terrence huey (thuey@UCDAVIS.EDU)
Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:39:29 -0700
X-Sender: ez073369@logan.ucdavis.edu Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910161830530.14871-100000@logan.ucdavis.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:39:29 -0700 From: terrence huey <thuey@UCDAVIS.EDU> Subject: Re: Information On Sakura Taisen games and others.> >Well, I'm haven't played or found the game for Sakura Taisen (1,2 or > anything else for the matter) except for the anime here in my place. So, I > needed some info on the games. I'm always a big fan of RPGs. Is Sakura > Taisen a RPG game? Call it a self-plug but I think my page does the best of explaining how Sakura Taisen plays as a game since I always have a reviewer's mindset. http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hueyt/sakura1.html > What is the story difference between the game and the > anime? OAVs 1-2 are more of a prelude to the game. OAVs 3-4 are a super-condensed version of the events of the first game, though differs a lot. I'll let those who have seen 3-4 take over from here... > (I read the previous posts). Is it that teribble? I played a game called > Lunar and the dub is good (not great, but good enough). Heh, um... i think you will spark some controversy with that statement since Working Designs dubbed that game and... well.. people have quite strong opinions about WD either for or against... the later characters since I've only played the first 15 mins of it(btw, WD kept in the Japnaese "La.. la la la la la... la la la la la lala la... la la la...." as well as Luna's japanese Hikami Kyoko laugh). > I detested the dub > they had for Ruroini Kenshin(named Samurai X in English). Oh yes... that's a good example of why anime shouldn't be dubbed. > >One more thing, what is the format of the Sakura Taisen game? Sega CD, > Saturn, Playstation, PC? I just wanted to know. Sakura Taisen - Saturn Sakura Taisen 2 - Saturn Sakura Taisen - J-Win 95 spinoffs: Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Saturn Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Tsuushin - Saturn Sakura Taisen Steam Radio Show - Saturn Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph - Saturn Sakura Taisen was a co-creation of Sega and Red Co. so ... > >Any other favourite game you all had in mind? Saturn Grandia! -Terrence