Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

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Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
System(s): PlayStation 2, Wii
Publisher: Sega (Japan), NIS America (US, Europe)
Developer: Global Entertainment R&D Dept. 2 Red Entertainment Idea Factory
Supporting companies: Production I.G (animation), Studio Deen (animation), Anime International Company (animation), M.S.C (animation), Ivy-Arts (localisation), Kusanagi (background art), T's Music (audio)
Distributor: Tecmo Koei (US/EU/AU)
Licensor: Sega (US/EU/AU)
Peripherals supported: Nunchuk, Classic Controller
Genre: Action (Sega); RPG (NISA)
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: 日本語 English 한국어 English
Release Date RRP Code JP 2005-07-07 ¥7,800 (8,190)7,800 (8,190) SLPM-67009 JP (Showtime) 2005-07-07 ¥14,000 (14,700)14,000 (14,700) HSN-0006 US 2010-03-30 SLUS-21927 CA 2010-03-30 KR 2006-02-16 US 2010-03-30 RVL-P-SAKE DE 2010-04-09 RVL-P-SAKP RVL-SAKP-NOE ES 2010-04-09 RVL-P-SAKP RVL-SAKP-ESP FR 2010-04-09 RVL-P-SAKP RVL-SAKP-FRA IT 2010-04-09 RVL-P-SAKP RVL-SAKP-ITA UK 2010-04-09 RVL-P-SAKP RVL-SAKP-UKV AU 2010-04-09 RVL-P-SAKP CA 2010-03-30 RVL-P-SAKE

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Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love or Sakura Taisen V: Saraba, Itoshiki Hitoyo (サクラ大戦Ｖ ～さらば愛しき人よ～) is the fifth game in the Sakura Taisen series, and was developed by Sega for the PlayStation 2 and released in 2005.

Sakura Taisen V was designed both to appeal to an international audience and a non-Sega consumer base, due to the demise of the Sega Dreamcast. It takes place mostly in New York with an entirely new set of characters, though is still canon to the rest of the series. It was released as the last entry in the "Sakura Taisen World Project" marketing strategy, and is the first game in the series to be officially released in North America, where it was renamed and released in 2010 as Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. Europe, alongside North America, also saw the game brought to the Wii in around the same period.

It is the sequel to Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome, and has a side story, Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Kouya no Samurai Musume.

Characters

	Shinjiro Taiga (大河 新次郎)
	Gemini Sunrise (ジェミニ・サンライズ)
	Sagiitta Weinberg (サジータ・ワインバーグ)
	Diana Caprice (ダイアナ・カプリス)
	Rikaritta Aries (リカリッタ・アリエス)
	Subaru Kujo (九条 昴)
	Ratchet Altair (ラチェット・アルタイル)

History

Development

In 2009, Nippon Ichi Software's American division announced they would release the game in English. The PS2 version was released in North America in 2010 as and a translated port to the Wii was released in both North America and Europe shortly thereafter. It represents the first Sakura Taisen release in English.

A special "Showtime Box" version with merchandise was also released.

Release

Though successful in Asian markets (as with prior games), Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love bombed in the West and failed to see the series anywhere near the same amount of traction as in Japan.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
English (US)	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
Japanese	サクラ大戦Ｖ ～さらば愛しき人よ～	Sakura Taisen V: Saraba, Itoshiki Hitoyo

Production credits

Main article: Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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  Nintendo Power print ad, from NIS America website

File:SakuraTaisenVJPCommercial.mp4

Japanese Commercial

File:SakuraTaisenVJPCommercial.mp4

File:SakuraTaisenVJPCommercial2.mp4

Japanese Commercial 2

File:SakuraTaisenVJPCommercial2.mp4

Physical scans

PlayStation 2 version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 93

	93
Based on 1 review

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, JP (Show Time Box)
Cover

PlayStation 2, US/CA
Cover
Manual Little Lip Theater

PlayStation 2, US/CA (Premium Edition)
Cover

PlayStation 2, KR
Cover

Wii version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Edge (UK) 70 April 2010, p95 GamesMaster (UK) 52 April 2010, p85

	61
Based on 2 reviews

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Publication Version Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

Wii, US/CA
Cover

Wii, AU
Disc

Wii, UK
Cover
Disc

Wii, FR
Cover
Disc

Wii, DE
Cover
Disc

Wii, ES
Cover
Disc

Wii, IT
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 51130691 MD5 a99a4663ea676728027b64882e6e8e3a SHA-1 4c5d656558e75ccdaae92aab04590cc405dea84f	7,487,651,840		DVD-ROM(2) (JP)	SLPM-67009 (V1.01)
?	CRC32 8c68b2fa MD5 740da626e4ee741a3a0df26b672e52b9 SHA-1 db24acbb4da3d8a6828d76b4bf7b4f4c21956fa8	7,702,773,760		DVD-ROM(2) (US)	SLUS-21927 (V1.00) (Disc 1, English voiceovers)
?	CRC32 0eecb56f MD5 638ff43b4bed5b891fb7cc9bd531e581 SHA-1 504783f85fdcfb2a36f55069205182cc5fc21514	7,702,380,544		DVD-ROM(2) (US)	SLUS-21928 (V1.00) (Disc 2, Japanese voiceovers)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		2009-11-11	DVD-R				Page
✔	CRC32 945a3588 MD5 7a1fccc631ec48b0a1a4766b35d9c4dd SHA-1 57b919bdebd777c3b8db1428155eb919577f6102	4,699,979,776		Disc (US)
?	CRC32 ed90aec0 MD5 29d18b55e5654b22eff3cac72a9ce68d SHA-1 a8b2b8277858b98d885931efdc75bbf62f81a6f8	4,699,979,776		Disc (EU)

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2 (archive)
• Official website (Japanese) (archive)
• Official website on NISAmerica.com (archive)
• Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love on Sakura-Taisen.com (Japanese) (archive)
• Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love on PlayStation.com: JP (archive), KR (offline)