Latest Posts

News: Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Initial Roster And Location Tests AnnouncedNews: Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Initial Roster And Location... As the rest of the world has Gundam Versus on the PS4, Japanese arcades are gearing up for the upcoming Gundam Versus Extreme 2. On May 12 and 13, stores in Tokyo and Osaka...

Read More

News: God Gundam and Master Gundam DLC Coming To Gundam Versus In JanuaryNews: God Gundam and Master Gundam DLC Coming To Gundam... It's been a long time coming, but God Gundam and Master Gundam are finally joining the Gundam Versus roster as the next DLC units in January. While we've had several melee...

Read More

News: Aegis Gundam, GM Sniper II White Dingo Ver. and More Coming To Gundam Versus This DecemberNews: Aegis Gundam, GM Sniper II White Dingo Ver. and... This December, even more suits are being added to the ever growing Gundam Versus lineup. The first is Aegis Gundam, last seen in Gundam SEED Destiny: Rengou VS ZAFT II Plus...

Read More

News: Atlas Gundam DLC Coming To Gundam VersusNews: Atlas Gundam DLC Coming To Gundam Versus If you were hoping for more Gundam Thunderbolt units, there's good news! Atlas Gundam will be joining the Gundam Versus roster as DLC in late November. This will more than...

Read More

News: Gundam Versus To Add Phantom Gundam As DLC UnitNews: Gundam Versus To Add Phantom Gundam As DLC Unit As we await the upcoming Western release of Gundam Versus on September 29 on top of unreleased units such as Pale Rider and Gundam Guison Rebake, Phantom Gundam has been...

Read More

News: Sakura Wars Now Has A US Release Date

Posted on : 15-12-2009 | By : | In : News

Hardware: ,

2

sw_ss13_smaller

Nippon Ichi America sent out a release giving the release date for Sakura Wars in the US as March 23rd, 2010. There seems to have been a bit of confusion early on, as some sites were reporting February, but the March date is the more recent one and straight from the horse’s mouth. I’m actually glad for the delay, as I think it’s wise to give Sakura Wars a bit of space from the other January and February releases, which given the amount and quality of the games coming out after Christmas, I’d be worried an already niche title like Sakura Wars could get crowded out.

Unfortunately, it seems that the previously announced Special Edition will be PS2 only, and that the Wii version will only have a standard edition available. The Special Edition comes with a bonus artbook, poster, and special outer cover, along with both the English and Japanese voices, while the regular edition will only feature the English dub. To try to compensate for the lack of a special edition for Wii owners, however, Nippon Ichi America is saying they’ll offer the Wii version at an “attractive price point.”

Facebooktwitterredditpinterest

Comments (2)

Damn it, now I have to lug my PS2 back to Canada. It bugs me that there’s so many games being released in March.

Yay for Sakura Taisen though. Maybe if this does well, they’ll do the first one too?

I’m not sure if they could get the first–Sega is probably a lot more protective of the earlier games, and then there’s the issue of releasing an older PS2 title even later in the PS2’s lifespan, in a time where people keep expecting the PS2 to die but it keeps on ticking regardless. I don’t have any hard or soft evidence for this, but I’m guessing that the Wii port, which doesn’t make much sense otherwise, is both to see what kind of sales Nippon Ichi America can rack up on that popular but demographically strange system, and to test the viability of porting a PS2 title to the Wii successfully.

Nippon Ichi in Japan seems to be spending the lion’s share of their effort on the Playstation 3 and PSP, but both of those enjoy a lot less popularity in American than they do in Japan, so having their foot in the Wii’s door, at least in America, would make a lot of sense for them. As someone who has powerlevel files in every Nippon Ichi game released by their American branch but Disgaea 3 because I don’t own a PS3, I understand firsthand what their current situation is up against.

Write a comment