Yes, I said dance, because the game is about dancing, acting, love, and piloting transforming steam-powered psychic robots. For Chrissakes, your squad is called the New York Combat Revue!
Anyway, NIS America sent us a load of screenshots for Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love.Being the resident fanboy, it was my duty to make you look at them. So look at them.
The screens mostly show off the ARMS (for "Active Real-time Machine System") battle mechanics, and display how amazingly moderately the graphics have held up in the five-odd years since the original release. As you can see the bar below represents the character's action points. Action point costs can depend on the team's battle stance. Offensive stances make it cheaper to charge super moves but more expensive to defend, and so on.
So far the only interface being shown is from the PS2 release, so we don't know yet what's going to be changed for the Wii version. I'm pretty sure that both versions will still have that picture of a girl bifurcating a robot with a sword while riding a horse. Sold.
Oh, and the official site has been updated with more character profiles, screens and wallpaper. They've also provided a nice, detailed explanation of the game's LIPS ("Live & Interactive Picture System") dialog mechanics.
Check the gallery for hot picture action, and get under the cut to watch the game's intro.
Keep this one in the spotlight as you've been doing sir - it might be the last noteworthy PS2 release we get, and perhaps the only series entry we'll ever see! In fact, every post about this game from now on should be delivered via a video of you speaking the announcement in overbearing semi-poetry while striking sentai poses, accompanied by a brassy signature anthem. Get on it!
@Daxelman: one of the two great giant mecha related strategy rpgs of japan thats never seen US Release (the other being the vast majority of super robot wars games).
it involves a mix of romance game. giant mechanized steampunk robos, and in the case of this one, half-japanese cowboy girls who cleave robots in twain with a katana on horseback.
As I understand it, this one's set around the nephew of the male protagonist from the other 3. so you do at least see him for a few minutes. But other than that is more of a US division than a direct sequel to the other 3.
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It reeks of Roaring 20s....I like it.
@Daxelman:
"Roaring" is one way to put it. '20s sounds about right.
it involves a mix of romance game. giant mechanized steampunk robos, and in the case of this one, half-japanese cowboy girls who cleave robots in twain with a katana on horseback.
Looks nice, it'll be good to finally play a Sakura Taisen game and know what the hell everyone is saying.