Forum - View topicNEWS: Sakura Wars V Game to Ship in North America This Fall
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DPX
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Well, NISA did receive a fierce scorning for that localization. So I'm sure that there shouldn't be a problem (at least, I hope not!) |
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SpaceDrake
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It's also worth recalling that Ar Tonelico 2 was one bum localization out of a catalog of dozens of games. No company can bat a thousand. I'm not worried about the quality of Sakura Wars in the slightest, and I'm glad to see it make the jump at last.
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HitokiriShadow
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This was great news to read. The original Sakura Wars OVA was among the first 5 or so DVDs I ever purchased about a decade ago. While the franchise was never one of my favorites (and I never bought or saw any others, despite enjoying it.... maybe I should try tracking them down), I did enjoy it and have been wanting to play the games ever since. Now, nearly 10 years later, I'll finally be able to. Thank you, NISA.
Apparently one or two other games also had some problems, but the problems AT2 had were pretty big. Stuff that simply should not have happened. Their response to it, particularly considering how glaring the problems were, was also quite lacking. They deserve the heat they got for that. |
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DavidShallcross
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The first Sakura Wars OVA series made a better advertisement for the game than a standalone show. The TV show stood alone a lot better, and while the second OVA series required familiarity with the characters, the stories were complete in themselves. After watching all of these, plus the Movie, the Ecole de Paris OVA, and the self-indulgent Sumire Special, I'm happy one of the games is being translated, but wish it were one of those with the characters I am familiar with.
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HitokiriShadow
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I'm certainly in a different boat, as I haven't seen most of the Sakura Wars anime, but I'm kind of glad the one we get to play will let us get to know new characters. But the key point for me is this: we get the one with a cute redheaded katana-wielding cowgirl. That said, I'd certainly like to be able to play the earlier games as well. If this does well, maybe NISA will bring some of them over though probably as PSP games unless they were remade as PS2 games at some point. I can see why they wanted to start with this one, as its one of the most recent ones and thus the least subject to the damages of time. |
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ximpalullaorg
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ST1 and 3 were remade on PS2. All the games (1-4) were re-released on PC last year too.
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Char-Zard
Industry Insider
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As a VERY long time fan of all things Sakura Taisen, this news makes me so happy. I highly encourage anyone to pick up the various soundtracks and vocal CDs for this game. The cast is amazing and the songs very entertaining.
I'll definitely be there day one to get this! So exciting! |
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KanonAirHaruhiShuffle
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To me well just look at my avatar picture it's Luca from Ar tonelico 2. Ar tonelico 2 to me is so much better then say like Final Fantasy but I'm not going to make a debate on that right now. But still if it weren't for the bad localization like not fixing the bug with the fight with Raki, misspelling, taking away some Japanese and English voice acting to compress the game onto a PS2 disc(which in my opinion should of been a PS3 game to begin with so that the acting wouldn't be edited but oh well even though I listen to both languages prefer the English myself but I'm a English dub person)bad grammar in the text, and so on it would of been such a better game. The English voice acting was well played(Luca being played by Laura Bailey, Jacqli aka Mir played by Wendee Lee, and so on). Music was awesome, gameplay was at least a little more challenging then the 1st game. Overall it's an excellent game but with bad localization and needs a proper release and like soon. |
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rg4619
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Speculation has it that the voiceover reductions had nothing to do with disc space (there's enough room for the entire Japanese track, if not an entire English one as well) but rather recording budget. When NISA released Mana Khemia, fans quickly compared both language tracks and complained about cuts to the English dub. With AT2, I suspect they trimmed the Japanese track to improve uniformity (so the extent of the omissions is much less obvious). |
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AJ (LordNikon)
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Well, it's about smegging time.
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