Sakura Wars

[Anonymous No.8448808]

Sakura Wars thread. Just finished all the games. What a fun series. Really like the writing of the series, lots of fun, and the characters are well written too. Wish 2-4 were translated though.
Also,
3>1>5>2>4

[Anonymous No.8448894]

i like Kanna

[Anonymous No.8448906]

She's one of the best Kousuke Fujishima char designs

[Anonymous No.8449267]

I've experienced the very little Sakura Wars content in Super Robot Wars 30 and it seems interesting enough to check out, but I'll be goddamned if the mechs don't look goofy as shit.

[Anonymous No.8449535]

Erica!
I haven't played 5 yet but:
3 > 2 > 1 > 4
I enjoyed playing through 2's main game more than 3's but damn does the elegant day in 3 elevate it into another dimension. Both are really close for me though, I'd probably swap 2 and 3 on a different day.

[Anonymous No.8450779]

>>8448808
>played 2-4
>Wish 2-4 were translated though.
?

[Anonymous No.8451034]

>>8450779
Don't know fluent Japanese, so I used a combination of basic moon knowledge, Google translate, and an old translation guide. So on top of it being easier, I know most people aren't autistic like me, but I'd like them to still experience the games since they're quite good.

[Anonymous No.8451068]

>>8448808
>Just finished all the games
How did you manage this? Can you read Japanese?

[Anonymous No.8451094]

>>8451068
Explained here: >>8451034. I know some basic stuff like ~100 kanji + kana, and I know basic grammatical structure. But what really helped was there is a translation guide for most of the games individual content on gamefaqs (Only thing that was lacking is all the endings in Sakura Wars 4, but that's okay since it sucks anyways). Only real issues were when I chose options not in the guide, and I just powered through that stuff. For any vocab I didn't know I could go to Google translate and either type the kana or using my drawing tablet to draw the kanji. That combined with basic context recognition fixed that issue. Of course the guide isn't ideal, but it's good enough to get you through the games in my opinion if you are willing to machine translate when you're off the path.

[Anonymous No.8451552]

If I really had to put my demented mind through the basics of Japanese I would do it for these maidens as well.
Pure 90's soul.

>>8448906
Guilty dream: a game about You're under arrest!

[Anonymous No.8452381]

>>8448808
Was meaning to get around to that series, might as well start now. I know 1 was translated for the Saturn so I'll give that a shot. Will follow your advice here: >>8451094 and just use a guide/translate the rest. Hope it's actually a fun little series from the small parts I've seen of the characters in PXZ1 and 2.

[Anonymous No.8453265]

Do NOT open unless for some sick reason you want to be wished a Merry Christmas.

[Anonymous No.8453436]

>>8453265
<3

[Anonymous No.8453704]

3 is one of the best games ever made imo

[Anonymous No.8453736]

Sakura Taisen games ooze with charm, but god damn the actual battles are so incredibly easy that it's a huge drawback. It feels almost like it's a filler between the VN sections.

[Anonymous No.8453827]

>>8453736
Yeah, that is a problem. Hard mode on 5 is actually hard though. Though a lot of the difficulty is from bullshit like stage hazards you won't know about until it's too late, and not knowing how many turns some shit gets (Fuck the blimp stage).

[Anonymous No.8453829]

>>8453736
I'd try to recommend you play the newest Super Robot Wars game for some Sakura Wars crossover fun, but that's somehow even easier than Sakura Wars, even on the hardest difficulty

[Anonymous No.8454036]

For me, vidya culture of the nighties was on fire and 3 was the best representation of the party
After 4, you really feel the party has ended and we were now moving on to a less fiery age of video games

Such a shame this passion will never return

[Anonymous No.8454598]

>>8448808
I thought 2 was the best regarded.

[Anonymous No.8455098]

>>8454598
For me the reason 2 ranks so low is because it only has two new team members who I don't care for to begin with, and the story just isn't as entertaining as 3, 1, or 5. That's not to say any of the games are bad, they're all great.
Except 4, that shit is fucking garbage and should have just been a bonus disc.

[Anonymous No.8455178]

>>8454036
Video games died in 2008 and were just living with an insulting possessed corpse of it now

>>8454598
you need 1 and 2 together for the best experience

Thats why PSP re-release and the ps2 remakes included both

[Anonymous No.8455191]

>>8454036
As soon as the west became the dominant industry as opposed to Japan, I.E 7th gen, videogames effectively died.

[Anonymous No.8456724]

>>8454036
>>8455191
>As soon as the west became the dominant industry as opposed to Japan
it was always, fucking weeb. The real cause was EA killing the industry

[noko No.8456735]

>>8456724
>weeb
get some new material retard. i don't care for anime nor do I think japan is a perfect place. the west ruined the industry forever.

[Anonymous No.8457834]

>>8456735
Just ignore shitposters.

[Anonymous No.8458280]

Never ever a collection of the various minigames.

>>8453827
Aside from the trial-and-error structure and the need to learn the scripts of the enemy, I only had trouble with the level where you have to protect the theater, but only because of the vast number of attackers and the boss attacking at every turn.
(A Xcomesque structure for the battles will be perfect)

>>8455178
Not that strange doujin with body horror and gore.

[Anonymous No.8458373]

>>8458280
Ah, yeah that battle can be kinda hard if you don't cheese it. But it's pretty easy with this strat: Put Shinji to the back left, call Diana, then run back to the close right and take out a generator. Whoever moves next (not Diana or Gemini) goes to close left, destroys a generator. Diana goes to far left (only one space), destroys a generator, and Gemini goes to far right and destroys a generator. If you do it right, it'll be over in one turn.

[Anonymous No.8458443]

What's the general consensus on 5?

[Anonymous No.8458457]

>>8454036
would make sense as why the last game ddint do so well in both countries such a shame too i want a sequel where they save the original cast i hate they megaman legends 3 this shit

[Anonymous No.8458693]

>>8454036
While I do not like the series as much, as it was a large portion of why Sega flamed out, I found 4 egregiously bad since it was slapped together quickly. It was only like 3 chapters, to gather every character together for Sega to say "goodbye." It had no substance, and they charged a full amount for it just to peace out when Sega ultimately failed. I can only hope Nintendo takes the Ghibli route too, and just decide to fade away taking all its IP with them for an occasional celebration for a better world, one which I will not be a part of but glad the world is better without the old guard. Sega in their failures went out like a bitch the wrong way, and it is nice they're doing it right in the end: https://youtu.be/mmxFaCVYMCc

[Anonymous No.8458771]

>>8458443
I love 5, I feel it's about in the middle, better than 2 or 4. However I will say the first couple chapters are pretty damn slow.

[Anonymous No.8459174]

>>8458693
What are the Sega Saturn game between the Game boy version of the first game and the Dreamcast version of the second game? The Dreamcast game under the Radio Show?
They don't seem the Columns games.