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Sakura Wars X Chain Chronicle Collaboration Announced for Japan

Draikin August 1, 2016 Leave a reply

In light of its 20th anniversary this year, the Sakura Wars series has seen several crossover projects with other games, including Granblue Fantasy and Phantasy Star Online 2. At a recent event for their hit mobile game Chain Chronicle, SEGA has now announced that the game will also be getting a crossover with the Sakura Wars series.

Few details are known at this point, but SEGA did launch a new website for the collaboration event. Judging from the silhouettes in the artwork found there it seems that, aside from Sakura and Ogami, other characters of the first game might also make a return. Sega has promised they’ll be updating the website periodically, so we’ll keep an eye out for more details.

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy: Epilogue Video

Draikin July 14, 2016 Leave a reply

We’ve been uploading videos for the Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy event since the event ended, and today we reach the end of that video archive with the story’s epilogue. Those who viewed the previous episodes will know that, after the initial prologue, the main cast found themselves in the world of Granblue Fantasy. The epilogue sees Sakura, Ogami, Gemini, Shinjiro and Erica reunited in a decisive battle against the series’ recurring villain, Aoi Satan. Take a look below for the epilogue and an overview of all the other videos we posted so far! And if you watched the videos, feel free to let us know in what you think about this crossover in the comments. And for those who play Granblue Fantasy and unlocked the characters, we’re looking for help to record their Fate Episodes.

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy: Gemini’s Event Video

Draikin June 6, 2016 Leave a reply

It’s time for another part of the story from the Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy crossover. Previously, we’ve shown the prologue and Sakura’s event story. Now it’s Gemini and Shinjiro’s turn to star in their own story in the world of Granblue Fantasy. Separated from the others, Gemini and Shinjiro end up meeting a group of skyfarers, and join them in their fight against Aoi Satan. You can watch how it all unfolds below! We’ll be working on a video for Erica’s story event next, followed by the finale of the event.

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy: Prologue Video

Draikin May 28, 2016 2 Replies

The Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy crossover event has ended, but we’ve recorded the story parts of the event, and are in the process of uploading them to our Youtube channel. The videos feature official English subtitles, as the Japanese version of Granblue Fantasy actually has the option to change the game’s language to English.

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy Event Now Available in English

Draikin May 20, 2016 1 Reply

We’ve been keeping an eye out on the Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy crossover event since its launch, given that an English translation had been announced for the event. As we mentioned in a previous article, the game’s Japanese version actually has an English language option, and as such events like this one also end up getting an official translation. With a few days left in the campaign (it’s ending May 23), the English translation finally appears to have been finished. We’ve included a few screenshots below from the prologue, and we’re also planning to make a video of all of the story sequences before the event ends.

While the story of the event isn’t anything amazing, it’s more Sakura Wars, so we’re not complaining! Although playing these Sakura Wars crossovers, one can’t help but wish that SEGA would bring back these characters in an actual new Sakura Wars game. After all, what better way would there be to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary this year?

Liberation of the Blue Sky Gets Release Date And Launch Trailer in Japan

Draikin May 16, 2016 Leave a reply

SEGA’s upcoming mobile action-RPG for iOS and Android, Liberation of the Blue Sky, has now received a release date in Japan. The game will be available starting May 19, and SEGA have posted a new trailer for the game on their Youtube channel. As we talked about earlier, a free character based on the violinist Ayasa will be given to anyone who preregistered for the game. You can find the trailer below. The game’s main theme that’s featured in the trailer, called “Overnight Revolution”, was done by AKINO with bless4.

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy: Artwork, Videos and Possible Upcoming English Translation

Draikin May 15, 2016 Leave a reply

The Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy collaboration event has already launched in Japan and is causing quite a stir. Even though cross-over events like this aren’t unusual, Granblue Fantasy is a rather popular mobile game in Japan, and Sakura Wars fans of course want to see more of their beloved franchise. This event also sees the return of Shinjiro, the protagonist of Sakura Wars 5, who wasn’t included in either of the Project X Zone games. The event is due to close on the 23rd of May in Japan.

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy Crossover Silhouettes, Event Name

InTheSky April 30, 2016 Leave a reply

Shortly after the newest Weekly Famitsu officially announced the Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy crossover event, the official Japanese website for Granblue Fantasy published a blog post with a little more details and art teasers to promote the upcoming project. The event is titled “Sakura Wars ~Sky-Flying Maidens~”.

Immediately worth noting is the presence of three silhouettes on the new blog post, which have been compiled into one and used as our featured image. The silhouettes should be clear enough – they depict (from left to right) Gemini Sunrise, Erica Fontaine, and Sakura Shinguuji, the main heroines of the Sakura Wars games. They are described as the characters who will be making an appearance in the crossover.

The greater portion of the blog post is actually dedicated to another event (“Legend Festival”) and other news that isn’t directly related to the Sakura Wars event. More details are to be announced on the Sakura Wars project at a later date, according to the blog post. Stay tuned for more information!

Sakura Wars X Granblue Fantasy Crossover Incoming

InTheSky April 26, 2016 3 Replies

The newest edition of Weekly Famitsu has announced a collaboration event between Sakura Wars and the popular Japanese mobile game Granblue Fantasy. Details are scarce at the moment, but what we do know is that there will be an event featuring the Sakura Wars franchise at a date that is to be specified, and that it will at least feature Sakura Shinguuji, if not more characters. Chisa Yokoyama will be reprising her voicing role for the character.

There is a photo of a page with Sakura Shinguuji rendered in the Granblue Fantasy artstyle. The art looks amazing!

Granblue Fantasy has done crossovers with a couple of other franchises thus far, including Street Fighter and Tales. A TV anime project is also in the works, and a North American version of Granblue Fantasy launched earlier this month.

Official release of this week’s edition should be expected tomorrow, April 28 in Japan.

It’s a strong year for Sakura Wars! I do hope that we can see another Sakura Wars game released this year to commemorate its 20th anniversary.

Credit to Hachima Kikou for the news.

Newest Sakura Wars Mobile Game Service Recently Discontinued, Another Mobile Game In Planning?

InTheSky March 30, 2016 Leave a reply

At Segalization we’ve not written much about the Sakura Wars titles on mobile in Japan. However, a couple of days ago operations for the most recent operational Sakura Wars game (subtitled “Hyakka Ryouran Yumemonogatari”) were effectively discontinued. Plans for the game’s closure were announced at the end of January via the official Twitter account for the mobile game, though not currently reflected in the game’s official webpage.

~Hyakka Ryouran Yumemonogatari~ was a card-based battle game wherein one of its promoted features was the ability to change the outfits of the heroines.

With this said, it appears that there is another Sakura Wars mobile games in the works, and that this has been the case for quite some time. Introducing Sakura Wars: The Legend Begins, the officially translated subtitle of a card-based battle game developed by Snowpipe, a Korean company that appears to have plans to develop mobile phone content for various industries.

Snowpipe acquired the rights to develop a Sakura Wars mobile game in 2014. Though I’m not familiar with all pieces of Sakura Wars artwork featured on the linked webpage, most if not all of them are borrowed pieces that belong to SEGA (likely used for drafting and reference purposes.) This AngelList page interestingly notes that Snowpipe’s Sakura Wars project was due for release in 2014 after having secured investment money, but as we know SEGA’s own Sakura Wars game has been operational long past that time frame.

Snowpipe has their own official website, which lists The Legend Begins as one of its projects. Their project history lists three titles, perhaps reflecting their relative newness as a company. The description for The Legend Begins links to a Facebook page which is currently not operational.

A short trailer for the game was released earlier this month, demoing its gameplay and card artwork. We’ve linked to it below.

[OFFICIAL] 사쿠라대전 : 전설의 시작 SAKURA WARS : The Legend Begins

Watch this video on YouTube

While art or gameplay aspects of The Legend Begins may appear decent, it might surprise some observers to see a relatively new company develop what might become the flagship Sakura Wars mobile game. Clearly a Korean release is planned, but it’s also difficult to imagine the absence of a Japanese Sakura Wars mobile game that ~Hyakka Ryouran Yumemonogatari~ is now defunct.

We should at least expect to see more of The Legend Begins in the coming months. To be sure, ~Hyakka Ryouran Yumemonogatari~ was not developed by SEGA itself, but rather by Sakurasoft. Sakurasoft being the developer of the recently-closed mobile game is reflected in the link for the ~Hyakka Ryouran Yumemonogatari~ that I posted much at the beginning of this article. Interestingly, Sakurasoft’s website doesn’t seem to mention their Sakura Wars title, upon a quick glance.

Segalization would like to thank XMax360 for their contributions and background information on recent developments in mobile games for the Sakura Wars franchise, as such details were helpful to the crafting of this article.