei Azakami, and Producer Tetsu Katano. At the beginning of the stream, Producer Tetsu Katano mentioned the development team is closely analyzing the feedback and impressions they
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Sega held on January 29 the 11th Sakura Taisen Imperial Communication Department’s Broadcast stream. You can find the full stream here. It was the first stream since 2020 began. As usual, it featured MC Mami Yamashita, Yohei Azakami, who was cosplaying Seijuro, and Producer Tetsu Katano. The stream included many new details on the upcoming
PS4 exclusive Shin Sakura Taisen released on December 12 in Japan. The game is temporarily titled Project Sakura Wars in the west and will launch here in Spring 2020. We’ve played through the demo, so now we have done a similar Let’s Play video for the first chapter of Project Sakura Wars, live translating on
Sega held the final stream before Project Sakura Wars‘ release in Japan today. We got all the details on the DLCs, which we compiled in a separate article, along with new announcements, most notably regarding the Project Sakura Wars Anime, which will start airing in April 2020. But first off, one of the songs in the
Sega held the final stream before Project Sakura Wars‘ release in Japan, and most notably fully revealed all of the game’s DLCs. While swimsuit DLCs costumes were already teased in a previous stream, we now saw a video showcasing everything. Here’s a list of all the Project Sakura Wars DLC: The Sakura Taisen 1 and 2
As we’re getting nearer to the Japanese release of Project Sakura Wars (tentative title) more and more gameplay is getting revealed. The game is featured on the streams of all the biggest Japanese outlets. Famitsu most notably revealed the first hour of gameplay, which you can watch below. Shin Sakura Taisen begins in the same
As we’re getting closer to Project Sakura Wars‘ release in Japan, Famitsu started publishing new interviews related to Sega’s legendary franchise. The first interview is a chat on Project Sakura Wars with Chisa Yokoyama who voices Sakura Shinguji in past games, and Michie Tomizawa, who voices Sumire Kanzaki. In Project Sakura Wars, Chisa Yokoyama voices
Sega held the ninth Project Sakura Wars stream on November 20, revealing new info on the game. As usual, the stream featured game producer Tetsu Katano and was MCed by Mami Yamashita. Yohei Azakami, who voices protagonist Seijuro, was there too along with Hibiku Yamamura, who voices Azami. The stream most notably revealed a brand new
Are you getting hyped for Shin Sakura Taisen? The game’s promotion in the west is pretty much dead and I don’t get how non-Japanese players unaccustomed to the series can get interested in the current state of things. We still don’t even know how the game will actually be called, Project Sakura Wars being a
In Japan, Sega has been releasing plenty of new info on Shin Sakura Taisen, temporarily titled Project Sakura Wars in the west. Music videos for all of the main characters’ character songs have been published. And the game was featured at the PlayStation Live Sapporo 2019 event on November 5. We’ve got some new gameplay
Shin Sakura Taisen, tentatively titled Project Sakura Wars in the west, was featured at the “PlayStation Festival Sapporo 2019” event on November 2. During the event, Producer Katano announced a demo for Project Sakura Wars will be released on the Japanese PlayStation store on November 21. Project Sakura Wars‘ demo will be divided into two
Famitsu published today an interview with Shin Sakura Taisen Producer Tetsu Katano, Sakura Taisen Series Director and Scenarist Takahara Terada, and Sakura Taisen series Development Director Tetsuya Otsubo. Well, the interview actually isn’t brand new but is a much longer, uncut version of the interview first published when Shin Sakura Taisen’s first trailer was revealed. We’ve already covered that interview, but tons
On the latest Sega Nama stream, Sega’s Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi spoke about Project Sakura Wars, giving new production details on the upcoming reboot. Sega also published more information and screenshots at the end of April, Most of it is information we’ve already covered, but the story pitch was revamped with more details, along with new
This week’s Famitsu Magazine, the May 16, 2019 issue, had an over forty pages feature on the game history of Heisei era. Heisei era began in 1989, and Japan will enter a new era, Reiwa, once Emperor Akihito abdicates on April 31, 2019. I wouldn’t be able to summarize the massive amount of information found
Sega updated Sakura Wars‘ official site with comments of the seiyuu voicing the main characters of Project Sakura Wars. In particular, Yohei Azakami, who voices protagonist Seijuro Azakami, stated the role has the highest amount of lines in his voice acting career so far. While only 27 years old, Yohei Azakami is a rising star in
New Sakura Wars, temporarily titled Project Sakura Wars in the west, is being published in Europe by Koch Media. Soon after the game’s first trailer reveal during Sega Fes 2019, the publisher released the trailer as well. The game’s characters and story were detailed too. Sega America, and the Spanish and German subsidiaries of Koch Media all published the
A few hours after Sega revealed New Sakura Wars for PS4 during Sega Fes 2019, multiple fans on social media with a keen eye noticed how the trailer teased that Sumire Kanzaki, one of the former members of the Imperial Combat Revue, might be appearing in the game. 新サクラ大戦のPV見返してたらとんでもない事に気付いた 帝国歌劇団 総支配人 神崎すみれ 出るぞ#新サクラ大戦 pic.twitter.com/Z9VrV3BS6E — yf51ktmbv (@yf51ktmbv)
During the Sega Fan Meet-up 2019 stage event at Sega Fes 2019, Sega Holdings CEO Haruki Satomi revealed the first trailer and release date estimate for New Sakura Wars on PS4. The game was initially announced at Sega Fes 2018. Right after the trailer was shown, New Sakura Wars‘ producer Tetsu Katano took the stage to
Sega revealed the first trailer, staff, and cast list for New Sakura Wars during Sega Fes 2019 today. A release date estimate and the game’s platforms were announced as well. New Sakura Wars is coming to PS4 next Winter in Japan. The game’s staff list has many surprises to it and is full of talent.
While Sega is still making us wait for news on the tentatively titled New Sakura Wars, the company’s making sure we’re not forgetting about it either. As such, the Japanese version of mobile game Star Ocean: Anamnesis will be starting up a Sakura Taisen collaboration event following January 17’s maintenance. Main character Sakura Shinguji will be added,
SEGA surprised fans of the Sakura Wars series, which has been dormant for quite some time, earlier this year when they revealed that they were working on a new game in the series for the first time in years. The project was aptly given the working title Shin Sakura Taisen, or New Sakura Wars. That
A few days ago, Sega Sammy CEO Haruki Satomi walked on SegaFes’ stage in Akihabara, Tokyo, to open the curtains on what many have seen as a new beginning for the publisher, announcing much-awaited initiatives like New Sakura Wars and Shenmue I & II for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included an extensive
Our weebcast dedicated to all thing Japanese celebrates its second episode with a focus on Sega’s surprising announcements from Saturday morning. Our weeb hosts (yours truly and Staff Writer Emily Hobbs) talk about Shenmue I & 2 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, the return of the Sakura Wars series, and all things Japanese games and