aka senshi (senshi@IHUG.COM.AU)
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:20:06 +1000
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) Message-ID: <380B2C96.794321B8@ihug.com.au> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:20:06 +1000 From: "Chou or CC (aka senshi)" <senshi@IHUG.COM.AU> Subject: Sakura Project 2000 event recapHere's a quick recap of the important (and surprising) information announced during the event, I'm getting these mainly from my kanji skills so if anyone else with better Japanese knowledge whom had also watched the event please correct any mistakes that I've made: (hang on tight to your seats, people!!!!!) - Powered up versions of Sakura Taisen 1, 2 and Hanagumi Columns are going to be released on the Dreamcast! With ST1 being next spring, ST2 in summer, and ST3 in autumn. Now that makes the argument of bringing over ST in the middle of the series an invalid one. :) This would probably explain the loading saves from the previous games in ST3 mentioned earlier by a poster too. - Sakura Taisen 3 will feature 5 new datable girls. There's a little girl type with little pony tails, a Maria type, one that looks like a taller version of the young Sumire in the OVA, a long blond hair girl that sort of resembles Kasumi, and a Tsubaki look a like. ST3 will take place in Paris. A new LIPS is added (not scraped as a poster mentioned before). There's a little talk of action elements added to the game (I think, the words "action" was repeatedly used). Internet capabilities confirmed. And an emphasis on the VMS unit (although I wasn't sure of what was being said, it was something about displaying information during gameplay). - There really is a Colour Gameboy version of Sakura Taisen in development, with several screen shots shown. It looks like it is alike the original Sakura Taisen, and not a Columns game as some of us have suspected. - Sakura Taisen TV anime series and movie are in the makings. - 4 new novels are to be released - 4 new drama CDs, with the first to release 21st of this month - OVA 1st volume on sell 18th December - A seasonal Sakura Taisen magazine will be in print, starting spring next year. - New Sakura Taisen musical in summer 2000 I might put up a summary of the program of the event (have a draft, but it probably won't make much sense to others ^_^;;;), unless someone else that have a better understanding of Japanese whom had also watched the event would post something, that would be better then my wild guesses. Time to save up some money, people! Later Chou "Year 2000 is the year of Sakura Taisen!"