Sega Announces Sakura Taisen 4

Sega and Red company revealed four upcoming “Sakura Wars” releases at an announcement ceremony in the Tokyo Imperial Hotel earlier this week.

Fulfilling their promise of supporting Sakura Taisen on the Dreamcast, Sega announced that Sakura Wars 4: Koi Seyo Otome will be released for the Dreamcast in the spring of 2002. The game will feature all 13 main characters from the first 2 games, allowing players to form their own hanagumi team. Sakura Taisen 4 will be the final Dreamcast release for the series.

Sega also announced two other Sakura Taisen games and the long delayed Sakura Taisen movie. Sakura Taisen Online for Dreamcast will be released this December and is described as an “online theme park.” Little is known about the game, but from the genre it will most likely have little in common with the core series’ gameplay. The other title, Sakura Taisen GB 2: Thunderbolt Sakusen, is coming to the Game Boy Color, not the Game Boy Advance, and will likely be a direct sequel to the previous GBC Sakura Taisen game.

Originally announced as a future project in 1999, the Sakura Wars anime movie will finally open in Japanese theaters on December 22nd, 2001.

Source: Mad Man’s Cafe