Sakura Taisen V Resurfaces Next Month

After submerging since its first appearance at last year's Tokyo Game display Sega's Sakura Taisen V Episode 0 for PlayStation 2 will resurface in Japan nearest month, developer Sega Wow not long ago announced. The game will be upon display July 17-18 at K-Fe a promotional incident in Tokyo put on by the agency of Kodansha, the print publishing giant that publishes the Sakura Taisen comics series.

While Sega's announcement isn't completely clear upon the point, it appears that the game will be playable at the incident

Episode 0 is a departure for Sega's popular mix of strategy and relationship simulation in a pair of ways. For individual it's a 3D action game, rather than a turn-based strategy game like its predecessors, and for another, it's place in the American West, chronicling the adventures of samurai cowgirl Gemini Sunrise.

At TG last year, Sega Wow's Noriyoshi Ohba explained the changes as part of a strategy to bring the series to a North American audience, although Sega of America hasn't said word single about the game. Episode 0 is to lay the groundwork for another Sakura Taisen V episode in the traditional strategy-RPG mold

Sega has at the same time to confirm a release date for Episode 0 on the contrary more details will likely be forthcoming nearest month.

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