#Shin Sakura Wars

[video-game-jams]

Sakura Wars (2019) - I'm a Maiden

[skeith-platinumprincess]

I've talked at length about how Azami is my favorite Sakura Wars character, but I never really elaborated on how she is the best written of the new cast. Well, today I have. Please read this and play Azami's game!

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games that are currently stuck on older consoles that I hope get rereleased in some way, Part 3:

Part 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

Yakuza/Like a Dragon: Black Panther 1 and 2/Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho and Kurohyo 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura hen(both do have fan translations, though).

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1-3(all three are on Steam, but it'd be good to have them on consoles, too).

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand

Legend of Legaia

The Legend of Dragoon

Ape Escape 3(it was supposed to be part of the PS2onPS4 set of games, but never materialized)

Devil Survivor 1 and 2.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Shin Megami Tensei IV/IV Apocalypse

Bravely Default/Bravely Second

Project X Zone 1 and 2

Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha Vs the Souless Army and Raidou Kuzunoha Vs King Abaddon(I think both are on the PS3 PSN)

Tail Concerto

Clash at Demonhead

Pokemon Ranger series

Golden Sun series

Viva Piñata series

Steambot Chronicles

Sakura Wars series

Ar Tonelico series

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Tears to Tiara series

Sonic Heroes and Sonic Unleashed

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere

Devil May Cry 4(it is on Steam, but is otherwise stuck on the PS3/Xbox 360, I think).

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine(I don't know much about Warhammer 40K, but I watched someone play this and it looked pretty cool)

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! series(and Elite Beat Agents, too).

Whiplash

Shining series(both the Shining Force games and the post-Shining Force games that have Tony Taka or Noizi Ito as the artist)

[supagogoman]

1/24 HG Spiricle Fighter Mugen (Anastasia Palmer version)

This is basically the same Mugen as the Hatsuho Shinonome version that I'd previously built. This time she has two neat pistols and a slightly questionable parasol that doesn't open so it looks more like a big club. She may not be rockin a big hammer, but she does have much bigger tits but the pistols do look pretty cool. The lack of the extra armour panels make it a lot easier to pose and handle too.

I think I've gotten the hang of light weathering and dry brushing, and though painting the tiny details on the pilot was a pain. What was also annoying was the water slide decals for her eyes, which were very difficult to position correctly especially as one eye is obscured by hair and the decal had to be kind of awkwardly shoved into the gap. Still, it turned out ok. And my slightly botched paint job on her uniform isn't particularly noticable once she's seated in the cockpit. Thankfully, there's no need to paint her cleavage.

[tokotoko1207]

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[robowilofficial]

So I decided to render Jin Qiu again, because seeing a lot of art of the guy from @1-800-daylon inspired me So he's at a cafe. (Also features WarGreymon and Magma Dragoon since i needed to fill empty space)

Jin Qiu's model is from Dislyte, WarGreymon's from Digimon Cyber Sleuth, and Magma Dragoon's from Mega Man X Dive.

The cafe terrain and wine glass are from Sakura Wars PS4.

Rendered in Blender 4.1 with the Cycles renderer.

[they-have-the-same-va]

In Japanese, Mega Man from Mega Man 11 shares a voice actress with Anastasia Palma from Sakura Wars (2020).

Voiced by Ayaka Fukuhara

[doamarierose-honoka]

After previously announcing that she would be leaving Twitter due to a controversy involving fake Sonic Heroes info shared with other leakers, famous Sega and Atlus leaker Midori made her grand return to share some more Sega news with the world.

On the morning of April 3, 2024, Midori took to Twitter to announce that a sequel to the 2021 game Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles was in development. While this game was not developed by Sega, it was published by them. Meaning Midori likely heard that the company would also be publishing the sequel as well.

The real big news of the morning came when a Twitter user asked Midori if Sega’s Division 2 (the Division in charge of the development for Sonic, Puyo Puyo, and Sakura Wars) would be releasing any games in the near future.

In a single reply, Midori stated that Sega’s Division 2 was indeed working on several projects at the moment that are in different stages of development. She specifically stated that the studio was currently working on a new game in the Sakura Wars franchise!

This tweet set a fire of hope in the Sakura Wars community, as the last game released in the franchise was 2020’s Sakura Wars, a soft reboot of the franchise that ended on a cliffhanger that many were worried would never be resolved.

While fans received a small amount of hope in January of 2024 when Insider Gaming reported on a rumor about a new game being in development, there weren’t any solid details or even a stated source. Causing much worry over the rumor being fake.

Now that a reliable leaker like Midori has also spoken about there being a new Sakura Wars game in development and even stated that Division 2 was working on it (alleviating any fears that it could be a mobile game), fans can finally rest easy as they await the inevitable return for the Flower Division

[littleeyesofpallas]

[wylldebee]

Sega...please....please sega I am begging please let me play the rest of the series I am begging sega

[kinofuurin]

SAKURA WARS - Episode 3 is out~ "Winds of Change" (This concludes the Amamiya Sakura introduction.)

[mega-gogo-man]

Ten years later

[skeith-platinumprincess]

Shin Sakura Wars is on sale again for only $16 dollars. Buy it. Now! It has Azami Mochizuki (The best character ever) in it

[hardcoregamer]

10 Games To Play If You Love Persona

Luckily, there are plenty of games available on modern platforms which share many qualities with Persona. As Persona has two types of gameplay, social mechanics and battle mechanics, this list shall judge how similar they are to Persona based on these two sides of the gameplay.

Check them out!

[supagogoman]

1/24 HG Spiricle Fighter Mugen (Hatsuho Shinonome version)

Although I prefer the clunky steam-punk aesthetic of the Kobu from the original Sakura Wars, the Spiricle Fighter Mugen from the newer PS4 game is definitely pretty rad looking. Compared to the Sakura Wars 2 Kobu Kai model kit, the Mugen is much more posable and dynamic (which makes sense canonically), however it's hindered quite a bit here as Hatsuho's Mugen comes with extra armour panels that replicate a shrine maiden's outfit that do get in the way, and a giant hammer thats very difficult to pose and balance the Mugen with. The sheer size of the hammer does look cool though.

This is my second attempt at trying weathering weathing effects and I think it definitely turned out better than my first attempt and I'm pretty proud of it. Top coat and dry brushing sure adds a lot. Painting a tiny pilot figure is a pain in the ass but seeing Hatsuho in the cockpit of the completed kit made it all worthwhile.

I still have the Anastasia Palmer version of this kit to build, so I look forward to getting round to making that one.

[tokotoko1207]

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