Sakura Wars: So Long, My Ears

by JC Fletcher { Sep 17th 2009 at 2:15PM }

Sega and Red Entertainment's Sakura Wars series has enjoyed great popularity in Japan (witness the Sakura Wars Dreamcast system), but despite that success, it's never been localized. It seemed that non-importers would never get to try the long-running strategy RPG series, until NIS America announced plans to localize Sakura Wars V as Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love on Wii and PS2.

It is the novelty of a Sakura Wars game in America, along with the appeal of a mech game set in an alternate 1920s NYC, that sustained us through this trailer (after the break), despite the voice acting. Don't worry, the game will include both English and Japanese!

Tags: nis-america, red-entertainment, rpg, sakura-taisen, sakura-wars, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

liberafatali @ Sep 17th 2009 2:36PM

the lady in the video was actually paid to talk like that?

Alive @ Sep 17th 2009 2:53PM

Ugh... why do so many games have bad voice acting O_o

killdash9 @ Sep 17th 2009 3:00PM

To be honest, the only reason this grates on the ears is the accent, and the accent exists because the character selected to narrate is the cowgirl, and the cowgirl was probably selected because that's likely the one who narrated in the Japanese version of the promo. As for why the cowgirl sounds like this . . . she's the anime stereotype of an American cowgirl! Even in Japanese, they sound absurd. They speak Japanese strangely, or they use lots of Engrish. Except Rushuna Tendo (granted, she was not specifically an American cowgirl).

JBGUY2K @ Sep 17th 2009 3:07PM

That has got to be the most atrociously painful, so-called, Texan accent. I have not, in a single day that I've lived here, heard anyone talk like that... ever!

It hurts... so... much...

Fudce @ Sep 17th 2009 5:11PM

I hate to tell you this, but the person narrating IS a texan.

killdash9 @ Sep 17th 2009 5:44PM

I've lived in Florida and Tennessee. There really are people who talk like that. Including the overzealous excitement, mind you.

JBGUY2K @ Sep 17th 2009 9:11PM

Haha, if she indeed is Texan, then I gotta get around and see the state. I seriously, have NEVER heard anyone talk like that, in my whole 14 years of living here.

Aqua Victorian @ Sep 18th 2009 11:51PM

Who said anything about it being a Texan accent...

Tim @ Sep 17th 2009 3:18PM

I'll buy this, solely to convince SEGA of America to bring the rest of the series themselves.

Josh @ Sep 17th 2009 4:26PM

This series seems like it got stuck in the 90s.

But since I really love Skies of Arcadia, and also love Valkyria Chronicles, am I obligated to buy this?

Tim Dunlap @ Sep 17th 2009 5:02PM

No, you are obligated to buy this because the Sakura Taisen series is awesome!!

Josh @ Sep 17th 2009 5:30PM

I'm not feeling it so far.

gatotsu911 @ Sep 17th 2009 5:07PM

Eh, I've heard worse Texan accents. Then again, I'm not even all that familiar with them - maybe it's really good and it just sounds cheesy to some of us because "reality is unrealistic". On the other hand, maybe every voice actor attempting to do a Southern accent should first be required to play Starcraft, the best instance of Southern drawl in a game that I'm aware of.