Friday, November 22, 2024

NIS America announced last night at their press event that they will be publishing Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (Japanese: Sakura Taisen V: Saraba, Itoshiki Hito yo) for the Playstation 2 and Wii. Sakura Wars is a long running series developed and published by Sega in Japan with its popularity spreading into anime, manga and live action musicals. Fans of the Ah! My Goddess series should instantly recognize the artwork as creator Kosuke Fujishima is the character designer for the Sakura Wars series. The game is strategy RPG mixed in with sim based story system with combat involving ground and air battles. The game has a projected release date of Fall 2009.