Writer Oji Hiroi has mentioned that he has written the story for a brand new Sakura Wars sequel, and is greater than prepared to provide the RPG collection’ sixth mainline, ought to such a venture develop into viable.
The 72-year-old collection creator made the feedback on the “Sega Universe Playground” occasion, held in Shibuya in August.
As reported by Dengeki Online, Hiroi appeared throughout a Q&A occasion titled ‘Oji Hiroi takes the stage! Sakura Wars thirtieth anniversary particular discuss present’. Dengeki studies that the present was a lighthearted affair, with Hiroi in good spirits as he mentioned the collection epic music, his satisfaction within the Sakura Wars stage present, and his latest restoration from surgical procedure.
When requested whether or not he had any sequel concepts in thoughts, Hiroi responded:
“I am considering of a numbered title, ‘6’. I nonetheless have the plot for ‘6’ I wrote again then.”
“I do not know if it might work in as we speak’s period, and I do not know if I am going to ever get round to doing it, but when that point ever comes once more, I am going to positively do the job!”
“If I get a proposal, I am going to positively do it.”
Dengeki studies that these feedback have been met with enthusiastic applause from the followers in attendance, who’re little question pining for the return of the extremely theatrical, mech-mashing RPG franchise.
Revealed by IP holder Sega, the final mainline launch was the pseudo-reboot Sakura Wars, (recognized in Japan as New Sakura Wars”), which launched on PS4 in 2020 to first rate, however not overwhelming, reward and disappointing gross sales. This was only a drop within the ocean, nonetheless, in comparison with the catastrophe that adopted.
Later in 2020, Sega launched Sakura Kakumei: Hanasaku Otome-tachi (Sakura Revolution: Hanasaki Maidens) on Japanese cellular platforms. The free-to-play gacha title was a catastrophic failure, with Sega pouring a reported ¥3 billion – a staggering $30 million USD – into the sport’s growth and promotion, solely to see a return of lower than $1 million USD at launch. Regardless of being touted as the following large step in resurrecting the Sakura Wars franchise, Sega was pressured to drag the plug on Sakura Kukumei, shutting down servers a mere six months after launch.
And therein lies the issue: Hiroi would clearly love to make a brand new mainline Sakura Wars sport, and followers (together with myself) will surely like to play it. However how do you flip to Sega bosses, reeling from the final launch’s alleged ¥3 billion loss, and inform them to finance a brand new sequel in what has develop into a blackballed franchise?
A distinct segment collection, however one that also has a lot to supply, Sakura Wars is prone to sit in limbo for now. However sooner or later perhaps, hopefully, we’ll see Sakura and her heroic pals tread the Theatre of Warfare’s boards as soon as once more.
Can we no less than have a remastered assortment? As a deal with?