SEGA Falls in Love with Sakura Wars Again

It's been a decade, my love

by Sammy Barker Sat 14th Apr 2018

Deep cut Sakura Wars is to make a comeback, as SEGA is working on a new entry in the series. For those who don’t know, this string of tactical role-playing titles with dating sim elements started life on the SEGA Saturn, and was last seen in 2005 on the PlayStation 2.

There’s no word on which systems this new version will be available for, or if it will even release outside of its native Japan. Only one game in the series has been localised so far, and that was Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love, which launched on the PS2 and Wii.

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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PS_Nation
Sat 14th Apr 2018

Dating sim elements?

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Katon
Sat 14th Apr 2018

I imported the Saturn and Dreamcast Sakura Wars games and got through them with the help of guides. I hope the PS4 release (assuming it has one) actually gets localized.

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Constable_What
Sat 14th Apr 2018

I've always wanted to play this.

Thank you SEGA.

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wiiware
Sat 14th Apr 2018

I remember good thing said for this series on sega saturn, its a turn-based strategy games if I remember correctly

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Ralizah
Sat 14th Apr 2018

Cool. Looking forward to trying this series out for the first time.

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Nei
Sat 14th Apr 2018

Yes! I hope the Valkyria Chronicles guys are behind it since many of them were developed by Overworks.

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Nakatomi_Uk
Sat 14th Apr 2018

Sega really need to start developing new games for its past library, maybe remaster some old classics while there at it as well. Why they never did a sequel to Skies of Arcadia I will never know they have such great franchises like a new Streets of Rage and Golden Axe would be cool. I'm fed up of Sonic even though Mania was good and All Stars Racing Transformed but they've been my last 2 favourite Sonic games in Adventure 1 on Dreamcast before that it was Sonic 3 plugged in Sonic and Knuckles