For those who do not know, this year the Sakura Wars series turns 30 years old. Right on cue, Sega recently revealed a special new anniversary logo for the series, confirming its intention to do something to celebrate. To this end, it has confirmed as much and teased that it will soon announce information about special anniversary merchandise and events. There is no mention or even a tease of a new game or a remaster, a remake, or even just a re-release. Surely, though, this is part of the plans, as this would otherwise be a lot of trouble to go through for some merch.
Sega Series Dates Back to 1996
Sakura Wars debuted back in 1996 with the release of Sakura Wars by developer Red Company and Sega acting as publisher. The former is no longer involved with the series. What followed was 1998’s Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die, 2001’s Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning, 2002’s Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens, 2005’s Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love, and 2019’s reboot, Sakura Wars.
For a long time, fans of the series have wanted a remaster of the first game, which is certainly more plausible than getting a brand new game at this point in time. It would also make sense given the anniversary. That said, right now, there’s no word of this happening.
If the series does return, it may be in a limited capacity, as the aforementioned 2019 game was notably a PS4-only game. Any remaster of the first game would probably be multi-platform, though.
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